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The marking exercise for this year’s Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education, KCSE, has been thrown into jeopardy after examiners for one of the papers downed tools. The examiners for Businness Studies Paper 2 is yet to kick off at Machakos girls after examiners downed their tools citing poor pay. They have hardly touched any paper … Read more
The Education Cabinet Secretary Prof George Magoha has today released the 2019 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education, KCPE, results. According to the released results, Andy Michael Munyiri is the top candidate. Here are the top candidates: Andy Michael Munyiri- 440 Flavian Onyango- 439 June Cheptoo Koech- 439 Sean Ndung’u- 439 2019 KCPE Exams’ General Performance: … Read more
Maseno University has been closed indefinitely following student unrest over ‘rape cases.’ This comes few months after the university experienced another spate of students’ unrests forcing the administration to close down the University. Here is the presser on the closure; from the University’s Vice Chancellor Prof Julius Nyabundi:
The Ministry of Health has released new Covid 19 containment measures in Kenya for July- September 2021. Below are the new measures announced by Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe. NATIONAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE COMMITTEE ON CORONAVIRUS RESOLUTIONS The number of cases of COVID-19 has in the recent days risen sharply countrywide, signaling an urgent need to … Read more
Kisumu National Polytechnic has been indefinitely closed after students rioted against fee increment. The students engaged police in running battles for the better part of Monday February 2, 2020. Learning was paralyzed at the Kisumu based institution as students demonstrated over an alleged fee hike of Sh6,000 and mismanagement. Eight students were arrested during the … Read more
SUPREME COURT FINDINGS ON THE BBI APPEAL 1) Whether the Basic Structure Doctrine is applicable in Kenya. Koome CJ : No Mwilu DCJ : Ouko SCJ : No Njoki SCJ : No Lenaola SCJ : No Wanjala SCJ : Ibrahim SCJ : 2) Whether there ought to have been a multi-choice referendum question. Koome CJ … Read more
Students hoping to join universities, colleges and TVETs in the 2020/2021 academic year under the Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) will be receiving their placement results today as from 11.00am. Education cabinet secretary George Magoha will be releasing the results during a ceremony to be held at he Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) … Read more
President Uhuru Kenyatta has announced the banning of movement in and out of Nairobi Metropolitan area, and Kilifi, Kwale, Mombasa for the next 21 days so as to combat the Covid-19 pandemic. This directive comes into force on Monday April 6, 2020 at 7.00p.m. This comes as two more people were announced to have died … Read more
Baringo County Assembly Members (MCAs) have initiated the process of removing Roads County Executive Committee Member (CEC) for keeping untrimmed beards. In a late night motion on October 25 that was seeking to impeach Eng. Lekonaya Kibwalel the movers failed to impeach the CEC but managed a minimum threshold to form a committee to investigate the … Read more
The Kenyan Government has come up with a raft of measures to protect Citizens against the effects caused by the CoronaVirus Pandemic. These measures were announced by President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday even as more cases of CoronaVirus patients were reported. Among the measures put up by the Government is to reduce taxes and imposing … Read more
The 2019 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education, KCPE, exam results will be announced any time from now; today. Top Government officials have gathered at the Kenya National Examinations Council, KNEC, offices in readiness for the results release. Hot news; This is all you need to know about the 2019 KCSE and KCPE exams; how to … Read more
Taxpayers have been reminded by the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) to file their Annual Tax Returns for the year 2020 so as to avoid related penalties. The exercise is meant for individual taxpayers and business entities whose accounting period runs from January to December. A statement by Commissioner for Domestic Taxes Department at KRA, Rispah Simiyu, reminded … Read more
President Uhuru Kenyatta has today announced new Covid 19 containment measures so as to curb further spread of the deadly disease. Among others, the President has suspended the revised academic calendar; meaning schools may not reopen in May; as earlier planned. See also; Revised School Term dates/ calendar for 2020 to 2023 “There shall be … Read more
The Teachers Service Commission, TSC, is set to reward teachers with outstanding performance. The Commission has now moved to have these tutors recognized. Teachers who have posted exemplary results in both academics and Co- curricular activities will have something to smile about after this latest move. “In the past, some teachers have achieved global, national … Read more
A Kenyan lady who has been living with an abnormal growth on the forehead for the last 24 years can now breath easy. Beatrice Makokha, a resident of Kamusinde in Kimilili Sub County, on Monday had a successful surgery to remove the troublesome growth. A Multi-Disciplinary Team at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) has … Read more
REVIEW AND ADVICE ON ALLOWANCES IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE The Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) is established under Article 230 of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010, to set and regularly review the remuneration and benefits of all State officers, and advise the national and county governments on the remuneration and benefits of all other public … Read more