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Why Kenya could lose out on pending EPAs
by Fred Aminga @faminga Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) between East African countries and Europe will feature at the Unctad 14 as an example of how trade agreements can be disruptive in...
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Raila faces cold reception in Mudavadi turf
Baraka Karama and Enock Amukhale @PeopleDailyKe ODM leader Raila Odinga chose Vihiga, the stronghold of Amani National Congress (ANC) leader Musalia Mudavadi, to launch his week-long western Kenya...
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AU Summit launches Africa passport pilot
The African Union finally launched the much-awaited pan- African passport at the AU summit in the Rwandan capital, Kigali. Foreign Affairs Cabinet secretary Amina Mohamed confirmed yesterday that she...
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No winner for African Union presidency vote
Kigali, Monday African Heads of State meeting in Kigali, Rwanda today failed to elect a new head of the African Union and will try again in January, an official said. Current AU Commission President...
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Igad calls for investigations into violence in South Sudan
Intergovernmental Authority on Development (Igad) has called for immediate probe into the recent break out of violence in South Sudan. This emerged after last week’s meeting of the region’s leaders in...
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Tame rising insecurity in Kiambu, Ruto urges
Deputy President William Ruto has directed Kiambu County Commissioner Alex Nkoyo to work over-drive with a view to ending insecurity in the area. He said insecurity in the area was on the rise noting...
View ArticlePolice band cries foul over allowances
Police officers serving under the Presidential Escort band unit are contemplating seeking transfers to the police headquarters over what they claim is frustrations by the Presidential Escort Unit...
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Africa should learn from Europe and create own market
Luke Mulunda Kenya has thrown itself at the centre of world trade negotiations. Last year, it hosted the World Trade Organisation, and now it is hosting the Unctad and, alongside it, the World...
View ArticleODM woes stem from the abortive Kasarani polls
The Orange party has recently experienced turbulence, with infighting stealing the show. JAMES MOMANYI caught up with party Nominated MP Isaac Mwaura who lets us in on the matter The infamous aborted...
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More than 20,000 public schools get free text books
The government has distributed two million Mathematics textbooks to more than 20,000 public primary schools, funded under the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) programme. Education PS Belio...
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North, South expected to reach consensus on trade integration
The community of nations gathered at the KICC for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) conference is today expected to reach consensus on how the developing countries will...
View ArticleWaweru vows to unseat Kidero as Nairobi CEO
The race for the Nairobi governor seat has started in earnest, with Dagoretti South MP Dennis Waweru launching his bid yesterday. He is the first to officially launch a bid for the city’s top seat,...
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Exams fraud cartels ‘behind school unrest’
Education Cabinet secretary Fred Matiang’i has blamed the current wave of school unrest on examination cheating cartels out to disrupt new plans of management. At the same time, Matiang’i has fronted...
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Committee pardons Wandayi
Ugunja MP Opiyo Wandayi was yesterday allowed back to Parliament after a four-month suspension for whistling during President Uhuru Kenyatta’s State of the Nation address in March. The powers and...
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MPs want CCTV cameras installed in police stations
Legislators are proposing a countrywide installation of surveillance cameras inside police stations to curb high-handedness by officers to suspects. Kikuyu MP Kimani Ichung’wa said the cameras would...
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Mugenda linked to KU Kigali campus plot saga
Kenyatta University is in a dilemma on how to dispose of a Sh373 million property in Rwanda bought to set up a campus in Kigali, after the government refused to approve the project. The university has...
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Cord leaders ‘decline’ offer to join Jubilee
Baraka Karama and Enock Amukhale @PeopleDailyKe Cord leader Raila Odinga concluded his second day tour of the Western region to galvanise his political support with reports emerging from political...
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Amina’s star shines on global stage
As the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) continues, Foreign Affairs Cabinet secretary Amina Mohamed will look back and breathe a sigh of relief after her tireless efforts to...
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I will not resign nor step aside, declares EACC chief Kinisu
Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) boss Philip Kinisu has declared he will not resign or step aside over his alleged involvement in a scandal, a situation he described as malicious and...
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Mutava petition moved to September
Paul Muhoho @PeopleDailyKe The petition by suspended High Court Judge Joseph Mutava challenging the appointment of the seven-member tribunal to investigate him will remain in abeyance for the next two...
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