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01/08/2024

Inflation drops to 4.3 per cent due to reduced food, power costs in July

The record for July is the lowest in the last four years, with the last record being in August 2020.

01/08/2024

Health CS nominee Debra Barasa says her net worth is Sh455 million but clarifies the figure is combined with her husband.

01/08/2024

Debra Barasa Health CS nominee: My net worth is a combination of mine and my husband's, and it's Sh455 million.

Speaker Wetangula: You and your husband. Hmm!

MP Caleb Hamisi: I propose we divide it into two.

MP Mishi Mboko: No, we cannot divide

Speaker Wetang'ula: Let us not break families!

📹KBC

01/08/2024

State to dispose of 110,000 uncollected passports in six months

Nairobi continues to lead with the highest number of uncollected passports at 55,5042, followed by Kisumu with 11,7073 and Embu (10,8164).

01/08/2024

Live blog: MPs vet Ruto's cabinet nominees

The four-day exercise will see both reappointed CSs and new faces appear before the National Assembly's Committee on Appointments, chaired by Speaker Moses Wetang'ula.

01/08/2024

PARIS 2024: Gathimba finishes 22nd despite season best in walk race

Gathimba registered his season best but the race was brutally fast and he placed 22nd

01/08/2024

Health CS nominee Debra Barasa: We need to look at priorities in Kenya. We don't have affordable, accessible, quality care for patients in Kenya.

When I was in Fikiria Jamii, there was a widow, she had three children and used to wash clothes in Eastleigh. This lady developed complications and we had to send her to Kenyatta National Hospital. We had to dig deep into our pockets to her money for her transport and consultation. It could have cost her an arm and a leg and for treatment, she could not afford it. I think we need to have our priorities right and that is offering affordable, accessible care to all Kenyans.

📹 KBC

01/08/2024

Kindiki’s plan: New regulations to manage public protests and prevent chaos

Kindiki says these regulations are intended to prevent chaotic and violent confrontations between protesters and the police, following a spate of deadly anti-government protests across the country in June.

01/08/2024

Pokot South MP David Psoking asks Debra Barasa, Health CS nominee, to share her input rather than adopting a consultative approach for every question.

What is your opinion, nominee CS (Debra Barasa - Health)? If you say consultative, what is your opinion as the leader? Even before you consult, what is your input? You are running away from being personal. We want to gauge your suitability. Not a group, but your suitability.

📹 KBC

01/08/2024

Hope for peace as Angola brokers fresh truce in Eastern DRC

Kinshasa accuses Kigali of facilitating the most dominant armed group in Eastern DRC, a claim Rwanda has consistently denied.

01/08/2024

Health CS nominee Debra Barasa: I don't have a solution for the doctors' strike.

The doctors' strike has been a challenge since time immemorial, and every CS has dealt with that. We need to look for long-term solutions and they are with us. I don't have a solution, but we need to have a situational analysis, make action plans, and work with unions.

📹 KBC

01/08/2024

Kindiki: 385 officers were injured, 54 police vehicles were destroyed during demos

When asked why he was silent during the demos, Kindiki said that he could not address the matter since it was an operational issue.

01/08/2024

Kenya's Samuel Gathimba finishes 22nd in the men’s 20km race walk, clocking 1:21:26.

01/08/2024

Kenya Rugby Union Board appoints Thomas Odundo as its Chief Executive Officer

Prior to his appointment, he was the Director of Rugby at KRU for the last eight years, overseeing the operations within the National teams set up as well as the local leagues and tournaments

01/08/2024

Kenyans are advised to pick up at least 110,000 uncollected passports, the Directorate of Immigration says failure to do so within six months would lead to the documents being disposed of.

01/08/2024

Kindiki promises to ease tensions between NPS and IPOA to help nail rogue officers

Kindiki said that during his 21 months as CS for Interior, he tried to encourage better relations between the IPOA and the NPS, likening their tensions to the tensions that existed between the NPS and the National Police Service Commission, which he mediated.

