Police Tear-Gas Striking Health Workers in Nairobi
Police have tear-gassed Kenyatta National Hospital staff who staged a go-slow on Monday morning over non-payment of their health service allowances. The workers allied to Kenya Union of Domestic, Hotels, Educational Institutions, Hospitals and Allied Workers (Kudheiha) had threatened to go on strike in the first week of August over the allowances that date back […]
Could Oil Overtake Agriculture as East Africa’s Economic Giant?
Holger A. Kray is the lead agricultural economist for Africa in the World Bank’s Agriculture Global Practice and head of the Africa Agricultural Policy Unit, which carries out and oversees economic and other policy work related to agriculture in the region. The World Bank economist was in Uganda and spoke to Charles Mpagi on the […]
Here Are the Front Runners in Ruto’s Quest for 2022 Running Mate
Kakamega governor Wycliffe Oparanya has emerged as one among a host of politicians being touted as Deputy President William Ruto’s likely running mate in the 2022 General elections. According to Ikolomani lawmaker Bernard Shinali, the 62-year-old is a cool and experienced head and commands respect from a majority in the country. “In Kakamega we have […]
Date With the Hangman For Kenyan Prison Beauty Queen Ruth Kamande
Former Lang’ata Women’s Prison beauty queen Ruth Kamande has been sentenced to death for killing her boyfriend, Farid Mohammed in 2015. Justice Jessie Lesiit committed the 2016 beauty queen to death despite the penalty having been lifted by a superior court saying her court was free to exercise judicial discretion. She noted that despite the […]
The African Airlines That’ll Win Are Those That Aren’t Too Posh
Recent years have been brutal for African airlines but, in spite of that, there is a new rush to resurrect dead national carriers (in Uganda) or to put bedridden ones in the air again (in Tanzania). However, Ethiopian Airlines, Africa’s biggest and currently most successful airline, is kind of going in the opposite direction. A […]
Net Closes In on ‘Corrupt’ Kenya Power Bosses
Fourteen top officials of the Kenya Power will be charged Monday morning over corruption, in a scandal involving the purchase of faulty transformers worth Sh4.5 billion. Those expected in court include current Managing Director Ken Tarus and his predecessor Ben Chumo, and twelve other top officials arrested over the weekend. “They will be in court, […]
Rising Fuel Prices, Higher Taxes to Push Up Kenya, Uganda Inflation
Kenya and Uganda face a higher cost of living in the second half of this year, driven by a surge in fuel prices, increased taxation and weakened local currencies. Reports by their respective central banks have said that this will translate to higher import bills. In Kenya, goods and services prices will be pushed up […]
Celebrating the Everyday Hustlers of Nairobi
Nairobi News today celebrates the men and women in the non-formal sector who struggle to beat the odds to feed their families. The city is full of courageous tales of such entrepreneurs, popularly known as hustlers, who engage in menial jobs such as selling second-hand clothes, grocery vendors, roasting maize, car washes, et cetera. David […]