Former Sports Cabinet Secretary Hassan Wario has been slapped with a Ksh3.6 million fine or six-year prison term after a court found him guilty of abusing his office in connection to the Sh55 million Rio 2016 Olympics scandal. Mr Wario was sentenced together with former National Olympic Committee of Kenya…
The Court of Appeal of Kenya has upheld the High Court’s ruling that attempts to overhaul the country’s constitution violated its basic structures. The mega-constitutional amendment bill proposed amending virtually every major part of Kenya’s constitution. It ran to 45 pages, contained 74 amendment articles, and included two schedules appended to the main text. The Constitution Amendment Bill…
A majority of students who sat the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Examination (KCSE) last year have been placed to several universities and colleges, to pursue courses of their choice. A total of 265,145 students will pursue degree and TVET courses. Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) Chief Executive…
Kenyatta University (KU) has dipped into Sh1.3 billion deficit in the year to June, forcing the university to rely on short term loans to finance its operations. Auditor-General Nancy Gathungu said the university deficit stood at Sh677 million in the year to June 2019. She said the university is operating…
Cynthia Khabetsa Mwavishi, a 2nd year student in the Faculty of Arts, is among the 100 emerging leaders from across Africa who will take part in the Young Political Leadership School Africa (YPLS Africa) programme. The programme will be held in Monrovia, Liberia from October 25-29, 2021. “I am happy…
The coronavirus pandemic changed the way people all over the world accessed abortions. As lockdowns and other restrictions made it difficult to seek in-person terminations of unwanted pregnancies, some countries made-at-home abortions more accessible. In France, the government temporarily changed the law in April 2020 to allow at-home abortion until seven weeks…
Rihanna is now officially a billionaire and the wealthiest female musician in the world, according to Forbes. The pop star is worth $1.7 billion (£1.2 billion), with an estimated $1.4 billion coming from the value of her Fenty Beauty cosmetics company. The rest of her fortune mostly comes from lingerie company,…
The United States International University-Africa (USIU-Africa) Council has announced the appointment of former Vice Chancellor Professor Freida Brown to serve as the Interim Vice Chancellor effective August 16, 2021. Speaking when he confirmed the appointment, the University Council Chairman Mr. Kris Ole-Senanu said her appointment is expected to run for…
In a country where the media is filled with negativity and what MPs are doing every weekday, it is easy to be drowned in all this content and miss opportunities available. I am definitely in the camp, my social media feed is filled with so and so is dating nani,…
At the start of a three-day visit to the UK to co-host the Global Education Summit with Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab announce strengthened links between the City of London and Nairobi and welcome new investment package. The Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab…