01/08/2024

Kindiki reveals why his net worth soared by Sh150 million in last 21 months

Kindiki said his net worth has increased from Sh544 million to Sh694 million in the last 21 months.

01/08/2024

Why resigning as Interior boss during protests was not an option - Kindiki

The former Tharaka Nithi Senator stated that he could only resign if his policy was illegal.

01/08/2024

Interior CS nominee Kindiki apologises to Kenyans for Shakahola massacre

Mackenzie allegedly instructed his followers to starve themselves and their children to death as a means of achieving heaven.

01/08/2024

Speaker Moses Wetangula asks Kithure Kindiki not to answer a question on why President Ruto nominated Douglas Kanja as IG despite being over 60 years old. Ruto directed civil servants over 60 years old to head to retirement.

Junet Mohamed MP: Were you told that a new IG was appointed, and recycled, and we were told that when somebody reaches 60 years old, they should leave the service, and the IG nominee is 63 or 64 years old, and what new thing will he bring?

Speaker Wetangula: Nominee on the issue of the IG, I direct you not to answer the question because I have received communication from the President nominating Douglas Kanja, and he will be vetted by a committee of Parliament and those questions can be raised there. If you answer that, it will be prejudiced for what is coming. Answer the other questions.

Kindiki: Thank you, Mr Speaker

01/08/2024

KeNHA to shut section of Mombasa Road for five days

The closure is necessary for the construction of a mid-span footbridge foundation situated in the median between the service lane and the Mombasa-bound lanes.

01/08/2024

Kindiki defends the Interior Ministry record, citing modernisation and equipment upgrades

Kindiki noted that he has been able to take action on some of the recommendations that did not require legal or policy changes.

01/08/2024

Interior CS nominee Kithure Kindiki: The calling of KDF was a precaution because the criminals who burnt Parliament were also threatening to burn State House. If that was not reason enough to put KDF on standby legally, I don’t think any other situation would have met the threshold

01/08/2024

We've received 1,300 submissions against CS nominees - Speaker Wetang'ula

Wetang'ula noted that the submissions were against the suitability of the nominees.

01/08/2024

Caleb Hamisi MP: Kithure Kindiki, while in the Senate (as Tharaka Nithi Senator) you said that history is replete with strong and powerful dictators who are brought down by the power of the people. I dare say you have been brought back to vetting by the power of the people

01/08/2024

Interior CS nominee Kithure Kindiki says the deployment of KDF during the anti-Finance Bill 2024 protests was done as a measure of precaution as there were threats to also burn down State House.

"The calling of KDF was a precaution because the criminals who burnt Parliament were also threatening to burn State House. If that was not reason enough to put KDF on standby legally, I don’t think any other situation would have met the threshold."

01/08/2024

Live blog: MPs vet Ruto's cabinet nominees

The four-day exercise will see both reappointed CSs and new faces appear before the National Assembly's Committee on Appointments, chaired by Speaker Moses Wetang'ula.

01/08/2024

Interior Cabinet Secretary nominee Kithure Kindiki says he is worth Sh694 million up from Sh544 million he declared in October 2022.

01/08/2024

Kindiki confirms return of Police Air Wing to National Police Service

NPS lost control of its air wing following an executive order from retired President Uhuru Kenyatta that placed all of the government's air assets under NASD, a department within the Ministry of Defense, in December 2020.

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Debra Barasa Health CS nominee: My net worth is a combination of mine and my husband's, and it's Sh455 million. Speaker Wetangula: You and your husband. Hmm! MP Caleb Hamisi: I propose we divide it into two. MP Mishi Mboko: No, we cannot divide Speaker Wetang'ula: Let us not break families! 📹KBC

Health CS nominee Debra Barasa: We need to look at priorities in Kenya. We don't have affordable, accessible, quality care for patients in Kenya. When I was in Fikiria Jamii, there was a widow, she had three children and used to wash clothes in Eastleigh. This lady developed complications and we had to send her to Kenyatta National Hospital. We had to dig deep into our pockets to her money for her transport and consultation. It could have cost her an arm and a leg and for treatment, she could not afford it. I think we need to have our priorities right and that is offering affordable, accessible care to all Kenyans. 📹 KBC

