Kenya’s crude oil at top-end market valuation

By Kepha Muiruri,

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...

Early Oil Pilot Scheme (EOPS) , ministry of petroleum and mining , Tullow , Turkana crude oil

Questions over Uhuru’s next move after Rotich charged

By Rachel Ombaka,

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...

eCHESA , Rotich , Treasury

IFMIS safe and secure, says gov’t after 18 websites reported hacked

By Benjamin Muriuki,

The government's Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS) is safe and secure, Government spokesperson Col. Cyrus Oguna said on Monda...

ifmis

U.S. seizes North Korean ship it accuses of violating sanctions

By Reuters,

The United States has for the first time seized a North Korean cargo ship it accused of illicit coal shipments in violation of U.S. and United Nations...

North Korea protecting nuclear missiles, U.N. monitors say, ahead of summit talks

By Reuters,

North Korea is working to ensure its nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities cannot be destroyed by military strikes, U.N. monitors said ahead of a...

North Korea , U.S

U.S. sanctions on Venezuelan oil reverberate globally

By Reuters,

The Trump administration’s sanctions on Venezuelan oil, aimed at driving President Nicolas Maduro from power, sent shockwaves around the world on Tu...

President Nicolas Maduro , sanctions , U.S , Venezuela , White House

U.S. trade deficit hits 10-year high in October

By Wycliffe Nyamasege,

The U.S. trade deficit jumped to a 10-year high in October as soybean exports continued to fall and imports of consumer goods rose to a record high, s...

trade deficit , United States , US Trade

Oil marketers approve stricter kerosene regulations

By Kepha Muiruri,

Key stakeholders from the petroleum and energy sector are calling for tougher kerosene regulations in the form of taxation with a view to contract the...

adulteration , Andrew Kamau , Anne-Solange Renouard , Fuel , kerosene , KRA , petroleum institute of east africa , PIEA , tax

Govt to sign MoU to end oil trucking standoff

By Citizen Team,

The ongoing crude oil transportation deadlock in Turkana is costing Kenyan tax payers up to Ksh10 million a day according to the state department of p...

Andrew Kamau , early oil pilot scheme , EOPS , local community , Lokichar , MOU , revenue share agreement , standoff , state department of petroleum , Tullow Oil , turkana

Parliament resumes sittings after one-month recess

By Stephen Letoo,

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...

parliament , Tobiko

Early oil export set for May

By Dennis Otieno,

The government will resume plans for small scale oil exports in May after suspending it in June last year. The state department of petroleum says t...

Andrew Kamau , crude , export , Oil , Petroleum , revenue share

Trump: Military Action Against N. Korea Certainly Not ‘First Choice’

By VOA,

U.S. President Donald Trump, asked Wednesday whether he would take military action against North Korea, said, "We will see what happens. Certainly, th...

ballistic missile test , HYDROGEN BOMB , MOON JAE-IN , NORTH KOREA LAUNCH BALLISTIC MISSILE , SEOUL , South Korea

Digital Literacy Program making learning fun – Gov’t

By Wangui Ngechu,

The Principal Secretary State Department of Energy, Eng Joseph Njoroge, says that the Digital Literacy Program (DLP) has made children more interested...

digital literacy program in Thika , Energy PS , Energy PS launches digital literacy program , Institute of Curriculum development (KICD) , launches , Principal Secretary State Department of Energy Eng. Joseph Njoroge , Thika

Gov’t starts distribution of laptops to schools

By Wangui Ngechu,

The Government, through the Ministry of ICT, will Friday, September 30 officially start the countrywide roll-out of the Digital Literacy Programme (DL...

U.S job creation surges in June

By VOA,

U.S. job creation surged in June, with a net gain of 287,000 jobs across the world's largest economy. That is hundreds of thousands more than the p...

job creation. , U.S , U.S job creation surges in June , U.S. job creation , United States

VW agrees to buy back diesel vehicles, fund clean air efforts

By Reuters,

German automaker Volkswagen will pay as much as $15.3 billion after admitting it cheated on U.S. diesel emissions tests for years, agreeing to buy bac...

German automaker Volkswagen , Volkswagen , VW

ODM says government not serious with teachers’ pay demands

By Maureen Murimi,

The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) has asked the Jubilee administration to restore sanity in the education sector. In a statement sent to newsroo...

CORD , kenya , odm , Teacher's strike , teachers , Teachers pay

Cabinet Secretaries, Principal Secretaries Step Aside Over Graft Allegations

By Citizen,

Cabinet Secretaries Eng. Michael Kamau of Transport and Infrastructure, Davis Chirchir of Energy and Petroleum, Kazungu Kambi of Labour and Felix Kosk...