- NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 14 – Secretary to the Cabinet Mercy Wanjau says Kenyans can now access more than 14,000 government services on the eCitizen platform. She made the announcement during a meeting with Principal Secretaries, Chief Executive Officers, and Board chairpersons of 17 state-run agencies…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 14 – Kenya and Romania are committed to enhancing bilateral relations in areas of mutual interest. President William Ruto said Kenya and Romania are exploring strategies to boost trade and investment between the two nations. The President said Kenya is keen on improving trade…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 14 – A second petition has been filed at Milimani high court seeking to quash a gazette notice published by the Ministry of Interior pronouncing increment of fees and levies on passports, Identity cards, birth, marriage and deaths certificates. The petitioner Fredrick Bikeri…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 14 – Police have been allowed to detain five suspects in the Sh94 million Quickmart Supermarket heist for 10 days to allow them to complete their probe. The five suspects Ismael Patrick, Michael Matolo, Samuel Onyango, Martin Nderi and James Mbatia will be detained at Capitol…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 14 – The Government is finalising modalities of releasing the enhanced coffee cherry advance revolving fund to farmers, Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has said. Gachagua said the government had allocated Sh4 billion to the fund in addition to Sh2.7 billion that was earlier…
- BEIJING, Nov 14 – Authorities in China have intensified efforts to advance the construction of barrier-free environments to ensure the rights of specific groups such as people with disabilities and the elderly, officials said. The Supreme People’s Procuratorate has identified the development of…
- BEIJING, Nov 14 – Seventy-four students infected with norovirus at a middle school in Anqiu, Shandong province, experienced nausea, vomiting and diarrhea on Saturday, the city’s bureau of education and sports said on Monday night. Norovirus is highly contagious and often food-borne. It is sometimes…
- BEIJING, Nov 14 – Chinese scientists have developed a granule that could potentially treat Alzheimer’s disease, according to a study published in the academic journal Nature Aging on Thursday. The team, led by Xu Chuanlai, a professor at Jiangnan University in Wuxi, Jiangsu province, developed the…
- The business mogul will lead the EACCIA which serves as the apex chamber for all the countries that compose the East African Community (EAC) member states.
- TESO, Kenya, Nov 14 – Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu has advocated for more youths to enroll for nursing courses, urging that the Kenyan nurses are most sought after worldwide due to the nature of training they have acquired at the medical colleges. According to the CS, nursing is…
- MOMBASA, Kenya, Nov 14 – Ann Njeri Njoroge, the woman at the centre of the importation of the Sh17 billion100,000 metric tonnes of diesel, has been found safe. The lady allegedly mysteriously disappeared after recording a statement at the Directorate of Criminal Investigations last Thursday. On…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 14 – Kenya’s transport minister and airports authority have come under fire online following complaints of leaking roofs at the terminals of the main airport, Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. “One of our team members experienced these unusual conditions at JKIA. Perhaps the…
- KISUMU, Kenya, Nov 14 – Former Nominated Senator Godliver Omondi has died in a Kisumu hospital. Omondi who was currently serving as a nominated MCA in the Kakamega County Assembly passed on in Aga Khan hospital. Kakamega County Deputy Governor Ayub Savula who confirmed her passing on through a…
- The conference, a follow up of an inaugural convention held in Mombasa in November 2022, aims to consolidate networks, synergies, and diversity to maximize the tourism potential between Uganda and Kenya's Coastal Region.
