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Juma Kwayera

New Bill gives KDF key role in internal security

The role of Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) in internal security could go a notch higher if a proposed new Bill becomes law.
By Roselyn Obala and Juma Kwayera 9 years ago
New Bill gives KDF key role in internal security
MPs to grill Nkaissery over Sh900m helicopter
MPs to grill Nkaissery over Sh900m helicopter
By Juma Kwayera 9 years ago
Storm over 'inferior' Sh900m police chopper
Storm over 'inferior' Sh900m police chopper
By Juma Kwayera 9 years ago
Suspicion in Jubilee marriage halts President Uhuru’s plan to reorganise government
Suspicion in Jubilee marriage halts President Uhuru’s plan to reorganise government
By Juma Kwayera 9 years ago
Why impeachment stalks some governors as politically-savvy survive
Counties headed by former technocrats are likely to remain in a flux for some time as their colleagues with firm foothold in politics have it easy.
By Juma Kwayera 9 years ago
Why impeachment stalks some governors as politically-savvy survive
Uhuru won’t give in to hostile Jubilee MPs, says Murathe
President Uhuru Kenyatta will not cede ground to Members of Parliament from Central Kenya out to frustrate efforts to weed out corrupt elements in the Jubilee government, his allies say.
By JUMA KWAYERA and JACOB NG'ETICH 9 years ago
Uhuru won’t give in to hostile Jubilee MPs, says Murathe
President Uhuru settles Mama Otonglo's hospital bill
After our sister publication The Nairobian published a story on the predicament of Daniel Owira's mother, who had been detained in Nairobi West Hospital due to an accrued bill, the presidency has cleared the bill.
By Juma Kwayera 9 years ago
President Uhuru settles Mama Otonglo's hospital bill
Woes of final year Garissa trainee teachers
The fate of more than 200 final year students of Garissa Teacher Training College hangs in the balance after the Ministry of Education declined to transfer them from the insecurity-prone county.
By Juma Kwayera 9 years ago
Woes of final year Garissa trainee teachers
Woes of final year Garissa Teachers Training College students
The fate of more than 200 final year students of Garissa Teachers Training College hangs in the balance after the Ministry of Education declined to transfer them from the insecurity-prone county.
By Juma Kwayera 9 years ago
Woes of final year Garissa Teachers Training College students
TSC risks fresh legal action for breach of promise
The Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) will return to the Industrial Court seeking to compel the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to pay and transfer teachers who fled north eastern fearing for their lives after 27 of their colleagues were killed by terrorists.
By Juma Kwayera 9 years ago
TSC risks fresh legal action for breach of promise
Security experts criticise government’s strategy in fighting terrorism
Experts are faulting government's strategy to confront the rising terror threat and its failure to comprehensively implement existing security laws.
By Joe Kiarie and JUMA KWAYERA 9 years ago
Security experts criticise government’s strategy in fighting terrorism
Bill seeks to control poverty eradication programmes
Devolution and Planning Cabinet Secretary Anne Waiguru faces tough choices between winding up the Poverty Eradication Commission (PEC) and scaling up sub-county committees on tackling poverty at the grassroots.
By Juma Kwayera 9 years ago
Bill seeks to control poverty eradication programmes
Trainee teachers, ministry in stand off over Garissa
Having unsuccessfully tried to coerce more than 1,800 teachers who had fled the North-Eastern frontier counties over insecurity, the Ministry of Education is involved in a fresh row with the Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) over another attempt to force trainee teachers to go back to Garissa Teachers Training College.
By Juma Kwayera 9 years ago
Trainee teachers, ministry in stand off over Garissa
Why maths does not add up in lower primary
Although it is largely unstated truism, teachers in formative stages of education possess some influence on their pupils.
By Juma Kwayera 9 years ago
Why maths does not add up in lower primary
Kenyans’ social-cultural trends have bearing in choice of schools and education outcomes
Kenyans’ social and cultural trends manifest in their perceptions of “quality” of education, which according to research findings by African Population and Health Research Centre (APHRC) also affect enrollment, retention and transition in school.
By Juma Kwayera 9 years ago
Kenyans’ social-cultural trends have bearing in choice of schools and education outcomes
Why Kenyan parents prefer low cost schools to free education
Government’s inability to match growing demand for education with human resource and infrastructure development is gradually eroding the impact triggered by the Free Education Programme (FPE) launched 13 years ago.
