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Ruto Signs Into Law Bill Allocating Counties Additional Ksh.46 Billion

4Mar

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Politics

Ruto Signs Into Law Bill Allocating Counties Additional Ksh.46 Billion

President William Ruto on Monday assented to the County Governments Additional Allocations Bill, 2023 which will see counties receive an additional Ksh.46.3 billion to cater for the Financial Year 2023/2024. President Ruto signed the bill from State House Nairobi, in the presence of Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi, Speakers Moses Wetangula (National Assembly) and Amason Kingi (Senate) and Council of Governor chairperson Anne Waiguru. Other leaders include majority leaders Arron Cheruiyot (Senate) and Kimani Ichungwah (National Assembly) and Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro. He said that the move lies in the spirit of creating equitable sharing of resources, expressing confidence that the move will allow counties to best deliver services to their residents. "I'm happy t...

Quack Doctor Arrested Soliciting Money From Patients In Malindi

2Mar

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Human Interest

Quack Doctor Arrested Soliciting Money From Patients In Malindi

Detectives in Malindi, Kilifi County, are holding a 36-year-old man for masquerading as a medical doctor and deceiving unsuspecting locals. Wycliffe Okechi Mecha was apprehended by DCI detectives at Malindi sub-county hospital where he was purportedly tending to patients and soliciting money from them and their relatives. The Hospital's Medical Superintendent, Dr. David Mang'ong'o, told Citizen Digital that staff grew wary of Mecha, clad in a lab coat, after he arrived at the facility and started tending to the sick. The hospital staff subsequently alerted authorities. When we interrogated him, the man failed to produce documents to prove that he was a practicing medical doctor and we called DCI sleuths who arrested him,” Mang'ong'o said. The medical superintendent further...

Several feared dead after Tahmeed bus collides with fuel tanker

1Mar

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local news

Several feared dead after Tahmeed bus collides with fuel tanker

A Tahmeed Bus en route from Busia to Mombasa has collided head-on with a Kampala-bound tanker near Mundika High School along the Busia-Bumala Road. According to initial reports, the collision resulted in a fire, with several feared dead and scores injured. According to videos reaching the news desk, eyewitnesses at the scene described a horrific sight. Authorities swiftly mobilized a rescue mission to the scene, with first responders working to extinguish the flames and assess the extent of the tragedy. Details regarding the cause of the collision remain unclear, prompting ongoing investigations by local authorities to determine the sequence of events leading up to the incident. Meanwhile, the immediate focus remains on the rescue operation, as teams work against th...

Kenya, Haiti sign agreement on police deployment

1Mar

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International news

Kenya, Haiti sign agreement on police deployment

Kenya and Haiti on Friday signed an agreement on the deployment of 1,000 police officers to the Multi-National Security Support Mission in Haiti. President Ruto and Haiti Prime Minister Ariel Henry witnessed the signing ceremony in State House Nairobi. In July 2023, Kenya pledged to offer 1,000 police officers after Haiti appealed for international help with security personnel to assist in its battle against gangs blamed for spiraling violence. The United Nations estimates some 200,000 Haitians have been displaced during escalating violence, with armed gangs carrying out indiscriminate killings, kidnappings, gang rapes and torching people’s homes. The United Nations Security Council on October 2, 2023, approved the deployment of a multinational security mission into Haiti,...

Atwoli demands Kindiki’s apology over attack on protesting medics

1Mar

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local news

Atwoli demands Kindiki’s apology over attack on protesting medics

The Central Organization of Trade Unions (COTU ), has called on Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki to issue an apology following the incident where Kenya Medical Practitioners Pharmacists Dentists Union (KMPDU) Secretary General Dr. Davji Attella was shot and injured by a police officer during a protest. In a statement to newsrooms, COTU Secretary General Francis Atwoli further demanded that the Interior CS institute action against the officer responsible for the shooting. Dr. Attella was leading a peaceful demonstration addressing crucial issues within the healthcare sector, including the delayed posting of medical interns and the payment of fees for postgraduate students. However, police officers were deployed to scuttle the protest staged outside the Ministry of H...

