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Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha on Friday January 17, 2020 dissolved the Julia Ojiambo led University of Nairobi Council. The CS also revoked the appointment of Prof Stephen Gitahi Kiama as the Vice-Chancellor of the institution until the ongoing consultative process of appointing a substantive VC in completed. Prof Kiama will continue executing his duties … Read more
A Kenyan lady who has been living with an abnormal growth on the forehead for the last 24 years can now breath easy. Beatrice Makokha, a resident of Kamusinde in Kimilili Sub County, on Monday had a successful surgery to remove the troublesome growth. A Multi-Disciplinary Team at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) has … Read more
SUPREME COURT FINDINGS ON THE BBI APPEAL 1) Whether the Basic Structure Doctrine is applicable in Kenya. Koome CJ : No Mwilu DCJ : Ouko SCJ : No Njoki SCJ : No Lenaola SCJ : No Wanjala SCJ : Ibrahim SCJ : 2) Whether there ought to have been a multi-choice referendum question. Koome CJ … Read more
A group of lawyers has written to the Teachers Service Commission, TSC, seeking answers on the contract terms for the intern teachers. The lawyers from Mugeria, Lempaa and Kariuki advocates now want the Commission to explain how it arrived at the low pay of Sh10,000 and Sh15,000 expected to be paid to the Primary and … Read more
Latest Cabinet Reshuffle by President William Ruto UPDATE: President William Ruto reshuffles the Cabinet as follows 1. Hon. Musalia Mudavadi, EGH -Office of the Prime Cabinet Secretary and Ministry of Foreign & Diaspora Affairs 2. Ms. Rebecca Miano, MBS- Ministry of Investments, Trade & Industry 3. Hon. Alice M. Wahome- Ministry of Lands, Public Works, … Read more
The Ministry of Education has extended the 2020 form one admission deadline by one week. Education Principal Secretary Belio Kipsang in a circular to regional and county directors of Education dated January 17, has said the exercise will be extended to ensure that all the 2019 KCPE candidates transit to secondary school. The exercise that … Read more
Maseno University has been closed indefinitely following student unrest over ‘rape cases.’ This comes few months after the university experienced another spate of students’ unrests forcing the administration to close down the University. Here is the presser on the closure; from the University’s Vice Chancellor Prof Julius Nyabundi:
A spot check by KNA conducted at major gasoline stations and retail distributors of cooking gas in Migori town revealed that the price of cooking gas has dropped. The majority of the gas traders noted that the price slash is attributed to the removal by the government of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) levies. Prices for … Read more
Baringo County Assembly Members (MCAs) have initiated the process of removing Roads County Executive Committee Member (CEC) for keeping untrimmed beards. In a late night motion on October 25 that was seeking to impeach Eng. Lekonaya Kibwalel the movers failed to impeach the CEC but managed a minimum threshold to form a committee to investigate the … Read more
The marking exercise for this year’s Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education, KCSE, has been thrown into jeopardy after examiners for one of the papers downed tools. The examiners for Businness Studies Paper 2 is yet to kick off at Machakos girls after examiners downed their tools citing poor pay. They have hardly touched any paper … Read more