President Uhuru Kenyatta and First Lady Margaret Kenyatta were among the first Kenyans to be enumerated in the 2019 National Population and Housing Census exercise that kicked off on the Saturday 24th August, 2019. The President who was joined by former First Lady Mama Ngina Kenyatta and several of his family members was enumerated at […]
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President Uhuru Kenyatta has challenged the new National Youth Service (NYS) Director General Matilda Pamela Aleyo Sakwa to transform the agency into an training institution that effectively delivers on its mandate. The President told Ms Sakwa to ensure that NYS reclaims its position in national development by equipping the youth with adequate skills and expertise
The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) is the principal revenue collector for the Government of Kenya with the primary goal to deliver Kenya to financial self-sufficiency through effective tax revenue mobilization. KRA is seeking to recruit Officers. If you are a self-motivated, dynamic, energetic, results-oriented, creative problem-solver, critical and analytical thinker, innovative, enterprising and a team-player, then
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President Uhuru Kenyatta has described Joe Kadenge as a sports legend and a sublime footballer who applied his talent fully in the service of his country. In a message of condolence and comfort to the family, friends and relatives of the fallen football great, the President said Joe Kadenge was an icon of Kenyan football.
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Kenya’s Chief Justice, Hon. Justice David Maraga, has advised his deputy, Hon. Lady Justice Philomena M. Mwilu to stop politicizing her ongoing court case. The embattled Deputy Chief Justice is facing judges over alleged transactions involving the collapsed Imperial Bank and various charges counts among them abuse of office and forgery. In a memo sent to
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Kenyans are on high alert after it was reported that China was in talks with a  Chinese company to takeover Zambia’s power utility Corporation- ZESCO. Africa Confidential has warned that Zambia risks losing its sovereignty to China as that country will seize national assets once government defaults on loans. In a report titled ‘Bonds, bills and
President Uhuru Kenyatta’s official Social Media Accounts have been deactivated this morning. The accounts were suspended on Friday morning following suspected hacking activity after the President reaffirmed his resolve to fight corruption. “If you are corrupt we will fight you. You can be my brother or my sister or my closest political ally. I won’t
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SPEECH BY HIS EXCELLENCY HON. UHURU KENYATTA, C.G.H., PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KENYA AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE DEFENCE FORCES DURING THE 2019 STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS AT PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS, NAIROBI, 4TH APRIL 2019 Honourable Speaker of the National Assembly; Honourable Speaker of the Senate; Honourable Members of Parliament; Fellow Kenyans; In
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President Uhuru Kenyatta has announced that the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report will be handed to him on Tuesday next week and urged Kenyans to carefully read the proposals in the document before deciding whether to back it or not. The President urged political leaders to be cautious when discussing the report saying the initiative
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Politics & GovtThe ongoing roll out of the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) programme and the development of a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Dongo Kundu dominated talks between President Uhuru Kenyatta and Prime Shinzo Abe on the sidelines of the ongoing TICAD 7 conference in Yokohama, Japan. During the bilateral meeting, Prime Minister Abe said Japan will
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National Assembly Speaker Hon Justin Muturi has come out to lay bare facts about salaries paid to Members of Parliament. This comes after media reports indicated that the Legislators pocket large sums of perks in monthly salaries and allowances. Here is the presser by Hon Muturi; “Following media reports carried in various local dailies on
President Uhuru Kenyatta today commissioned the Lake Turkana Wind Power farm, Africa’s largest wind power project, with an installed capacity of 310 megawatts of clean, reliable and low cost electricity. At the same time, the President commissioned the 428 kilometre high voltage power transmission line as well as the upgrading of Loyangalani to South Horr
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Filing your Kenya Revenue Authority, KRA, nil returns has now been made very easy. This is because KRA has developed a mobile phone Application that enables you file the returns in the shortest time possible. You no longer need to visit a Cyber to file your returns nor stay in long queues at Huduma Centres,
