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Deputy President William Ruto has weighed in on the impeachment talks, asserting that the leaders planning it will miserably fail. Speaking in Kakamega, Dr Ruto affirmed that the evil plan will not see the light. “Your evil plot will fail. Instead of them wanting to impeach me, let them fine tune their approach to politic to be in harmony with the needs of the country,” Ruto exclaimed. He further accused the opposition leaders of using the handshake to undermine other leaders. The DP then added: “They must shun stale politics that is hinges on tribalism, hatred, and division and instead,…

Ghanaian’s MPharma has announced that it is buying Kenya’s second largest pharmacy chain, Haltons Pharmacy. Through the deal, MPharma, a six-year-old company which manages prescription drug inventory for pharmacies and their suppliers, will enter the East Africa regional market for the first time. The unprecedented deal between the two companies will see MPharma manage 20 Halton stores in Nairobi and Mombasa. The startup is reported to be taking control of Haltons from Fanisi Capital, a Mauritius based private equity firm, however, the senior management at Haltons will still retain a stake in the business. Speaking on the deal, MPharma’s CEO…

Garissa Township Member of Parliament (MP) has lost two of his family members in a tragic road accident on Friday night. The National Assembly Majority Leader divulged that he had lost his cousin Habiba Sheikh Abdullahi and his niece Dr Deyman. The two were traveling together when the accident, which also claimed the life of their driver, happened. The accident is reported to have occurred along Nairobi-Mombasa highway. Read: Majority Leader Aden Duale Attacks Red Cross Over Sh824 Million Famine Donation Appeal Sharing with netizens, the legislator announced that he received the unfortunate news on Saturday morning. He posted: “We…

The company behind the creation of the e-citizen payment system, Webmasters Kenya Limited, has accused ‘high-ranking government officers’ of disrupting the execution of the process. Without mentioning names, the Managing Director of Webmaster, James Ayugi noted that there are prominent individuals who are playing underhand tactics to return the alleged efficient system to manual payment systems. Mr Ayugi further revealed that since its launch in 2014, the system has saved on payment facilitation costs. Emphasizing on its significance, Mr Ayugi noted: “The platform has disrupted the government’s procurement system. Individuals who use to get millions in contracts for the supply…

The government of Kenya is reported to have ordered the closure of Dadaab Refugee Camp by mid-this year. According to a leaked internal United Nations document obtained by the Thomson Reuters Foundation,  the government ordered the closure citing “national security concerns.” The document further notes that the Uhuru Kenyatta-led government drafted a letter to the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) on February 12. At the time, the government divulged its intentions to close the refugee camp within six months, putting the closure approximately in June-July. The letter addressed to UNHCR also called on the international agency to “expedite the relocation…

President Uhuru Kenyatta is scheduled to travel to China with an aim to secure Ksh380 billion loan for the funding of Naivasha-Kisumu standard gauge railway. His travel follows an agreement he secured with his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni on the construction of the SGR. According to sources privy to the President’s travel, Uhuru is expected to be out of the country within the first two weeks of April. Business Daily reported on Friday that Transport PS Esther Koimett and acting Kenya Railways MD Phillip Maingi have been holding talks with the Chinese government regarding the loan in the past week.…

Unknown individuals broke into a Bungoma home belonging to Bumula MP Mwambu Mabonga on Friday morning. The unidentified individuals are alleged to have stolen a 32-inch TV set and other house items. The thieves, gained access into the home located in Mwiyenga village at around 2 am by cutting part of the fence. The MP revealed that the thieves also poisoned one of the family dogs. According to the Bumula Deputy County Commissioner John Tanui, two suspects have so far been arrested in relation with the incident. “I want to send a stern warning to youths who might be breaking…

