- NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 18 – A total of 135,071 Identification cards (IDs) and 53,189 birth certificates remain uncollected from Huduma Centres across the country, an official has revealed. Huduma Kenya Chief Executive Officer Ben Chilumo said in a statement Friday that 42,652 driver’s licenses are…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 18 – Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Dr. Alfred Mutua has defended US envoy to Kenya Meg Whitman following scathing attacks from the Azimio allied leaders led by Raila Odinga over election remarks. Whitman came under fire from the leaders Wednesday for stating that Kenya had…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 18-Detectives have recovered narcotic drugs suspected to be cocaine and arrested two suspects following an operation in Nairobi, Buruburu area. The operation was conducted Thursday morning by Directorate of Criminal Investigations Anti-Narcotics Unit detectives who raided a…
- NAIROBI, Kenya Aug 18 – State-of-the-art laboratories, cutting-edge disease surveillance systems, and a bigger global workforce to tackle deadly antimicrobial resistance (AMR) will be backed by up to Sh38.5 billion (£210 million) of funding, the government has announced. The funding – from the…
- NAIROBI, Kenya Aug 18 — The China-Kenya film festival was launched Monday night at an upscale shopping mall north of the Kenyan capital of Nairobi, with senior officials renewing calls for enhanced Sino-Kenyan cultural ties. Among the dignitaries who graced the occasion were Chinese Minister of…
- NEW DELHI, India Aug 18 – Russian President Vladimir Putin, his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken underlined their “special”, “privileged” and “strategic” partnership with New Delhi as they wished India on its…
- NY, USA, Aug 18 – Embattled Chinese property giant Evergrande Group filed for bankruptcy protection in the United States on Thursday, court documents showed, a measure that protects its US assets while it attempts to restructure. Evergrande, once China’s top property developer, was found in 2021 to…
- UKRAINE, Russia Aug 18 – Russian forces have destroyed Ukrainian drones targeting Moscow and its Black Sea Fleet, officials said, the latest in a surge of attacks on the capital and the flashpoint waterway. Russia’s defence ministry said its air force downed a Ukrainian drone over the capital at…
- NAIROBI, Kenya Aug 18 – In a strategic move aimed at bolstering skilled labour, boosting the agricultural sector, and fostering stable political ties, National Assembly Majority Leader Kimani Ichungwah engaged in a productive meeting with German Ambassador to Kenya Sebastian Groth at the parliament…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 17- Opposition leader Raila Odinga has urged County governments not to charge extra levies but instead focus on investing in programs that will create jobs and put money in people’s pockets. Addressing the Devolution Conference held in Eldoret, Uasin Gishu county on Thursday…
- PAKISTAN, Aug 17 – Police were guarding a Christian neighbourhood in Pakistan on Thursday after hundreds of Muslim men rampaged through its streets burning and ransacking churches and homes over accusations of blasphemy a day earlier. The violence broke out in Jaranwala, on the outskirts of the…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 17- Assistant Director of Public Prosecutions Renson Ingonga is slated to be the next Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) following his nomination by President William Ruto. The National Assembly’s Justice and Legal Affairs Committee is now set to vet Ingonga. He was nominated…
- NAIROBI, Kenya Aug 17 – President William Ruto has nominated lawyer Andrew Musangi to be the next Central Bank of Kenya Chairperson. The announcement was made on Thursday by National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula who has now forwarded his name to the Finance Committee for vetting. Wetangula has…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 17 – Azimio La Umoja Leader Raila Odinga has launched a scathing attack on US Ambassador Meg Whitman calling her ‘rogue’ for meddling with the affairs following her sentiments on the conduct of the 2022 general election. The Azimio La Umoja Coalition leader raised issue with…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 17 – President William Ruto has said that the country is projected to harvest 61 million bags of maize this year, up from harvested 44 million last year, thanks to fertilizer subsidies. Speaking Thursday in Kiambu Town, Ruto stated that as a result of government’s intervention…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 17 – Devolved units have been urged to seek alternatives ways of raising own revenue as opposed to relying on the National Government. Treasury Cabinet Secretary Njuguna Ndungu expressed that in the last ten years counties have performed dismally in harnessing generation of own…
- NEW Delhi, India Aug 17 – Prime Minister Narendra Modi met US Congressional delegation and called strong bipartisan support from the US Congress “instrumental” in further elevating India-US comprehensive global strategic partnership. Taking to X, formerly known as Twitter, PM Modi stated, “Glad to…
