Egerton University has secured a strategic partnership with US based IROC Tractors and Agypro International for establishment of local assembly of fit-for-purpose tractors that will deliver world class agricultural equipment to local farmers and boost the uptake of mechanized farming in the country. Under the deal, the university will assemble modern, high-quality fit-for-purpose tractors specifically matched to the unique operational requirements, terrain, and tasks of a particular farm or project. The fit-for-purpose tractors are said to be different from traditional general-purpose or utility tractors, which are built for versatility across a wide range of tasks. The deal was signed by…
Author: KNA
Migori County will today honour the late former Prime Minister Raila Odinga with a memorial to be held at Awendo Green Stadium in Awendo Sub County-Migori. The event will bring together residents of the county who did not get a chance to eulogise Raila during his burial at his home in Bondo-Siaya County. Speaking at his residence, Migori Governor Ochilo Ayacko said that since the burial of Raila was done within 72 hrs, many people, especially from the Southern Nyanza, did not get a chance to mourn him. “It is for this reason that as a county and friends of…
The 49-day strike by university lecturers has officially ended after the Ministry of Education, the National Treasury, and university unions agreed to release Sh7.9 billion owed to staff under the 2017–2021 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). Education Cabinet Secretary (CS) Migos Ogamba announced that the government had successfully concluded talks with the unions to resolve all outstanding issues that had paralyzed learning in public universities for more than six weeks. Speaking during the signing of the return-to-work formula in Nairobi on Wednesday, Ogamba revealed that the prolonged industrial action, which began in September, stemmed from three major concerns including delayed implementation…
Kirinyaga County Government has repossessed over 800 acres of public land valued at about Sh1 billion that had been grabbed by private entities. The unscrupulous individuals grabbed the prime parcels scattered mainly in major towns across the county during the defunct local authority’s period. The lands were earmarked for hospitals, court and police stations, markets, schools, irrigation dams, bus terminals and playfields among other social amenities. Kirinyaga County Governor Anne Waiguru warned that her administration would not spare any effort to recover all grabbed public land and asked those still sitting on such to surrender the same to the government.…
Peoples Liberation Party (PLP) leader Martha Karua has challenged the political class to use the “newfound unity” following the death of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga to fight for a better Kenya. Karua, who led a delegation to Raila Odinga’s grave at Kango ka Jaramogi in Bondo, said the passing of the former premier has been a unifying factor that leaders should not squander. “We have seen people who spoke ill of him now speaking glowingly of him. As a nation, let us not waste this moment, let us unite for the cause he believed in: fighting for a better…
The long-running Kilimambogo land dispute involving more than 2,000 squatters is expected to be resolved within two months after the Thika Environment and Land Court concluded hearing proceedings, signaling a possible end to one of the region’s most divisive land rows. Presiding Judge Lady Justice Anne Mogeni announced that judgment will be delivered after a site visit scheduled for November 13, 2025, whose findings will form part of the final ruling. “This case has taken too long. Nine years is a long wait for justice. We know there is anxiety, but I urge all parties to remain calm and maintain…
Posta Kenya workers have downed their tools to protest the non-payment of their salaries and the failure by their employer to remit statutory deductions for the past six months. The Central Region Branch Secretary of the Communication Workers Union of Kenya (COWU), Solomon Shikanda, said the workers will continue to paralyze all operations at the Postal Corporation of Kenya until their salary arrears are paid in full. “We have exhausted all avenues, including dialogue, but none seem to be working. Even after performing our duties diligently, we are still not getting paid, and so we have said enough is enough.…
As the country comes to terms with the passing of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, his absence from Kenya’s political scene will be greatly missed by many. Foes and friends alike have paid tribute to the enigma of Kenyan opposition politics whose checkered career spans four decades. Born in 1945 as the fifth child to the Kenya’s first Vice-President Jaramogi Ajuma Oginga Odinga, his entry into the murky waters of Kenyan politics came into the limelight when the leadership in power at the time accused him of having been party to the 1982 coup that saw him spend close to…
Tension is mounting in Mbeere North Constituency, Embu County, following allegations by two opposition leaders of a plot by operatives linked to the UDA government to rig the forthcoming by-election. Democratic Party (DP) leader and former Cabinet Secretary for Public Service, Justin Muturi, together with Devolution Empowerment Party (DEP) leader Lenny Kivuti—popularly known as the Bus party—have alleged that efforts are underway to import voters into the constituency. Mr Kivuti made sensational claims that non-residents were being registered as voters in Nairobi, with the intention of transporting them to Mbeere North on election day. The duo asserted that those behind…
Kenya has set a new global medical benchmark after surgeons at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) successfully performed a rare and highly complex facial reconstruction surgery on a seven-year-old boy who was disfigured during a bandit attack in Isiolo two years ago. The nine-hour procedure, conducted on Thursday, September 25, by a joint team from KNH and the University of Nairobi (UoN), is the first of its kind in the world. It restored the facial structure and appearance of Ian Baraka, who sustained devastating injuries in 2023 when a stray bullet struck him during an armed raid at the Isiolo-Meru border.…
