Kenya comes up with new building code to address fatal building accidents, kick out quacks
Published as Legal Notice No.47 on March 1, 2024, the National Building Code 2024 replaces the 57-year-old and outdated Local Government (Adoptive By-Laws) Building Order of 1968. The new Building Code came into effect this month, March 1.
Mau Mau veterans say Public Benefits Organisation Act is key to compensation of victims of colonial abuses
A Public Benefit Organisation is a charitable membership or non-membership grouping of individuals or organisations, which is autonomous, non-partisan, non-profit making and engages in public benefit activities.
Education retention: Kenya’s school meals project gets backing of Africa Development Bank, Lesotho King
Speaking in Nairobi after a benchmarking tour in Ruiru in Kiambu County, the King Letsie III and his entourage accompanied by Adesina and the ministry of education officials were marvelled by the gains accruing from the school feeding programme in the country.
Power and glory: Investigative journalist tells TI workshop ‘journalism is about uncovering truth and holding rulers to account’
Some participants were particularly interested in using the information and resources gained to cover county-level governance issues more effectively.
Transport business: Riders praise electric motorbikes for efficiency, low operational costs
James King’ori charging his electric bike. King’ori, a bodaboda rider from Othaya ditched petrol fuelled motorcycle for an e-bike due to the latter’s low operational costs.
East African Kiswahili scholars root for Africa’s widely spoken indigenous language to be medium of diplomacy
Prof Aduda told the more than 200 Kiswahili professionals converged at the university that Kiswahili was one of the languages that play a pivotal role in Africa and beyond in promoting peace, unity, socio-economic development and cultural diversity.
Cruise tourism peaking at Kenyan coast as Mombasa Port receives 4,000 tourists in three months
Kenya Ports Authority General Manager Operations Sudi Mwasenago said the Viking Sky is the fourth cruise vessel that has made a maiden call at Mombasa Port this year alone compared to last year where only seven cruise vessels with a total of 6,000 passengers came to the port.
Forgotten pioneer trade unionist remembered: Kabarnet Museum hnours ‘uhuru now’ hero Makhan Singh who fought for Kenya’s freedom
Makhan Singh, recognising the apathy of the colonising British, devoted himself to opposing injustice in both the land of his birth and his adopted home. Singh’s determination to lay the basis for a more just politics in India and Kenya is inspiring and encourages us to imagine morally and ethically defensible futures, writes Dasgupta
Kenya reviewing prison laws to establish Correctional Service College, manage intersex and conjugal visits
Speaking in Kakamega town during public a validation forum, Angus Masoro said the proposed Bill on policy and regulatory framework also seeks to merge the Prison Service, Probation and After-care Service to become the Department of Correctional Service.
Business-minded engineering student at Masinde Muliro University invents flexible stall for vendors in Kakamega
The pricing of the stalls ranges from Ksh1,500 ($11.6) to Ksh3,500 ($27) for the small and big ones respectively. Muchina says he started this business with a capital of Ksh100,000 ($771) which he acquired from a seed fund in his former school through a programme known as Aspire, which helped him begin the business.
