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Alliance party leader Ekuru Aukot calls out president Ruto to stop reminding kenyans about Uhuru

18May

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Alliance party leader Ekuru Aukot calls out president Ruto to stop reminding kenyans about Uhuru

Thirdway Alliance party leader Ekuru Aukot has called out President William Ruto for what he calls being stuck up on inheriting a poor state of the economy from former president Uhuru Kenyatta. Ruto and his deputy, Rigathi Gachagua, have several times been quoted saying they "inherited a dilapidated economy" from Mr Kenyatta, thus calling for more time and patience from Kenyans before a change with the Kenya Kwanza administration can be felt. But according to the outspoken lawyer and former presidential aspirant, President Ruto’s administration should borrow a leaf from Kenya’s third president, the late Mwai Kibaki, who he says was focused on transforming the country instead of complaining about the state of the country he inherited from President Daniel Moi. “Let us st...

Raila: Uhuru Kenyatta Is Not Sponsoring Azimio Demos

29Mar

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Raila: Uhuru Kenyatta Is Not Sponsoring Azimio Demos

Azimio La Umoja One Kenya coalition leader Raila Odinga has dismissed “unfounded” claims that former president and Azimio council chairman Uhuru Kenyatta is funding the opposition’s anti-government protests. Following Monday’s demonstrations – the second in a series of bi-weekly protests lined up in the coming days – Odinga gave an interview to the BBC where he maintained that Kenyatta does not engage in Azimio’s “domestic issues”, despite still being a member of the movement. “There have been unfounded allegations that Honourable Uhuru Kenyatta is funding the current protests. Nothing could be further from the truth,” Odinga told the network. “Yes, Uhuru Kenyatta is a member of this movement, he is still the chairman of this movement, but he’s restrained himself and has had ...

Farmers earn Sh221 million in four days after Uhuru’s intervention

1Aug

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Farmers earn Sh221 million in four days after Uhuru’s intervention

The resumption of miraa exports to Somalia has earned farmers and traders Sh221 million in just four days. Head of Miraa Pyrethrum and other Industrial Crops Felix Mutwiri announced that Kenya had exported 81.4 tonnes of miraa to Mogadishu four days after the market was opened. This represented products from 19 traders from the 22 who had applied to be cleared to access the lucrative Somalia market. We have so far exported 81.4 tonnes in the last four days and we expect the volumes to grow in the coming days as more people are cleared to ship out the commodity,” she said. The traders are selling the stimulant at Sh2,734 per kilo, approximately Sh238 less than the price before Somalia shut down its market. “We have a lot of miraa right now in the farmers an...

Uhuru allocates Sh34b to Oil Marketers in New Supplementary Appropriation Bill

4Apr

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Uhuru allocates Sh34b to Oil Marketers in New Supplementary Appropriation Bill

President Uhuru Kenyatta when he signed the five bills into laws.Image: STATE HOUSE President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday at State House, Nairobi, signed into law five parliamentary bills among them 2022 Supplementary I Appropriation Bill (Supplementary Budget). He has also allocated a sum of Sh34,446,813,295 from the Supplementary Budget to the government fuel stabilisation programme aimed at cushioning Kenyans from the high cost of fuel. This comes as a relief to Kenyan motorists across the country who have been queuing for the past weeks as filling stations run out of fuel. Businesses have been hugely affected by the crisis even as the government maintained that there is enough fuel in the country. The increased prices in fuel commodities had been occasioned b...

Uhuru to commission Nairobi’s first Level 5 hospital

1Nov

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Uhuru to commission Nairobi’s first Level 5 hospital

Nairobi’s first Level 5 hHospital will finally open its doors to patients this week, Nairobi Metropolitan Services has said. The Sh400 million five–storey Korogocho-Mathare hospital is expected to reduce the patient load at Mama Lucy Hospital, which serves more than 2.1 million people in Eastlands area. NMS director general Mohamed Badi last week told the Senate Health Committee that it is expected President Uhuru Kenyatta will commission the hospital this week. “Construction works at the Korogocho – Mathare hospital are complete and we are hoping it will be commissioned by His Excellency in the first week of November ,” he said. A Level 5 hospital is a county referral hospital with more than 100-bed capacity and is run by a chief executive officer who must be a doct...

