Teachers September pay out today, says Matiang’i
irene Githinji @gitshee It is finally a sigh of relief for public teachers after Education Cabinet Secretary Dr Fred Matiang’i said the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) would release their September...
View ArticleCSs vetting ‘to disrupt’ MPs break
President Uhuru Kenyatta has forwarded the list of newly-appointed Cabinet secretaries and Principal secretaries to the National Assembly for vetting as it emerged that MPs may be recalled from their...
View ArticleListen to Pope, clergy tell leaders
Mercy Mwai and Irene Githinji @PeopleDailyKe A Catholic priest has urged Kenyans to live by the words of Pope Francis, who, on the final day of his three-day visit, spoke against corruption and...
View ArticlePolice launch probe on stolen UN number plates
Sophie Njoka and George Kebaso @PeopleDailyKe Security agencies in Mombasa are investigating circumstances under which number plates of three United Nations (UN) vehicles were stolen on Thursday night....
View ArticleHike our salaries or else…say executives
Munira Mandano @PeopleDailyKe More than 250 County Executive Committee (CEC) members have endorsed a plan to move to court to demand salary increment in the latest onslaught against Salaries and...
View ArticleCommonwealth members in Malta
PSCU British politician Baroness Patricia Scotland has been elected the sixth Commonwealth Secretary General. She replaces outgoing secretary general Kamalesh Sharma whose mandate expires in March...
View ArticleTension after security officers set on fire houses in Chepchoina, W.Pokot
Tension is high at Chepchoina settlement scheme in West Pokot County with hundreds of squatters living in fear of eviction after their houses were burnt down by security personnel in an effort to stop...
View ArticleMPs dare IEBC to de-register Bungoma senator
Six Members of Parliament from Western Kenya have asked the Jubilee administration to keep off Bungoma Senator Moses Wetangula. The leaders accused the government of allegedly working with the...
View ArticleEducation CS Matiang’i holds talks with Teachers Unions
The teachers unions KNUT and KUPPET are once again braving for a new tussle with the teachers employer TSC after their talks collapsed last week. This even as the newly appointed Education Cabinet...
View ArticleMore than 500 families displaced by floods in Tana River County
More than 500 people in Dhima village of Bura constituency in Tana River County, have been displaced by floods following heavy rains that have been pounding the area rendering roads impassable. At...
View ArticleBungoma Senator denies bribery allegations leveled against him
Bungoma Senator and CORD Co-principal Moses Wetangula is now demanding an apology from the British Broadcasting Corporation- BBC for publishing a story implicating him in a bribery scandal, when he...
View ArticleTen bank managers suspended over NYS scandal
Ten Family Bank branch managers have been suspended for allegedly abetting theft of Sh791 million at the National Youth Service (NYS). They are accused of failing to comply with the Banking Act,...
View ArticleChurches want President to declare wealth in graft war
Clement Kamau @PeopleDailyKe The National Council of Churches of Kenya (NCCK) now wants President Uhuru Kenyatta to lead all senior government officials in declaring their wealth. The umbrella churches...
View ArticleEACC vows to reign on spendthrift politicians
Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) chairman nominee Philip Kinusu yesterday vowed to rein in politicians who spend heavily on their campaigns. He raised concern over the amount of money used...
View ArticleSupreme Court defines roles of ministry, NLC
Paul Muhoho @PeopleDailyKe The turf wars between the Lands ministry and the National Land Commission (NLC) may come to an end after the Supreme Court defined their statutory roles. The seven-member...
View ArticleNine years sentence for British ‘terrorist’
Monica Kagia @PeopleDailyKe British terror suspect Jermaine Grant has been sentenced to nine years in prison. Mombasa High Court judge Martin Muya yesterday found him guilty of nine charges related to...
View ArticlePressure piles on Wetang’ula to quit
The bribery claims levelled against leader of Minority in the Senate Moses Wetang’ula intensified yesterday after Jubilee legislators insisted that he must step aside to allow for investigations even...
View ArticleI wasn’t aware of drill, says Strathmore Vice Chancellor
Victor Raballa and Mwangi Willy @PeopleDailyKe Strathmore University Vice Chancellor was caught unawares when the institution conducted a security drill that led to the death of a staff and left...
View ArticleState plans to reduce global warming
PSCU @PeopleDailyKe The government wants to achieve a legally binding agreement to reduce carbon emissions and other greenhouse gases to limit global warming to 1.5 degree Celsius, Environment Cabinet...
View ArticleNo vetting for ‘old’ CSs, says Speaker Muturi
All Cabinet and Principal Secretaries transferred in the recent reshuffle by President Uhuru Kenyatta will not be re-vetted, National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi ruled yesterday. This came a day...
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