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- The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has announced a collection of Ksh43.9 billion from 1,064,667 taxpayers through the tax amnesty programme that ended on June 30, 2024. The taxman says it waived penalties and interest amounting to Ksh 507.7 billion benefiting 3,115,393 taxpayers. “The waivers…
- Health Cabinet Secretary nominee Deborah Mlongo Barasa has detailed an elaborate plan to end the issue of theft, collusion and scandals within the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF). Appearing before the Committee on Appointments on Thursday, August 1, 2024, Mlongo proposed a situational…
- Cabinet nominee for the Interior Ministry Kithure Kindiki has explained why Kenyans will be required to renew their Identification cards every ten years. In a vetting panel at the County Hall in Nairobi on August 1, 2024, Kindiki noted that the reason for the renewal was not to punish Kenyans but…
- Interior Cabinet Secretary nominee Kithure Kindiki’s net worth has increased by Ksh150 million in 21 months. Appearing before the Committee on Appointments on Thursday, August 1, 2024, Kindiki confirmed that his wealth has increased to Ksh694 million. In October 2022 when he faced the Committee on…
- The rapidly developing Ruiru has overtaken the country’s major towns in Kenya in population growth. Currently, it is ranked fourth in the list of most populous urban centres in Kenya, behind Nairobi, Mombasa and Nakuru only, according to statistics from the National Council for Population and…
- Cabinet nominee for the Interior Ministry Kithure Kindiki has defended the police officers and their actions during the protests that saw several people killed with hundreds more injured. In a Parliamentary Committee vetting on Thursday, August 1, 2024, at County Hall, Kindiki said the police…
- Kenya and Uganda have started discussions on the extension of the petroleum products pipeline from Eldoret to Kampala, a key infrastructure project poised to significantly impact the region’s fuel import market. Last week, Uganda’s Minister of Energy and Mineral Development Ruth Ssentamu held a…
- Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki has absolved himself from the recent activities witnessed during the anti-government protests. Responding to a question raised by Minority Whip Junet Mohamed during the vetting exercise on Thursday, August 1, 2024, Kindiki indicated that the National…
- Cabinet nominee Kithure Kindiki has highlighted the major reforms he made during his stint as former Interior Cabinet Secretary (CS). Speaking when he appeared before the Parliament Committee on Appointments to defend his nomination as Interior CS on Thursday, August 1, 2024, Kindiki underscored…
- The Kenya shilling has depreciated by a further 1.6 per cent against the US Dollar, closing at Sh132.6, and undoing recent gains over the past three months, with experts warning it could slide further, hurting the country’s fiscal space. Investment experts at Cytonn attributed this decline to a…
- Let me start with a disclaimer. I was born and raised by staunch Catholic parents. I was an altar boy in my primary school years. So I grew up in the Catholic doctrine and have brought up my children in the church’s tradition. Indeed, Catholicism has played a big role in my character formation. As…
- The shattered glass on the display windows of a shop on Muindi Mbingu Street in Nairobi that sells apparel from a major American brand is still in place, weeks after looters tried to break in during one particularly nasty night of youth protests. Farther down the street, in the City Hall complex,…
- The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) says it is “unfairly caught” in a row between the US and China, with their geopolitical tensions spilling onto the Olympic stage. China’s top swimmers have been in the spotlight after a slew of doping allegations, followed by contentious US claims that Wada was…
- Members of Parliament face an acid test as they start vetting President William Ruto’s nominees to his Cabinet, amid pressure from the public to show impartiality. Multiple sources confided in People Daily that MPs were considering rejecting two or three of President William Ruto’s nominees over…
- The government will have to part with over Sh500 million after the High Court yesterday compensated the families of the victims of 2015 Garissa University college terror attack. Sh441 million will be paid to families of 148 deceased people who include six police officers. Each family will receive…