- MALINDI, Kenya, Aug 17 – Diana Naliaka, the main suspect in the murder of Kilifi County Chief Officer in charge of Fisheries and Blue Economy Rahab Karisa, will be detained at Malindi GK Prison for two weeks. Naliaka was on Thursday arraigned before the Malindi Chief Magistrate’s Court for the…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 17 – The United Democratic Alliance is working with the Communist Party of China (CPC) in building and strengthening its structures for an ideology-centred political party, Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has said. Speaking when he hosted the Chinese Ambassador to Kenya, Zhou…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 17 – Uasin Gishu Senator Jackson Mandago and two co-accused persons implicated in the Finland Scholarship saga have been granted bond of Sh 2 million and surety of a similar amount or an alternative of a Sh 500, 000 cash bail. Senator Mandago alongside senior county officials…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 17 – Tourism Cabinet Secretary Peninah Malonza has proposed that hotels charge visitors per room instead of per person, as it is currently. Malonza, who was speaking during an exclusive interview with Capital FM earlier in the week, said hoteliers are losing a lot in terms of…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 17 – The National Assembly has approved a motion on the establishment of a national dialogue committee to pave way for talks between the Azimio La Umoja Coalition and their Kenya Kwanza Alliance counterparts. The passage of the motion gives the Kalonzo Musyoka and Kimani Ichung’…
- ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, Aug 17 – Environment, Climate Change and Forestry Cabinet Secretary Soipan Tuya has said that Kenya is ready to host the first ever Africa Climate Summit, convened by the African Union at Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) in downtown Nairobi. The 36th Ordinary…
- Nakuru, Kenya, Aug 17 – Uasin Gishu Senator Jackson Mandago along with two co-accused have been arraigned in a Nakuru court over Sh 1.1 billion Finland Scholarship Programme scam after spending night in custody. The arraignment comes a day after Senator Mandago was apprehended by detectives after…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 17 – Defence Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale has affirmed that comprehensive measures are now in place to ensure the upcoming recruitment drive for Kenya Defence Forces(KDF) personnel is conducted with the highest standards of fairness and integrity. Duale said in a statement…
- TESO, Kenya, Aug 17 – Faithfuls of ACK St. Philips Korisai parish at Malaba area in Teso-North sub county, Busia County, were faltered after thieves broke into the church, stealing property worth Sh150,000. Rev. Gabriel Muzungu said the thugs broke the window through which they accessed the…
- ELDORET, Kenya, Aug 17 – Ten more counties have taken up MyCounty App, an all-in-one app experience for all county services that empowers citizens to seamlessly pay for county government services and engage county leadership. MyCounty App was first launched in Makueni in April this year. Since then…
- ELDORET, Kenya, Aug 16 – President William Ruto has warned of stern action against officials who misuse public resources.He said as much as the Government continues to support devolution in transforming lives of Kenyans, he will not have mercy on those who misuse funds. President Ruto called on the…
- ELDORET, Kenya, Aug 16 – President William Ruto has urged Counties to tame their appetite for National Government revenue allocations. He said it is time devolved units engaged in a long-and-hard thinking about sustainable and innovative resources to power their development. Over-reliance on…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 16 – US Ambassador to Kenya Meg Whitman says Finance Act 2023 makes Kenya’s tax policy more consistent and bankable for Foreign Trade Investment (FDI) optimization. The US Ambassador says that Kenya must have a consistent, transparent and fairly administered national tax policy…
- ELDORET, Kenya, Aug 16 – Council of Governors (COG) Chairperson Anne Waiguru has stressed the need for County Assemblies to be granted full autonomy to reduce the push and pull with county governments. Waiguru who was speaking during the three days devolution conference in Eldoret observed that the…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 16 – Kakamega Senator Boni Khalwale says he is opposed to a motion seeking tiktok ban in the country that has been tabled in the National Assembly. In a post shared on his official X app account, Khalwale stated that such action is not viable. “So somebody wants Parliament to…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 16 – United States Ambassador to Kenya Meg Whitman has revealed that the US-Kenya bilateral trade agreement is set to be concluded by the end of the year as a pace setter for Africa. Speaking at the Devolution Conference in Eldoret Uasin Gishu, Whitman stated that the bilateral…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, August 16 – Prersident William Ruto says the government will facilitate local scholarships for students affected in the Finland Scholarship Programme fiasco. President Ruto revealed that the local scholarships will be rolled out immediately and the investigations into the saga that…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 16 – Uasin Gishu Senator Jackson Mandago on Wednesday skipped the official opening of Devolution Conference by President William Ruto amid pursuit by police for questioning over the Finland scholarship scandal. Uasin Gishu is hosting the 10th devolution conference at the Eldoret…
