Kenya:Shock as 14 Counties Spend Zero on Projects
Fourteen counties spent nothing on development in the six months to December, hurting job creation and infrastructure projects in the devolved units. Controller of Budget Agnes Odhiambo, in the half...
View ArticleKenya:First Lady's Event Aims to Raise Funds for Heart Surgeries
Thousands of people turned up for Mater Heart Run that was flagged off by the First Lady Margaret Kenyatta on Saturday morning. The event raises funds to support a programme that caters to children...
View ArticleKenya:Police Commission Boss Says Vetting of Officers Not in Vain
Speaking during a Nyanza Regional Inter-County first-aid competition at the Kisumu Police Training College organised by St. John's Ambulance, Mr Onyango said the commission wants to improve quality of...
View ArticleKenya:French Firm Inks 50MW Solar Electricity Purchase Deal
Electricity distributor Kenya Power has signed a power purchase agreement with French renewable energy firm Voltalia for a 50-megawatt solar project located in Kopere, Nandi county. The 20-year power...
View ArticleEly Pop Up Gospel Choir hopes to break fundraising record with charity concert
Ely Pop Up Gospel Choir is hoping to raise A 5,000 for children in Kenya as more than 60 singers take to the stage for the third year. The choir will be performing afternoon and evening concerts at St...
View ArticleKenya:First Batch of Cuban Doctors Jet In
Their arrival, aboard a KLM flight at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport , marks the culmination of a deal signed between Kenya and Cuba for the deployment of 100 specialist doctors. On a rainy...
View ArticleKenya:Governors From Lake Region Pledge Support for Economic Bloc
Eight out of 14 governors from western region have resolved to drum up support for the Lake Region Economic Bloc, whose aim is to set up a bank by October. The governors also resolved to focus on other...
View ArticleKenya:Kisumu Sees Film Production As Viable Investment Magnet
Governor Anyang' Nyong'o said the lakeside county will encourage public private partnerships where investors will be invited to the sector. He said the move would be in line with the Communications...
View ArticleKenya:Over 10,000 New Jobs in County's Deal to Establish New Industries
An estimated 10,000 new jobs are to be created in Nandi County after the devolved unit signed an agreement with the Export Processing Zone Authority to establish new industries. New investors have...
View ArticleKenya:Nanny On the Run After Employer, Baby Stabbed to Death
Police in Kisumu are pursuing a house help who allegedly stabbed to death her 26-year-old employer and her three-month-old baby in Muhoroni sub-county on Wednesday night.
View ArticleProgress on health is not good enough for Africa's children
Without a new determination, we will always be running to stay still. We will finally overcome the infectious diseases that still kill so many of our children but we will lose them to growing threats...
View ArticleKenya:Boda-Boda Criminal Gang Put On Notice in Kisumu
Police in Kisumu have put on notice a boda-boda community-based organization calling itself Kisumu Boda Boda Quick Response Unit, over criminal activities. The unit has been accused of engaging in...
View ArticleKenya:Brace for Cold Season - Weatherman
Kenyans have been warned to brace themselves for cold mornings for the next three days, with temperatures expected to drop to 3 degrees Celsius in some parts of the country. Kenya Meteorological...
View ArticleGovernment officials renew fight over Shs8 trillion railway deal
One Kenyan official told Daily Monitor , on condition of anonymity, a day before travelling to Beijing that "we are used to your way of doing things. Ask your officials and see if they will give you a...
View ArticleEast Africa:Leaders Push for Quick Deal on Standard Gauge Railway
Ministers in charge of implementing the Northern Corridor Integration Projects in Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and South Sudan have until September to conclude financing agreements for construction of...
View ArticleCatholic Church suspends Kenyan priest for rapping while preaching
The Catholic priest started rapping and the nuns started dancing. Everyone from teenage boys to middle-aged women, dressed in their Sunday best, circled around Ogalo as he waved his hands and kicked...
View ArticleKenya:Chaos in Kisumu As Matatu Operators, Boda Boda Riders Clash
By Ojwang Joe, Kisumu - Transport in the lakeside city of Kisumu was paralyzed Saturday morning following skirmishes between matatu operators and boda-boda riders. "They were protesting that it is not...
View ArticleSaxtons River woman launches fundraiser for African children
A small church in Saxtons River and one of its members is raising money to help children with special needs in western Kenya. Christ's Church has launched a $25,000 fund drive to help a small learning...
View ArticleKenya:Oparanya Dispels Fears Over Bloc
Kakamega Governor Wycliffe Oparanya has moved to quell fears regarding the future of the Lake Region Economic Bloc following some counties' apparent reluctance to endorse it. The governor yesterday...
View ArticleUdoji was to reward workers for support, dedication during the war - Gowon
Forty-six years after, Dr Yakubu Gowon, former military Head of State, has again defended the Udoji award to civil servants after the Nigerian civil war. Gowon was speaking at the Memorial Symposium in...
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