Kenya’s Controller of Budget says country collected Ksh3.99 trillion in the 2024-25 financial year
Margaret Nyakang’o urged the National Treasury to fast-track settlement of pending bills to ease cash flow pressures on businesses, improve planning to reduce reliance on Article 223 and strengthen monitoring of ministries to align expenditure with performance.
Newly sworn-in National Dialogue Panel promises victims of state brutality justice, reparations
Chief Registrar Winfridah Mokaya described the day as “historic for the country” and congratulated stakeholders for their dedication.
Abuse victims detail how Trump was cosy with America’s notorious rapist Jeffrey Epstein but White House dismisses them as ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’
During the press conference, Trump was meeting with Polish President Karol Nawrocki in the Oval Office. Following their meeting, a reporter asked the president if “friends” or “donors” were being protected by not releasing the full Epstein files. He brushed off the question, doubling back on a previous claim that the documents are a “Democrat hoax that never ends.”
As sugarcane farmers in western Kenya dump the ‘poor man’s crop’, counterparts in Rift Valley are embracing the ‘lazy man’s crop’
The construction of a new factory means that up to 10,000 additional acres of land will be put under the crop to meet the raw materials requirement for the miller to operate optimally. Consequently, a substantial number of farmers are shifting from growing maize to sugarcane, attracted by the profitability and ready market.
Kenyans advised to seek justice via tribunals to cut litigation costs, ease case backlog
According to the deputy registrar, tribunals are indispensable to Kenya’s judicial system. They provide specialised, affordable and accessible forums for sector-specific disputes, thereby, relieving pressure on regular courts and strengthening formal dispute resolution institutions.
Horn, Eastern African states agree to integrate migration data to inform policy making
Speaking in Mombasa during the Seventh Regional Migration Data Technical Working Group meeting, IGAD Director of Health and Social Development, Ambassador Moussa Meigague Ali said member-states are committed to advancing evidence-based approaches to managing migration and displacement challenges.
Doubts persist over Kenya’s CBC education even as minister gloats over Grade 9 to 10 transition
Speaking in Narok after a consultative ‘Elimu Mashinani’ Stakeholder Meeting, Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba assured the public of the government’s commitment to ensuring smooth progression for all learners.
Mom in central Kenya jailed for 8 months for child neglect, feeding teenaged daughter on bhang
The teenaged girl not enrolled in school and had allegedly been introduced to substance abuse – cannabis sativa – by her mother. She fed on bhang when there was no food in the house. Authorities further noted that the girl was often forced to sleep on cold floors outside their squalid house, especially when her mother was entertaining lovers in their poorly maintained hovel.
Kenya plans 60,000mw nuclear power, enough to meet current needs of all eight EAC countries
Currently Kenya produces 3,400 megawatts, Tanzania 3,091.71 megawatts, Uganda 2,048 megawatts, Rwanda 277 megawatts, Burundi 34 megawatts and Democratic Republic of the Congo 13,625 gigawatts. South Sudan’s capacity is indeterminate.
In a rare shift since coming to power, Trump approves $32.5m in aid to Nigeria to address hunger
The West African country is also dealing with an insurgency in its northeast that has resulted in the death of around 35,000 civilians and the displacement of more than two million others, according to the United Nations.