Ministry of Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) Cabinet Secretary Joe Mucheru has announced the appointment of Naim Bilal as the Managing Director of Kenya Broadcasting Cooperation (KBC). A gazette notice drafted by the CS noted that the appointment, which takes effect immediately, will last for three years. The notice stated: “In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 5 (1) of the Kenya Broadcasting Cooperation Act, the Cabinet Secretary for Information, Communication and Technology appoints Naim Bilal to be the Managing Director of the Kenya Broadcasting cooperation for a period of three years with effect from 20th March 2019.” Bilal,…

Investigators probing the unfortunate Ethiopian Airlines crash that killed 157 people have revealed their preliminary conclusion. According to the results, an anti-stall system is believed to have been activated moments before the crash. The plane, a Boeing 737 Max, crashed on March,10, barely six minuted after its take off from Addis Ababa. The findings were based on flight recorder data, which shows that a system, known as Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS), malfunctioned in both the Ethiopian Airlines crash on March 10 and the Lion Air crash om Indonesia in 2018. Together, the two planes led to the death of…

Samburu Governor Moses Lenolkulal has filed an application to the Court to bar the EACC from arresting him. In an application filed at the High Court, Governor Lenolkulal through his lawyer Lawrence Karanja requested the court to grant him anticipatory bail pending his imminent arrest by the EACC. The application reads: “Pending hearing and determination of this application, this court be pleased to admit me to anticipatory bail pending any arrest, investigation or charge.” His request followed EACC’s move to seek the freezing of his assets and accounts pending Ksh2 billion fraud case. Governor Lenolkulal also sued the EACC, the…

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni’s three day visit to Kenya has sparked debate from Kenyans who are questioning the benefits Kenya got from the bilateral talks he had with his Kenyan counterpart President Uhuru Kenyatta. According to details of the extensive talks Museveni had with Kenyatta, it appears that Uganda achieved more than Kenya did from the trade talks. In a press release issued by Museveni, the Head of State was glad to inform his citizens that following the talks, Kenya had agreed to increase its sugar exports from 36,000 metric tonnes to 90,000 metric tonnes annually. He also noted that…

Ministry of Health has revealed that Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) has been detaining patients and bodies over an accumulated debt of almost Ksh6 billion. In a report released on Thursday, the Ministry noted that 184 patients and 387 bodies have been detained by the facility due to the debt. The report put the exact non-payment at Ksh 5, 692,834,284. The ministry released the details following an expose done by Citizen TV that revealed how women are being detained at the facility over non-payment. In response to the detention, the ministry noted: “To address the accumulation of patient bills in hospitals,…

The Auditor-General Edward Ouko has raised concern over Ksh4.3 million allocated by Meru County government on rearing earthworms and black flies. According to the Auditor General, the county government was put on spot spending the millions in the 2017/2018 financial year without an assessment on the project. In his report, Mr Ouko noted that Ksh2.5 million was given to a supplier for 1,000 eco-tosha materials for earthworms while Ksh1.8 million was used to purchase 600 plastic drums. Ouko further noted that the plastic drums were intended to be used in the rearing of the earthworms and black flies in the…

A woman is currently languishing in her pain after she was denied her right to access healthcare services by medical practitioners at Kenyatta National Hospital. In a video that has since sparked anger among Kenyans, the unidentified patient’s sister is seen expressing her pain and frustrations after the lady could not be attended to for failure to pay Ksh1,950. According to her sister, the lady spent a night in the cold as she waited on the nurses to attend to her. They would later decide to leave the facility since the attendants insisted that she could not be treated before…

President Uhuru Kenyatta has announced that Uganda will be allocated land in Naivasha for them to construct a dry port. Speaking during Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni’s official visit to Mombasa port, Kenyatta noted that the country will give them land as a way of fostering Kenya-Uganda relations. His Ugandan counterpart further called for the fast-tracking of the East Africa Community (EAC) political federation. President Museveni arrived on Wednesday morning to Mombasa, for a three-day state visit following an invitation from his Kenyan counterpart. During their bilateral talks on Wednesday, President Kenyatta stated that Kenya and Uganda have agreed to form…