Category: National News

The Government of Kenya has established a campaign secretariat to support political premier Raila Odinga’s bid for the African Union Commission (AUC) chairperson. At a press conference held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs headquarters in Nairobi, Cabinet Secretary (CS) Musalia Mudavadi announced the formation of the secretariat following a consultative meeting with Mr. Odinga…

Kenya has officially joined the International Vaccine Institute (IVI), a move that President William Ruto praises as a significant step toward achieving self-reliance in vaccine production. IVI is a non-profit intergovernmental organization, established in 1997 by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to ensure vaccines are accessible and affordable worldwide. Now independent, IVI is headquartered…

Attorney General Justin Muturi has defended President William Ruto’s tax policies, emphasizing that they aim to increase Kenya’s tax-to-GDP ratio. Speaking in Kirinyaga during the dissemination of the fourth medium-term plan on Tuesday, Muturi highlighted that the current tax levels in Kenya are low compared to the GDP, necessitating an increase to match the economic…

Kenyan motorists may have to contend with the controversial motor vehicle circulation tax unless the budget for the next financial year is further slashed. The chairman of Parliament’s Finance and Planning Committee says scrapping the tax will leave the budget with a 58 billion shillings hole, denting the country’s revenue collection. The committee’s opinion came…

Born in the Democratic Republic of Congo and raised in mountainous Rwanda, gospel sensation Israel Mbonyi has become a beloved figure in Kenya and the East Africa region at large. Rated among the most influential figures in the Rwandese gospel music scene, the 32-year-old songwriter and worship leader has garnered a fan base that extends…

The Ministry of Education has revised the Half-Term dates for Term Two to compensate for the learning period lost when schools were forced to remain closed due to the flooding crisis. Following the changes, communicated by Education Principal Secretary Dr. Belio Kipsang on Wednesday, learners in pre-primary, primary, and secondary schools will now break for…

On August 9, 2018, Ruto publicly expressed his distrust for the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI), an outcome of the March 2018 peace pact between the president and Odinga – his long-time opposition foe. The initiative was a product of the famous public handshake between Kenyatta and Odinga – a moment now colloquially referred to as…

Archbishop Jackson Ole Sapit has condemned President Ruto’s initiative to deploy Kenya’s police to Haiti. Ole Sapit argues that the decision is misguided, particularly as communities in the nothern regions of the country are still contending with significant insecurity issues. “It doesn’t make sense to send troops to Haiti when we have insecurity problems across…

President Ruto has appointed Chief of Defence Forces Charles Muriu Kahariri as the chairperson of the presidential taskforce for the Kenya Home of Human Origins Museum and Science Park in the Lake Turkana Basin. In a Gazette Notice, the President also appointed Mary Gikungu, the Director General of the National Museums of Kenya, as a…