Hiccups have started to emerge just a week after President William Ruto launched Hustler Fund program, with claims of low repayment rate.The money, which formed the spine of Ruto's presidential campaign messaging, was to cushion small scale traders from acute economic times. The banks that are at the center of
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Ruto to EALA MPs: Focus on Trade, Investment and Peace
President William Ruto has asked Kenya's representatives to the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) to focus on trade and investment in the region. The President said East Africa holds immense economic potential that partner nations are yet to maximize. "The economic expansion of the Community is in the best interest of all
President Ruto: Government to digitize its operations
President William Ruto has announced that the government will digitise nearly all its services to transform the delivery of public services and make them more efficient and speedier. The head of State Ruto spoke at a meeting with the Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland, who had paid a courtesy call at State
Ruto graces the launch of the state of the Judiciary report
President William Ruto today graced the annual state of the judiciary report and used the occasion to address accusations of capturing the operations of the Judiciary. The president has been accused by Azimio La Umoja leader Raila Odinga after Ruto appointed the six judges that were rejected by his predecessor, Uhuru
Restaurant owner faults Ruto and Sakaja over crackdown
A Kenyan restaurant owner has penned a letter to President William Ruto and Nairobi governor Johnson Sakaja to complain of the ongoing crackdown on nightclubs in residential areas continues. The restaurant owner who did not give his real name lamented in an advert in the Nation newspaper on how restaurants
IEBC Vice Chairperson Juliana Cherera resigns
The embattled Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Vice Chairperson Juliana Cherera has resigned from the polls body two days after the resignation of Justus Nyangaya who resigned on Friday. In a letter addressed to President William Ruto on 5th December 2022, Cherera said that her "stay at the commission
President Ruto and Raila now take battle to social media
Raila Odinga and DP Ruto President William Ruto and Azimio la Umoja leader Raila Odinga have taken to social media to express their differences over the removal of four commissioners of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission.In his social media posts on Sunday , President Ruto reaffirmed his decision to suspend
Kenya to help South Sudan move goods with ease
Kenya will facilitate cost effective movement of goods from the port of Mombasa to South Sudan. President William Ruto said South Sudan traders can choose to clear their goods from the port of Mombasa, Nairobi or Naivasha. The President was speaking in Juba after a bilateral meeting with President Salva
The rise of powerful Internal Security PS Raymond Omollo
Raymond Omollo was among the more than 50 principal secretaries sworn in at State House Nairobi on 2nd December 2022. He now replaces Mr. Karanja Kibicho as Principal Secretary of the State Department for Interior and National Administration. Omollo who becomes the youngest person to hold such a powerful office
IEBC Commissioner Justus Nyangaya resigns
Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Commissioner Justus Nyangaya today resigned from the electoral body. Justus Nyangaya tendered in his resignation a few hours after President William Ruto suspended him and three other Commissioners and formed a tribunal to investigate their conduct during August general elections. Nyangaya in his letter said