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President Ruto has announced plans to enhance the Housing Fund to allow more Kenyans to own homes. Ruto said the government wants all employers to contribute 3% of their income towards the Housing Fund to kick start their journey of owning a house. Speaking at a church service at Friends Church (…

Foreign and Diaspora Affairs Cabinet Secretary Alfred Mutua says Kenya has offered to send police officers to Haiti to fight the gangs that continue to unleash a reign of terror on civilians. Mutua made the announcement after a phone conversation with Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly where…

Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua on Saturday left the country for Botswana where he will represent President Ruto in the Forbes ‘30 Under 30’ Africa Summit. Gachagua, who is accompanied by Second Lady Pastor Dorcas Rigathi, underscored the importance of the summit in recognizing young…

The bodies of a family of five, including a man, a woman and three kids were on Saturday exhumed from one of the Shakahola graves in Kilifi County. The five were among 14 bodies dug out of shallow graves discovered on a vast land believed to be owned by controversial Pastor Paul Mackenzie, who is…

President Ruto has announced plans to double the funds allocated to tertiary institutions by the government. Speaking in Laare, Meru County, on Saturday, the president said the move will help the institutions to improve the quality of education. "From May, we are going to have a new and…

Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua says he would be languishing in jail if the Kenya Kwanza coalition did not win the 2022 presidential election. Speaking in Mathira, Nyeri County on Friday, the deputy president recalled the period before the August 9th, 2022 election, claiming that his opponents…

Forensic detectives on Friday exhumed the bodies of seven people believed to be Pastor Paul Mackenzie’s followers who fast to death in an attempt to ‘meet God.’ The bodies, including those of two children, had been buried in shallow graves in Shakahola area of Malindi, Kilifi County and were only…

Former Mombasa Governor Ali Hassan Joho has resurfaced after staying out of the public limelight for months. Joho, who has maintained a low profile since leaving office in August last year, said he has been away for health reasons and is still on medication after undergoing surgery abroad. Speaking…

Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has urged former First Lady Mama Ngina Kenyatta to surrender part of the family’s land to Mau Mau fighters who are living in poverty. Gachagua, who spoke in Nyeri on Friday, applauded Mama Ngina for recognizing the efforts of Mau Mau freedom fighters, adding that…

President Ruto has appointed former governors Kiraitu Murungi (Meru) and Samwel Ragwa (Tharaka Nithi) to State agencies. Through a Gazette Notice dated April 20th, 2023, Ruto appointed Kiraitu as the Chairperson of the National Oil Corporation of Kenya (NOCK). “In exercise of the powers conferred…