On Friday, August 23, Kenyan newspapers reported that former prime minister Raila Odinga has secured the support of at least 19 countries in his bid for the chairmanship of the African Union (AU) Commission.
Daily newspapers also highlighted the new level of teachers' salaries after the government increased their pay to quell the strike.
Source: UGC
1. The Star
Former prime minister Raila Odinga is set to start a major campaign in Africa in his bid to replace Moussa Faki as chairman of the AU Commission.
President William Ruto will officially introduce Raila as Kenya's candidate on Tuesday, August 27.
After gaining the support of 19 AU member states, Raila still needs to include 15 other countries to win the seat.
He will face Mohamud Youssouf of Djibouti, Anil Gayan of Mauritius, and Richard Randriamandrato of Madagascar.
According to this publication, the following countries are supporting Raila for the presidency:
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Tanzania.
Somalia.
South Africa.
Rwanda.
Zambia.
Zimbabwe.
Malawi.
Burundi.
Seychelles.
Ghana.
South Sudan.
Guinea-Bissau.
Angola.
Algeria.
Congo.
2. People Daily
The government has increased salaries for primary and secondary school teachers to avoid the impending strike.
In addition to higher salaries, instructors will receive improved travel benefits, vacations and the difficult living conditions of the previous month.
The Secretary General of the National Union of Teachers (KNUT) Collins Oyuu said the 9.5% salary increase will be spread over two years.
“Basically, we have agreed on all the controversial issues, except for one or two things,” Oyuu disclosed while noting that the salary increase will be reflected in the August pay slips.
In the plan, the lowest paid teacher (B5) will get KSh 22,793, rising to KSh 29,787.
Teachers in the C1 group will get KSh 37,234, from KSh 28,491, while those in C2 will get KSh 47,858 from KSh 36,621.
Those in job group C3 will see their salaries increase from KSh 44,412 to KSh 59,084. Teachers in job groups C4 and C5, who earn KSh 52,308 and KSh 62,272, will receive KSh 68,857 and KSh 79,651, respectively.
3. Daily Nation
A company in the country has disclosed that it received a tender of KSh 1.1 billion to import cooking oil through an email from an official of the National Business Organization of Kenya (KNTC).
Charma Holdings Director Ruth Waithira Kinyanjui revealed that her company won the tender despite not having requested or handled the product before.
According to Waithira, who appeared before the Senate on Thursday, August 22, his company was awarded a contract to supply 599,000 liters of cooking oil of 20 litres.
He told the Senate Committee on Commerce, Industry and Tourism that the tender was not advertised and that his company was not required to provide proof of supply.
4. Standard
The National Parliamentary Committee on Finance and Planning has questioned the governor of the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) Kamau Thugge regarding the awarding of a KSh 14.2 billion tender to a German banknote printing company.
CBK chose Giesecke+Devrient Currency Technologies GmbH (G+D) to print the notes and prevent expiration.
Thugge said the printer will print the old notes as follows: 460,000 million pieces of KSh 1,000, 170 million pieces of KSh 500, 260 million (KSh 200), 690 million (KSh 100) and 460 million (KSh 50).
The committee wondered why the company had a single source and wanted to identify the owner.
5. Nation Today
The new Minister of Agriculture (CS) Andrew Karanja has announced new sugarcane prices.
Karanja ordered millers to pay farmers KSh 5,000 per tonne, an increase of KSh 50 from KSh 4,950.
“The new payments are in line with the market price and take into account the price of sugar, the cost of production and the need to increase income for farmers,” Karanja said.
Due to the market chain, the cost of a 50 kg packet of sugar has dropped from KSh 6,300 to KSh 5,000.
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