Faith Odhiambo elected new LSK president

29Feb

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local news, Politics

Faith Odhiambo elected new LSK president

Faith Odhiambo has been elected the new Law Society of Kenya president Odhiambo who served as Vice President of the society ahead of the polls was elected in Thursday's elections. She becomes the 51st President of the Council, succeeding Eric Theuri. Theuri’s term will expire on March 25, 2024. The position was, however, declared vacant on December 5, 2023, as per the LSK General Regulations, 2020. The regulations require that the position is declared vacant at least three months before the 15th day of March of the year the elections are to be held. The race for the presidency was between five candidates: Peter Wanyama, Carolyne Kamende, Faith Odhiambo, Harriet Mboche and Kipkoech Bernhard Ngetich. Wanyama, Faith's closest challenger, has conceded defeat....

Former Tanzanian President Ali Hassan Mwinyi Dies At 98

29Feb

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Africa

Former Tanzanian President Ali Hassan Mwinyi Dies At 98

Former Tanzanian President Ali Hassan Mwinyi has died aged 98, President Samia Suluhu has revealed. Mwinyi, who served as Tanzania's second president between 1985 and 1995, was hospitalised in early February with his family stating that he was receiving treatment for a chest illness. “With advice from his doctors, the family has decided that it is good that he gets privacy while receiving treatment. The family asks the public to pray for him,” said family spokesperson and son of the former leader Abdullah Mwinyi then. Mwinyi joined Afro Shiraz Party (ASP) in 1964 and held different positions for the Government of Zanzibar and United Republic of Tanzania such as Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education of Zanzibar in 1963. In 1970 he was appointed Minister of ...

29Feb

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Entertainment

Kenya launches certified African based dance curriculum

Kenya has launched its first-ever Certified Dance curriculum on February 27. The dance curriculum is a celebration of Africa’s heritage and a declaration of unity. “There are multiple challenges in the dance industry, a huge one, being the lack of regulation. If you decide that you are a dancer, there is nothing to say you aren’t,” Afuzion founder Chiki Kuruka said. "Dance remains a huge pillar of culture, but our current instructors may not know the particulars of history and context. Our dance instructors teaching our children or training in the gyms may also not know the broader issues of anatomy and health and safety." The curriculum was developed in collaboration with NITA, which will specialise in four dance genres West African Street, Kenyan Street, Amapiano a...

President Suluhu has accepted to support my AU bid – Raila

29Feb

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Africa

President Suluhu has accepted to support my AU bid – Raila

Azimio leader Raila Odinga on Thursday revealed that Tanzanian President Suluhu Hassan has accepted to support his African Union job bid. There have been speculations that Tanzania could front former president Jakaya Kikwete to face Raila in the elections for the AU Commission chairperson elections. Speaking in Marani in Kisii, Raila said Suluhu had accepted to back his bid for the top continental job and that he is ready to lock the East African Community bloc. The opposition leader said that next week he will be travelling to Kigali to seek the support of Rwandan President Paul Kagame in his bid to consolidate the EAC. "Next week, I will be meeting Kagame to ask for his vote. Mam Suluhu has already said she is ready to vote for me,'' Raila said. However, Suluhu has ye...

Why Sauti Sol Bien Turned Down MCSK Invite To Collect Royalties

29Feb

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celebrity

Why Sauti Sol Bien Turned Down MCSK Invite To Collect Royalties

Renowned singer Bien-Aime Baraza has revealed that he rejected an invite by the Music Copyright Society of Kenya (MCSK) to collect his royalties due to the society’s tendency to distribute meagre sums to artists. “The MCSK called me to pick up my cheque, but I told them that I know the amount of monies they distribute to artists, so I do not have the time to come and pick up Ksh.1500,” disclosed Bien. Speaking during an interview on the Iko Nini Podcast, the award-winning singer disclosed that the MCSK persuaded him several times to collect his dues, although he turned down the invitation because they withheld the amount of money they would pay him upon requesting, which he speculated was a meagre sum. He further noted that the society is yet to send him ‘th...