Category: Politics
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United Democratic Alliance (UDA) National Organising Secretary and Mwala MP Vincent Kawaya addressing locals during a boda boda empowerment drive in Mbooni, Makueni County/HANDOUT President William Ruto’s allies in Ukambani have poured cold water on the Opposition’s chances of winning the 2027 general elections. The lawmakers said the Opposition is too disjointed and internally conflicted…
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Deputy President Kithure Kindiki speaking when he engaged thousands of youth and grassroots leaders from Mbeere North Constituency at Karambari Centre in Muminji Ward, Embu County/DPCS. Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has urged Kenyan youth not to relent in demanding good governance, transparency, and accountability from leaders entrusted with serving the nation. Kindiki noted that it…
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A Guard of Honour at State House Nairobi, which is under renovation/ PCS Renovations in government offices are gobbling up billions of shillings in taxpayers’ money, with projects dragging on for years and showing little progress, particularly in the executive. The Controller of Budget’s 2024-25 report lays bare the colossal sums consumed in refurbishments at…
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Former Cabinet Minister and veteran politician Dalmas Otieno at a past public event/FILE Former Cabinet Minister and veteran politician Dalmas Otieno has died. Family sources confirmed that Otieno passed away earlier on Sunday in a Nairobi hospital where he had been undergoing treatment for an undisclosed illness. He was 80 years old. Otieno, a towering…
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Kenya and Uganda governments’ quick intervention on the elimination of tariff and non-tariff barriers along the Northen Corridor of Busia and Malaba border towns has begun to bear fruits barely, a week when the orders were executed. The major bottleneck was the never-ending traffic snarl-ups on the busy Malaba-Bungoma Highway, which sometimes stretches to over…
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Interior and National Administration Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen The Government is closing in on major suppliers of marijuana in a bid to dismantle the distribution networks. Speaking during Jukwaa La Usalama tour of Vihiga, Interior and National Administration Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen said drugs, especially marijuana, was a major problem in the county together with…
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After outfoxing Egypt on the diplomatic stage for more than a decade, Ethiopia is set to officially inaugurate one of the world’s biggest dams on a tributary of the River Nile, burying a colonial-era treaty that saw the UK guarantee the North African nation the lion’s share of its water. The dam – built on…
