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Kiunjuri out! President Uhuru Kenyatta reshuffles Cabinet
By Citizen Reporter,
1325, January 14, 2020 (EAT)
Mwangi Kiunjuri has been dropped as Agriculture Cabinet Secretary. President Uhuru Kenyatta announced the new raft of changes on Tuesday morning. ...
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Kamar appointed to State parastatal Board as Yatani gets two posts
By Citizen Reporter,
1116, November 15, 2019 (EAT)
Uasin Gishu Senator Margaret Kamar is among three appointees to the Board of National Fund for Disabled of Kenya. In a gazette notice dated Novembe...
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Munyes names new Acting National Oil MD, reverses Nyamongo appointment
By Kepha Muiruri,
858, October 22, 2019 (EAT)
Petroleum and Mining Cabinet Secretary John Munyes has appointed George Kubai as the interim Managing Director to the National Oil Corporation of Keny...
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Questions emerge over how Chinese firm won tender for Kenyan oil
By Paul Ombati,
1020, September 19, 2019 (EAT)
On August 1, 2019, Kenya exported its first 200,000 barrels of crude oil at a price of Ksh.1.2 billion ($12million). The sale has however left unan...
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Government advisor arrested for soliciting Ksh.500K bribe in Nairobi
By Benjamin Muriuki,
1954, September 18, 2019 (EAT)
A policy advisor attached to the Ministry of Petroleum and Mining was on Wednesday arrested for allegedly soliciting for a bribe of Ksh.500,000. Ac...
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Gov’t silent on revenue sharing deal with Turkana oil partners
By Kepha Muiruri,
1927, August 20, 2019 (EAT)
The Ministry of Petroleum has brushed aside questions regarding its revenue sharing agreement with its oil exploration partners among them Tullow. ...
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Kenya’s crude oil at top-end market valuation
By Kepha Muiruri,
1122, August 3, 2019 (EAT)
Kenya’s commercial oil prospects have received a boost from the recent pricing of the first batch of crude oil at an optimal Ksh.6,216 ($60) per bar...
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Three bombs kill 15 in Afghan capital as U.S. general visits
By Reuters,
2220, July 25, 2019 (EAT)
Three bombs rocked the Afghan capital of Kabul on Thursday, killing at least 15 people, officials said, as the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of St...
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Questions over Uhuru’s next move after Rotich charged
By Rachel Ombaka,
1612, July 24, 2019 (EAT)
A substantive appointment is in the offing at Treasury with President Uhuru Kenyatta forced to play the hand he is dealt with following the arraignmen...
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Rising food, fuel prices push June inflation rate to 5.7pc
By Kepha Muiruri,
1759, June 29, 2019 (EAT)
The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) has quoted the end month inflation rate at 5.7 percent to indicate a 0.2 percent upward adjustment to c...
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Kiboko oil probe: KPC lost 551,000 litres of fuel
By Chemutai Goin,
900, June 20, 2019 (EAT)
The Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) may be forced to pay oil marketers over Ksh.60 million as compensation for the over 500,000 litres of fuel lost in th...
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Budget 2019: Treasury misses the mark, no relief for Kenyans
By Kepha Muiruri,
2020, June 13, 2019 (EAT)
Treasury CS Henry Rotich's presentation on the financing of the 2019/20 budget estimated at Ksh.3.02 trillion has missed its mark in providing any sub...
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Rotich to table Ksh.3T budget amidst discontent over Kenya’s growing debt
By Kepha Muiruri,
1438, June 13, 2019 (EAT)
Treasury CS Henry Rotich is expected to table the State’s Ksh.3.02trillion budget projections on Thursday afternoon. He will be bringing the gove...
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IFMIS safe and secure, says gov’t after 18 websites reported hacked
By Benjamin Muriuki,
2211, June 3, 2019 (EAT)
The government's Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS) is safe and secure, Government spokesperson Col. Cyrus Oguna said on Monda...
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NYS, JSC among 18 Kenyan gov’t websites hacked by Indonesian group
By Benjamin Muriuki,
2037, June 3, 2019 (EAT)
Several Kenyan government websites including the Integrated Financial Management and Information System (IFMIS) portal were on Monday hacked by a grou...
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Oil surges amid OPEC caution to offset Iran sanctions
By Reuters,
2021, April 23, 2019 (EAT)
Oil prices hit their highest since November on Tuesday after Washington announced all waivers on imports of sanctions-hit Iranian oil would end next w...
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Kenya’s oil exploration skewed solely towards revenues
By Kepha Muiruri,
2002, April 11, 2019 (EAT)
Stakeholders from Kenya’s oil and gas sector have sounded the alarm on the lopsided focus on proceeds from oil exploration to warn of hidden risks t...
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Exclusive: Nigeria hits oil majors with billions in back taxes
By Reuters,
1036, February 22, 2019 (EAT)
Nigeria has ordered foreign oil and gas companies to pay nearly $20 billion in taxes it says are owed to local states, industry and government sources...
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Kenya says crude oil capacity insufficient for refinery
By Reuters,
2017, February 19, 2019 (EAT)
Crude oil deposits discovered in Kenya are insufficient to justify construction of a refinery, a senior petroleum ministry official said on Tuesday. ...
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Somalia readies for oil exploration, still working on petroleum law
By VOA,
1034, February 14, 2019 (EAT)
The Somali government says it will award exploration licenses to foreign oil companies later this year, despite calls from the opposition to wait unti...
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