The Ministry of Labour and Social Protection, through the State Department for Social Protection and Senior Citizen Affairs, has launched a recruitment drive to fill 8,321 positions for enumerators and supervisors. This initiative aims to collect data across various counties in Kenya and will involve casual employment for 21 days. For enumerator roles, the ministry…
By VICTOR KIPROP At his factory outside Wang’uru shopping centre in Kenya’s central region, 34-year-old Alex Kabiru is busy emptying sacks of yellowish grain-like material around a metallic circular chimney. Above, a small, whitish smoke goes up into the air as the materials continue to burn, while a group of young men help him offload…
PARIS, FRANCE – AUGUST 10: Emmanuel Wanyonyi of Team Kenya celebrates winning the Gold medal in the Men’s 800m Final on day fifteen of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Stade de France on August 10, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images) Emmanuel Wanyonyi ensured Kenya’s dominance in…
Peres Jepchirchir when she won gold at the 2020 Olympics. [AFP] For Olympic marathon defending champion Peres Jepchirchir retaining her title in Paris on Sunday (9am) looks more difficult, but she is determined to make the impossible possible. Jepchirchir will be in company of a strong Kenyan team made of debutant Sharon Lokedi and Hellen…
President William Ruto and Opposition leader Raila Odinga have entered a pact seeing the formation of a broad-based government. [File, Standard] Demonstrations, fallouts, sackings and handshakes! Welcome to Kenya’s new season of a thousand betrayals where the youth can no longer trust their parents, political godfathers have sold their proteges and understudies and the line…
The USA secured Olympic gold medal in the men’s 4x400m relay as Letsile Tebogo anchored Botswana to silver. Rai Benjamin anchored Team USA to 4x400m relay gold as Letsile Tebogo nearly won the title for Botswana before settling for silver. Botswana led in the first leg, finishing the race in 44.30 ahead of the United…
The government is poised to gain the authority to set prices for essential goods, aiming to stabilize the market and protect Kenyans from exploitation. If passed into law, the Price Control (Essential Goods) (Amendment) Bill, 2024, grants this power, allowing the government to regulate retail and wholesale prices for key commodities. Essential commodities such as…
By MAWAHIB ABDALLATIF Sudan’s army chief has indicated he may send representatives to the new, US-led talks, in Switzerland due next week, if civilians are supplied with humanitarian aid. This week, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken phoned the Chairman of the Transitional Sovereign Council, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, about the planned peace talks due on…
Paula Kahumbu, a world-renowned wildlife conservationist and the CEO of WildlifeDirect, has issued an urgent call to President William Ruto to take immediate action to protect the remaining population of the world’s largest elephants. These elephants, known as ‘super tuskers’, inhabit the Amboseli ecosystem and are at risk of extinction due to cross-border trophy hunting…
Chelsea’s English midfielder Conor Gallagher. [AFP] Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca said financial sustainability rules must be changed to discourage clubs from cashing in on academy graduates as Conor Gallagher looks set to join Atletico Madrid. The England international would join Mason Mount, Lewis Hall, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Ian Maatsen and Callum Hudson-Odoi as products of the…
Aviation workers have threatened to down tools in protests against the planned lease of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) to a private operator. Through their lobby group, Kenya Aviation Workers Union (Kawu), the workers said they will officially issue a seven-day strike notice to the government on August 12. Already, Kawu secretary general Mos Ndiema…
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By PATRICK ILUNGA The Democratic Republic of Congo is a big country but centered on two individuals, one who could end up on his political deathbed. This week, President Felix Tshisekedi suggested his predecessor, Joseph Kabila, was plotting an insurrection against the state. And then the military court sentenced dozens of rebel leaders to hang….
In a move to support traders who were severely affected by the recent inferno at Toi Market, Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja has donated 5,000 iron sheets. To further alleviate the burden on the traders, Governor Sakaja announced a three-month waiver on daily market charges to help them recover from the losses caused by the frequent…
St Joseph Girls Kitale basketball team.[KSSSA Media] St Joseph Girls Kitale and St Joseph Boys Kitale are the new KSSSA national basketball 3×3 champions. St Joseph Girls dethroned Ototo Mixed Secondary School who failed to qualify for the nationals to defend the title they won last year after seeing off Butere Girls High School 13-12…