NAIROBI, Kenya, Jun 4 – The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has announced the recruitment of 15 Court of Appeal judges. In a gazette notice, Chief Justice Martha Koome stated that the Judiciary is also seeking to employ twenty High Court…
NAIROBI, Kenya, May 4 – Three suspects believed to be masterminds of a series of robberies along the Nairobi-Mombasa highway will be detained for 14 days to allow the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) complete its probe. This is after…
NAIROBI, Kenya, Jun 4 – Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi says the government shelved plans to reduce the Pay As You Earn tax after KRA failed to meet its revenue collection targets. Speaking before the during a Senate plenary session,…
NAIROBI, Kenya, June 4 — Kilifi North Member of Parliament Owen Baya has agreed to withdraw a contentious legislative proposal that seeks to delist Muguka from the schedule of crops under the Crops Act. Deputy President Kithure Kindiki on Wednesday…
A top official in one of South Africa’s biggest political parties has been sacked after he visited a controversial Malawian pastor in April. Floyd Shivambu has been removed as secretary-general of the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party barely six months into…
Kenyan free-speech advocates and lawyers have condemned the prosecution of the author of an unauthorised biography of Kenyan President William Ruto’s daughter. Charlene Ruto accused Webster Ochora Elijah of “misusing” her name by writing the book without first seeking permission…
June 3 – Elon Musk has hit out at President Donald Trump’s signature tax and spending bill, describing it as a “disgusting abomination”, in a widening rift between the two allies. The budget – which includes multi-trillion dollar tax breaks…
KERUGOYA, Kenya, Jun 4 – The Kenya National Union of Teachers is now demanding a 60 percent salary increment and a 30 percent increase in allowances. According to the union’s Secretary General Hesbon Otieno, the current Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA)…
Kenya has commended the global climate change body, Green Climate Fund (GCF), for approving over Ksh. 116 billion (USD 900 million) to fund climate-resilient development projects. Interior and National Administration CS Kipchumba Murkomen, currently in Geneva, Switzerland, noted that Kenya…
Microsoft founder Bill Gates says that most of his fortune will be spent on improving health and education services in Africa over the next 20 years. The 69-year-old said that “by unleashing human potential through health and education, every country…