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Siaya National Polytechnic has developed a new electric mobility training curriculum aimed at equipping technicians with skills in service and repair of motor cycles, vehicles and other equipment. According to the principal of the…
The Turkana County Government has directed all its eight vocational training institutions to overhaul their courses and align them with sectors that can drive wealth creation and end poverty. Deputy Governor Dr. John Erus said the…
The lender plans to tap into the region’s conservancy economy, including Ol Pejeta, Lewa, Borana and Loisaba, as well as high-end tourism lodges, flower and horticulture exporters, the British Army Training Unit Kenya (BATUK), SMEs, real…
More than 5,000 runners have registered for the Belgut Marathon 2026, with preparations in top gear ahead of Sunday’s race at Kabianga High School in Belgut Constituency, Kericho County. The marathon, sponsored by Belgut MP Nelson Koech,…
Stakeholders in the education sector have called on the government to provide adequate resources and political goodwill, to ensure the smooth implementation of Competency-Based Education (CBE), with universities expected to admit the first…
The Tourism Ministry has proposed a new framework for managing hotel levies that would separate revenue collection from the oversight and disbursement of the funds. According to the Ministry, the Tourism Fund should retain the role of…
Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) has appealed to patients seeking non-emergency medical services to consider alternative health facilities as the national referral hospital grapples with rising patient numbers and congestion. In a…
Equipping of the Ruaka Level Three Hospital in Kiambu County is progressing well, paving the way for residents to access comprehensive healthcare services closer to their homes. The hospital will include a Newborn Unit (NBU), male and…
The Act further provides a framework for hospitals to receive, administer and account for funds allocated or accruing to them in accordance with the law and the Public Finance Management Act. This gives facilities greater responsibility…
Cities are usually built with the living in mind. In more progressive societies, however, planners also make room for the dead. Not in Kisii. The county’s latest urban renewal drive has created a troubling contradiction: as authorities…
Two children aged three years and below have drowned in a shallow water pan in Furaha Village, Kwanza Sub-County, Trans Nzoia County. The incident occurred on Thursday, August 20, 2026, while the children were reportedly playing with other…
Kenya Airways presents one of the most fascinating paradoxes in Kenya’s political economy. It is a national airline sitting at the centre of one of Africa’s most strategically located aviation markets. It has Nairobi’s JKIA as its home…
The three MPs noted that they represent people from the Coastal region who heavily rely on tourism for their livelihoods. They said proposed legislation should focus on strengthening and stabilising entities in the sector to enable tourism…
Visa, _able, and Onafriq today announced a partnership to support the expansion of the Visa Flex Credential across Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East, and Africa (CEMEA). Signed today, the collaboration…
Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has officially gazetted and issued timelines ahead of the August 10, 2027 General Election.
A two-year-old boy drowned in an open water-filled pit near the gate of a residential compound along New York Road in Kiamumbi, Kiambu County, on Thursday morning. The deceased was under the care of a 21-year-old househelp who told police…
Two men died after a wall collapsed on them while they were harvesting sand in Athi River South Sub-County, Machakos County, on Thursday. The deceased were identified as Hassan Iddi Ali, 48, and Amos Musyoki Nzioka, 37. The incident was…
The black box remains missing as investigators probe the Mount Ololokwe helicopter crash that claimed seven lives in Samburu County, in Kenya. Addressing the media on August 20, Samburu Police Commander David Nkoroi said the victims were…
A boy was shot in the head during a confrontation between rival groups at a political rally in Sofia Estate, Homa Bay Town, on Thursday evening. The incident occurred at about 6:50pm after an aspirant for the Homa Bay Town parliamentary…
Several people are feared dead following a grisly road accident along Mombasa Road near Syokimau, on the night of August 21. According to the preliminary reports, emergency and rescue teams were called to the scene as efforts to assist…
The People’s Party leader and Member of Parliament (MP) for Kiharu Ndindi Nyoro has denied claims that he is President William Ruto’s political “project”
A Nairobi lawyer was on Thursday evening re-arrested by Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) homicide detectives hours after securing her release on a Sh1 million bond in the murder of her step-mother. Detectives arrested lawyer…
Speaking in Ikolomani while consoling the family of Kakamega Senator Boni Khalwale following the death of his wife, Mama Gloria Sekeiyan Khalwale, Speaker Wetang’ula urged Kenyans to reject political violence and carefully assess the…
Hospitals will be required to account for funds allocated or accruing to them in accordance with the Act and the Public Finance Management Act.
