News Tracker - Thursday, 13 February 2025 - 10:32 am

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The Ministry of Health admits that the government is facing financial challenges with the Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF), including a delay in clearing patient payments stemming from a funding crisis.

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The government is set to introduce new taxes for car owners targeting insurance premiums and carbon emissions as part of the new push to raise revenues.

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The family of Chief Augustine Odongo, whose funeral was disrupted by clashes between rival political sides over the weekend, has been slapped with a demand letter seeking over Ksh1.5 million in compensation for damages.

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Lands CS Alice Wahome has dismissed claims that the government awarded deported Turkish businessman Harun Aydin a tender to construct part of the Affordable Housing units.

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The family of missing baby Mercy Chepng’eno suspects Nakuru Hospital swapped their child, as they’ve waited six days to see the alleged corpse.

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Huduma Kenya denies reports of double payments at Huduma Centers, and says cyber cafes with their premises operate as individual businesses.

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Former Lands Minister Amos Kimunya has lost an appeal seeking to overturn a High Court decision that he has a case to answer in a fraud case involving irregularly allocating land to a private company worth Ksh600 million.

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DCI has arrested four suspects believed to be part of the multi-billion scandal at the KUSCCO after the Inspector General of Police, Kanja ordered a probe.

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KMTC CEO reveals recruitment firms from abroad, particularly in the US and UK, are keen on recruiting students who have specialised in physiotherapy, occupational therapy, clinical medicine, medical laboratory sciences, nutrition, and dietetics.

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Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen has proposed bringing in National Intelligence Service (NIS) officers to universities in the country to curb drug and alcohol abuse. 

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Former Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu has been sentenced to 12 years in prison or pay a fine of Ksh53.5 million after being found guilty of fraud in the Ksh588 million case.

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Former Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu's lawyers requested the court to allow their client to visit a hospital before commencing his 12-year sentence after he was found guilty in a Ksh588 million graft case.
 

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A new report by NACADA ranks lecturers among the top drug suppliers to university students alongside parents, university staff, canteens, bars, and premises near universities.

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The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) arrested two traffic police officers at Moi Avenue Primary and Junior School in Nairobi’s central business district (CBD) for allegedly collecting bribes.