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Zimbabwe opposition lawmakers walk out of Mnangagwa address
By Reuters,
1919, September 18, 2018 (EAT)
Zimbabwean opposition lawmakers walked out of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s state of the nation address to parliament on Tuesday, signaling their l...
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Man sues Kenya Power over Ksh.616K two-month bill
By Dzuya Walter,
1622, September 10, 2018 (EAT)
A man has sued Kenya Power for billing him Ksh.616,000 for electricity used at his home over a period of two months. In a petition filed at the Mil...
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ODINGA: Elect more Kenyan women as Governors
By Citizen,
1538, September 7, 2018 (EAT)
Women are makers and builders of nations. In Germany to date, there is a group called the Trümmerfrauen, the rubble women. These women are the ones...
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No break for Kenyans as electricity bills go up in new ERC charges
By Sam Gituku,
1025, August 26, 2018 (EAT)
Kenyans who consume 100 units are now paying Ksh.381 more in their electricity bills compared to last month. A spot check by Citizen TV found that ...
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Cost of power to reduce as ERC scraps fixed cost charges
By Benjamin Muriuki,
1650, July 30, 2018 (EAT)
Electricity consumers in Kenya are set to pay less for power beginning August this year after the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) reviewed the curr...
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Energy regulator’s plan to reduce power bills
By Mumbi Warui,
1022, July 4, 2018 (EAT)
Electricity consumers will in the near future have to purchase electricity tokens in bulk to benefit from proposed tariff changes by the Energy Regul...
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China issues U.S. travel warning amid trade tensions
By Reuters,
1236, July 3, 2018 (EAT)
China’s embassy in Washington has issued a security advisory to Chinese nationals traveling to the United States, the latest such warning as trade t...
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Trump orders halt to family separations
By AFP,
921, June 21, 2018 (EAT)
President Donald Trump ordered an end to the separation of migrant children from their parents on the US border Wednesday. The move reverses a toug...
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Govt backs local tariff costing for electricity tariffs
By Kepha Muiruri,
1335, June 5, 2018 (EAT)
The government is keen on reducing the cost of energy through the adoption of local-currency based financing models for domestic power projects in the...
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Parliament resumes sittings after one-month recess
By Stephen Letoo,
1118, June 5, 2018 (EAT)
Parliament will on Tuesday, June 5 resume its sittings to a full in-tray including the approval of budget estimates to be presented next week. Acco...
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Govt lowers energy costs for manufacturers
By Citizen,
1717, May 18, 2018 (EAT)
The government has made good its promise to lower electricity costs for manufactures but with a condition. According to the ministry of energy manu...
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President Kenyatta hints at reduction of electricity tariffs
By Citizen,
1830, May 16, 2018 (EAT)
The government has hinted at possible removal of a number of tax and levies that have made the cost of electricity remain high. According to the he...
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High Court directs Kenya Power to explain inflated bills
By Agnes Oloo,
1543, May 7, 2018 (EAT)
The High Court in Nairobi Court has directed Kenya Power and the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to respond to a petition filed by advocate Apollo ...
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Floods: Where are the local disaster management bodies?
By Citizen Reporter,
1518, May 7, 2018 (EAT)
By Victor Bwire The Kenya Meteorological Department started sounding an alert that some parts of the country will get more than normal rains or exp...
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Gov’t seeks withdrawal of VAT on electricity bills
By Citizen Reporter,
935, April 28, 2018 (EAT)
By Maryanne Nyambura The Energy Ministry is mooting plans to engage Treasury on scrapping Value Added Tax charged to electricity consumers in Kenya...
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Keter blames KLPC for inflated bills
By Citizen Reporter,
1218, April 27, 2018 (EAT)
By Maryanne Nyambura The Government has now admitted that estimations by Kenya Power and Lightning Company (KPLC) employees are to blame for the in...
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Power bills set to drop as KenGen ups hydro production
By Anita Nkatha,
1516, April 24, 2018 (EAT)
Power generator KenGen is set to increase capacity from hydro power stations following the heavy rains that have raised water levels. According to ...
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Avicii, Arsene Wenger, Matiba among top Kenyan Google searches
By Ian Omondi,
1533, April 22, 2018 (EAT)
Search engine giant Google has released top trending searches in Kenya for the week of April 15 to April 22, 2018. Top on the list was Avicii, a ...
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Delayed KPLC tokens thrust Kenyans into darkness
By Sylvia Chebet,
617, April 17, 2018 (EAT)
Thousands of homes have been plunged into darkness following a three-day outage of Kenya Power & Lighting Company (KPLC)'s token purchase system. ...
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Alfred Keter speaks out as he spends third night in police cells
By Benjamin Muriuki,
1857, February 18, 2018 (EAT)
Nandi Hills Member of Parliament Alfred Keter says his dramatic arrest on Friday, February 16 was part of a plan by government operatives to cover up ...
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