county debt Stories
A report by the Controller of Budget Margaret Nyakang’o indicated that the number of counties turning to bank loans to meet recurrent expenses, includ...
Isiolo, Kirinyaga, and Murang’a emerged as the top performers, collectively spending just Sh3.69 billion on development initiatives across the 47 coun...
Kenya’s health spending averaged just 1.9% of GDP from 2018/19 to 2022/23, dropping to 1.4%, while education met UNESCO benchmarks. Counties set healt...
Nairobi’s Dishi na County school feeding programme now serves over 300,000 children. Experts warn it must be anchored in law to survive political shif...
The decision is anchored on evidence showing that menstrual health challenges, particularly dysmenorrhea, significantly affect women’s well-being and...
The agreement brings to an end the industrial action that began on December 1, 2025 after a strike notice was issued on November 17, 2025.
Agriculture CS Mutahi Kagwe has warned that donor-funded farm projects are loans needing strict oversight, questioning procurement plans and warning u...
Britam is expanding its index-based flood cover in Tana River County from 300 to at least 20,000 households, aiming to protect vulnerable families as...
The county says persistent failure by customers to settle water bills has left MAWASCO struggling to meet its operational costs, with outstanding arre...
County officials say implementation details, including how residents will apply for succession support, will be communicated once the policy takes eff...
One of the key recommendations made by the Ombudsman was for Nairobi County to carry out a thorough joint verification of the pension debts.
IPOA has opened investigations into the death of boda boda rider Jack Leon Matoke in custody at Kawangware Police Post in Nairobi, after his family di...
Former Lugari MP Cyrus Jirongo will be buried on December 30, 2025, at his Lumakanda home in Kakamega County, next to his parents, following a fatal r...
Boda boda riders in Eastleigh, Nairobi, are using numbered reflector vests showing their stages to improve customer safety, traceability and accountab...
Relatives of Kenyan engineer Robert Moses Magotsi want Kenyan and Mozambican authorities to investigate his death and disputed cremation in Maputo, al...
Despite constitutional guarantees of equality, dignity and safety, many elderly people continue to face isolation, poverty, and deliberate acts of vio...
Godhana said the dispute over bursary legislation had dragged on for more than a decade, despite repeated attempts to resolve it.
President William Ruto has posthumously awarded Pheroze Nowrojee the Elder of the Order of the Burning Spear, recognising his role in Kenya’s human ri...
The land was first allocated to Isaac Munyi Njeru through an allotment letter dated January 24, 1996, issued without any application.
The festival will run under the theme Experience the Vibe of the City, and organisers have lined up a wide list of activities meant to showcase Nairob...
Kenya’s public health facilities now wait an average of 24 days for essential medicines, as Kemsa’s fill rate drops to 55 per cent, leaving patients f...
The government invested Sh600 million in state-of-the-art infrastructure and expanded the facility’s bed capacity, establishing it as a major healthca...
Mombasa County has launched a month-long speeding crackdown on high-risk roads after new data showed rising speeds and persistent fatal crashes, with...
Kilifi Governor Gideon Mung’aro is urging owners of long-closed hotels to sell to new investors, saying idle properties are slowing tourism growth, jo...
Residents of Mjambere Ward in Kisauni, Mombasa, have petitioned the county government to urgently repair streetlights after a fatal gang attack, warni...
The report raises serious concerns about adherence to financial management laws, putting millions of residents at risk from floods, fires, famine, dis...
By setting clear rules, timelines, and communication requirements, the Bill seeks to protect county officials from politically motivated impeachments...
The 12th National and County Governments Coordinating Summit has given IGRTC 14 days to finalise county bursary agreements and ordered faster CAIP fun...
Agriculture, which sustains more than 70 per cent of rural households, continues to receive less than 6 per cent of county funding, far below the 10 p...
The county board explained that these directives form the basis of the plan to run a complete review of academic and professional papers for every emp...
