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Sun, 13 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0300
Pain as families seek help to trace kin's bodies in the Gulf
Parents whose daughters died recently in the Middle East have been visiting government offices in Nairobi with hardly any help coming their way.

Sun, 13 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0300
Three meetings held in Mount Kenya to lay strategy for the presidency
Meetings at Nyeri, Meru and Embu plead for regional political convergence but differ on formula and team leaders to achieve it.

Sun, 13 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0300
Bring it on, Ruto challenges Raila and Kalonzo
Deputy President William Ruto yesterday challenged ODM leader Raila Odinga and Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka to unite and face him in the next Election

Sun, 13 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0300
Raila now blows hot and cold in debate on judicial impasse
Raila asks Uhuru to give the JCS evidence justifying his refusal to appoint judges, a day after attacking former CJ Mutunga for criticising Uhuru.

Sun, 13 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0300
Kalembe's tongue could get him anything, including in and out of a heap of trouble
Kalembe Ndile struggled to read official speeches, but hang in there even as colleagues like Orwa Ojode teased him.

Sat, 12 Jun 2021 16:45:27 +0300
18 die of Covid, fatalities close to 4,000
Another 403 have also tested positive, from a 5,577 sample size conducted in the last 24 hours.

Sat, 12 Jun 2021 16:34:35 +0300
Form 2 student among suspects arrested over Southern Bypass robberies
Three suspects traced to a mobile phone shop in Lindi area, Kibra

Sat, 12 Jun 2021 16:14:01 +0300
Share dossier on six judges with the public, Raila tells Uhuru
Raila said Kenyans need to know why various branches of their government take the positions they do like on the appointment of judges.

Sat, 12 Jun 2021 13:15:49 +0300
I never endorsed Muturi as Mt Kenya spokesman, says Munya
Munya said President Uhuru Kenyatta was the Mt Kenya spokesperson until the end of his tenure in 2022.

Sat, 12 Jun 2021 13:10:41 +0300
Elijah Obuong's mother: Why I exhumed son's body
Police are reportedly pursuing seven people who exhumed Obuongs body in the wee hours of June 2

Sat, 12 Jun 2021 10:27:11 +0300
Ex-commissioners among those shortlisted for IEBC jobs
IEBC selection panel shortlists 36 candidates for four commissioner posts; to undergo aptitude test on June 30 ahead of oral interviews.

Fri, 11 Jun 2021 22:18:28 +0300
Kenya lifts ban on UK flights
All passengers and crew arriving in Kenya from whichever part of the UK must be in possession of a valid Covid-19 negative PCR certificate.

Fri, 11 Jun 2021 21:35:30 +0300
Kenya gets $750 million World Bank loan to help recovery from COVID-19 effects
The $750 million disbursement is part of World Bank's Development Policy Operations (DPO), which lends cash for budget support instead of financing sp

Fri, 11 Jun 2021 18:08:52 +0300
Covid-19: 448 new infections, 16 deaths
The countrys total confirmed cases are now 174,773, while 1,858,443 have been conducted so far since the onset of the disease.

Fri, 11 Jun 2021 17:16:39 +0300
Courts have not declared NMS illegal: Solicitor-General
The reports, published in a section of the media, stated the courts ruled President Kenyatta breached the Constitution when he created NMS in 2020.

Fri, 11 Jun 2021 16:12:15 +0300
If Kalonzo, Raila don't unite in 2022, Ruto will have a field day: Ngilu
Ngilu also questioned the benefits Ukambani region is getting from the handshake deal.

Fri, 11 Jun 2021 14:03:06 +0300
Peace icon who rallied women to boycott cooking for fighting men
She has been sensitizing women from both communities on early signs of election violence and how to nip election-related chaos in the bud.

Thu, 10 Jun 2021 18:18:21 +0300
2021/22 Budget: How key ministries fared
Govt. allocates Sh14.3b to Covid-19 vaccine acquisition in the 2021/22 budget, Treasury CS Ukur Yatani announces; says Sh7.6b appropriated from curren

Thu, 10 Jun 2021 18:07:24 +0300
CS Yatani tells MPs he'll soon seek to raise debt ceiling
The public debt crossed Sh7.28 billion in December 2020, an equivalent of 65.6 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP).

Thu, 10 Jun 2021 16:06:45 +0300
Trucker claiming to be Kalembe Ndile's son vows to attend burial
Stephen Kalembe, 32, a resident of Suswa in Narok County, says he will be among 200 mourners at Ndiles home.

Thu, 10 Jun 2021 15:17:17 +0300
Uhuru, Kalonzo hail Kalembe's selfless quest to defend the poor
Uhuru said Kalembes excellence in the political arena was propelled by his devotion to servant leadership.

Thu, 10 Jun 2021 15:08:20 +0300
Budget: Covid-19 vaccines underfunded, masks to be taxed
Covid has been allocated Sh15.4 billion of which Sh3.9 billion will be for procuring vaccines and Sh9.5 billion for engagement of specialists.

Thu, 10 Jun 2021 14:11:32 +0300
Blog: Treasury CS Ukur Yatani unveils Sh3.6 trillion 2021/22 Budget
Yatani will be pleading with taxpayers to freely pay their taxes to fund new measures to consolidate the economic gains made since March 2020.

Wed, 09 Jun 2021 21:30:00 +0300
Hope and fear of captains of industry on the Sh3.66tr Budget
In the next 12 months from July, the government will attempt to resuscitate a limping economy that has been battered by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Wed, 09 Jun 2021 21:16:57 +0300
Huduma Namba for fish
A state agency has begun identifying fish species in the Indian Ocean through a scientific exercise synonymous with Huduma Namba.

Wed, 09 Jun 2021 14:53:34 +0300
How I will remember President Uhuru - Maraga
When asked how he will remember President Uhuru, he said: I will remember him as a president who disobeyed the law...

Wed, 09 Jun 2021 13:49:16 +0300
What will it take to save Mumias?
Efforts to revive Mumias operations and payback lenders were quashed leaving receiver with the option of leasing Mumiass assets for a given period.

Wed, 09 Jun 2021 13:47:04 +0300
Maraga: Uhuru's office refused to give me NIS dossier on judges
Former CJ David Maraga says President Uhuru should appoint the six judges he rejected and take the matter of their suitability to the JSC.

Wed, 09 Jun 2021 12:19:41 +0300
KNEC appoints Dr David Njeng'ere as new CEO
Kenya National Examinations Council appoints CS Magoha advisor Dr David Njengere as its CEO for five years, effective July 1, 2021; he replaces Dr Me

Wed, 09 Jun 2021 10:52:19 +0300
CS Juma: Military running civilian functions is nothing new
The CS averred that the movement of the military is nothing new nor extraordinary.



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