Kenya police kill two terror suspects

Relief at the pump as fuel drops by Sh4

May 14 | NAIROBI, Kenya, May 14 - Motorists can now breathe a sigh of relief after the Energy Regulatory Commission announced a drop in fuel pump prices by over Sh4 a litre for the next one month. The price of super petrol has been reduced by Sh4.41 to retail at Sh113.24 in Nairobi, diesel by Sh5.38 to trade at Sh101.06 while a litre of kerosene will cost Sh79.46...

Iran accuses West over nationals link to bomb plot

May 5 | NAIROBI, Kenya, May 5 - Iran now says linking of its two nationals to a bomb plot in Mombasa was influenced by western nations. Iran's ambassador to Kenya Malek Givzad says there was no sufficient evidence against Sayed Mansour Mousavi and Ahmed Abolfathi Mohammed who face sentencing this week after the court ruled they were guilty of possessing explosives....

Counties allocated Sh199 billion in budget

May 3 | NAIROBI, Kenya, May 3 – The Treasury plans to allocate a total of Sh1.64 trillion in the 2013/2014 financial year for government expenditure, a 12 percent increase from this year’s Sh1.45 trillion budget. The national government is expected to spend over Sh1.01 trillion with Sh568.3 billion in recurrent expenditure and Sh442.7 billion in development...

Top Barclays banker Adan in Uhuru Cabinet

Apr 25 | NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 25 - Well respected Barclays Africa Chief Administrative Officer Adan Abdulla Mohamed has been tapped by President Uhuru Kenyatta from his rising career at the international bank to become Kenya's Secretary for Industrialisation and Enterprise Development. Mohamed, who had responsibilities for 10 countries in the continent previously...

Technocrat Rotich picked to head Treasury

Apr 23 | NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 23 - Henry Rotich has been nominated as the Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury by President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto. He will however have to undergo vetting and approval by the Parliamentary Committee on Appointments. The new Treasury Secretary nominee has been the head of macro-economics at the Ministry...

Unemployed youth to benefit from new programme

Apr 21 | NAIROBI, Kenya Apr 21 - Over 2000 youths aged between 15 to 29 years are expected to benefit from this year's training and internship programme under the Kenya Youth and Empowerment Project (KYEP) funded by the government and World Bank. The project is one of the government's interventions to address unemployment which includes 3 months of training...

Activists oppose MPs salary increment

Apr 7 | NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 7- The National Civil Society Congress (NCSC) has threatened to go to court if Members of Parliament and the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) continue negotiating on MPs salary increment. The statement comes after National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi revealed that the Parliamentary Service Commission was in talks with...

Sh20m released to each governor

Apr 4 | NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 4 - The Treasury has finally released Sh20 million for each of the 47 counties in a bid to end raging discontent from governors who have accused the government of frustrating devolution. Finance Minister Njeru Githae says the Treasury intends to channel out up to Sh9.8 billion to the county governments by June this year. Addressing...

PM Raila’s firm Spectre vandalised

Apr 1 | NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 1- Offices of East Africa Spectre Limited, a company owned by the family of Prime Minister Raila Odinga were Sunday night vandalised by unknown people. The attackers are said to have taken off with two trucks of gas cylinders worth over Sh3 million. According to Hudson Chitala, the technical manager of the Company, two night guards...