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Namibian Gov’t removes tax for sanitary pads
By Agencies,
800, March 22, 2021 (EAT)
The Namibian Government has abolished taxation of sanitary pads. Finance Minister Iipumbu Shiimi announced that the directive would take effect in ...
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Nandi Senator Cherargei and 3 MPs to be charged, firearm licenses withdrawn
By Benjamin Muriuki,
1446, March 5, 2021 (EAT)
Inspector General of Police Hilary Mutyambai has directed police commanders in Bungoma County to present in court Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei, MPs ...
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Police launch hunt for former CS Rashid Echesa for assaulting IEBC official
By Benjamin Muriuki,
1256, March 4, 2021 (EAT)
Police have launched a manhunt for former Sports Cabinet Secretary after he was caught on video slapping an IEBC official during the Matungu parliamen...
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Kabuchai by-election: Senator Cherargei, MPs Barasa, Wilson Kogo and Nelson Koech arrested
By Benjamin Muriuki,
1618, March 4, 2021 (EAT)
Four parliamentarians have been arrested for allegedly intimidating voters during the ongoing by-election in Kabuchai Constituency, Bungoma County. ...
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MPs ordered to pay back Ksh1.2B house allowance they illegally awarded themselves
By Sam Ogina,
936, December 11, 2020 (EAT)
Members of Parliament will be required to pay back almost Ksh.1.2 billion in house allowance they illegally awarded themselves. This is the amount ...
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BBI proposes to increase MPs to 360, abolish nominated seats
By Sam Ogina,
2214, October 21, 2020 (EAT)
The final Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report proposes for an expanded legislature and abolishing of nominated seats. In the National Assembly...
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Uhuru to Kenyan politicians: Tame your ambitions
By PSCU,
1804, October 17, 2020 (EAT)
President Uhuru Kenyatta has urged politicians to tame their ambitions to allow the Government leverage on the existing tranquility occasioned by the ...
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LSK now wants MPs salaries, security withdrawn from October over gender rule
By Benjamin Muriuki,
1632, September 24, 2020 (EAT)
The Law Society of Kenya (LSK) has weighed in on the ongoing debate triggered by Chief Justice David Maraga's advisory asking the President to dissolv...
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Mudavadi presides over launch of Women in Safety Excellence association
By Benjamin Muriuki,
1922, August 13, 2020 (EAT)
ANC Party leader Musalia Mudavadi has urged Parliament to expedite the enactment of the two-thirds gender rule to address issues revolving around gend...
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MPs now want Ksh.10M medical cover after losing seat, pension for single-term lawmakers
By Edwin Obuya,
1258, August 6, 2020 (EAT)
Members of Parliament (MPs) are now seeking to further amend the Parliamentary Pension’s Act to ensure they will continue enjoying full medical cove...
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Waiguru needs support of only 6 out of 11 Senators to survive impeachment
By Citizen Reporter,
1134, June 17, 2020 (EAT)
Embattled Kirinyaga County Governor Anne Mumbi Waiguru on Tuesday survived the first hurdle in her ouster attempt after the Senate, in an acrimonious ...
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‘Bring it on baby’ statement returns to haunt Senator Millicent Omanga as she changes tune
By Benjamin Muriuki,
1910, May 27, 2020 (EAT)
"Bring it on baby... bring it on. We are waiting!" Those were the words of Jubilee Party Nominated Senator Millicent Omanga on Wednesday March 11, 202...
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TI-Kenya calls for enhanced transparency, accountability of COVID-19 funds
By Citizen Reporter,
1310, May 1, 2020 (EAT)
Following the brief on COVID-19 expenditure from the Ministry of Health to the National Assembly, Kenyans have raised concerns on the reported expendi...
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Women leaders are doing a disproportionately great job at handling the pandemic. So why aren’t there more of them?
By CNN,
925, April 15, 2020 (EAT)
In Taiwan, early intervention measures have controlled the coronavirus pandemic so successfully that it is now exporting millions of face masks to h...
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MPs asked to return allowance after New York trip cancelled over coronavirus
By Benjamin Muriuki,
1754, March 3, 2020 (EAT)
National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi has cancelled a trip for Members of Parliament who were set to attend a United Nations meeting on gender equal...
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Police question 11 MPs over ‘secret’ mission to Somalia
By Hassan Mugambi,
1838, March 1, 2020 (EAT)
Eleven Members of Parliament from North Eastern Kenya were held and questioned by police on Sunday over their secret mission to Somalia. Citizen Di...
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Raila Odinga: Theft of public resources is now called hustling
By Ian Omondi,
1929, February 27, 2020 (EAT)
Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leader Raila Odinga has now hit out at government officials over the self-styled ‘hustler’ tag for allegedly gett...
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A visiting South African MP was shocked by the lavish lifestyle of Kenyan politicians
By Tonny Ndungu,
1313, February 7, 2020 (EAT)
A South African Member of Parliament (MP) Nqabayomzi Lawrence Saziso Kwankwa spent a day with a Kenyan MP, and he went back home wishing he could swit...
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Mary Wambui’s appointment to top gov’t job revoked
By Citizen Reporter,
1556, January 17, 2020 (EAT)
Former Othaya MP Mary Wambui suffered a major setback after the Labour Court quashed President Uhuru Kenyatta’s decision to appoint her as Chairpers...
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OPINION: Why we need a Structured Parliamentary Diplomacy for Africa
By Citizen Reporter,
1752, December 5, 2019 (EAT)
By Joel Okwemba Foreign Policy is Public Policy. Foreign policy has hitherto been a prerogative of the Executive arm of government despite the glob...
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