KENYA NEWS

The National Assembly has endorsed a Cabinet decision to amend the existing air services agreement between Kenya and the US. Kenya and the US signed a deal on February 5th, 2020, proposing to make changes to an earlier agreement signed in Washington in 2008. The amendment will pave the way for…

The National Treasury has has agreed to pay former councilors a one-off gratuity amounting to Sh2.6 billion. Appearing before the Senate Labour committee on Thursday, Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yattani said the former councilors will receive the payments in the next financial year due to harsh…

A suspect accused of defrauding the Youth Enterprise Development Fund (YEDF) of Sh180 million was on Thursday sentenced to 27 years in jail. Mukuria Ngamau and his company Quorandum Company Limited, where he is the director, were found guilty of five counts of conspiracy to commit an economic crime…

An elderly man of Asian descent has narrated to a Nairobi court how a 33-year-old woman tried to rob him of millions of shillings. Appearing before Milimani law court magistrate Rose Otieno, 70-year-old Alihadi Dafilla Ali said Mercy Njoki alias Fatuma forged his death certificate, a marriage…

The National Assembly has passed a bill that compels all Kenyan adults to enroll with the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF). The government-sponsored National Hospital Insurance Fund (Amendment) Bill makes it mandatory for each household to make a contribution of Sh500 monthly or Sh6,000…

Kenya is set to send the first group of nurses to the United Kingdom in October, the government has said. The nurses will be employed in the UK National Health Service (NHS) under a bilateral labor agreement between Kenya and the UK.  The MoU on the Kenya-UK Health Workforce Collaboration,…

President Kenyatta has made a minor Cabinet reshuffle affecting a number of ministries and departments. In the changes announced on Wednesday by State House Spokesperson Kanze Dena, Amb. Monica Juma was moved to the Ministry of Energy from the Defense Ministry. The Ministry of Defense will now be…

Former Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) CEO Ezra Chiloba has landed a government job. Chiloba was on Tuesday appointed as the director-general of the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA). The authority’s board chairman Kembi Gitura said the appointment of Chiloba takes…

A suspect is nursing serious injuries at Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital after he jumped from a high-rise apartment in Embakasi, Nairobi in a bid to evade arrest. Police went to Didmus Mong'are's house on Monday seeking to arrest him over allegations of obtaining money by false pretenses.  The man…

Nearly two weeks after receiving the first consignment of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, Kenya is yet to roll out the jab. A senior official at the Health Ministry told Nation that they are unable to administer the vaccine due to a lack of special syringes. While ruling out the option of buying the…