parastatals merger Stories

Parastatals’ unchecked borrowing fuelliing Sh2.9 billion debt, Auditor General warns
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Aug 26, 2025

Authority, and Lake Victoria North Water Works Development Agency each defaulted three times on loans of Sh2.79 billion, Sh2.5 billion, and Sh4.4 bill...

Ruto announces new parastatal board chairpersons
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Aug 16, 2025

In a gazette notice dated August 15, 2025, Ruto appointed John Antira Ketora as the non-executive chairperson of the Jomo Kenyatta Foundation for a th...

Education agencies appeal to MPs over delayed merger, say move hampering recruitment, policy rollout
Lucy Mumbi  |  Aug 04, 2025

Affected institutions including the (UF), Technical and Vocational Education and Training Authority (TVETA), and the Commission for University Educati...

MPs give Uwezo Fund 14 days to explain audit failures as legislators mull merger
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jul 30, 2025

The House committee expressed concern over the Fund’s financial management and weak oversight systems, warning that continued non-compliance could tri...

Job losses loom as government mulls merging, dissolving 42 state corporations
Alfred Onyango  |  Jun 13, 2025

CS Mbadi said state corporations have long been flagged as a source of fiscal risk.

Government freezes hiring, contract renewals across 42 state corporations amid restructuring plans
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 22, 2025

Koskei also suspended “any ongoing recruitment processes of staff in any cadre,” and blocked approval or implementation of any new human resource poli...

Six development authorities to be disbanded under government reform plan
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 12, 2025

The disbandment is part of a broader government plan to align state functions with the 2010 Constitution, which introduced devolution and rendered som...

Uncertainty looms for 3,100 civil servants in sweeping parastatal reforms
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 09, 2025

The final step now awaits full Cabinet approval before the reforms can be rolled out and resources allocated to support the voluntary exits.

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