By Juma Kwayera 9 years ago
Why Kenyan parents prefer low cost schools to free education
Whistle blowers to be protected
National Police Service boss has admitted that consumption of intelligence has been slow leading to runaway insecurity, including terrorism.
By JUMA KWAYERA 9 years ago
Whistle blowers to be protected
Wetang‘ula: I was approached to ditch Raila and join Jubilee
CORD co-principal Moses Wetang’ula has emerged as a major political player in the opposition. Wetang’ula, who is seen as CORD’s point man in Western, was key in marshalling support for the coalition in the 2013 General Election a factor that has made him to be sought after by Jubilee.
By Juma Kwayera 9 years ago
Wetang‘ula: I was approached to ditch Raila and join Jubilee
Opposition strongholds seek to exploit cracks in Jubilee coalition
Unease in the Jubilee administration has intensified lobbying, with South Nyanza, Western and Eastern Kenya getting prominence in the infighting between TNA and URP.
By Juma Kwayera 9 years ago
Opposition strongholds seek to exploit cracks in Jubilee coalition
Muturi speaks as intrigues emerge on censure bid
National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi wants parliamentary Standing Orders reviewed to rein in runway indiscipline, which he says has spilled into House committees.
By Juma Kwayera 9 years ago
Muturi speaks as intrigues emerge on censure bid
TSC under pressure as Kapedo teachers join push for transfers over insecurity
As the government grapples with what to do with hundreds of teachers who have declined to return to North Eastern Kenya over insecurity, fresh trouble is brewing in Baringo County where another set of protesting educators have fled the area citing insecurity.
By Juma Kwayera 9 years ago
TSC under pressure as Kapedo teachers join push for transfers over insecurity
Teachers blame dirty local politics for their troubles in North Eastern
The standoff between the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) and the Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) over insecurity in North Eastern Kenya has brought to the fore the simmering political rivalry in the frontier districts as the region’s elected leaders seize each other.
By Juma Kwayera 9 years ago
Teachers blame dirty local politics for their troubles in North Eastern
Discontent in ODM as Raila battles rebellion
The Opposition party Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) always has a new crisis to grapple with. This time round, the party is struggling to hold together as a purge of errant members looms.
By Juma Kwayera 9 years ago
Discontent in ODM as Raila battles rebellion
Parliament in mega security plan for MPs
In the wake of grave concerns by MPs over their security, a multi-billion shillings plan by Parliament mooted about five years ago to expand facilities and secure the premises, has gained urgency.
By Juma Kwayera 9 years ago
Parliament in mega security plan for MPs
Leaders call for ‘affirmative action’ to resolve teachers crisis
Leaders from North Eastern have petitioned the Government to consider ‘affirmative action’ as a long term solution to the impending staffing imbalance precipitated by teachers who have declined to return to work in the region over insecurity.
By JUMA KWAYERA and AUGUSTINE ODUOR 9 years ago
Leaders call for ‘affirmative action’ to resolve teachers crisis
This is why we are not going back; teachers tell of harrowing experiences
In November 2012, Patrick Kimathi Miriti, a teacher at Shafshafy Primary School in Mandera County, was compelled to invigilate national examinations in a neighbouring school.
By Juma Kwayera 9 years ago
This is why we are not going back; teachers tell of harrowing experiences
Raila’s offer to testify for Ruto at ICC raises eye brows
The uncertainty triggered in the governing Jubilee Coalition and opposition after CORD leader Raila Odinga 'agreed' to testify at the International Criminal Court in the case involving Deputy President William Ruto, looks set to persist.
By Juma Kwayera 9 years ago
Raila’s offer to testify for Ruto at ICC raises eye brows
Is this the return of ‘Kangaroo’ courts?
Single political party days is remembered as the era of red shirts, the period in Kenya’s political history when Kanu members had to wear party colours to express undivided loyalty. Kanu was an institution then.
By JUMA KWAYERA 9 years ago
Is this the return of ‘Kangaroo’ courts?
Pharmacists warn over loopholes in Bill
As Parliament resumes next week, a newly published Bill to regulate the pharmaceutical industry is coming under criticism by experts who have highlighted loopholes that could hand a ‘rogue’ board undue influence in determining how the industry should be run.
