August 01

• Raila Gets 12 Bodyguards, Ordered to Return Eight Cars

  Capital FM

  Former PM Raila Odinga and ex-Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka have been assigned 12 bodyguards each and two cars for the security detail, but ordered to surrender luxury cars... Read more »

• Lawyer Kethi Kilonzo Fights Back

  Capital FM

  Despite the fact that the Makueni by-election is over and Mutula Kilonzo Junior sworn in as the county Senator, Kethi Kilonzo is fighting to clear her tarnished reputation. Read more »

• Court Bars Hiring of New NSSF Boss Pending Case

  Capital FM

  The Industrial Court has directed the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) board to stop the process of hiring a new Managing Trustee until it issues a ruling in a case filed by... Read more »

• Kenya's Envoys Will Only Be Recalled When Term Expires

  Capital FM

  The government now says it will not terminate contracts for those envoys whose term has not expired. Addressing the press on Thursday, the Principal Secretary Ministry of Foreign... Read more »

• NSSF, Taxman Pact to Boost Revenue Collection

  Capital FM

  The National Social Security fund and Kenya Revenue Authority have partnered in a bid to improve the services they offer. Read more »

• OLX Kenya Warns Users to Be Alert Over Fraud

  Capital FM

  The online company has asked its users to be aware of fraudsters who are posting genuine items, but later produce faulty ones or rip-off interested buyers. OLX Country Manager... Read more »

• OLX Kenya Cautions Users On Online Fraud

  CIO

  OLX Kenya would like to draw attention to several instances of fraud that have been reported by its users. The company would like assure users that all advertisements posted on the... Read more »

• Four More Months to Debate Media Bills

  The Star

  MPs yesterday finally passed a motion giving the National Assembly four more months to pass two constitutional bills on the media. Read more »

• Kenyan Oil Wells Commercially Viable, Tullow Says

  Sabahi

  London-based oil exploration firm Tullow announced Wednesday (July 31st) that Kenya's Etuko-1, the most recent well the firm has drilled, has shown signs of commercially viable oil... Read more »

• Kenyan Authorities Probe Links Between Kenyan and Tanzanian Extremists

  Sabahi

  Kenya is investigating allegations that Mombasa cleric Sheikh Abubakar Shariff Ahmed, known as Makaburi, has become the new spiritual leader of al-Shabaab-affiliated Muslim Youth... Read more »

• Doctors Cancel March to Demand for Pay

  The Star

  Services in public hospitals will not be disrupted next week as doctors have called off a demo over their unpaid July salaries.Sultani Matendechero from the doctors' union says... Read more »

• Government Grants Raila 12 Security Officers

  The Star

  Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph Ole Lenku has formally written to the former Prime Minister Raila Odinga to return eight vehicles he has been holding since he left office. The... Read more »

• Agency Probes Sh10.9 Million Fake Cosmetics From China

  The Star

  THE Kenyan anti counterfeit agency is investigating a container full of counterfeit soaps and beauty products intercepted at the port of Mombasa last week. Read more »

• Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. Sworn in As Makueni Senator

  The Star

  Mutula Kilonzo Juniour has been sworn in as Makueni senator at a ceremony witnessed by Senate Speaker Ekwe Ethuro. Read more »

• State in Rush to Pay Doctors Over Strike Threat

  The Star

  THE government has enacted measures to avert a doctors' strike slated for Monday. Read more »

• KNUT Threatens to Go On Strike Again

  The Star

  TEACHERS may go on strike on Tuesday next week. The strike comes after the government refused to pay teachers their July salary. Read more »

• Moi Varsity Dons Want to Join Strike

  The Star

  Moi University dons and other workers have demanded that the government should release Sh3.9 billion meant for the pay rise of all university workers to avert a looming strike. Read more »

• State Cars Impounded in Eldoret Crackdown

  The Star

  POLICE in Eldoret and other parts of Western Kenya yesterday checked government cars.The Government Vehicles Check Unit stopped all state vehicles for inspection at road blocks. Read more »

• Contractors Want More Funds for Bridge

  The Star

  Contractors in Isiolo yesterday asked the CDF committee to top up funds from the national government to ensure quality work towards construction of the killer Gotu bridge. Read more »

• Why Agri-Waste Is an Untapped Treasure for Kenya

  The Star

  Kenya, being essentially agrarian, has a countryside that produces vast amounts of farm waste every year. Most of that farm waste is considered a nuisance by too many farmers and... Read more »

• Mwingi Trader to Be Charged in Court for Handling Stolen Property

  The Star

  A Mwingi businessman will be charged in court today after he was arrested with a textile consignment allegedly stolen in the Coast region while on transit to Moshi in Tanzania. Read more »

• Man Barred As Malindi Women Rep

  The Star

  A man nominated to the county assembly but who was instead appointed as a women's representative was not allowed to take his oath of office at the Kilifi county assembly hall in... Read more »

• No July Salary for Teachers - Kambi

  The Star

  Labour cabinet secretary Kazungu Kambi has said teachers who participated in a four week strike last month will not receive their July salary. Read more »

• Funds Lack Block Sex Education

  The Star

  Lack of funds and commitment by the ministry of education is threatening to derail the gains achieved in the implementation of sex education in school curriculum. Read more »

• Cheque to Clear in Two Days From August 19

  The Star

  Cheques will now be cleared in two following the reduction of transaction days by banks from three effective August 19. Read more »