Emmanuel Too
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State House budget shoots from Ksh.8.5B to Ksh.17B as officials request more funds
State house has requested Ksh.20 billion for the next financial year starting July 1st, saying four new state lodges have contributed to the rise in expenditure.
Roadmap to Singapore: MPs approve Ksh.5 trillion Infrastructure Fund Bill
The Bill, which was approved with significant amendments, gives Parliament and the President more power in the control of the much-publicised Ksh.5 trillion fund, expected to boost President William Ruto’s “Singapore dream” of transforming Kenya into a developed country....
Kenyan exporters count Ksh.1B losses as Israel-Iran war disrupts Middle East trade
Meat exporters, who had planned to make a killing from the high demand for meat in the Gulf countries during the Ramadan period, have been left with piles of stock, as flights to the Middle East region remain grounded.
ODM leaders push for zoning, accuse UDA of raiding their strongholds
National Assembly Minority Leader Junet Mohamed warned that the party will not cede any ground in Parliament to any outfit seeking to work with them. The UDA legislators had raised similar concerns one month ago during a UDA National Governing Council meeting....
Sibling showdown as rigging claims emerge in Isiolo South by-election
Tubi arrived at the Algani polling station wearing a hopeful yet tense smile ahead of the do-or-die contest between him and his sister.After casting his vote, Tubi, who is Bina’s younger brother, explained how they ended up on the ballot despite high-level negotiations aimed at persuading one of the...
Caroli Omondi, Ruth Odinga among ODM rebels removed from powerful committees
Suba South MP Caroli Omondi was ejected from his powerful Constitution Implementation and Oversight Committee, with his position in the committee taken by the latter-day convert of the broad-based government, Githunguri MP Gathoni Wamuchomba.
Open dais, open risk: Is President Ruto’s security slipping?
The daring Wajir incident is the latest presidential security breach where the man, who has now been identified as Ahmed Mohammed, charged towards President William Ruto, only to be dramatically swept off the path by a vigilant presidential gu...
Presidential security breach: Man who charged at Ruto in Wajir speaks
His speech at the NYOTA capital disbursement forum at Wajir Stadium had been proceeding smoothly until the unidentified man wearing a white shirt and blue jeans emerged from behind the podium and charged towards him.Six days earlier, while addressing a similar NYOTA event at the Jomo Kenyatta Showgr...
From Raila’s foot soldier to ODM outcast: The rise and fall of Edwin Sifuna
Born in Kakamega County, Edwin Watenya Sifuna has had a meteoric rise in the ODM party, where he has served for 10 years, first as acting Secretary General and eight years later as the substantive Secretary General.
Gachagua says Ksh.4B drought fund is too little for Northern Kenya
The former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua says the Ksh.4.1 billion monthly expenditure approved Tuesday by Cabinet to deal with the drought situation in close to half of the counties in the country is below the U.N approved standards to help the 3.3 million Kenyans who are starving....