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Sep 17, 2024 at 08:50AM
It’s all systems go for the Social Health Authority (SHA) roll-out set for October 1 with more than one million Kenyans already registered under the new health scheme. The Ministry of Health has said the process of rolling out the new scheme is at 98 per cent successful, and just putting together the remaining pieces […]
Sep 17, 2024 at 08:40AM
Labour Cabinet Secretary Dr Alfred Mutua yesterday announced a new unit to address issues of sexual harassment at the workplace. Speaking at the University of Nairobi during the annual symposium of the Employment and Labour Relations Court, Mutua emphasised that the unit, to be domiciled at his ministry, will provide a platform for victims of […]
Sep 17, 2024 at 08:30AM
A judge in Busia has caused mirth in his court by comparing the case of three men and a pastor fighting over a parcel of land grabbed from a public school to that of two bald-headed men fighting over a comb. In a rare judgment that left both the plaintiffs and the respondent in fits […]
Sep 17, 2024 at 08:20AM
Security officers attached to Justice Lawrence Mugambi were on Saturday disarmed and later withdrawn just a day after he convicted and sentenced acting Inspector General Gilbert Masengeli to six months in prison for contempt of court. In an apparent move to subvert justice through intimidation and impunity, the defiant Masengeli who snubbed court summons seven […]
Sep 17, 2024 at 08:10AM
The leadership wrangles at the Nairobi Hospital deepened yesterday after the management clashed with doctors over a planned strike to protest poor management at the institution. Yesterday, the board of management responding to several claims of malpractice, described the allegations as just a tussle by a “clique” of doctors and some people who are not […]
Sep 17, 2024 at 08:00AM
Counties will have to wait longer to access shareable revenue after senators and the National Treasury failed to agree on whether to slash county funds by Sh20 billion from Sh400 billion to Sh380 billion in the current financial year. While senators insisted counties should get Sh400 billion as shareable revenue, the National Treasury insisted it […]
Sep 17, 2024 at 07:50AM
A section of ODM leaders in Kisumu county have called for sobriety in the party as its leader Raila Odinga rallies his bid for the African Union Commission (AUC) chairmanship. The leaders led by Kisumu Central MP Joshua Oron, deputy governor Mathews Owili and the County Woman Representative Ruth Odinga downplayed any move to organise […]
Sep 17, 2024 at 07:40AM
President William Ruto yesterday bowed to pressure and announced the formation of a National Working Committee to review the new university education funding model following unprecedented backlash from students and the general public. In a Special Gazette Notice dated September 16, Ruto said the committee will comprise four sub-committees that will be tasked with exploring […]
Sep 17, 2024 at 07:30AM
Chief Justice Martha Koome has raised concern that operations at the Judiciary have been crippled due to budgetary constraints thereby denying Kenyans the constitutional right to unhindered access to justice. In the current 2024/25 financial year budget, the judiciary was allocated Sh23.7 billion, from Sh23.2 billion from the last financial year. “We continue to face […]
Sep 17, 2024 at 07:20AM
Matungulu MP Stephen Mule has warned President William Ruto that his association with former Prime Minister Raila Odinga will be the cause of his downfall by 2027. The MP who is also a member of the Wiper party made reference to Raila’s past associations with former Presidents Moi, Kibaki and Uhuru, saying it always destabilised […]