Senate Health, COVID-19 committees resume KEMSA probe sittings
NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 15 – The Standing Committee on Health and the Ad Hoc Committee on COVID–19 which are jointly investigating the alleged mismanagement of funds at the Kenya Medical Supplies...
View ArticleDP Ruto says third-tier governance system inefficient
NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 15 – Deputy President William Ruto has dismissed calls for the creation of a third-tier system of governance arguing regional government would increase bureaucracy and make...
View ArticleGovernor Korane freed on Sh3.25mn cash bail, barred from accessing office
NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 15 – Garissa Governor Ali Korane has been freed on Sh3.25 million cash bail and barred from accessing office following his arraignment in court this morning over abuse of office...
View ArticleKandara lawmaker challenges Badi’s listing in Cabinet without Parliament’s...
NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 15 – Kandara lawmaker Alice Wahome filed a petition at the Constitutional Division of the High Court on Tuesday challenging the inclusion of Nairobi Metropolitan Services Director...
View ArticlePresident Kenyatta pledges Sh50bn to counties in intervention to seal formula...
NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 15 – President Uhuru Kenyatta has pledged an additional Sh50bn to counties in the next financial year 2021/22 in a bid to unlock the revenue formula stalemate which has been a...
View ArticleGovernor Sang petitions National Assembly to unveil TJRC report
NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 15 – Nandi Governor Stephen Sang has petitioned the National Assembly to compel the National Government to make public and implement the Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission...
View ArticleCOVID-19 death toll rises to 634 after 10 more virus-related fatalities
NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 15 – The country’s COVID-19 death toll rose to 634 on Tuesday after ten more virus-related fatalities were reported within 24 hours. The new figure reported by the Health Chief...
View ArticleSuspected armed robber commits suicide to evade arrest in Kapseret
NAIROBI, Kenya Sep 16 – A suspected armed robber in Kapseret sub-county, Uasin Gishu, is reported to have committed suicide on Wednesday to evade arrest on learning that Directorate of Criminal...
View ArticleCoG sends county employees on 14-day leave over budget hitch
NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 16 –The Council of Governors (CoG) has directed all county employees to proceed on a fourteen-day leave with non-essential services suspended forthwith over budgetary constraints....
View ArticleCOVID-19 death toll rises to 637 after 3 more fatalities
NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 16 – The country’s COVID-19 death toll rose to 637 on Wednesday after three more patients succumbed to the disease within a period of 24 hours, the Ministry of Health said. Health...
View ArticleGreen Movement Party threatens to sue CoG over Counties shut down
NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 17- The Green Movement Party has threatened to take legal action against the Council of Governors for its decision to shut counties over County Revenue Formula standoff. In a...
View ArticlePanyako castigates Senate over stalled county revenue formula
NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 17- The Kenya National Union of Nurses (KNUN) has castigated Senators for the continued crisis over a suitable revenue sharing formula, that has left to counties staff going...
View ArticleCounty assemblies to close down Sep 24 if revenue standoff persists
NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 17-All the 47 County Assemblies across the country have threatened to shut down on Thursday , if the revenue standoff which has seen disruption of services in the counties, will...
View ArticleCounties revenue impasse finally resolved
NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 17- The Counties Revenue impasse was finally resolved Thursday, after Senators unanimously voted in support of the third basis formula for funds allocation after 10 failed...
View ArticleNairobi scouts reaffirm Sonko’s coronation as Patron amid board uproar
NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 17– Nairobi County Scouts leaders have castigated the Kenya Scouts Association board after it dismissed Sonko’s coronation party as the Nairobi County Scouts Patron. Through a...
View ArticleMsambweni by-election Set for December 15
NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 18 – Msambweni Constituency by-election will be held on December 15. The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) said the by-election which was postponed in April...
View ArticleTreasury to release Sh60bn to Counties on Monday
NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 18- Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani now says county governments will receive Sh60 billion by Monday after Senators reached a consensus on the third basis formula for revenue...
View ArticleCoG reinstates county operations after revenue standoff unlocked
NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 18 – The Council of Governors has lifted the Counties shut-down, a day after the Senate resolved the stalemate on Revenue Sharing Formula. In a statement, CoG Chairperson Wycliffe...
View ArticleParliament seeks public views on revenue allocation formula adopted by Senate
NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 19 – The National Assembly is seeking public views on the revenue allocation for county governments as adopted by the Senate. It wants to get the views so as to enable the Budget...
View ArticleDCI arrests 4 suspects in motor vehicles theft syndicate in Nairobi and Mombasa
NAIROBI, Kenya Sep 20 – Four people accused of stealing motor vehicles in the coastal town of Mombasa and the capital Nairobi have been arrested./ Three of them are members of a criminal gang that has...
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