03/07/2024
TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES
1. Kenyan Shilling has remained stable against dollar for 3 weeks. Trading 1 USD : Kshs 128
2. National ID replacement to cost Ksh 1000
3. Kericho Senator Aaron Cheruiyot calls for resignation of IG Koome
4. Cs Moses Kuria declines SRC Salaries increment proposal for Govt officials. Tells SRC to pull down gazette Notice
5. Public Service Commission, PSC, appoints Raphael Owino new Director General of Public Debt Management
6. Judicial Service Commission (JSC) suspends recruitment of 11 Court of Appeal judges citing Financial constraints
7. President William Ruto's daughter, June Ruto, has been appointed as the Director of Foreign Service and nominated as participant at the National Defence College.
8. Marsabit Senator Mohamed Chute has asked President William Ruto to sack all his Cabinet Secretaries over incompetence and reconstitute the Cabinet afresh
9. Nairobi Securities Exchange, NSE has lost over Sh63 billion in investor wealth in two weeks, over protests impact fears
10. Charlene Ruto: As young people, we won’t allow anybody to use our name to misalign and put us away from the right support that we need
11. SRC Chair Lyn Mengich freezes pay rise for all State officers; says any adjustments to take into account economy, contractual agreements and budget availability
12. Bondo Man Leaves Policemen Fighting for Their Lives After Invading Police Station with Petrol Bombs and Stones
13. South Africa's Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party withdraws its application against the Electoral Commission (IEC) to have the 2024 national election results Nullified
14. South Africa's first unity government was today sworn in under President Cyril Ramaphosa
15. Niger's military government has agreed to talks with Benin's government to help restore relations after a coup in Niger last year led to the border closing
16. Rwanda’s savings rate as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) dropped to 11.3 percent in the first quarter of 2024