On Friday, December 20, dailies reported why the Ministry of Education delayed the release of the 2024 Form Examination (KCSE) results.
Kenyan newspapers also investigated the changes in the Cabinet of President William Ruto and how the retired president Uhuru Kenyatta he won by a large margin.
Source: UGC
Daily Nation
Students who took the KCSE 2024 exam will have to wait longer before their results are announced after the Ministry of Education conducted an analysis to eliminate exam fraud.
According to this newspaper, the ministry implemented a new system of concealing names and taking precautions to avoid confusion of results after the end of the exam review.
More than 965,000 candidates who took the KCSE will receive their results in January 2025.
Education Minister Julius Ogamba cited fraud and other challenges as the reasons that caused the delay in the results for three weeks after the inspectors left their stations.
“There were several cases of fraud, and those caught involved are facing court cases, and we will deal with that,Ogamba said.
Inspectors noted that cases of cheating were reported in various examination centers across the country.
“I have learned that in several schools in certain areas, parents and school administrators colluded to bribe administrators, inspectors, and security officers,” the source revealed.
The Standard
Retired President Uhuru Kenyatta was a big winner of the Cabinet changes made by the President William Ruto on Thursday, December 19.
Ten days after the two met at Uhuru's house in Ichaweri, Kiambu county, the president made another change, appointing associates of his predecessor to top positions.
Uhuru's allies got three ministerial positions while Ruto sacked two ministers and gave others new roles.
If approved by Parliament, former Kiambu governor William Kabogo will be the new ICT Minister, while former Health Minister Mutahi Kagwe will replace Andrew Karanja as the new Agriculture Minister.
Meanwhile, Ruto nominated former Nakuru governor Lee Kinyanjui to the Ministry of Trade and Investment.
Another ally of Uhuru who benefited from the new appointment is former Murang'a senator Kembi Gitura, who was appointed as the Chairman of the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) Board.
People Daily
The Kenyan government has managed to recover KSh 54.5 billion through tax exemptions.
According to the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) report, 1.06 million applications were received under the policy.
Between September 2023 and June 2024, KRA collected KSh 43.9 billion.
The tax amnesty program was introduced after the exemption clauses and amnesty of penalties and interest were abolished.
You suggested that taxpayers pay only the basic tax amount of their remaining tax liabilities.
The Star
The government hopes to involve more oil sellers in the oil import program between the Kenyan government and Gulf companies.
However, the Director General of the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) Daniel Kiptoo noted that Gulf companies will be the ones to choose the companies that will be involved.
Galana Energies, Gulf Energy, One Petroleum, and Asharami Synergy are local companies involved in the program.
“We expect more oil marketing companies to be appointed as was the case two years ago,” Kiptoo said.
The Cabinet approved the extension of the oil import program between Kenya and the Gulf countries until 2025.
National Today
The court has suspended the order of the Transport and Road Safety Authority (NTSA) for used car dealers to register all vehicles in its system.
Judge Gregory Mutai also ordered the agency to stop interfering in the activities of the Kenya Import Car Dealers Association (CIAK).
Mutai confirmed that the CIAK case is urgent and set the hearing date as January 16.
CIAK opposed the order NTSA to register all used cars from abroad.
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