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.…
Author: KNA
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.…
Police in Nyeri have raised the alarm over rising cases of phone-snatching and are now urging the public to cooperate with security agents in arresting the culprits. Nyeri Sub-County Police Commander Andrew Mbogo says criminal elements have resorted to stealing phones from unsuspecting pedestrians within the town’s Central Business District (CBD) and its environs, with police having so far recovered 314 cell phones and seven iPads in the last one year. Mbogo similarly said police, acting on a tip-off from the public, had recovered 17 heads of cattle believed to have been stolen and were currently holding six suspects as…
The newly established Nyandarua University College has admitted its first group of students, marking a major milestone in the county’s education sector. At least 320 students reported on Monday for the inaugural intake at the Ol-Joro Orok Agriculture Training Centre in Ol’jororok Sub-County. The constituent college of the University of Nairobi is launching with flagship programmes including: Bachelor of Education (Arts), Bachelor of Education (Physical Education), Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, Bachelor of Science in Agribusiness Management, and Bachelor of Commerce. While the development has been welcomed by many, a section of youth leaders from the county, led by John…
Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale has affirmed commitment of the Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF) to providing comprehensive health services to all Kenyans. At the same time, Duale has revealed that the government will allocate Sh21 billion towards Primary Health Care, hence every person who is registered with the Social Health Authority (SHA) will be entitled to free outpatient medical services in the hospital of their choice. “What we call outpatient services are free in all hospitals in Kenya. All public facilities, Faith Based facilities and private hospitals should offer these services free of charge,” said Duale. He made the…
Embu Senator Alexander Mundigi has criticized residents of the Mt. Kenya region for what he described as ungratefulness toward the government, despite receiving a significant share of cabinet slots and other top government appointments. Speaking during a church service at ACK Mayori in Mbeere South Constituency, Mundigi said it was unfortunate that the vote-rich region had chosen to repay this goodwill by popularizing the “One Term” and “Ruto Must Go” slogans — despite benefiting from eight Cabinet Secretary positions. He dismissed the slogans as empty rhetoric and accused Mt. Kenya leaders of political mischief. The senator expressed confidence that President…
The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has arrested a Siaya county government accountant in a probe over the alleged disappearance more than Sh700 million of public funds. EACC Nyanza Regional Manager Abraham Kemboi confirmed the arrest of Hezron Junior Opiyo on Tuesday, saying the suspect was at the centre of a fraudulent scheme in which county officials processed fictitious payments disguised as allowances for official engagements that never took place. “This arrest is a culmination of a series of investigations undertaken by the Commission from the year 2022, resulting in several enquiry files, eight of them, which are being processed,”…
The government is degazetting 45 facilities suspected of fraudulent activities and will initiate investigations soon after. The Health Ministry suspended 40 health facilities by SHA two weeks ago following forensic audits, following a Gazette Notice announcement. Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale in a press briefing Monday said that audits have revealed deeply troubling patterns of fraud that included billing for more expensive procedures than those actually performed and submitting altered or false medical documentation, and all this contravenes Section 48(5) of the Social Health Insurance Act, 2023, and Regulation 34(2)(f) of the Social Health Insurance Regulations, 2024. Others are illegally…
