Wage bill size raises more questions than answers
Kenya unveils its Sh1.7 trillion budget next month, amid serious queries on the proposal to downsize the public workforce.
By By JUMA KWAYERA 10 years ago
Wage bill size raises more questions than answers
Dalmas tells Raila allies he is ready for tussle ahead
As the bitter rivalry between South Nyanza and the Odinga family-dominated north and central persists, indications are that there will be casualties among both allies and rivals of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga.
By By JUMA KWAYERA 10 years ago
Dalmas tells Raila allies he is ready for tussle ahead
Teams calls for law to regulate miraa trade
A parliamentary committee now wants miraa to be protected as a crop by law to remove it from the category of plants the national anti-drug agency has listed as a drug.
By By JUMA KWAYERA 10 years ago
Teams calls for law to regulate miraa trade
‘Raila was not in charge of ODM during aborted polls’
A close ally of CORD leader Raila Odinga claims there was a plot to replace the former Prime Minister with Dagoretti South MP Simba Arati during the aborted ODM polls.
By By JUMA KWAYERA 10 years ago
‘Raila was not in charge of ODM during aborted polls’
Push for fresh leadership made Nyong’o withdraw from ODM national polls
ODM Secretary General Anyang’ Nyong’o’s withdrawal from the party’s elections was a response to mounting pressure for a change of guard at the helm in the hope of giving the party fresh impetus.
By By JUMA KWAYERA 10 years ago
Push for fresh leadership made Nyong’o withdraw from ODM national polls
As giants duel, the loser will be thrown into oblivion
The winner of Bungoma senatorial by-election will be known next Thursday.
By By JUMA KWAYERA 11 years ago
As giants duel, the loser will be thrown into oblivion
Kenya looks East as changing needs call for policy shift
Over the past 50 years, Kenya’s foreign policy shift has been drastic, helped by changing economic and political interests at home and abroad
By BY JUMA KWAYERA 11 years ago
Kenya looks East as changing needs call for policy shift
President orders vetting of police top brass
The number of security officers arrested for capital crimes in recent weeks has precipitated a rethink of the decision to put on hold police vetting that has been the cause of disquiet between the National Police Service and the National Police Service Commission.
By By JUMA KWAYERA 11 years ago
President orders vetting of police top brass
Kenya ponders terror attack as reports say insurgents now revive their EA cells
Al-Shabaab, the Islamist militant group that has claimed responsibility for Westgate attack may have succeeded in eliciting the kind of response it needed to mobilise sympathisers in and outside Somalia.
By By JUMA KWAYERA 11 years ago
Kenya ponders terror attack as reports say insurgents now revive their EA cells
Lydia Nzomo cleared of graft allegations
Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development has denied allegations that its chief executive was involved in malpractices.
By By Juma Kwayera 11 years ago
Lydia Nzomo cleared of graft allegations
Raila allies plot to ‘tame presidency’
The Coalition for Reform and Democracy is working on a plan to force President Uhuru Kenyatta to regularly appear in Parliament and answer questions from members.
By By JUMA KWAYERA 11 years ago
Raila allies plot to ‘tame presidency’
Transition Authority could lower urban grading threshold
The agency mandated to oversee implementation of devolution wants the threshold for marking out urban areas lowered to help disperse further the functions of government.
By By JUMA KWAYERA 11 years ago
Transition Authority could lower urban grading threshold
Shock awaits vote-rich areas in CORD’s plot to amend law
CORD’s plan to end the “tyranny of numbers” that it says swept Jubilee alliance into power through a referendum will shock voters from some of the nation’s more populated areas.
By By JUMA KWAYERA 11 years ago
Shock awaits vote-rich areas in CORD’s plot to amend law