Serfine Achieng
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Floods: Death toll hits 83 as Gov’t warns Seven Forks Dams may overflow
Four bodies were retrieved from River Kwa Musii in Makueni, bringing the number of deaths from the lorry incident to nine.Another body was recovered in Mathare, bringing the death toll in Nairobi to 15, as three others including a man, his wife and their neighbour drowned in Machakos.
Remembering General Francis Ogolla the church man
Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Kenya Jackson Ole Sapit led the consecration service of ACK St Thomas Church in Nduru Siaya County Sunday morning, a church that the late General supported to construct.
Fake fertiliser probe: DCI summons SBL manager as gov't unveils compensation plan for farmers
Agriculture Principal Secretary Paul Ronoh has confirmed plans for thorough scrutiny of the entire fertilizer supply chain warning of tough legal action against those found culpable.
Patients remain stranded as doctors' strike enters week three
Patients in public hospitals remained stranded, with the Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) insisting that no amount of intimidation and sacking threats will have them backing down.
Agriculture CS Linturi says probe launched into fake fertiliser scandal
Speaking during a stakeholders' engagement on Edible Oil Crop Promotion in Naivasha town, Nakuru County on Saturday, Linturi stated that investigations into the alleged fake fertiliser scandal have commenced, warning of tough action aga...
13-member committee formed to consider doctors' demands as strike enters day 9
The talks were meant to resolve the impasse that has slowly brought the health sector to its knees due to a strike which started on March 14, 2024.The 7-hour meeting however ended without a deal for doctors to go back to work with the parties involved reading from different scripts....
KNUT up in arms as Gov’t fails to release school capitation
KNUT is demanding the immediate disbursement of capitation funds to avert a crisis in learning institutions.This comes at a time when several school heads have decried the funding crisis which they say hampers smooth operations in the learning institutions.
Medical services partially disrupted in hospitals as doctors’ strike kicks off
At Kakamega County General Teaching and Referral Hospital, several patients in need of specialised care were turned away.It was a long hopeless wait for patients in Nakuru County, where about 160 doctors joined their colleagues in the nationwide strike.
Gov't deploys more GSU officers to Baringo after over 2,000 people displaced by bandit attacks
Several schools have remained closed affecting hundreds of learners whose future has been interrupted by the blood-thirsty bandits.Interior CS Kithure Kindiki has sustained his tough talk leading efforts by the government to find a working strategy to weed out the ban...
Veteran publisher Dr. Henry Chakava dies aged 77
Dr Chakava’s legacy is decorated by the many iconic literary figures he published including Ngugi Wa Thiong’o, Grace Ogot, Francis Imbuga, John Kiriamiti, Meja Mwangi, and Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye all from Kenya.