By JUMA KWAYERA 9 years ago
Pharmacists warn over loopholes in Bill
Kenya joins AU presidential flagship projects initiative
Kenya is the latest member of the African Union’s Presidential Infrastructure Champion Initiative (PICI)
By JUMA KWAYERA 9 years ago
Kenya joins AU presidential flagship projects initiative
New report reveals horrors teachers face in North Eastern
The massacre of 28 teachers in Mandera in November last year would have been avoided had the Teachers Service Commission (TSC), Ministries of Education and Internal Security acted on petitions by affected teachers working in North Eastern.
By JUMA KWAYERA 9 years ago
New report reveals horrors teachers face in North Eastern
Political fireworks ahead over suspended security laws
Political heat may continue rising after the High Court suspended eight of the 47 pieces of the controversial security legislation recently signed into law by President Uhuru Kenyatta.
By Juma Kwayera 9 years ago
Political fireworks ahead over suspended security laws
New law to gag auditor on military spending
In another move bound to raise eyebrows over the right to access information, the Government has quietly developed a Bill prohibiting the Auditor General from making public findings of the spending of the military, intelligence and police service.
By Juma Kwayera 9 years ago
New law to gag auditor on military spending
TSC and teachers’ unions meet over pay demands
Rival teachers’ unions and their employer are scheduled to meet Saturday to resolve the pay impasse threatening to paralyse learning at the start of the new term next week.
By JUMA KWAYERA 9 years ago
TSC and teachers’ unions meet over pay demands
Security law will be in vain where corruption thrives, President told
President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Deputy William Ruto have come under stinging criticism over high-level corruption in the country, which security and legal experts say is the genesis of rising insecurity.
By Juma Kwayera 9 years ago
Security law will be in vain where corruption thrives, President told
Jubilee, CORD battle as Uhuru signs new law
President Uhuru Kenyatta assented to the controversial Security Laws (Amendment) Bill yesterday, less than 24 hours after Jubilee MPs forced it through Parliament.
By JUMA KWAYERA 9 years ago
Jubilee, CORD battle as Uhuru signs new law
I have no words, President Uhuru Kenyatta says
“I have no words,” this was President Uhuru Kenyatta’s reaction when he heard the sweet news that International Criminal Court Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda had dropped criminal charges against him.
By Juma Kwayera 9 years ago
I have no words, President Uhuru Kenyatta says
KDF pilot still missing after jet crash in Somalia
Kenya: The whereabouts of the pilot of the Kenya Defene Force fighter jet that crashed in Somalia on Thursday are still unknown, the Department of Defence (DoD) said in a statement yesterday.
By JUMA KWAYERA 9 years ago
KDF pilot still missing after jet crash in Somalia
Parliament takes flak as Ipoa seeks reforms
Kenya: Former Inspector-General of Police David Kimaiyo and former Internal Security Minister Joseph ole Lenku were on Tuesday forced out of office, but their appointment to sensitive functions of government still begs serious questions.
By Juma Kwayera 9 years ago
Parliament takes flak as Ipoa seeks reforms
MPs fury over plans to honour ole Lenku
A section of legislators yesterday protested against the government’s decision to include the name of Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph Ole Lenku in the list of the proposed nominees for award for distinguished service.
By JUMA KWAYERA 9 years ago
MPs fury over plans to honour ole Lenku
Jubilee plot to weaken Raila causes split in TNA and URP
Determined to hold onto power, the governing Jubilee coalition has gone on the offensive in an attempt get a piece of the pie of Cord’s strongholds in Nyanza, Western and Coast.
By Juma Kwayera 9 years ago
Jubilee plot to weaken Raila causes split in TNA and URP
What does government know?
The ongoing military operation in Kapedo, Baringo, and adjoining areas to flush out cattle rustlers, who nearly a month ago killed 22 police officers, has touched off intense debate on whether the state has its pulse on matters security.
By Juma Kwayera 10 years ago
What does government know?
Kajwang's final word on ODM
In the recent past, Orange Democratic Movement Leader Raila Odinga has faced a fresh challenge as pressure piles on him to purge party rebels rather than give them more arsenals to rock the party.
By Juma Kwayera 10 years ago
Kajwang's final word on ODM
Don’t play politics with Konza City, Ngilu warned
By appearing to trigger controversy over ownership of Konza City, Lands Cabinet Secretary Charity Ngilu is being accused of frustrating the implementation of the Konza Technology City project, which Makueni leaders say will propel the county into a key pillar of Kenya’s economy.
By Juma Kwayera 10 years ago
Don’t play politics with Konza City, Ngilu warned
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