Author: Whitney Akunga
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Bonfires have been lit in various towns including Kisii town, Mombasa and Kisumu ahead of Azimio party Saba Saba rally. As at 11:30AM, the fresh round of anti-governmental demonstrations had began. In Kisii town, early today locals joined by University students including boda boda riders led the rally as they played cat and mouse chase […]
The High Court, on Monday, 3rd July, dismissed President William Ruto’s appointment of 50 Chief Administrative Secretaries (CASs), terming the positions unconstitutional. Following the rulling done on Monday, political Judges Kanyi Kimondo, Hedwig Ong’udi and Aleem Visram stated that public participation in the creation of the CAS post was only conducted for 23 occupants and […]
Azimio leader Raila Odinga has declared a day of protests for Friday the 7th of July. He says that the protests are aimed at expressing rejection of President William Ruto’s newly announced tax measures. Speaking at the homecoming ceremony of the newly elected Luo Council of Elders chairman in Kisumu on Sunday, Odinga asked Kenyans […]
President William Ruto has been accused of playing a ‘political gimmick’ after rejecting the salary hike for state officers by the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC). According to Yatta MP Basil Ngui, President Ruto is not genuine in his assertion and is instead hoaxing Kenyans to create an impression that he has their best interests at […]
The Kenya union of clinical officers has criticized the national hospital insurance fund, NHIF, for making an unanimous decision to increase monthly contributions accusing the fund of failing to conduct public participation. Speaking on 29th June in Nakuru, Dr. George Gibore said that the healthcare workers were to be absorbed instead of being dismissed because […]
The Agricultural Society of Kenya (ASK), through the Southern Kenya branch chairman, Kefa Onduso has invited all people to Gusii Stadium as from Thursday 6th July to Sunday 9th July, for a show at Gusii Stadium. Speaking yesterday, he informed that this year’s show will be of great importance to exhibitors from sectors such as […]
The Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) is on Friday, June 30, set to announce reviewed fuel prices. This will come after President William Ruto signed into law the Finance Act, 2023 on Monday. The Act comprises an increase of value-added tax (VAT) on gasoline, from 8 per cent to 16per cent. “On 26th June 2023, H.E. […]
The body of former Treasury officer Tom Fred Mokaya Osinde who went missing last week has been found in River Kuja early on Thursday, 29th June 2023. This comes after two workers at Osinde’s home in Ngata, Nakuru County were arrested by detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations on Wednesday, 28th. “We arrested two […]
Azimio la Umoja coalition leader Raila Odinga has jetted back into the country ahead of the much-anticipated rally at the Kamukunji grounds in Nairobi. The opposition leader was received at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) on Tuesday at around 2:00 pm by a number of leaders allied to the Azimio coalition among them National […]
President William Ruto drummed his support for the Finance Bill 2023, on Tuesday 26th June few hours after signing it into law. Speaking while launching a life assurance programme named Bodaboda Care, in KICC, Nairobi, President William Ruto said that the law will support citizens with low financial standards, more so the 1.5% housing levy. […]
