Crisis looms at Pumwani hospital as health workers down tools
Nurses on contract bases at Pumwani hospital have downed their tools after the hospital failed to pay their four months’ salaries. Led by Peter Mwangi and Judith Adongo, the workers have accused the hospital management of frustrating and intimidating them and vowed not to resume duties until their dues are paid. In a statement, the […]
Police shoot two during rowdy football match in Likoni
Two men are nursing injuries after they were hit by police stray bullets after chaos broke out at a football match on Sunday in Likoni Sub County. 60-year-old Suleiman Juma and Chirima Mungo a Boda Boda operator aged 27 were sustained injuries on their right shoulders, as police officers shot in the air in an […]
Government to implement sugar taskforce recommendations
President Uhuru Kenyatta has said the Government will implement recommendations of the sugar Taskforce as part of ongoing efforts to revive the sector. The President made the assurance Monday at State House, Nairobi when he received the report of the Presidential Taskforce on the Sugar Sector. President Kenyatta told the taskforce co-chaired by Agriculture CS […]
Government extends deadline to phase out old passports
The government has extended the deadline for the phasing out of the old passport up to March 2021. In a press statement sent to newsrooms, interior cabinet secretary Fred Matiangi said that the government has undertaken such action after establishing that more than 1.8 million Kenyans had not yet applied for the new passports. “Due […]
China deploys ducks to counter locust invasion
The Chinese government has deployed an ‘army’ of 100,000 ducks to confront swarms of locust that are moving eastward towards China. A video shared by China’s state-run news website CGTN shows thousands of ducks waddling down a road to confront 400 billion locusts approaching the country near the border where it meets Pakistan and India. […]
DCI arrest two human traffickers in Nairobi
Nairobi, KENYA: The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has arrested two foreigners at Ushirika Estate within Eastleigh in Nairobi, over trafficking. The two, Thabit Hanni Yaseen Radman and Faren Yassin Radman, were arrested on Sunday for allegedly recruiting young Kenyans for unspecified jobs in the Middle East. “Following a tip off from the members of […]