Moi University has been closed indefinitely following a prolonged strike by lecturers and non-teaching staff. In an internal memo dated October 3, 2024 signed by the Vice Chancellor Prof Isaac S. Kosgey, all students at the main campus and affiliated campuses were ordered to vacate university premises immediately. It also directed all students residing in the university halls to vacate immediately; however, international students were asked to liaise with the dean of students for directions. In the Memo, the vice chancellor said the University Senate in a special meeting held on Thursday, October 3, resolved to suspend all learning and…
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Homabay County Commissioner Moses Lilan has cautioned older persons enlisted in the Inua Jamii progamme against marrying again. He told the older person to use their monthly cash transfer stipends wisely to live a dignified life. “Don’t marry, use that money to help you live in dignity for the years that God has given you,” CC Lilan said in a speech read on his behalf by Aaron Koross, Rachuonyo North sub-county Deputy County Commissioner. The county commissioner said marrying at this sunset time would add more stress to oneself, saying the money is meant to “take care of yourself so…
A total of 31 members of the Kericho County Assembly (MCAs) voted on Wednesday afternoon to impeach Kericho Governor Eric Mutai, accusing him of gross misconduct and abuse of office, among other issues. During the session, 16 MCAs who were in support of the embattled governor were absent for the proceedings, which ignored a court order that had temporarily halted the impeachment. MCAs presented four counts of accusations against Dr Mutai, including gross violation of the constitution, gross violation of national and county laws, abuse of office, and gross misconduct. The motion, tabled last week by Sigowet Ward MCA Kiprotich…
Police in Mombasa have arrested County Executive Committee Member (CECM) for Lands, Urban Planning and Housing in connection with an incident where a 25-year-old blogger was abducted, assaulted and sexually abused. The CECM Mohamed Hussein was arrested while taking lunch with a workmate at a restaurant in the central business district. He was expected to be arraigned at the Shanzu Law Court. Mombasa Chief of Staff Dr Noah Akala said Hussein was picked up by seven officers and after making calls to various authorities they established that he was being grilled at the Regional Police Headquarters. “This is another arrest…
Iran’s supreme leader has said the death of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah “will not go unavenged”, a day after he was killed in an Israeli air strike in Lebanon. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei announced five days of mourning in Iran in response to what he called the “martyrdom of the great Nasrallah”, describing him as “a path and a school of thought” that would continue. Iranian media reported that a Iranian Revolutionary Guards general was also killed in the Israeli strikes in Beirut on Friday. Israel’s military said Nasrallah had “the blood of thousands… on his hands”, and that it targeted…
Kiambu County has accumulated Sh6.5 billion in unpaid bills, making it one of the top Counties with debt, according to the Controller of Budget, Margaret Nyakang’o’s, report for the 2023/24 financial year. This places Kiambu second, behind Nairobi, which leads with Sh118 billion in pending bills, while counties across the country face a collective total of over Sh181 billion. In the report, Nyakang’o stated that Kiambu reported pending bills amounting to sh5.94 billion at the beginning of the financial year, of which Sh3.57 billion was for recurrent expenditure and Sh2.36 billion for development activities. Despite settling Sh387 million in bills…
Kakamega Governor Fernandes Barasa has dismissed reports of misuse of funds in the county as misleading. Barasa said that the reported use of Sh521 million in hospitality is not a reflection of what the county government has spent according to the county records. He said the figure is the total amount of various costs including what the county assembly spent and the amounts spent in other utilities like water, electricity and other costs like transportation and fuel. The governor noted that the county executive spent Sh290million with the county assembly spending Sh46.7million in hospitality totaling to Sh336.7million all costs included…
Nearly two weeks after Wajir MCA Yusuf Hussein Abdi was abducted in Nairobi, his family is urging new Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja to take urgent action to resolve the case. The Della Ward MCA and Wajir County Assembly Minority Leader was reportedly abducted by armed people in Nairobi on September 13 at night on Enterprise Road while heading to his home in Pangani from South C. “Up to now there is no clue of his whereabouts,” said Adan Issack, Wajir nominated MCA in Majengo, Mombasa, adding that they want justice for the abducted MCA. The Head of State…
A crisis is unfolding in Kenya’s public universities as the Universities Academic Staff Union (UASU) and the Kenya Universities Staff Union (KUSU) begin a nationwide strike in an ongoing dispute with the government over unfulfilled agreements. The strike, which kicked off on Wednesday, follows the expiration of a seven-day notice issued by UASU on September 11, outlining several unresolved issues with the government. University lecturers have been awaiting negotiations for three years, with no progress made since they submitted their proposal on September 4, 2020. In that proposal, UASU called for an increase in the monthly basic salary to Sh99,650…
The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) arrested Peter Odhiambo Agoro, Chairperson of the Consortium of Civil Societies in Kenya on Tuesday, for extorting Sh3 million from a state corporation’s Chief Executive Officer. The suspect was escorted to the EACC Integrity Centre Police Station for processing. The civil society leader demanded the Sh3 million bribe as an inducement and facilitation fee to refrain from pursuing and publicising accusations of procurement malpractices he claimed to have against the Parastatal CEO. The suspect accepted the complainant’s plea to reduce the demanded amount to Sh2 million, which was to be paid in two instalments…