Economy
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Civil servants, including employees at various State agencies, will go without their due salaries for this month for an unknown period. This is after the government revealed it is experiencing a major technical hitch affecting the processing of State payrolls. The Ministry of Public Service yesterday said the ongoing upgrade to a new payment system for […]
The Azimio la Umoja coalition has suspended protests that had been scheduled for Wednesday, July 26. The coalition, in a statement, said Wednesday would be marked by holding a vigil for victims who lost their lives during the anti-government protests that started in March. Amnesty International, a non-governmental organisation, has condemned the use of unlawful […]
Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has called on relevant stakeholders and partners to ramp up their focus on financing food systems in Africa to transform food production and security. Speaking at the United Nations Food Systems Summit Stock-Taking on Monday, Gachagua said that there needs to be a different structure of financing food systems for African […]
Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua is on Monday morning set to address a high-level United Nations summit on financing food systems. Gachagua will represent President William Ruto at the significant summit, whose participants are mainly Heads of State and key organisations. The leaders are seeking lasting solutions to hunger, malnutrition and mitigating the impact of climate […]
Azimio la Umoja One Kenya coalition party leader Raila Odinga, who has caused anxiety after pulling a no-show during the ongoing anti-government protests, now says he is recovering from flu. Odinga, who did not disclose his current whereabouts, says he was slightly ill, thereby putting the question to rest on why he has been missing […]
Embakasi East Member of Parliament Babu Owino has been released on a cash bail of Ksh.100,000 in a case where, together with six other persons, he is charged over the opposition-led anti-government protests. Delivering the ruling on Friday, Chief Magistrate Lukas Onyina noted that the prosecution had not established a reason to deny the accused […]
Kisii Senator Richard Onyoka now says that President William Ruto and Azimio leader Raila Odinga have at least 24 hours to save or break the country. Speaking on Tuesday 18th June, Onyonka said if Kenya is left to break, rebuilding it will be a very difficult task. “I think the leaders of our country need […]
Over 70 people who were arrested last week on 7th, July during Friday’s Saba Saba demonstrations have been released. This is after the prosecutor told the court on Monday that he has received instructions for the persons not to be charged. Friday’s protests across the country were organised by the opposition to picket against the high cost of […]
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 […]
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 […]
