Literacy News
The Kenya Union of Special Needs Education Teachers (KUSNET) has asked the Kenya Law Society of Kenya to keep off teachers’ affairs after the society opposed the reappointment of Teachers Service Commissioner Nancy Macharia. President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday last week extended the term of Teachers Service Commission (TSC) Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Nancy Macharia after her first term expired last month. The Law Society of Kenya through its president, Nelson Havi protested the renewal…
Production News
NAIROBI, 5th July 2020 (PSCU) – President Uhuru Kenyatta has commended Africa’s concerted response to Covid-19 saying measures being implemented by African countries are helping slow down Coronavirus spread. The President said despite limited resources, the continent had rolled out proactive measures that were helping save lives. “Africa has responded to Covid-19 much better than most other parts of the world, particularly when you consider its relatively weaker resource base. “For a continent with 1.2…
General News
Contractor Abandons Sh. 2.1B Road Project In Uasin Gishu County
A contractor has abandoned a Sh. 2.1 billion road project in Uasin Gishu County in what the county development implementation coordination committee, (CDICC) says amounts to total violation of the contract. The committee noted that the construction company demobilized all its machinery, equipment and staff and abandoned the site in early March 2020 without notice or permission from the Resident Engineer. The committee expressed concern that the contractor may not be able to deliver the…
German Organization Donates Sh. 2million Toward Covid-19 In Vihiga County
The fight against the novel Covid-19 in Vihiga County received a major boost after a German based Non-Governmental Organization donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to 600 dairy farmers and 20 extension officers. Country officers at Welt Hunger Hilfe (WWH) handed over the medical equipment estimated at Sh2 million in a colourful ceremony presided over by Vihiga Governor Dr. Wilber Ottichilo at county headquarters in Mbale town on Thursday. Addressing representatives of the beneficiaries, Ottichilo thanked…
Operations In Huduma Centres To Resume, PS
The government has commenced resumption of operations in Huduma centres across the country as the economy gradually reopens. Public Service Principal Secretary Mary Kimonye said that with the progressive reopening of the economy, Huduma centres needed to go to full operation from where they had scaled down operations to just issuance of birth certificates and identity cards. Speaking in Nanyuki on Friday when she visited the area Huduma centre to check on its readiness to…
MCAs Accuse Influential People Of Trying To Scuttle Appointments
Two MCAs from Hulugho and Masalani in Garissa County have accused some influential personalities from the area who want recent appointments of chiefs and their assistants nullified. Addressing the press in Garissa town the two Abubakar Shide (Masalani ward) and Adow Omar (Hulugho ward) said they were aware that some politicians were ‘moving from one office to the other in the Ministry of Interior’ to influence the appointments to suit their personal interests. They said…