Love gone sour? Nairobi MCAs turn the heat on NMS boss Badi

By Edwin Obuya,

The love relationship between the Nairobi Metropolitan Services and members of the county assembly appears to be coming to an end after minority MCAs ...

badi , Nairobi regeneration project , NMS

Moses Kuria fined Ksh.75K for violating COVID-19 rules

By Tonny Ndungu,

A Kiambaa Court has released Gatundu South Legislator Moses Kuria, who was arrested alongside 30 others for violating Ministry of Health Covid-19 prot...

coronavirus

MP Moses Kuria among 30 arrested for flouting COVID-19 protocols

By Citizen Reporter,

Moses Kuria, Member of Parliament for Gatundu South, is one of 30 people arrested on Monday for violating the Ministry of Health's COVID-19 protocols....

mosea kuria

Abdulkadir Haji sworn in as Garissa Senator

By Citizen Reporter,

Abdulkadir Haji has been sworn in as the new Senator for Garissa County. He takes over from his father Yusuf Haji who died on February 15, 2021. ...

Abdulkadir Haji , garissa senator , Yusuf haji

Counties misused Ksh.13.8B COVID-19 funds: report

By Sam Ogina,

With the health function almost fully devolved, counties became a natural ally of the National Government in the fight against COVID-19 as the pandemi...

coronavirus

Parliament to hold special sitting next week to debate BBI Bill

By Citizen Reporter,

National Assembly Majority Leader Amos Kimunya says Parliament will hold a special sitting next week to debate the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) d...

Amos Kimunya , BBI Bill , IEBC , parliament

Late MP Paul Koinange buried at his Kiambaa home

By Tonny Ndungu,

Kiambaa MP Paul Koinange who died early Wednesday from COVID-19 complications has been interred at his Kiambu home in a private ceremony, attended by ...

Kiambaa MP Paul Koinange

Implementing BBI proposals would cost at least Ksh.20B annually

By Chemutai Goin,

The exchequer will have to dig deeper in the next financial year to finance the proposed changes to the 2010 constitution through the Building Bridges...

BBI Bill

Foreigner who flew drone over DP Ruto’s home yet to take plea

By Dzuya Walter,

A foreigner who flew a drone into the private residence of Deputy President William Ruto is yet to take plea. Also Read: You risk 12 months in pris...

drone , Piotr Lukasz Litwiniuk , ruto

Kiambaa MP Paul Koinange to be buried on Saturday

By Teddy Otieno,

Kiambaa MP Paul Koinange will be laid to rest on Saturday, April 3, 2021. A statement from the family said the funeral service will be held at Sain...

coronavirus , Kiambaa MP Paul Koinange

Raila says BBI Bill must be subjected to a referendum

By Citizen Reporter,

Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga has said the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) Amendment Bill must be subjected to a referendum. Also Read: High...

BBI , odm , raila

Uhuru assents to Supplementary Appropriation Bill, 2021, budget pushes up borrowing by Ksh.125.7B

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta assented to the Supplementary Appropriation Bill, 2021 on Tuesday evening at State House, Nairobi. The Supplementary Appropr...

debt , Supplementary Appropriation Bill

Kiambaa MP Paul Koinange succumbs to COVID-19, family says

By Teddy Otieno,

Kiambaa MP Paul Koinange has died. The legislator succumbed to COVID-19 related complications at Nairobi Hospital on Wednesday morning. The MP serv...

coronavirus

‘Reggae is still on’: Junet Mohamed and Dennis Waweru on BBI

By Edwin Obuya,

The Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) reggae is still on and reverberating, according to the co-chairs of the Secretariat Junet Mohamed and Dennis Waw...

BBI , Junet Mohamed

Parents who apply for adoption of children will now get one month leave with full pay

By PSCU,

Parents who apply for adoption of children will now get one month pre-adoptive leave with full pay after President Uhuru Kenyatta signed into law the ...

Gov’t-owned Tanzanian paper apologises for ‘mourning’ new president

By Agencies,

Tanzania's government-owned newspaper has apologized for printing an incorrect advertisement mourning the death of new President Samia Suluhu Hassan. ...

Samia Suluhu

COVID-19: President Kenyatta says Parliament sessions suspended until further notice

By Ian Omondi,

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday said sessions of both Houses of Parliament, the National Assembly as well as the Senate, have been suspended until ...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , parliament , President Uhuru Kenyatta

Kericho County boss Chepkwony nominates Lily Chepngetich as deputy governor

By Ian Omondi,

Kericho County boss Paul Chepkwony has nominated Lily Chepngetich Ngok as his deputy governor. This comes following the death of DG Susan Kikwai wh...

Governor Paul Chepkwony , Kercho County , Lily Chepngetich Ngok , Susan Kikwai

MP now wants COVID-19 vaccination made mandatory for all Kenyans

By Citizen Reporter,

Just two days after MPs underwent COVID-19 vaccination in Parliament, Kimilili lawmaker Didmus Barasa has drafted a Notice of Motion seeking to have t...

COVID-19 vaccination , didmus barasa

Michael Joseph: Kenya Airways nationalization is not the answer anymore

By Kepha Muiruri,

Kenya Airways (KQ) Board Chairman Michael Joseph says the proposed nationalization of the carrier is not the only way out for the struggling airline w...

Kenya Airways (KQ) , Michael Joseph , parliament