Author: NLM Correspondent

Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah has alleged that Kenya has successfully cleared all its debts and, astonishingly, even surpassed the required payment by an impressive Sh1 trillion. The Senator asserts that government records indicate consistent payments to lenders, although the debt portfolio has not been updated over the years. According to Omtatah, funds are being disbursed from the exchequer (National Treasury) but are not allocated towards debt repayment as intended. Instead, he alleges that a select few individuals benefit from these misappropriated funds. “Kenya has overpaid its debt by more than Sh1 trillion; we do not owe anybody anything,” Omtatah said…

The court’s decision could have significant implications for the employment rights of content moderators, who often work under challenging conditions, including exposure to disturbing content In a significant setback for Meta, formerly known as Facebook, the Employment and Labour Court has ruled that the social media giant is the primary employer of content moderators in Kenya. The decision came in response to a lawsuit filed by 184 moderators who accused Meta and its content review partner in Africa, Sama, of unlawful dismissal. The moderators also alleged that Meta’s new content review partner on the continent, Majorel, had blacklisted them under …

Ngumi’s resignation was confirmed by Kenya Airways’ board of directors chairman, Michael Joseph, who also announced the appointment of James David Kabereri as an interim replacement pending an annual general meeting.

The ongoing cholera outbreak can be attributed to a reduction in essential water and sanitation operations in the camps.

Making the rationale for Housing Levy make sense President William Ruto has proposed a housing levy for all employed Kenyans, which he says will help address the country’s housing crisis. Under the proposed plan, all employed Kenyans would contribute 3% of their monthly salaries to a government-run fund, which would be used to construct affordable housing units for those unable to afford their own homes. Those who support the proposal argue that it is a necessary step towards alleviating the housing crisis that plagues the nation, while critics contend that compelling taxpayers to build houses for others is unfair and…

Rerec has a less-than-logical reason for paying millions of dollars to a government agency for a controversial power plant Recent revelations from the Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Corporation (Rerec) that it sells power to Kenya Power (KP) in dollars left senators and the public in utter disbelief. Rerec CEO Peter Mbugua told a Senate Committee the agency sells 54.65 megawatts of power generated by Garissa Solar Power Plant to Kenya Power in dollars. Mbugua said the company will continue charging KP Sh7.4 ($5.09 cents) per kilowatt-hour for the next 20 years, explaining that the electricity company owes them Sh600…

President Museveni argued that the presence of Kenyan Turkana in the area had caused instability within Uganda, as they continued to raid and attack unarmed Karimonjong communities.

This development occurs against the backdrop of a financial crunch faced by devolved units, forcing them to seek bank overdrafts worth millions of shillings to cover salary expenses.

By Mumbi Mutoko Auditor General Nancy Gathungu seems to have borrowed from the popular quote from Mokokoma Mokhonoan: “Stolen oranges also have Vitamin C. Likewise, a stolen salmon, too, has omega-3 fatty acids.” At the launch of Transparency International Kenya’s (TI) new Strategic Plan 2022-2028 last week, Ms Gathungu made a curious appeal, exhorting state officers who steal from public coffers to invest the monies at home. “Perhaps we should start a campaign that says if you steal it and you can get away with it, invest it in the country where it is stolen. If you steal it from…

Successes and challenges of democratic reform in post-Cold War Africa Is democracy on the rise in Africa? Yes and no, says Prof Wale Adebanwi, the Presidential Penn Compact Professor of Africana Studies. “To the extent that democracy has become a norm, or a formal system of governance, in Africa, that is something to be celebrated. Unfortunately, the forces that were arrayed against democratic rule did not give up,” says Adebanwi. According to Adebanwi, forces opposed to democratic rule had an approach to democratic rule. “The first was to become part of the democratic process. They changed the means for accessing…