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Kirinyaga MCAs have threatened to impeach Governor Anne Waiguru again over failure to pay county workers. 25 out of the county’s 33 MCAs on Friday issued a seven-day ultimatum to Governor Waiguru to disburse the unpaid salaries failure to which they will table an ouster motion against her.…

Housing Principal Secretary Charles Hinga says he is ready to be publicly hanged at Uhuru Park if funds set aside for the Kazi Mtaani program are embezzled. Hinga said this on Friday while responding to a Twitter user named Joshua K Njenga, who claimed that the program will soon be hit by a multi-…

Kericho GK Prison has been placed under total lockdown after 48 Covid-19 cases were confirmed at the facility on Thursday. The infections were detected from 75 samples collected from the correctional facility during a mass testing exercise carried out by Kericho County Department of Health. The…

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Global Fund have raised concerns over the alleged misappropriation of Covid-19 funds donated to Kenya. The two donors have threatened to withdraw at least Sh400 billion meant to support HIV/Aids, tuberculosis, and malaria…

Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru has spoken out following the Thursday morning raid of her homes and offices by police and detectives from the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC). Waiguru claimed only her cheque book was seized during the search conducted by a contingent of heavily armed…

Deputy President William Ruto has reacted to The Standard newspaper headline describing him as a spectator in the Jubilee administration. The publication noted that DP Ruto has been sidelined from the government he formed with President Kenyatta and has been reduced to hosting tea parties at his…

Interior CS Fred Matiang’i has brushed off reports that he called for the resignation of Deputy President William Ruto. Matiang’i, who termed the reports as false and malicious, said he has since instructed his attorneys to file a legal suit against NTV for airing the report. “The Ministry takes…

President Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto are set to get enhanced salaries in the next fiscal year, which starts on July 1st, 2021. The Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) says it will review State officers’ pay upwards to accommodate inflation and compensate for the salary cuts…

Kenya’s Covid-19 death toll has passed 500-mark after Health officials on Wednesday reported 19 new fatalities. Health CAS Dr. Mercy Mwangangi said 18 of those who succumbed to the disease had underlying medical conditions, mainly diabetes, and hypertension. The total number of Covid-19 fatalities…

Langoni Kajembe, the daughter of former and late Changamwe MP Ramadhan Kajembe is dead. Langoni passed away on Wednesday night at Pandya Hospital in Mombasa, where she had been admitted. Her death comes barely two weeks after her father succumbed to Covid-19 at the same hospital on August 7th. The…