Yatani reads Uhuru’s last budget

Treasury CS Ukur Yatani on Thursday, April 7, 2022, read the nation’s budget, which is the last for President Uhuru Kenyatta’s government, which leaves office in August. Addressing the National Assembly, Yatani said that Kenyans are more concerned about the high cost of living, unemployment and public debt burden. “In preparing this year’s budget we […]

Uhuru signs five bills into law, moves to stabilize fuel prices

Uhuru Kenyatta

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday at State House, Nairobi signed into law five parliamentary bills among them 2022 Supplementary I Appropriation Bill (Supplementary Budget). Others were the 2021 Copyright (Amendment) Bill, the 2020 Kenya Deposit Insurance (Amendment) Bill, the 2022 Industrial Training (Amendment) Bill, and the 2019 Employment (Amendment) Bill. The newly signed Supplementary Budget […]

Olive Mugenda re-appointed chair of Kenya University Hospital

Prof Olive Mugenda

Former Kenyatta University Vice-Chancellor Olive Mugenda has been re-appointed as the Chairperson of the Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral and Research Hospital (KUTRRH). In an announcement published in the Kenya Gazette, President Uhuru Kenyatta handed Mugenda a three-year extension as the non-executive chairperson of the facility. “I, Uhuru Kenyatta, President and Commander-in-Chief of the Kenya Defense […]

Lift sanctions against Zimbabwe, President Kenyatta tells international community

President Uhuru Kenyatta has called on the international community to lift sanctions against Zimbabwe saying the restrictions were hurting the Southern African nation. The President termed the sanctions as illegal and assured Zimbabwe of Kenya’s continued advocacy to ensure that the restrictions are lifted. “And this we consider to be unfair for these hardships were […]

President Uhuru welcomes Zimbabwean counterpart at State House

President Uhuru Kenyatta together with First Lady Margaret Kenyatta, on Wednesday morning, welcomed Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his First Lady Auxilllia Mnangagwa at State House, Nairobi. The Zimbabwean Head of State is expected to be in the country for a three-day state visit. President Mnangagwa’s visit to Kenya comes a day after Kenya-Zimbabwe Joint […]