12:28 pm
The government announces a new price as it seeks to purchase one million bags at Ksh3,500 each, down from Ksh4,000 last year. Agriculture CS Andrew Karanja says the move will stabilise prices.
11:10 am
Former DP Rigathi Gachagua makes his first public appearance after DP Kithure Kindiki’s swearing-in at a funeral service at Kiamwathi Anglican Church in Gichugu Kirinyaga County.
10:00 am
The IMF warns Kenya against enacting a proposed Environmental Restoration Levy on imported goods, urging an economic impact assessment to avoid unintended consequences, including multiple taxation and inflation concerns.
9:30 am
Record-breaking Hellen Obiri aims to defend her title at Sunday’s New York City Marathon, leading three Kenyans in the women’s race. On the men’s side, Evans Chebet, with the fastest time, joins Geoffrey Kamworor, Abel Kipchumba, and Albert Korir.
8:10 am
Former cabinet minister and former Member of Parliament Oloo Aringo is dead. The former Alego Usonga MP passed away on Friday, November 1, according to MP Sam Atandi.
7:00 am
EU Ambassador to Kenya, Henriette Geiger, urges more Kenyans to capitalise on duty-free exports by increasing manufactured goods for higher profits.
Fri, 01 November 2024
7:00 pm
President Ruto has announced plans to increase tax compliance from 70 per cent to 90 per cent by Financial Year 2026/2027 while raising revenue collection from 14 per cent to 22 per cent of GDP.
6:45 pm
Kenya generated Ksh24.6 billion in new revenue from 1.2 million new taxpayers in the 2023/2024 financial year, President Ruto says.
5:34 pm
President Ruto is currently hosting Kenya Revenue Authority's Taxpayers' Day to honour taxpayers and streamline tax compliance, trade, and education.
5:00 pm
Blogger Maverick Aoko has been found alive near Kenya-Tanzania border after nearly ten days missing, with aide revealing she was rushed to hospital.
4:33 pm
President William Ruto has assented the Sugar Bill into law two years after it was presented in parliament in a move that is set to regulate and provide structure to the sugar industry.
3:35 pm
Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has returned to his native home in Mathira, Nyeri County, after his legal battles failed to stop DP Kithure Kindiki’s swearing-in. Gachagua on Friday shared photos of him spending time with his family, including his wife, Pastor Dorcas Rigathi.
12:45 pm
The Senate’s Justice, Legal Affairs, and Human Rights Committee has advised against passing a Bill introduced by Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei, which seeks to extend presidential, gubernatorial, and parliamentary term limits to seven years.
12:19 pm
President William Ruto has directed the homicide detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) and other security agencies to initiate an immediate probe into the deaths of women and girls witnessed in the country in recent weeks.
11:25 am
Deputy President Kithure Kindiki promised to remain loyal to President William Ruto in his maiden speech while praising the events that led to his ascent to the second-most powerful seat.
11:00 am
Prof Kithure Kindiki is sworn in as the country's third deputy president under the 2010 Constitution after numerous court battles.
8:45 am
On Friday, the Nation Media Group (NMG) announced the appointment of Joe Muganda as an Independent Non-Executive Director, marking a new addition to its board.
8:05 am
Hundreds of Kenyans troop to the Kenyatta International Convention Center (KICC) on Friday morning to witness the swearing-in of Deputy President nominee Kithure Kindiki.
7:45 am
Education CS Julius Migos directs KCSE exams to continue uninterrupted despite Friday 1 being declared a public holiday.
Thu, 31 October 2024
6:27 pm
China's Ambassador to Kenya Zhou Pingjian leads a team from the Chinese Embassy in making a pre-visit to the UDA headquarters ahead of an expected high delegation visit to Kenya by senior officials of the Communist Party of China (CPC).
6:20 pm
Nyamira nurses agree to return to work after a four-day strike following the signing of a return-to-work formula with the county Governor Amos Nyaribo.
6:10 pm
Cabinet Secretary for Treasury John Mbadi, holds an Inter-Ministerial Technical Committee meeting with Cooperatives CS Wycliffe Oparanya, to discuss the savings component of the Financial Inclusion Fund.
5:10 pm
Nairobi Governor Sakaja Johnson announces plans to construct additional classrooms to accommodate the growing student population in local schools in the county.
5:02 pm
Kenya National Commission on Human Rights(KNHCR) wants Inspector General Douglas Kanja, and other police chiefs held accountable for rising abductions, and extra-judicial killings; and demands a stop to abuses.
4:50 pm
Tourism CS Rebecca Miano defends the proposed hike in national park entry fees across the country saying there is a need to change gate charges in most parks as they have been in effect for more years.
4:24 pm
Suspect in a series of violent robberies and murders within Narok township arrested after months of manhunt; he was released in March this year after serving a 15-year jail term
3:58 pm
Police in Kisumu gun down a second suspect who had escaped their dragnet in the murder of Wells Fargo HR, Willis Ayieko. Police say the suspect opened fire despite a surrender order.
3:51 pm
High Court lifts conservatory orders that stopped the appointment and swearing-in of Kithure Kindiki as the Deputy President to replace Rigathi Gachagua.
2:24 pm
County Assembly Forum threatens to shut down all the operations of 47 county assemblies in the next 14 days should the government fail to produce the missing Wajir MCA Yusuf Hussein Ahmed.
1:59 pm
Impeached Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua suffers another blow after the Court of Appeal declines to issue orders to stop the three-judge bench constituted by Deputy Chief Justice Philomena Mwilu to determine his fate.
