Kenya’s Higher Education Loans Board has embarked on an ambitious recovery mission to collect Sh32 billion in outstanding debt from 256,000 loan defaulters, marking one of the most comprehensive debt recovery efforts in the institution’s 51-year history. Chief Executive Geoffrey Monari revealed that the agency is deploying a multi-pronged strategy involving direct employer engagement, intensive […]
Prominent business leaders secure lucrative contracts under new National Equipment Support Programme A constellation of Kenya’s wealthiest businesspeople, including billionaire Richard Ngatia and BBS Mall investor Abdiweli Mohamed Hassan, have secured a share of President William Ruto’s ambitious Sh200 billion medical equipment modernization programme. The National Equipment Support Programme (NESP), launched last week, represents one […]
KERICHO COUNTY – Governor Erick Mutai finds himself once again fighting for his political survival as Kericho County Assembly members forge ahead with impeachment proceedings, dismissing his calls for county government dissolution as desperate tactics to avoid accountability. The embattled governor’s fate appears sealed after Majority Leader Philip Rono confirmed that 35 Members of County […]
Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale announced the immediate suspension of 40 hospitals from the Social Health Authority program on Friday, citing fraudulent practices that have cost the government significant funds. Speaking during a press briefing, Duale emphasized that the suspended facilities violated SHA regulations and would face immediate consequences. The hospitals will be barred from […]
I had always thought my life was… ordinary. Wake up, hustle, pay bills, repeat. But for months, something had been off. My business was sinking, my health was failing, and my relationship was collapsing all at once. One evening, after a particularly bad day, I decided to go to a quiet coffee lounge in Westlands. […]
The family of late Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri) former CEO Dr. Davy Koech has been given three months to appoint an administrator to handle a corruption case where the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) seeks to recover approximately Sh200 million from his estate. High Court Judge Lucy Njuguna rejected the EACC’s application to have […]
Over 7 billion shillings earmarked for insurance claims to widows, orphans, and injured civil servants has been withheld for over five years, pushing many families into destitution. This financial crisis is exacerbated by the apparent inaction of Dr. Mercy Mwangangi, the Chief Executive Officer of the State Health Agency (SHA), who is under scrutiny for […]
Drama erupted in Kawangware estate on Friday, August 1, 2025, when a man believed to be in his late thirties was forced to flee a woman’s house completely naked while shouting “Mimi ni mwizi!” after an unexpected confrontation went south. The bizarre incident brought business in the area to a standstill as residents abandoned shops […]
US President Donald Trump ordered the deployment of two nuclear submarines Friday in an extraordinary escalation of what had been an online war of words with a Russian official over Ukraine and tariffs. Trump and Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy chairman of Russia’s security council, have been sparring on social media for days. Trump’s post on […]
In a symbolic display of statesmanship and reconciliation, President William Ruto on Friday hosted his predecessor Uhuru Kenyatta for a personal tour of the renovated State House, Nairobi, following the conclusion of a landmark joint EAC-SADC summit on peace and stability in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The gesture, which Ruto described as showing his […]
