NAIROBI, Kenya Jan 17 – Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has hit the ground running to consolidate the Mt Kenya voting bloc with a meeting held with notable leaders from Embu County being the latest move. The Deputy President held a…
NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 17 – National Biosafety Authority says it will crack the whip on institutions dealing with research on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and their derived products that are yet to register after the lapse of three month notice.…
President William Ruto on Friday presided over the swearing-in of three new Cabinet Secretaries at State House, Nairobi. Mutahi Kagwe was sworn in as next Cabinet Secretary for the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, Lee Kinyanjui as Cabinet Secretary…
Jan 17 – India has welcomed the ceasefire and hostage-release deal between Israel and Hamas, expressing hope that it will ensure a safe and sustained supply of humanitarian aid to Gaza. In a statement, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA)…
The Ministry of Health has confirmed two additional Mpox cases, bringing the total to 33 since the outbreak began. The new cases were detected in Kericho and Taita Taveta Counties. In the latest update on the Mpox situation in the…
NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 17 – Mutahi Kagwe, Lee Kinyanjui and William Kabogo have been sworn in as Cabinet Secretaries after receiving National Assembly approval. The event was witnessed by President William Ruto at State House in Nairobi.
General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the son of Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni, has reactivated his X account barely a week after he quit the social media platform, citing renewed focus on his military duties. “I’m back!” Gen Kainerugaba posted on his verified…
NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 17 — A coalition of religious leaders from Nairobi has issued a strong condemnation of recent remarks made by Public Service Cabinet Secretary Justin Muturi linking the NIS to the reported abduction of his son in June…
The US government has imposed sanctions on the head of Sudan’s army and de facto president, Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the treasury department said. He has been leading one of the two sides in the 21-month civil war that has…
Mutahi Kagwe returns to the cabinet with a reputation for effectively leveraging the expertise of technocrats under his leadership to deliver. As Health Cabinet Secretary during the height of the COVID-19 crisis, Kagwe famously tapped into the knowledge of little-known…