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The News Brief: Audit unearths payslip crisis in public sector
- 5 Aug 2025 - The salary review, which took effect on July 1, 2025, has left many educators stunned, with some receiving as little as KSh 500 in monthly pay increases — a figure they say fails to match the rising cost of living.
- 5 Aug 2025 - Sudanese paramilitary fighters have killed at least 14 civilians trying to flee a besieged city in Darfur, a rights group said Monday, more than 27 months into their war against the army.
- 5 Aug 2025 - South Africa is seeking new markets in Africa and Asia as it negotiates with the United States over looming 30-percent trade tariffs, which could cost around 30,000 jobs, officials said Monday.
- 5 Aug 2025 - Co-operatives and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Development Cabinet Secretary Wycliffe Oparanya has defended the Hustler Fund against criticism from a Monday report by the Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC), dismissing it as "skewed,…
- 5 Aug 2025 - Speaking at State House Nairobi on Monday during a meeting with leaders from Tharaka Nithi County, the President said his unique blend of experience leaves him with "no excuse but to deliver" for the people of Kenya.
- 5 Aug 2025 - Egyptian authorities have arrested at least eight TikTok content creators in less than a week on vague charges including "indecency", in what rights defenders warn is a sweeping crackdown mainly targeting women online.
- 4 Aug 2025 - For too long, a small but vocal group of Western commentators has painted a distorted picture of China’s economy—amplifying weaknesses, downplaying strengths, and sowing doubt in what remains one of the world’s most dynamic markets. But beyond the…
- 4 Aug 2025 - The Monday evening accident involved three vehicles with all the five victims on board one private car.
- 4 Aug 2025 - This was revealed during her burial in Laikipia.
- 4 Aug 2025 - A UK judge on Monday sentenced a 17-year-old boy to one year in prison for the "sadistic" torture and killing of two kittens.