CITIZEN NIPASHE JUMATATU ~ JUNE 30, 2025

1 Jul 2025 - When President William Ruto hit the campaign trail ahead of the 2022 General Election, his rallies often resembled evangelical crusades, a combination of politics, worship songs and biblical citations.  In one such rally, Ruto quoted Psalms 113:7-8,…

1 Jul 2025 - Experts have revealed that gender disparity is the main barrier women face in employment, warning that structural and cultural barriers continue to lock them out of meaningful economic participation despite gains in education.  A high-level policy forum…

1 Jul 2025 - A US-based organisation has claimed devastating cuts to food rations threaten refugees in Kenya with famine.  The US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) said the food reduction affects 700,000 refugees at the Kakuma and Dadaab refugee camps and…

1 Jul 2025 - Nairobi Finance and Economic Planning Executive Charles Kerich has officially tabled the 2025/26 Finance Budget before the County Assembly, assuring residents that no new taxes have been introduced despite an expanded tax base. The total projected…

1 Jul 2025 - For more than three decades, Alfayo Kuruna, 70, a prominent cereal farmer from Soy sub-county in Uasin Gishu county, had not seen the need to utilise a 20-acre parcel of land which is part of his 100-acre property.  The said portion of the land had been…

1 Jul 2025 - Critical shortfalls in global humanitarian funding now threaten millions of Sudanese refugees fleeing war to seek refuge in neighbouring countries, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Monday.

1 Jul 2025 - Vihiga Governor Wilber Ottichillo has warned private pharmacy operators against selling drugs stolen from public health facilities.  Ottichilo said he would be forced to deal with those who will be found selling stolen drugs decisively and firmly.  “I…

1 Jul 2025 - The government is now appealing to parents, religious leaders, and community elders to take a more proactive role in guiding young Kenyans toward peaceful and lawful means of civic engagement.

1 Jul 2025 - State urges parents, elders to guide youth away from anarchy

1 Jul 2025 - Monetising data: Africa should not be left behind