Uhuru arrives in London on Tuesday for three-day official visit

26Jul

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Uhuru arrives in London on Tuesday for three-day official visit

President Uhuru Kenyatta will arrive in London on Tuesday to co-chair the Global Education Summit with Prime Minister Boris Johnson. The Summit aims at rallying the world with an aim to raise $5 billion to educate children across the developing world over the next five years. The President will also meet senior members of the UK Royal Family as part of his visit. During the three-day visit, Uhuru will also have engagements that are aimed at strengthening the Kenya-UK strategic partnership. On Tuesday, Uhuru is scheduled to meet with Boris for talks at Chequers, his country residence in Buckinghamshire. The two are expected to jointly announce major investments into Big Four Agenda projects, on affordable housing, manufacturing, and health partnerships. Uhuru wil...

Cost of Airtime, Internet Data and Cooking Gas Before and After New Tax Law .

9Jul

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Cost of Airtime, Internet Data and Cooking Gas Before and After New Tax Law .

Prices of various items have skyrocketed after the government moved to implement the Finance Act, 2021, which has come into force after President Uhuru Kenyatta signed the Finance Bill into law. The Finance Act, 2021, introduced amendments to various tax-related acts of parliament and related statutes in the public finance sector. Airtime, data and SMS Following an amendment to the Finance Act, 2018, the government increased excise duty on telephone and internet data services from 15% to 20% effective July 1.Telecommunications giant Safaricom has increased the price of voice calls, data, short message service (SMS) and home fibre. The changes will affect all pre-pay subscribers under both the Uwezo and Blaze tariffs. Safaricom calls now cost KSh 4..87 per minute in peak hours (8...

Uhuru arrives in France for a two-day official visit.

30Jun

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Uhuru arrives in France for a two-day official visit.

President Uhuru Kenyatta has arrived in Paris, France for a two-day official visit. The president who left Kenya on Tuesday evening is expected to seal the deal for the construction of the Sh160 billion toll highway from Nairobi to Mau Summit which is expected to begin in September. This will among others address traffic congestion on the northern corridor. The 233-kilometre contract that was awarded to a French consortium made up of Vinci Highways SAS, Meridian Infrastructure Africa Fund, and Vinci Concessions SAS last year will see the road expanded into a four-lane dual carriageway through a Public-Private Partnership model. The consortium is expected to design, finance, construct, operate and maintain the express. The firm will then recoup its finances using the rev...

22Apr

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Hoteliers urge Uhuru to reopen hotels.

Local hospitality industry players have called on the government to consider allowing hotels and restaurants to reopen immediately. The hospitality sector was hit hard after President Uhuru Kenyatta locked down five counties and closed restaurants and bars. “It is painful seeing staff stay home jobless yet they have families to support. It’s a pity that hotels and tourism industry players in Kenya are not given the ears required," PrideInn Group Managing Director Hasnain Noorani said. In 2020, when the President first announced measures to prevent the virus from spreading, the monetary and fiscal authorities followed up with a number of measures to safeguard businesses and individuals from the ensuing economic hit. “The government has been silent on measures to give busine...

1Apr

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Uhuru, Raila tour projects in the city.

President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM party leader Raila Odinga on Thursday toured the new green park bus terminal at Railway club. The two inspected various projects within Nairobi they started with Green Park Terminus. Uhuru and Raila were seen walking as they looked around the terminus accompanied by government officials. They later went to a room where they were shown how far the project has proceeded. The aim of the terminus is to decongest the CBD. Boda boda and taxis will use another tarmacked designated area. It will be the drop off and pick up points for about 140 matatus using the Ngong and Langata routes. The terminus will have a small dispensary, a modern restaurant,mini-supermarket,police station and user friendly ablution block. Green park named for its g...