The Cabinet Secretary for Interior and Coordination of National Government Dr Fred Matiang’i has today, Monday 3rd June, 2019, declared Wednesday 5th June, 2019 as a Public Holiday of General Observance for the occasion of Idd-ul-Fitr. The Cabinet Secretary has acted in exercise of the powers conferred by Sections 2 (1) of the Public Holidays
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Registration form for farmers’ subsidized fertilizers The registration of farmers for Government of Kenya, GOK, subsidy fertilizers, long rains, will be conducted countrywide afresh by ministry of interior in January 2023. The exercise will be carried out by chiefs, assistant chiefs, nyumba kumi and village elders. They will be supervised by ACCs. Over 17,000 tablets
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Interior and Coordination of National Government Cabinet Secretary, CS, Fred Matiang’i has directed all chiefs and assistant County Commissioners, in Kenya, to undergo paramilitary training within the next six months. The CS was speaking during a sensitisation workshop, yesterday, with 93 assistant county commissioners on police reforms “The 440 of the ACCs (Assistant County Commissioners)
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Politics & GovtIf you missed President Uhuru Kenyatta’s speech during the 2019 Jamhuri Day celebrations, here is what the President said in his address; ‘Distinguished Guests, My Fellow Kenyans, Ladies and Gentlemen, Happy Jamhuri Day! We gather here today to celebrate Fifty-Six Years, since that glorious day when the flag of our Republic was hoisted for the very first
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President Uhuru Kenyatta has challenged African labour organizations to play a leading role in the ongoing efforts towards the full integration of the continent. The President asked the leadership of the labour organizations to help build bridges of unity and pan-Africanism, saying that is the surest path to national and continental peace and prosperity. “As
In Summary; President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday September 18, 2019 signed into law the Division of Revenue Bill 2019, paving the way for the release of funds to counties. The new law allocates Shs 378.1 billion to county governments for the 2019/20 financial year. President Uhuru Kenyatta has signed into law two Bills among them
Interior Cabinet Secretary, Dr. Fred Matiang’i, and the Education Ministry Principal Secretary, Dr. Belio Kipsang, breathed a sigh of relieve yesterday after the Senate failed to adopt a report on the possible loss of Sh1.5 billion through acquisition of a controversial piece of land in Ruaraka. This is after the house failed to adopt the
Governors’ Spouses Build Synergies To Tackle Gender Issues Governors’ spouses within the Lake Region Economic Bloc are building synergies among themselves and with the governors to tackle cross-cutting gender issues considered to be barriers to the socio-economic development of the region. The bloc which comprises 14 counties within the Lake Victoria Basin include the counties
Huduma Centers will operate from 7:00am to 7:00pm from the previous 8am to 5pm hours commencing December 5th 2022. This is one of the six interventions promised by the Public Service, Gender and Affirmative Action CS Aisha Jumwa recently, so as to advance Public Service Delivery and Transformation through the Huduma Kenya Service Delivery Program (Huduma
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President Uhuru Kenyatta has, today, confirmed Kanze Dena to the position of State House Spokesperson & Head of PSCU. She has been holding the same position in an acting capacity since July, this year, when her predecessor Manoa Esipisu was appointed as High Commissioner to United Kingdom. You may also like: Benefits and foods rich
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Months after former Prime Minister, Hon Raila Odinga, and President Uhuru kenyatta held a public handshake and decided to come up with the building bridges initiative, Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru was at it today. First, it was Vice President (Hon William Ruto) when the two met at Hilton Hotel in Nairobi for the Development Partnership
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President Uhuru Kenyatta has today given res why he appointed the 91-year-old former Vice president, Moody Awori, to the National Sports Fund. This comes after many Kenyans criticized the appointment of the aged former vice president when there are many jobless youths. The president said his choice for Moody Awori is to ensure taxpayers’ money is
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Kenya School of Revenue Administration (KESRA) is the Kenya Revenue Authority’s premier training school specializing in Tax and Customs Administration, Fiscal Policy and Management. The School is one of the only four World Customs Organization (WCO) accredited Regional Training Centres (RTCs) in Africa. Apply for the May, 2019, intake through; https://t.co/ea1VaQytCp by 10th May 2019.
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