The Ministry of Health has rolled out comprehensive guidelines to improve newborn care and reduce neonatal deaths in Kenya. Health Cabinet Secretary Deborah Barasa introduced the initiative on Monday at the Homa Bay Kenya Medical Training College grounds, coinciding with World Prematurity Day, a global event raising awareness about premature births. CS Barasa emphasized that…
Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party leader Raila Odinga met with Western Kenya leaders on Tuesday amid divisions ahead of the upcoming elections set for November 27, 2024. Odinga hosted a dinner meeting with elected ODM leaders from the region at a Nairobi hotel, where he emphasized the importance of unity and leadership within the party….
Newspapers on Wednesday, November 20, published topics concerning the country, including the President's action William Ruto of renewed violence to his Secretaries of Ministers and Secretaries General. Front pages of Daily Nation and The Standard newspapers on Wednesday, November 20. Photo: Screencrabs from Daily Nation and The Standard.Source: UGC Elsewhere, it emerged that the government…
National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula has instructed Members of Parliament (MPs) participating in the 14th East African Community Inter-Parliamentary Games in Mombasa to travel exclusively by the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) to cut costs. The games, scheduled from December 6 to December 18, 2024, were established in 2009 to strengthen ties between the parliaments of…
On Monday, November 18, Archbishop Philip Anyolo announced that the Catholic Church will not accept the donation of President William Ruto Anyolo said that KSh 2.6 million was given by Ruto and KSh 600,000 was given by Governor Johnson Sakaja However, by the end of Tuesday, November 19, the Speaker of the White House Hussein…
Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla said he was looking at this game as an opportunity for his Celtics to shore up specific things that have troubled them lately The Cleveland Cavaliers‘ perfect run to start the season has finally come to an end. Cleveland’s undefeated streak was stopped at 15 after they lost 120-117 to the…
The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) arrested two suspects for allegedly attempting to extort Kes. 2 million from the Director General of a State Corporation. The arrest is part of a larger crackdown on individuals extorting money from senior government officials by claiming to possess damaging information. According to EACC spokesperson Eric Ngumbi, the suspects,…
The former National Super League side have had a high-flying start to life in the top tier FKF Premier League. Mara Sugar FC has taken the competition by storm with an impressive start to their debut season in the FKF Premier League (FKF PL) following their promotion from the National Super League (NSL). The millers…
President William Ruto has bid farewell to Meg Whitman, the outgoing United States Ambassador to Kenya, following her resignation after Donald Trump’s election as the 47th President of the United States. Whitman, who served as U.S. Ambassador to Kenya for two years, announced her resignation in a statement to the media on November 13, 2024,…
Noah Lyles was brutal in his response to fiancé Junelle Bromfield when she described her version of a university after she was taken aback by the huge size of American institutions. Jamaican sprinter Junelle Bromfield has been living in the US with her American fiancé Noah Lyles and she has got to experience a lot…
The National Assembly Committee on Finance and National Planning has initiated efforts to regulate the Buy-Now-Pay-Later (BNPL) credit sector through new legislation. This follows public consultations on three key Bills designed to amend existing laws governing digital lending in Kenya. The proposed amendments are outlined in the Tax Laws (Amendment) Bill 2024, the Tax Procedures…
Mumias East MP Peter Salasya has opened up about some of the traits he finds unattractive in women. In a video shared on his Instagram on Tuesday, November 20, 2024, the outspoken legislator outlined behaviors and habits of the kind of woman who doesn’t make the cut in his book. According to Salasya, one of…
Funding and innovative resource use will form a crucial part of discussions when scientists, funders, think tanks, and policymakers in Africa gather in Botswana this week for high-level discussions on various science, technology, and innovation (STI) themes and engage with the global network of partners in academia, industry, civil society, government, and intergovernmental organisations. The…
Nominated Senator Karen Nyamu responded on Tuesday, November 19, to reports claiming her property was set for auction due to rent arrears. The senator became a trending topic on social media after news emerged on Monday, November 18, that she owed approximately Kes.1.25 million in rent, leading to auctioneers receiving approval to enter her home…
Nominated Senator Karen Nyamu has disclosed that she is receiving messages from witch doctors trying to help her with rent issues. In a statement via her social media pages on Tuesday, November 19, 2024, the vocal senator stated that the witch doctors are flocking to her direct message (DM) asking her to pay Ksh20,000 in…