Controversy surrounding the government’s response to El Niño took a new turn on Wednesday after governors said the state has not disbursed emergency funds to counties. Through the Council of Governors chairperson Anne Waiguru, they told Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua to “stop populist politics in matters of life and death”. “This is not the time…
Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua leaves the country today Thursday, November 23, 2023 for Ciudad de la Paz (formerly Oyala) in Equatorial Guinea, to participate at the Summit of the Committee of Ten (C-10) of the African Union Heads of State and Government on the reform of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). Gachagua will represent…
The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Authority has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Microsoft which will see the American tech company assist the government in adopting a cloud-first strategy in public service delivery. Under the agreement signed on Tuesday, Microsoft will engage the national government, ministries, departments and agencies through the ICT Authority in…
The task force on police reforms wants the service to revert to the old blue uniform.The team said the Cabinet Secretary for Defence, in consultation with the Cabinet Secretary for Interior, should develop and propose legislation for the establishment of a National Uniforms Committee. They proposed the committee be made of representatives from the Disciplined…
Energy Cabinet Secretary Davis Chirchir is now alleging that businesswoman Ann Njeri presented forged documents with which she wanted to lay claim to 93,000 metric tonnes of diesel from Saudi Arabia.In a statement on Wednesday, the CS gave a chronology of events leading to the importation and eventual discharge of the consignment at the Kipevu…
Uganda’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has distanced itself from a viral video of an airport with water leaking from the roof. The undated video, which has since been established to be of the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Nairobi shows water pouring through the ceiling and downlighters of the terminal roofs as travellers queued…
Three teachers have joined the revamped technical benches for the junior national teams, as announced by the Football Kenya Federation (FKF) on November 15, 2023.Notable among them is St. Anthony Kitale’s Peter Mayoyo who will serve as an assistant on the U18 boys’ national team. Ben Achieng from Yala Township Primary School is set to…
Kenya has joined other African nations in supporting efforts to establish a sustainable action plan for reparatory justice. Reparatory justice is about rectifying and transforming systemic and structural injustices that were established by past injustices and crimes against humanity. Prime Cabinet Secretary and CS for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs Musalia Mudavadi on Tuesday said he was thrilled…
The Kenya National Examination Council has cautioned candidates sitting the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education examinations to be cautious of fake exam papers being circulated on various social media platforms. KNEC Chief Executive Officer Dr. David Njengere has confirmed that the examination papers being circulated on social media platforms are not genuine and are only…
Interior Cabinet Secretary Prof. Kithure Kindiki declared Monday, November 13, 2023, a public holiday for the public to take part in a national tree-growing exercise. In a gazette notice dated November 6, Prof Kindiki said President William Ruto will lead the country in the tree-growing exercise in line with his administration’s ambitious plan of growing…