- BARINGO, Kenya, Nov 14 – The Energy and Petroleum Cabinet Secretary Davis Chirchir has assured Kenyans that the country was on the right track to becoming a green country. Speaking during the national tree planting exercise in Chemususu Forest in Eldama Ravine, Barigo County, Chirchir reiterated…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 14 – The Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) is set to announce new fuel prices Tuesday with Kenyans expecting higher costs. The announcement will come even as Energy Cabinet Secretary Davis Chirchir has warned that a liter of super petrol could breach Sh300 amid…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 14 – The Secretary to the Cabinet Mercy Wanjau is Tuesday chairing a meeting with Principal Secretaries, Chief Executive Officers and Board chairpersons of 17 state-run agencies over compliance with The Presidential directive on on-boarding of services on eCitizen. The meeting…
- MIGORI, Kenya, Nov 14 – The Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) Director Prof. Charles Ong’ondo has hailed the wonderful coordination between the national and the county for making the national tree planting event a success.Speaking during the National tree planting exercise at Kendege…
- NAIROBI, Kenya Nov 13 – As the National Tree Growing Day kicked off, the private sector players led by several captains of industry joined the exercise geared at facilitating the planting and nurturing of more than 15 billion trees by the year 2032. In Murang’a County, listed superfoods producer…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 13 – The Kenya Ports Authority has thrown a spanner to the works on the ongoing court tussle between two companies on the ownership of the oil consignment delivered at the port by ship vessel MT Haigui. In a statement, KPA Board Chairman Benjamin Tayari said Ann Njeri of Ann’s…
- NAIROBI,Kenya,Nov 13 – Internal Security Raymond Omollo has called on all Kenyans to positively contribute to the collective efforts to meet the national target of planting 15 billion trees by 2032 and achieve a minimum of 30 percent forest cover nationally. Kenya’s tree cover now stands at 12.13…
- MAKUENI, Kenya, Nov 13 – President William Ruto has called for concerted efforts in environmental protection to mitigate the effects of climate change. The President appealed to Kenyans to support the government’s tree-planting exercise to increase the country’s tree cover. “We want every Kenyan…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 13- The Ministry of Roads and Transport has set an ambitious target of 30 million trees to align with the Presidential Programme for the Accelerated Restoration of Forests and Rangelands. Transport and Roads Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen during the tree planting exercise…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 13 – Forty six people have so far died across the country due to the ongoing heavy rains that has caused floods and displacement. Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki called or caution and adherence to directives issued by security officers on areas prone to flooding and…
- KILIFI, Kenya Nov 13 – Leaders from Kilifi County now want the government to deploy more teachers to the county to deal with poor education standards in the area. Led by Kilifi Governor Gideon Mung’aro, political leaders in the area decried the lack of teachers as one of the major causes of the…
- THARAKA NITHI, Kenya, Nov 13 – Tharaka Nithi governor Muthomi Njuki has issued fresh orders aimed at curbing the careless cutting down of trees for charcoal, asking traders to seek county permits before cutting any tree, in addition to the chief’s permit. Speaking at the Kathwana Stadium at an…
- KISUMU, Kenya, Nov 13 – Kisumu West Member of Parliament Rosa Buyu has urged his constituents not to wait for holidays to plant trees as the country joined hands to plant trees in a government ambitious program to plant 15 billion trees in 10 years. Buyu who planted trees at her Constituency before…
- MURANGA, Kenya, Nov 13 – As the National Tree Growing Day kicked off, the private sector players led by several captains of industry joined the exercise geared at facilitating the planting and nurturing of more than 15 billion trees by the year 2032. In Murang’a County, listed superfoods producer…
- SIAYA, Kenya, Nov 13 – Siaya is among the counties that pull the tail in forest cover and local residents have been challenged to embrace tree planting to improve the environment.According to the chairman of the Kenya Institute of Mass Communication (KIMC) board, Charles Owino, the county’s 0.23%…
- UK, Nov 13 – Former United Kingdom Prime Minister David Cameron is the new Foreign Secretary. Cameron replaces James Cleverly who, is the new home secretary. This reshuffle was sparked by the sacking of Suella Braverman this morning, days after she wrote a controversial article in The Times…
- KJIADO, Kenya, Nov 13 – In a concerted effort to address environmental concerns and combat the effects of climate change, the Principal Secretary of the State Department for Irrigation, Kimotho Kimani took an active role in mobilizing and sensitizing the Kajiado South community for a tree planting…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 13 – Cooperatives and SMEs development Cabinet Secretary Simon Chelugui has asked cooperatives in the country to lead in the exercise of tree planting.Chelugui on Monday noted that prioritizing tree planting exercises by the cooperative societies will help in boosting tree cover…