- Here is what you need to know to get up to speed with today’s happenings. Date with destiny awaits CS nominees Parliament will today begin vetting some of the nominees of President William Ruto’s proposed broad-based government. Former Interior and National Coordination Cabinet Secretary Kithure…
- Nutrition experts have warned that infant bottle-feeds are likely to result in them becoming smokers at adult stage. Ahead of the onset of the World Breastfeeding Week, starting today, the experts are quoting studies that were done in some countries, several decades ago. This is even as latest…
- Retired governors and their deputies have suffered a major blow after the High Court rejected their bid to earn millions of shillings in pension after leaving office. In a landmark judgment that will save the taxpayer millions of shillings, the Court stated that it has no jurisdiction to compel the…
- President William Ruto’s government yesterday found itself in uncharted waters after the Court of Appeal declared a series of taxes introduced in 2023 unconstitutional, null and void, meaning that it now lacks the key source of financing its budget. Coming barely weeks after President Ruto had…
- Besides money laundering and the so-called washy-washy, the other business that appears to enrich fraudsters in Kenya quickly is opening a church. Taking advantage of successive constitutions that have offered unfettered freedom of worship, hundreds of unscrupulous individuals form religious…
- Various entities under the criminal justice system yesterday differed over the proposal in the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (amendment) Bill, 2024 that proposes to raise the qualifications of the chairperson of the commission to be similar to those of a High Court judge. While EACC and the…
- A majority of Kenyans are dissatisfied with the reappointment of some Cabinet secretaries. While 41 percent of those surveyed indicated they were dissatisfied, while another 14 percent were very dissatisfied. In the latest poll by Intel Research Solutions (IRS), 72 percent of Kenyans feel that the…
- Kisumu Governor Anyang’ Nyong’o yesterday condemned the arrest of 36 Ugandan activists in a Kisumu hotel last week. The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party activists were in Kisumu to attend a workshop organised by their party when they were arrested and taken back to their country for…
- Reading Time: 2 minutes Avoid charcoal heating during this cold period if you are staying in poorly ventilated homes, Kenya Meteorological Department (KMD) has warned Kenyans, saying if inhaled the carbon monoxide gas emitted, could be fatal. Human beings tend to curl around a fireplace during the…
- Reading Time: 2 minutes Manufacturers of vegetable oil now want the government to remove the 10 per cent duty on crude palm oil. The new tax has been introduced under the East Africa Community Common External Tariff with only Kenya and Uganda implementing it. The Edible Oil Manufacturers…
- Reading Time: 2 minutes Residents of Kinangop in Nyandarua county have expressed doubts regarding efforts by Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua (pictured) to unite Mt Kenya people after local MPs kept off his tour of the area on Sunday. Only the senator John Methu, Governor Moses Kiarie Badilisha…
- Reading Time: < 1 minute The High Court in Eldoret has ordered a pre-bail report for a businessman who is linked to last month’s horrific murder of his wife, Rael Cherop Biwott who was a Senior Accountant Assistant at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret. Justice Robert Wananda (…
- Reading Time: 3 minutes Former World U-20 1500m champion Reynold Cheruiyot says his experience at last year’s World Championships will be key if he is to reach the final of his specialty at the on-going Paris Olympics Games here. Cheruiyot placed eighth at the World Championships in Budapest,…
- Reading Time: 2 minutes Jumper Samson Ojuka is among 14 Para athletes that will represent Kenya at the Paris Paralympic Games scheduled from August 28 to September 8 in the French capital. Ojuka qualified following his performance that placed him well in the High Performance ranking at the World…
- Reading Time: 4 minutes Football Kenya Federation (FKF) Premier League champions Kakamega Homeboyz have turned down a move by head coach Patrick Odhiambo to resign and join KCB ahead of the new season. SportsBoom.com can exclusively report that Odhiambo wrote a letter to Homeboyz demanding to be…
