Kenya finally constitutes an electoral agency after a three-year standoff in political class
Chairperson Erastus Ethekon is a human rights lawyer and previously worked as Turkana County’s top legal adviser. He has also worked with the United Nations Development Programme and the UN Resident Coordinator in Kenya.
Mau Mau freedom fighters from Kakamega, Bungoma blast Kenya government for neglecting, seek reparations Britain
The families have condemned the manner in which they neglected and forgotten in favour of their compatriots from central Kenya despite the legacy of their forefathers who fought for independence and are still remembered as heroes today.
Controversial SHIF and SHA taxes ramps up government revenue collection to $19.9 billion
Despite collecting Ksh560.963 billion from pay-as-you-earn (PAYE) tax, a 3.3 per cent increase with a 99 per cent performance rate, KRA attributed the slower growth in this category to recent adjustments in SHIF and Housing Levy deductions, noting that the sluggish growth stemmed from taxpayers leveraging adjustment vouchers to offset their tax liabilities.
Corruption: Clubs pile pressure on Kenya Rugby Union over financial fiddling as performance worsens
Speaking on behalf of the clubs, Victor Wachira, chairman of Ngong Warriors RFC, stated that the clubs were acting well within their constitutional rights and that their concerns stemmed from a desire to safeguard the integrity and future of rugby in Kenya.
Life of dignity: How deputy governor humanises support to people with disability in Nandi County
Since assuming office in 2017, Dr Yulita Mitei has rolled out transformative programmes that redefine how disability is addressed by county governance.
After over 10 years of underperformance Kericho County posts more than Ksh1 billon in own revenue collection
According to department of finance and economic planning, in the previous 2023-2024 financial year, the county collected Ksh834,758,771, achieving a performance rate of 78.8 per cent, which was an increase from Ksh775,958,004 collected in the 2022-2023 financial year, posting a performance rate of 75.1 per cent.
Kenya’s president orders police to fracture protesters with gunfire against backdrop of building $9.3 million church at Sate House
The president’s order to police to shoot to maim (viewed as permission to kill) protesters has shocked the East African nation of about 55 million people as it comes barely a week after he announced that he was putting up a Ksh1.2 billion church at State House – the seat of government – as testimony of his commitment to justice and moral uprightness.
Kenya poised to retain status as world geothermal power production leader as GDC strikes steam at Baringo Geothermal project
Interviewed, Ngugi expressed GDC’s commitment to ensuring timely delivery of renewable energy projects that will greatly support the country’s development vision and plans. The director said that at Paka field, where most of the work had been done, was slated to start production of the first 100 megawatts by 2028.
Shunning suicide for Jesus Christ: How meeting God at the point of need healed my migraine
In 2022, I joined the University of Nairobi, hopeful that campus life would usher in a new lease of life. Instead, the agony intensified. I visited Kenyatta National Hospital and was prescribed spectacles to reduce light sensitivity. They cost 6,000 Kenya shillings, but even that brought no respite. At this point, I was on the cups of surrendering to unknown force. Death!
Blind, deaf and dumb Ruto: Kenya dances with extrajudicial killings, extreme ethnicity, detention without trial and totalitarianism
President William Ruto won power almost three years ago vowing to protect the poor and end police violence, but he is facing mounting public dissatisfaction over high living costs, corruption and police brutality that could yet seal his fate as a “wantam” leader.
