Kenya’s new 22-member cabinet is set to sworn in on Thursday, a day after they were approved by parliament. President William Ruto has retained one minister from his predecessor’s cabinet as a adviser on national security and introduced the position of a prime cabinet secretary. Former head of the central …
Read More »Kenyan authorities on high alert over cholera outbreak
Kenya has reported an outbreak of cholera in six out of 47 counties after recording 61 cases of the diarrhoeal disease. Thirteen people were admitted to hospitals and eight others had already been discharged while 40 were being treated as outpatients, the health ministry said. The ministry says drought in …
Read More »Ugandan MP reported missing in Kenya’s capital
Police in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi are investigating an incident where a Ugandan Member of Parliament went missing in the city, DailyMonitor reported. Mr David Wakikona, the Bukigai County (Bududa District) Member of Parliament in Uganda was reported missing after he boarded an Uber taxi from the Kilimani area to the …
Read More »President Ruto commits to building Tanzania-Kenya gas pipeline
Kenya intends to press on with the building of a natural gas pipeline from Tanzania’s main city Dar es Salaam, to its coastal city of Mombasa and later to the capital Nairobi, in a bid to lower energy tariffs, Kenya’s President William Ruto has said. Local reports put the costs …
Read More »Kenya: pursuit of stray elephant near Nairobi
Kenya’s wildlife body is on the hunt for an elephant that strayed and damaged part of a private residence on the outskirts of the capital, Nairobi, over the weekend, local media reported. Last night, the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) said a lone elephant was sighted on Friday night at a …
Read More »Kenya: William Ruto pledges to cut spending
Kenyan new President William Ruto instructed the finance ministry on Thursday to cut 300 billion shillings ($2.5 billion) from annual government spending this year, to bring the country “back to sanity”. President Ruto appointed his cabinet on Tuesday, naming former central bank governor Njuguna Ndung’u as finance minister to navigate …
Read More »Kenya: President Ruto appoints new Finance minister
Kenyan President William Ruto on Tuesday appointed former central bank governor Njuguna Ndung’u as the new finance minister. Ndung’u, a professor of Economics, worked as the Central Bank of Kenya Governor between 2007 and 2015. He stepped down in March 2015 after serving the maximum of two four-year terms. Ndung’u, …
Read More »“Kenya ready to buy fuel from Russia” – President Ruto
Kenya’s new president, William Ruto, said in an interview that his country is ready to buy fuel from Russia, the BBC reported. Several countries have refused to engage with Moscow since the invasion of Ukraine but Mr Ruto said he’s considering all available options, the report said. “I am now …
Read More »Scramble after flour truck overturned in Kenya
Videos shared on social media show people removing bales of maize meal from a truck that overturned on a major highway in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi. The crowd of looters include motorists, motorbike taxi operators and pedestrians. The cause of the accident is unclear and there were no police officers on …
Read More »Kenya: President Ruto signals end of subsidies
On his first day in office, new Kenyan President William Ruto gave orders to reverse some of the policies of his predecessor, Uhuru Kenyatta. President Ruto indicated that he would scrap food and fuel subsidies. He said they were costly and ineffective. Mr Ruto also said all cargo clearance would …
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