Tag: Live News Updates

EPRA announces new fuel prices

The Energy and Petroleum Regulatory (EPRA) has released new fuel prices for the months of August to September. In a statement EPRA made on Saturday, August 14, the regulatory body said the prices of petrol, diesel and kerosene will remain unchanged for the next 30 days. As of August 14. petrol will retail at Ksh127.14 […]

Covid-19 Update: 1,437 test positive as positivity rate stands at 15.7%

The Ministry of Health (MOH) has announced that 1,437 tested postive of Covid-19 out 10,764 tested samples. According to MOH, Kenya reported 29 new COVID-19 deaths which were obtained from data filed on diverse dates in April, May, June and July. In his statement to newsrooms on Friday, August 13, Health CS Mutahi Kagwe noted […]

COTU boss Atwoli bags another global position

Central Organisation of Trade Union (COTU) boss Francis Atwoli has been elected the chairperson of the Global Workers Awareness Fund based in Sydney, Australia. The recent election by Atwoli comes after he was re-elected for the fourth time as a member of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) governing body in Geneva, Switzerland. Through a statement […]

Former Women Rep of Kwale and Mother of TV anchor Mwanaisha Chidzuga dies

Former Kwale County Women Representative, Zainab Chidzuga has passed on. According to the family, Chidzuga passed away on Thursday, August 12 at a Nairobi Hospital where she was under treatment. Chidzuga who served as Kwale Woman Rep between 2013 and 2017 is the mother of journalist and news anchor Mwanaisha Chidzuga. In his message of […]

Lawyer writes to CJ Martha Koome, accuses Mombasa judge of bias against MP Aisha Jumwa in graft case

Danstan Omari, the lawyer representing Malindi MP Aisha Jumwa has written a complaint letter to the Judicial Service Commission to investigate the conduct of Mombasa Chief Magistrate Hon Edna Nyaloti over the handling of the corruption case against the MP and 7 others. Through a letter dated August 10, 2021 and addressed to the JSC […]

Covid-19 Update: 1,183 test positive as positivity rate stands at 14.5%

The Ministry of Health has reported that 1,183 people have tested positive for the Corona virus disease. In a statement issued on Tuesday, August 10, MOH said the 1, 183 persons were tested from a sample size of 8,144 in the last 24 hours bringing the positivity rate to 14.5%. Total confirmed positive cases are […]

KFCB boss Ezekiel Mutua dismisses sacking claims

Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB) CEO Dr Ezekiel Mutual has dismissed claims that he has been fired by Cabinet Secretary for Ministry of Information and Communications Joe Mucheru.  Through his official Twitter account, Makueni Senator Mutula Kilonzo Jnr had alleged that the CS unlawfully fired Mutua as the CEO.  “Ezekiel Mutua unlawfully removed by CS […]