Firing spree of coaches proving costly for broke FKF

By Mkalla Wa Mwambodze,

As Kenyans eagerly await confirmation of the next Harambee Stars technical bench, the begging question is the financial burden left on the Football Ke...

coach Sébastien Migné , Coaches , firing , FKF , FKF President Nick Mwendwa , Jacob 'Ghost' Mulee , spree , Twahir Muhidin

Stanbic remains tight-lipped on staff layoffs

By Kepha Muiruri,

Stanbic Group has remained mum on the impending staff layoffs even as its proposed voluntary early retirement (VER) scheme employee submission window ...

Looming county shutdown as Senate rejects National Assembly’s figures, again

By Francis Gachuri,

All 47 county governments are headed for tougher financial times, after the senate amended the Division of Revenue Bill republished by the National As...

BWIRE: Kenya slowly becoming a knee-jerk State

By Victor Bwire,

By Victor Bwire Lack of consistency and predictability in policy formulation and pronouncement seems a permanent feature of our way of doing things...

Serena, Osaka top Forbes list of best-paid female athletes

By Reuters,

Naomi Osaka’s Grand Slam title wins at the U.S. and Australian Opens have helped catapult the Japanese tennis player up to second, behind Serena Wil...

forbes , Grand Slam title , highest-paid female athletes , Naomi Osaka

No Pay, No Work: Looming crisis as county workers to down tools

By Otukho Jackson,

Services across the 47 counties could be paralysed beginning next week after  county government workers on Tuesday threatened to down their tools ove...

COUNTY GOVERNMENTS , Dr Ouma Oluga , KMPDU

Betting firms, reduced investments deny KRA Ksh.1.77 trillion target

By Kepha Muiruri,

The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has announced a new Ksh.1.58 trillion tax collection record for the period closing June 30,2019 to keep with the tax...

Githii Mburu , KRA , National Treasury

KNUT threatens strike after TSC demotes teachers, cuts salaries

By Benjamin Muriuki,

The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) has threatened to call for a nationwide strike following the move by the Teachers Service Commission (TSC)...

KNUT , tsc

Digital taxi operators back on roads without a deal

By Kepha Muiruri,

Digital taxi operators under the coalition of the Digital Taxi Forum (DTF) have resumed duty on Kenyan roads barely two weeks into the issuance of a f...

Bolt , digital taxis , DTAK , DTF , Little , Uber Kenya

Shabana say they can sustain NSL financial demands

By Dan Ogega,

Shabana FC chairman Jared Niverton has moved to deny reports that the club could fail to honor the 2019/20 National Super League season due to lack of...

NSL , Shabana FC

The epic Twitter meltdown of Esther Passaris over MPs’ salaries

By Ian Omondi,

Nairobi County Woman Representative Esther Passaris has had enough of people, majorly Kenyans on Twitter, thinking she always takes the high road when...

Esther Passaris , Mike Sonko , MPs pay rise , Trolls , Twitter

Amazon workers in Germany strike over pay

By Reuters,

More than 2,000 workers at seven Amazon sites across Germany have gone on strike over pay for at least two days, labor union Verdi said on Monday. ...

Amazon , germany , strike , Verdi

NGO Board blames former employee for Ksh.3.8M fictitious payout

By Muia Joseph,

The Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO) Coordination Board has shifted blame to an ex-employee after it was revealed that Ksh. 3.8million was paid to...

Ghost Workers , Mutuma Nkanata , NGO coordination board , Ouko

Embu County to be probed over alleged payment of Ksh.500M to ghost workers

By Anthony Ndwiga,

Embu County Assembly's Committee on Health is set to carry out a probe to determine the possibility of the County Government losing close to Ksh.500 m...

Embu county assembly , Ghost Workers , Health sector

CJ Maraga appoints three-judge bench in Ksh.250K MPs’ house allowance case

By Dzuya Walter,

Chief Justice David Maraga has now appointed a three-judge bench to hear a case challenging the Ksh.250,000 monthly house allowance to Members of Parl...

Chief Justice David Maraga , house allowance , Justice John Mativo , Justice Pauline Nyamweya , Justice Weldon Korir , Lawyer Tom Ojienda , Mps

Kitui county workers tell off Ngilu over salary delay

By Shadrack Ilava,

Kitui Governor Charity Ngilu is at war with the county employees over claims that their June 2019 salary has been delayed without reason. The joint...

kitui county workers , Ngilu

Enter new Nzoia Sugar MD Michael Wanjala Makokha

By Citizen Reporter,

Michael Wanjala Makokha has been elected as the new Nzoia Sugar Managing Director. The company was under Michael Kulundu as the acting MD but he di...

Nzoia Sugar Company

Car loans, mortgages, house allowances: Inside MPs new demands to SRC

By Citizen Reporter,

A leaked memorandum by the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) has now revealed a list of demands made by Members of Parliament (MPs) to the Salari...

Mps , parliament , PSC , SRC

Speaker Muturi defends MPs night allowance

By Francis Gachuri,

Barely a month after Members of Parliament were stopped by the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) from drawing house allowances, they have now...

Zimbabwe threaten AFCON pullout over wage row

By Reuters,

The Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) and the players were locked in talks over unpaid salaries on Thursday with both parties threatening to withdr...

afcon , AFCON2019 , Zimbabwe