Pokot South MP David Psoking asks Debra Barasa, Health CS nominee, to share her input rather than adopting a consultative approach for every question. What is your opinion, nominee CS (Debra Barasa - Health)? If you say consultative, what is your opinion as the leader? Even before you consult, what is your input? You are running away from being personal. We want to gauge your suitability. Not a group, but your suitability. 📹 KBC

Health CS nominee Debra Barasa: I don't have a solution for the doctors' strike. The doctors' strike has been a challenge since time immemorial, and every CS has dealt with that. We need to look for long-term solutions and they are with us. I don't have a solution, but we need to have a situational analysis, make action plans, and work with unions. 📹 KBC

Speaker Moses Wetangula asks Kithure Kindiki not to answer a question on why President Ruto nominated Douglas Kanja as IG despite being over 60 years old. Ruto directed civil servants over 60 years old to head to retirement. Junet Mohamed MP: Were you told that a new IG was appointed, and recycled, and we were told that when somebody reaches 60 years old, they should leave the service, and the IG nominee is 63 or 64 years old, and what new thing will he bring? Speaker Wetangula: Nominee on the issue of the IG, I direct you not to answer the question because I have received communication from the President nominating Douglas Kanja, and he will be vetted by a committee of Parliament and those questions can be raised there. If you answer that, it will be prejudiced for what is coming. Answer the other questions. Kindiki: Thank you, Mr Speaker

Interior CS nominee Kithure Kindiki explains how his net worth grew from Sh544 million to Sh694 million in 21 months

MP Junet Mohamed to Interior CS nominee Kithure Kindiki - What makes you feel you can serve in that docket again? You looked lost in the last two months. You could see abductions happening and human rights abuses, and your voice could not be heard.

Interior CS nominee Kithure Kindiki - Under my leadership, we were able to convince the government and the National Treasury to allocate Sh7 billion, which has already been spent to buy air and land assets, to assist officers who have been exposed to great danger. Those who are helping to keep the country safe in the fight against terror, banditry and other sophisticated organised crimes.

Volunteers at Kware dump site decry lack of support from authority in facilitating equipment for retrieval of bodies.

Families of victims of anti-government protests decry inability to get into contact with witnesses in their statements to IPOA

Retrieval of bodies from Embakasi quarry to resume tomorrow. Peter Waweru (volunteer): There is a foul smell here, but I believe the process is coming to an end since we did not find any body today.

ODM receives resignations of deputy party leaders Wycliffe Oparanya and Hassan Ali Joho, John Mbadi (chairman), and Beatrice Askul (NEC) after their nomination to the Cabinet

Lawyers Mwariri and Khaminwa who represented the survivors and families of the deceased students killed in the Garissa University terror attack in 2015 told court the government had sufficient information of imminent attack. "Indeed an award of damages cannot bring back life but we are happy that this is an acknowledgment that state failed in stopping the Garrissa attack," Mwariri said after judges ruled that if adequate security measures were taken in time, the attack would not have happened or carnage would not have been as extensive.

Families whose sons were killed during anti-government protests demand justice in a statement presented to IPOA. "The end of my school-going-son is so painful that I do not comprehend. I seek to know why and which crime warranted his death."

Retrieval of bodies dumped at abandoned Kware quarry in Nairobi's Pipeline area continues. Officials from Kenya Red Cross, detectives from the Homicide Unit and officers from Kware police station at the scene.

The mother of Shaquille, a 21-year-old who was shot dead in Kitengela and whose body was wrongly identified as being from an accident, is seeking justice for her son. Shaquille's family was already struggling to recover from having their homes swept away by floods before he was killed. "Yale nimeona mwaka huu, sijawahi ona."

Footages believed to be some of the final images of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh before his assassination in Iran’s capital Tehran. 🎥 ; Al Jazeera English

#Olympics: Team Kenya Coach Bernard Ouma says athletes were well trained and are ready for the track and field events, noting he is hopeful of a good performance #olympics2024