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Principals unveil revised senior school fees ahead of 2026 transition
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jun 29, 2025

The new fees will vary by school cluster and are intended to match the cost of implementing senior school pathways, including science and technology.

‘We’re being priced out of education’: TVET students cry foul over sudden fee hikes
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jun 22, 2025

Student leaders expressed concern that the tuition fee hikes are already disrupting learning and pushing thousands of students to the brink of droppin...

President Ruto vows to go after schools defying fee payment on eCitizen
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jun 19, 2025

President William Ruto urged parents to insist on paying fees digitally, hailing schools that have adopted the platform as champions of accountability...

Nairobi MCAs launch probe into Sh10.7 billion "fraudulent" legal claims
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jun 19, 2025

At the centre of the inquiry is a 2014 case where Nairobi County demanded Sh5.3 million in land rates from Yellow Horse Inn Limited, a private tenant.

Tana River in a spot over Sh629 million paid to undocumented law firms without legal oversight
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jun 17, 2025

Reports by the Auditor-General and the Controller of Budget reveal that the payments were made without proper documentation or oversight, raising seri...

Treasury orders Education ministry to cut Sh11 billion exam costs, end overseas printing
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jun 10, 2025

Mbadi’s comments follow public uproar over reports that the government planned to end the national exam fee waiver, which has been in place since 2015...

Duale scraps attachment fees for KMTC students at national referral hospitals
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jun 04, 2025

Duale urged the KMTC leadership to continually review and align course offerings with national health priorities.

Parents to start paying exam fees from next year as government ends decade-long waiver
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 25, 2025

Mbadi said starting next year, the Ministry of Education will introduce a differentiated model for charging examination fees, where only learners from...

City Hall seizes Taifa Road parking lot over Sh41.1 million debt
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 20, 2025

The facility, which serves hundreds of motorists daily, will now be managed by City Hall until the full amount is paid.

Government unveils reforms to tackle financial woes, strikes in public universities
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 09, 2025

The report lists Kenyatta University, the University of Nairobi, and Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology as having the highest debt...

Schools struggle under Sh70bn govt debt, risk disruptions in busy second term
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 02, 2025

Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba on Wednesday announced that public schools are set to receive Sh21 billion in capitation funds starting Mond...

Survey reveals widespread illegal fee demands in Kenyan public schools
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Apr 27, 2025

In addition to the admission fees, parents are also facing unlawful charges for textbooks, desks, exam fees and remedial lessons.

MPs slam IEBC for mishandling Sh4.39bn in legal fees, demand urgent reforms to prevent overspending
Lucy Mumbi  |  Apr 11, 2025

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has raised concerns over the lack of clarity regarding how law firms are appointed to represent the electoral body...

Standoff over unpaid contractor fees leaves Sh1.2 billion police hospital in Mbagathi lying idle
Lucy Mumbi  |  Apr 06, 2025

Attempts by the contractor to have the Department of Defence, which supervised the construction until the 2022/2023 financial year, take responsibilit...

Education CS says KUCCPS portal to be opened by end month for new university applications
Lucy Mumbi  |  Mar 20, 2025

KUCCPS CEO Agnes Mercy Wahome said the agency had received details of available capacities from universities and was awaiting board approval to announ...

Senators oppose call by headteachers to increase school fees to bridge capitation gap
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Mar 15, 2025

Under the school heads’ proposal, parents with children in national schools would see fees rise from Sh53,554 to Sh73,182 annually, an increase of Sh1...

Nairobi county revenue hits Sh4.82 billion as digitisation boosts collections
Lucy Mumbi  |  Mar 11, 2025

Governor Johnson Sakaja lauded the progress, citing streamlined revenue collection systems as a key driver of the increase.

Do not send students home, funds are coming, Education CS Ogamba tells schools
Margaret Wanjiru  |  Mar 07, 2025

Ogamba said that the Ministry of Education is working closely with the Treasury to ensure the outstanding Sh14 billion for first-term capitation is di...

Kenyans shun costly government services as fees for crucial documents rise
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Feb 28, 2025

The National Treasury has defended the fee hikes, arguing that the increased revenue would reduce dependence on taxpayers to fund government operation...

High Court declines to lift orders quashing Ruto’s university funding model
Lucy Mumbi  |  Feb 25, 2025

Justice Mwita strongly criticised the government's move to shift the burden of funding public universities onto parents.

City Hall cracks down on unauthorised fibre optic cables after feud with Kenya Power
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Feb 25, 2025

The crackdown, which started Tuesday morning, aims to disconnect internet cables installed without the county's approval.

Headteachers urge government to raise school fees citing rising costs, inflation
Lucy Mumbi  |  Feb 18, 2025

The proposal suggests that fees in national schools be raised from the current Sh53,554 to Sh73,182 per year, an increase of Sh19,628.

Matatus, trucks among vehicles targeted in planned road toll fees
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Feb 13, 2025

Chirchir explained that the classification of vehicles subject to toll fees would be reviewed periodically based on economic factors and technological...

Mobile money transactions jump to Sh8.7 trillion after slow growth in 2023
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Feb 04, 2025

The previous year saw mobile money growth slow to its lowest rate in four years, largely due to a 25 per cent hike in taxes on transactions.

Secondary school heads warn of worsening financial crisis as capitation funds from state remain in limbo
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jan 13, 2025

Kuria explained that boarding schools, which typically rely on fees from new Form One students, are now struggling to sustain operations.

Nairobi’s St Anne's Girls School directed to improve student clearance procedures after Tuesday incident
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jan 10, 2025

It was agreed that from now on, all students should be served within the school compound, preventing any future incidents where students or parents ar...

Education CS Ogamba warns schools against charging extra fees
Charles Adinda  |  Jan 09, 2025

The warning follows reports that, since the resumption of the academic calendar on January 6, 2025, some schools have been demanding additional paymen...

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