- Jammu and Kashmir’s Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Tuesday said that after a long gap foreign tourist arrivals have shown a surge as there has been 59 per cent increase in foreign guest arrivals in the UT while as negative travel advisories imposed by some countries are expected to be removed soon…
- ELDORET, Kenya, Aug 16 – Uasin Gishu senator Jackson Mandago has been arrested in connection to the Sh1.1 billion Finland Scholarship Programme scandal. Mandago was arrested in Eldoret and thereafter taken to Nakuru for questioning. The senator had earlier refuted reports of a warrant of arrest…
- NAIROBI,Kenya, Aug 16 – President William Ruto has broken his silence over the Finland and Canada scholarship scandal that has rocked Uasin Gishu county in recent weeks. Speaking in Eldoret town Wednesday, President Ruto said that individuals found culpable of embezzling funds from parents and…
- The police called on Mandago to present himself at the nearest police station even as it urged the public to collaborate with them in their efforts to take Mandago into custody. Mandagio dismissed reports of a manhunt as "rumours".
- NAIROBI, Kenya, August 16 – A cross section of Kenyans have called not to ban social media platform Tiktok following a petition tabled in parliament. Those who spoke to Capital FM News Wednesday argued that the government should instead put in a place a regulatory framework to govern the platform…
- While many communities initially paid the militias as a self-protection strategy, it has become extortion as the militias became predatory over time. They are now demanding more money than initially agreed and adopting a criminal mode of operation.
- After failing to fully implement the 2018 revitalised peace agreement, the signatories extended its term for 24 months to allow for better preparation for elections in December 2024. The elections, however, may be extended again.
- ELDORET, Kenya, Aug 16 – Uasin Gishu Senator Jackson Mandago says he is available once summoned as he responded to arrest order by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) over the Finland scholarships’ scandal. Taking to social media, the Senator indicated that he has met with the leadership of…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 16 – The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) has ordered the arrest of Uasin Gishu Senator Jackson Mandago over the Finland scholarships scandal when he was Governor. He and three other top county officials are wanted by police for prosecution over the county’s…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 16 – President William Ruto has mourned former Cabinet Minister James Osogo. Osogo Passed on at the Aga Khan Hospital in Kisumu aged 90 after a series of illness. The Head of State described Osogo as visionary, uncompromising and an astute thinker whose service to the community…
- ELDORET, Kenya, Aug 16 – The Government has prioritised the Digital Super Highway as a key driver for the country’s transformation, creation of jobs and growth. President William Ruto said the Government is inviting partners and investors to further expand high-speed internet access nationwide.…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, August 16 – Public Service, Affirmative Action and Gender Cabinet Secretary Aisha Jumwa has gazetted a 17-member multiagency team to actualize the elusive two thirds gender rule principle. Through a gazette notice, Jumwa cites the constitutional provision that calls on the…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 16 – World Coin, an American cryptocurrency firm, ignored orders to cease its operations in Kenya. Details revealed by the Office of Data Protection Management shows that the foreign firm had received cease orders revoking its certificate of registration after the government…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 16 – Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) detectives have apprehended one of the suspects believed to be linked to last week’s murder of a DCI agent in Nairobi’s Kayole area. The August 8 incident which occurred in Mihango area also left the wife of the deceased cop shot…
- ELDORET, Kenya, Aug 16 – Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua says roads that stalled in the Rift Valley because of bad politics will be revived as earlier planned. Speaking on Tuesday evening in Eldoret town when he launched the tarmacking of National Oil- Reale Hospital-Sports Club-Bishop Muge Link…