Kenyan journalists told to priotise own safety as country’s press freedom index falls from 66 to 116 in the world
Senior Kenya Union of Journalists official Kwamboka Oyaro told journalists to always carry proper identification as well as don appropriate attire for the assignment. She pointed out that journalists must always assess the risk, be aware of the weapons being used around them and know when to stop reporting and run to safety.
With 80 per cent of Kenya arid, state drafts agriculture irrigation masterplan to address food security, employment
The principal secretary said that the irrigation plan is in line with the government’s development pillar, the Bottom-up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA), which envisages transformation in the agricultural sector to address food insecurity and unemployment.
Intriguing revelations by retired Kenya government chemist detail how ministers Ouko, Saitoti, Ojode, Mutula Kilonzo and Raila’s Fidel were assassinated by state
The retired government chemist also led the forensic team that investigated ODM party leader Raila Odinga’s son, Fidel Castro Odinga’s death in 2015. He was the lead forensic investigator of the death of former Vice-President George Muthengi Saitoti and assistant minister Joshua Orwa Ojode in 2012.
Suspected al Shabaab gunmen abduct five chiefs in northeast Kenya days before president’s visit
The al Qaeda-allied al Shabaab has been fighting for years in Somalia to topple the central government and establish its own rule based on its strict interpretation of Islamic sharia law.
Kenya announces plan to spend $278m to connect one million households to national grid
The project will be undertaken by the Kenya Power and Lighting Company and the Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Corporation and is targeting 10,903 beneficiaries.
Inception of electronic registers, digital filing system in Kenya’s judiciary credited with improved service delivery
While the event was well-received, the public expressed a desire for more frequent interactions. A participant, Samson Kiptim, urged the government to organise additional meetings to provide more in-depth explanations and answers to questions.
Yetu Sacco record $7.7m profit underlines stiff competition between commercial banks and cooperative societies in Kenya
In recent times, the Sacco has recorded a surge in membership, overshadowing their peers, with at least over 20,000 new entrants being enlisted over the past one year, pushing the figures to 104,159 people.
‘You are wrong, military courts are here to stay as Uganda is not governed by judges,’ Museveni blasts Supreme Court judges
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni said on Saturday his government would continue to prosecute civilians in military tribunals even after the country’s top court banned the practice, ruling it unconstitutional. In a majority decision on Friday, the East African country’s Supreme Court banned prosecutions of civilians in military courts and ordered...
US and Somalia claim ‘multiple’ ISIS operatives were killed in Africom airstrike on terrorist bases
The number of IS militants in the country are estimated to be in the hundreds, mostly scattered in the Cal Miskaat mountains in Puntland’s Bari region, according to the International Crisis Group.
One day we’ll wake up at the end of looting spree in Kenya to find its potential is all behind us and it is a land of lost opportunity
When President William Ruto is not roaming the countryside in the name of “bring development,” he is globe-trotting under the guise of shopping for employment the jobless youth. It is a shameless admission that his bottom-up policies cannot power the economy to generate jobs for more than three million graduates who are desperate to deploy their skills to nation-building. How can a government train manpower, then give it away for other countries to use?
