President William Ruto has assented to the Appropriations Bill 2024 and instructed the National Treasury to immediately prepare supplementary estimates to reduce expenditure by the amount of revenue that was expected to be generated by the rejected Finance Bill 2024. In a statement, the Head of State also sent the County Allocation of Revenue Bill…
Two Kenyans are facing charges for allegedly threatening to kill Treasury Cabinet Secretary Prof Njuguna Ndung’u and National Assembly Majority Leader Kimani Ichung’wah following the passage of Finance Bill 2024/2025. Stephen Mwangi Kamau and Kelvin Wafula Bwire appeared before Milimani magistrate Rose Ndubi. Bwire allegedly used his WhatsApp account @advokezadbiadboy to send a message without…
Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua during an address at his official residence in Mombasa on June 25, 2024. [Omondi Onyango, Standard] An activist has filed a lawsuit against Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua over comments he made about NIS Director-General Noordin Haji’s handling of recent anti-government protests. The petition, filed by Fredrick Bikeri at the Milimani High…
KDF Officers in Nairobi CBD during the anti-Finance Bill protest. [Stafford Ondego, Standard] In a display of might, armored vehicles and military personnel from the Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) patrolled Nairobi for the better part of Thursday. Dispatched from Nyayo Stadium Thursday morning, the soldiers entered the city through Tom Mboya Street where they were…
Police officers in Ongata Rongai, Nakuru, waylaid suspected looters inside a supermarket on Thursday, June 27, 2024. The suspected looters were caught and compelled to lie flat inside the supermarket after the police conducted a successful raid. “This supermarket pays a lot of people and you want to steal here. Why are you doing that,”…
Nanyuki Town in Laikipia County on Thursday witnessed calmness as businesses operations continued smoothly as usual unlike on Tuesday when rowdy Anti Finance Bill 2024 youths paralysed business. A spot check by KNA at various places in Nanyuki Town revealed businesses were open with no sign of chaos…
Heavy contingents of anti-riot police officers and the Kenya Defense Forces officers have been deployed in Nairobi and around State House ahead of planned Gen-Z Anti-Finance Bill protests. Most businesses in the capital are closed and roads around key buildings blocked. A big number of Kenyans on social media had vowed…
Citizens demonstrate along the streets of Nairobi’s CBD to reject the Finance Bill. June 20, 2024. [Jonah Onyango, Standard] Chants of ‘Ruto Must Go’ reverberated in nightclubs in cities and major towns across the country as Generation Z took their campaign against Finance Bill 2024 a notch higher. Videos shared on social media showed that nightclubs…
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.[Photo, AFP] The international community continues to express concern over Kenya’s protests, calling for the protection of human rights. With the climax of the protests anticipated to be more intense today, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has called for investigations into alleged human rights violations. Blinken spoke with President…
Kenya joins the inaugural Africa Women’s Cup in Tanzania to combat gender-based violence through football. Kenya is set to participate in the inaugural Africa Women’s Cup styled after the Homeless World Cup taking place in Arusha, Tanzania from June 29 to June 30, 2024. This groundbreaking event, hosted by Future Stars Academy, will bring together…
A team of lawyers has petitioned to stop President William Ruto from signing the Finance Bill 2024 into law. The petitioners argue that there was no lawful or effective public participation on the Bill, which the National Assembly approved on Tuesday. Lawyers Kibe Mungai, Ndegwa Njiru, Fanya Mambo Kinuthia, Peter Koira, Lempaa Suiyianka, and the…
Former Mombasa governor Hassan Joho has told Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua to resign moments after castigating the National Intelligence Service (NIS) over the Finance Bill 2024 protests and subsequent withdrawal of the bill. In a statement, Joho chided Gachagua for apportioning blame to NIS, saying this was not the time to point fingers but to…
Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua claimed that the National Intelligence Service (NIS) failed to effectively inform President William Ruto about the impending magnitude of the Anti-Finance Bill protests. During a press conference in Mombasa on Wednesday, the DP claimed that the unit instead provided false information, linking him and former President Uhuru Kenyatta to the violent…
Former Kenya Tourism Federation chairman Mohammed Hersi has advised protesters planning to march to State House on Thursday, June 27, 2024, against doing so. In a statement, the hotelier said the calls to occupy State House were ill-advised as President William Ruto had conceded to the calls to reject the controversial Finance Bill 2024. “I…
Kenyan police officers and security personnel take position to protect Parliament as protesters storm the building in Nairobi, Kenya, on June 25. According to data from the Police Reforms Working Group (PRWG), at least 53 deaths occurred on Tuesday following anti-Finance Bill, 2024 protests in Nairobi. Of these fatalities, 23 were recorded between 7 am…