December 1, 2023

KenGen To Pay Sh2b In Dividends

The Kenya Electricity Generating Company PLC (KenGen) shareholders are set to receive Sh2 billion in dividend pay-outs for the year ending June 30, 2023, one of the highest the company has paid since the 2016 Rights Issue.

This follows approval by t…

Department Heads Asked To Lead In Planting Trees Drive

Department heads in Narok County have been challenged to lead the tree planting campaign by ensuring their office compounds have adequate tree cover.

Narok County Commissioner Isaac Masinde said the county has planted only 359, 000 trees this year, …

Mother-To-Child HIV Transmission Declines In Mandera

A recently released health report from Mandera County indicates a significant drop in mother-to-child HIV transmission cases, marking a noteworthy achievement in the region.

Abd Gedi, the County HIV/AIDS Coordinator, says these cases have been on th…

Two Bodies Retrieved At Garissa -Madogo Road Cut-Off Sections

The bodies of two middle-aged men who were swept away by floods were retrieved this morning from two different spots on the washed-away Garissa-Madogo road section.

The victims perished as they tried to cross the flooded section in search of casual …

Flood Victims To Get Food, Non-Food Items

Isiolo County Commissioner Geoffrey Omoding has assured area residents that the government will provide more food and non-food items to the flood victims.

Omoding said that already the government has distributed 300 bags of 50 kg of rice, 100 carton…

Gov’t Donates Relief Items To Flood Victims

A total of 16 deaths have been reported in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 136 from flood-related incidences even as the government continues to distribute food across the affected counties, including airdrops to inaccessible areas.

Acc…

KeNHA To Restore Garissa-Madogo Traffic By Tomorrow

The Kenya National Highways Authority is working for a second day to fix the recent road cutoffs on the Madogo-Garissa Road, which were caused by a major washout at Kona Punda near Mororo following heavy rains in the region.

Already, the agency has …

Collective Call To End AIDS

The National Syndemic Diseases Control Council (NSDCC) has called on all communities in the country to actively participate in the fight against HIV/AIDS, especially in combating new infections as well as stigmatisation.

Addressing journalists in Me…

County Promotes Groundnuts To Alleviate Poverty

Busia County Government, in collaboration with the Agriculture Sector Development Support Programme (ASDSP), has embarked on large-scale production of groundnuts with the aim of alleviating poverty within the county.

Speaking to the press during a f…

Makueni To Host 96th Edition Kenya Music And Culture Festival

Makueni County will host the 96th edition of the Kenya Music and Cultural Festival (KMCF) today, Friday, at the Wote Technical Training Institute in Wote Town.

Makueni Director for Culture, Music, and the Arts, Mutua Mulonzya, said the festival seek…