- Reading Time: 5 minutes Boeing named a new CEO Wednesday after reporting a core operating loss of $1.4 billion in the second quarter — more than triple the loss from a year ago — as increased scrutiny of the safety and quality of its planes kept the troubled company from making enough aircraft to…
- Reading Time: 2 minutes Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi met with former Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) deputy party leader Wycliffe Oparanya on Wednesday, July 31, 2024. The meeting comes hours after ODM revealed that the former Kakamega Governor tendered his resignation following his…
- Reading Time: 2 minutes The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party has confirmed the resignation of deputy party leaders Ali Hassan Joho and Wycliffe Ambetsa Oparanya. In a statement on Wednesday, July 31, 2024, the opposition party noted that the duo handed in their resignations following their…
- Reading Time: 2 minutes Former Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp says it would be ‘the biggest loss of face in the history of football’ if he were to take the England job. The German has been linked with the vacancy along with others since Gareth Southgate stepped down after England’s defeat by Spain in…
- Reading Time: 2 minutes The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party has confirmed the resignation of deputy party leaders Ali Hassan Joho and Wycliffe Ambetsa […]
- Reading Time: 2 minutes Chief Justice Martha Koome on Wednesday, July 31, 2024, swore in the new CEO and Secretary of the Public Service Commission (PSC) for a five-year term. In a statement on Wednesday, the Judiciary noted that Paul Famba was officially joining the service after his appointment…
- Reading Time: 3 minutes Opposition leader Raila Odinga has convened a meeting with Azimio la Umoja-One Kenya coalition principals amid division fears. The former Prime Minister Raila met with the faction led by Wiper Party Leader Kalonzo Musyoka to deliberate issues regarding the coalition. Among…
- Reading Time: 2 minutes Football Kenya Federation Premier League former champions Tusker have completed the signing of Uganda’s left-back George Kaddu. Kaddu has been given a one-year contract by the Kenyan giants who continue to strengthen their squad ahead of the 2024/25 season. Kaddu joins the…
- Reading Time: 2 minutes The Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) has made significant progress in bringing to book police officers accused of excesses during the anti-Finance Bill 2024 protests. In the latest move, IPOA officials engaged with the families of victims of police excesses…
- Reading Time: 2 minutes The Ministry of Health (MoH) has confirmed an outbreak of Mpox at the Taita-Taveta one-stop border point. In a statement on Wednesday, July 31, 2024, the Health Ministry said the reported case of Mpox involved a traveller from Uganda to Rwanda passing through Kenya. “The…
- Reading Time: 2 minutes Former United Democratic Alliance (UDA) chairperson Johnson Muthama has asked for peaceful leadership in the party amid wrangles affecting it […]
- Reading Time: 2 minutes Lawyer Nelson Havi has advised embattled United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party secretary general Cleophas Malala to step down amid chaos […]
- Reading Time: 2 minutes United Democratic Alliance (UDA) chairperson Cecily Mbarire has disowned the self-proclaimed Secretary General Joe Khalende. Speaking outside UDA Headquarters on […]
- Reading Time: 2 minutes Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Director of Communications Philip Etale has laughed off the chaos that rocked the ruling United Democratic […]
- Reading Time: 2 minutes Turkana South Constituency Member of Parliament (MP) John Namoit has heaped praises on Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party leader Raila […]
- Reading Time: 2 minutes Harambee Starlets defender Wincate Kaari, has joined Simba Queens shortly after departing from Yanga Princess in the Tanzanian Premier League. […]
- Reading Time: 2 minutes Kenya Sugar Millers Association (KESMA), has appointed former Sony Sugar managing director Stephen Ligawa as its new CEO. KESMA chairperson […]
- Reading Time: < 1 minute Saboti Member of Parliament (MP) Caleb Amisi has defended opposition leader Raila Odinga against critics accusing him of joining the […]
- Reading Time: 2 minutes Kericho County Senator Aaron Cheruiyot has expressed his concerns on another imminent FIFA ban that Kenya is facing. Cheruiyot through […]