- NAKURU, Kenya, Nov 13 – Top organizations and entrepreneurs from at least 30 countries in Africa as well as others from select countries outside the continent like US, Asia and Europe will gather in Dar-es-salaam later this year for international award ceremony dubbed Pace Steers Award (PSA).…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 13 – Top lawmakers within the Kenya Kwanza Alliance have scoffed at the threats by Azimio La Umoja One Kenya Leader Raila Odinga to spill the beans on the much-taunted government-to-government oil deal. Odinga had revealed he has an exposing dossier on the G to G oil deal…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 13 – Foreign Affair Principal Secretary Korir Sing’oei now says Kenya is open to fair criticism from leaders of other countries as long as they do not undermine cordial relations. While defending Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua criticism of South Africa’s Economic Freedom…
- MUMIAS, Kenya, Nov 13 – National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula led Western Members of Parliament (MPs) Caucus in an intensified campaigns to unite residents of the region. In a compelling demonstration of community spirit and political acumen, the leaders gathered at Our Lady Consolata Bukaya…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 13 – President William Ruto has urged countries across the world to explore alternatives to use of plastic bags as part of efforts to tackle pollution.He asked producers and innovators to rethink plastic products and packaging to reflect the principles of reuse, refill and…
- BEIJING, Nov 13 – A former principal of a primary school in Gansu province was executed through lethal injection on Nov 7, following a death penalty sentence for rape and sexually molesting minors. Jiupai News, a Hubei province-based news portal, reported on Sunday that Zhang Longji, the former…
- NAIROBI, Kenya Nov 13 – The National Dialogue Committee on Monday commenced the drafting of its report summarizing the outcomes from the extensive consultations it held with citizens across the country. The committee, comprising leaders from Kenya Kwanza and Azimio, was given the responsibility of…
- HOMA BAY, Kenya, Nov 13 – Azimio La Umoja One Kenya opposition leader Raila Odinga says he will vie for the presidential seat in 2027 for the sixth time should his supporters endorse him. Speaking in Homa bay during the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Party registration drive, Odinga indicated…
- BUSIA, Kenya, Nov 13 – The government is set to recruit 2,000 more instructors for the 238 Technical Education and Vocational colleges across the country, the Cabinet Secretary for Education, Ezekiel Machogu, has said. He said the recruitment strengthen the technical capacities of the Colleges to…
- BEIJING, Nov 13 – Xiong Xue, a former vice-mayor of Chongqing, has been expelled from the Communist Party of China for serious violations of discipline and laws, the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission said in a statement issued on Monday. They…
- NAIROBI, Kenya Nov 13 – Raila Odinga, the leader of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Party, is on Monday scheduled to spearhead the party’s registration drive in Homa Bay County. The opposition party initiated its registration drive on Saturday in Siaya, aiming to amass sufficient numbers and…
- MURANG’A, Kenya, Nov 13 – Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) has cautioned candidates sitting for their KCSE examinations to be cautious of fake exam papers being circulated in various social media platforms.KNEC Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr. David Njengere has confirmed that the…
- BEIJING, Nov 13 – China is formulating an environment and ecology code so that stronger legislation can boost efforts to curb pollution and beautify the country. Thanks to legislative achievements on environmental protection over the past decade, “the time is ripe for codification in this area”,…
- NAIROBI, Kenya Nov 13 – Nairobi County was celebrated as the best county in Public Digitization at the 8th edition of the Africa Digital Economy Awards gala (ADEA) at the Emara Ole Sereni Hotel, Nairobi. The theme this year is, “Celebrating Digital Excellence,” ADEA in its 8th year, brought…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 13 – Kenyans have been given a special holiday to plant 100 million trees as part of the government’s goal to plant 15 billion trees in 10 years. The holiday allows “each and every Kenyan to own the initiative”, according to Environment Minister Soipan Tuya. Each Kenyan is being…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 13 – Basic Education Principal Secretary Belio Kipsang has directed schools undertaking Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) to join the rest of Kenyans in planting trees after today’s paper. Belio said the tree planting exercise today is significant in the lives of…
- NAIROBI, Kenya Nov 13 – President William Ruto is on Monday set to spearhead a national tree-planting exercise in Kiu, Makindu, Makueni County, in line with the public holiday declared by Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki on November 7, 2023. Cabinet Secretaries are also slated to take the…
