On Monday, August 19, national dailies reported extensively on the growing cracks in the Umoja One Kenya Coalition Party Declaration.
Newspapers also reported on the ongoing debate about a new college funding model staple.
Source: UGC
1. Daily Nation
This magazine reported on President William Ruto's defense of the new university funding system despite concerns from some stakeholders and students ahead of the school's enrollment from September 2024.
Speaking at the University of Baraton on Sunday, August 18, Ruto highlighted that the new funding model is based on different levels of student potential.
Ruto, who revealed that making the decision to adopt the new funding model was a difficult one, argued that many people who oppose it will see how it goes.
“I am now convinced that we need a model of funding that is not aimed at the university but at the student. An example of funding that will not leave any child in the country Kenya but an example of funding that recognizes that there are children from vulnerable families,” Ruto said.
Some Kenyans oppose the new model, and others call it unjust.
It places families into bands based on their monthly income.
2. The Standard
The magazine reported on the growing rifts in the Union One Kenya United Resolution Party following the agreement between President William Ruto and ODM leader Raila Odinga.
In the latest move, the Democratic Action Party Kenya (DAP-K) has called on the ruling council of Umoja to remove ODM led by Raila from that union.
DAP-K accused the ODM leader of sleeping with the government without the knowledge of the alliance's affiliates.
The party led by Eugene Wamalwa explained in its session of the National General Council that DAP-K is committed to play its role as opposition and is not ready to continue cooperating with Raila.
“NEC has instructed me to inform the Azimio One Kenya Alliance that ODM should officially withdraw from the alliance due to its close relationship with the Kenyan government first,” Wamalwa said after the NEC meeting.
Wamalwa said DAP-K will remain on the side of ordinary Kenyans and will support Gen Z and millennials in their drive for reform.
3. Nation Today
The Kiswahili newspaper reported on the recent outburst by Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua about the plans to sue him and some Kenyan MPs Kwanza.
Speaking at an event on Saturday, August 18, in Njoro, the county NakuruGachagua claimed the people he helped win the 2022 election were behind the plans to sue him.
Gachagua said despite campaigning for some leaders to win seats, they have now turned against him.
“There are many people I helped during the campaigns to seize the seats they hold today. But I realized that they are the same people who are planning to bring me down and attack me,” Gachagua said.
The deputy president warned that he will not support any leader who plans to topple him in the 2027 General Election.
4. The Star
The newspaper highlighted the case scheduled to be heard against the Governor of Meru Kawira Mwangaza.
On Monday, August 19, the Senate will begin debating the motion to impeach Kawira.
The governor will be judged in a session after senators voted against the request to form an 11-person select committee to hear his case.
Most of the senators argued that the motion was of public interest and should be implemented in the general session.
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