Kenya will allow private firms that enter the electricity distribution market to import power from neighbouring countries, putting pressure on power producers to cut wholesale tariffs. This is among the proposals by the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (Epra) to open the electricity distribution sector, spark competition with Kenya Power and boost service delivery to…
Inspector General of Police Japhet Koome Monday flew to parts of Baringo to boost an ongoing operation against banditry. Koome was accompanied by other senior officers from Nairobi and were to meet in various places to review ongoing operations in the area. His office said he would address security chiefs and the media in Kabarnet…
Lang’ata Member of Parliament, Felix Oduor, popularly known as Jalang’o, has expressed deep regret for not having met Brian Chira before his untimely demise. In an interview with Plug TV, Jalang’o revealed his anguish upon watching a video where the late TikTok star pleaded to meet him. In the video, Chira appeared intoxicated and openly…
Kamene Goro takes the helm as CEO at NRG Radio, as per the station’s announcement. Rather than taking on a presenter role, she has assumed the position of CEO at NRG Radio. The station introduced the radio queen through its social media platforms in April. Kamene reacts to her NRG Radio’s statement Taking to her…
The National Syndemic Diseases Control Council dispatched more than 200,000 free condoms at the Safari rally but youth preferred taking the PEP drugs as compared to using the condoms. More than 200,000 free condoms were distributed by the National Syndemic Diseases Control Council (NSDCC) at the just concluded 2024 World Rally Championship (WRC) rally in…
Beatrice Chebet and Jacob Kiplimo will certainly be smiling to the bank following their dominant exploits at the World Cross Country championships that saw them win back-to-back titles. Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet and Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei will be smiling to the bank thanks to their dominant exploits at the World Cross Country Championships in Belgrade, Serbia….
Thousands of children in Nairobi are born with prior exposure to a chemical that causes reduced intelligence for life, tests by researchers from Kenya and the US indicate. Mothers at Pumwani Maternity Hospital, whose blood was tested by the Government Chemist, had high levels of lead metal in their blood and also in the umbilical…
National Treasury has directed state corporations to re-submit their 2024–2025 recurrent expenditure budget, which has been rationalized to a level that is not more than 70 percent of the approved 2023–2024 budget. Treasury Cabinet Secretary Njuguna Ndung’u stated that the recurrent expenditure budget should be re-submitted through the Government Investments Management Information System (GIMIS) by…
Infighting has rocked UDA in Mombasa following vice chairman Hassan Omar’s dalliance with ODM deputy party leader Hassan Joho. The members are split into two camps of Omar and Nyali MP Mohammed Ali. Omar and Ali are eying the county’s governorship. Trouble started when Omar publicly supported Joho’s bid to become ODM leader should Raila…
Tyla, who won the inaugural Grammy for African music performance last month, has released her self-titled debut album yla grew up in Johannesburg, South Africa, practicing acceptance speeches in the mirror, envisioning herself on the grandest award stages. But as she found out, a dream is one thing — reality is another. “I was not…
