Transport, Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development Cabinet Secretary James Macharia launched a new air route by Skywards Airlines, the Nairobi-Malindi-Lamu route. According to the CS Macharia, the Government welcomes this development as additional flights to local destinations will support the growth of local tourism whilst international passenger travel remains subdued. The airline
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Kisumu becomes 2nd county to pass BBI constitutional amendment Bill
Kisumu has become the second County Assembly to pass the Building Bridges Initiative (Constitutional Amendment) Bill. Following a public participation conducted at the Assembly premises on Friday last week, the Chairperson of the Administrative of Law and Justice committee Mr. Seth Okumu, tabled a report on the bill
Jubilee Party fires its Chief Whip Irungu Kang’ata
Senator Irungu with Kipchumba Murkomen Jubilee Party Secretary General Raphael Tuju announced on February 9, 2021 that they had removed Murang’a Senator Irungu Kang’ata from the Senate Majority Chief Whip and replaced him with Kiambu Senator Kimani Wamatangi. Tuju blamed Kang’ata for discussing confidential party matters in public adding that his continued
Raila says Luo community is part and parcel of Kenya
Mpesa Foundation & MOE in a 3 month drive to distribute Sanitary towels to 180,000 students
M-PESA Foundation has entered into a partnership with the Ministry of Education to distribute free sanitary towels worth Kshs 21 million shillings to over 180,000 needy girls from across the country. The programme is part of the M-PESA Foundation’s Kshs 44 million menstrual hygiene program launched in December 2020 as part
Joe Biden sworn in as 46th US President as Donald Trump retreats to Florida
Nairobi County Speaker chickens out of Governor’s seat
Governor Anne Kananu Nairobi County Assembly Speaker Benson Mutura on Monday quit his position as acting Governor of the County and handed over instruments of power to the newly sworn in Deputy Governor Anne Kananu Mwenda. According to Mutura, last week’s swearing in of the Deputy Governor had made his continued stay
Bobi Wine under House Arrest as his NUP decide to go Court
Officials from the National Unity Platform NUP today held a Press Conference in Kampala where they disputed the results announced by the Electoral Commission and insisting that their Presidential Candidate Kyangulanyi Ssentamu had won the elections by a lot. Earlier on Bobi Wine had told journalists “I am very confident that
Museveni declared winner of Uganda’s Presidential Elections as Bobi Wine protests
Uganda's Electoral Commission on Saturday announced that the 78 year old incumbent Yoweri Museveni had won the country's presidential election, cementing his position among the world’s longest-serving leaders. According to the Commission a total 10,359,479 votes were cast in the January 14 poll out of the 18,103,603 registered voters with 9,978,093
Anne Kananu hurriedly vetted & sworn in as Deputy Governor
Nairobi Deputy Governor Anne Kananu Mwenda Fate of the planned March gubernatorial elections lay in jeopardy as the County Council of Nairobi successfully vetted and approved Ms. Anne Kananu Mwenda as the new Deputy Governor. Kananu who was nominated by ousted governor Mike Sonko was vetted by a 10-member committee of