Kenyans on twitter aren’t giving President Uhuru Kenyatta a break. The president made several controversial parastatal appointments on Monday and three news cycles later, some Kenyans are giving him grief about it on twitter. Those opposed to the appointments...
President Uhuru Kenyatta’s decision to appoint washed up veteran politicians, relatives of several prominent politicians and some individuals who have been in newspapers for as long as Kenya has had newspapers (here’s looking at you Richard Leakey!) to parastatal...
James Muraguri, the Executive Director of Global Empowerment Initiative (GEI), a non-governmental grass root-based organization spearheading sustainable initiatives for communities in Kenya has urged residents of Makueni County to form citizen assemblies for deliberating issues of governance.
Muraguri said one...
Residents of Nairobi’s Imara Daima area are living in fear of being poisoned in their sleep by a nearby factory that emits pungent smelling gas at night. The residents are also up in arms over what they feel is...
A man in Nakuru has come out to say he is the one who taught Chief Francis Kariuki of Lanet Umoja how to tweet.
Njoha Gathua an information and communication technologist says his intention was to see that the Chief...
Dr Richard Leakey, the new Kenya Wildlife Services chairman, has his work cut out for him. Of the 302 parastatal appointments made by President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday, Leakey occupies the office that perhaps has the brightest spotlight on...
On Monday April 27, President Uhuru Kenyatta appointed new executives to manage parastatals in the country. Several of those appointed to head the state corporations are former cabinet ministers and politicians who lost out in the 2013 general elections.
Among...
Kongowea is the largest marketplace in the county of Mombasa where thousands of people from all walks of life make their living from it each passing day. However, the huge market is currently muddy stinky mess that is no...
We continue our examination into how counties are wantonly blowing money and spending incredible amounts on things that do not benefit the citizens they are elected to serve. The corruption has not decreased, rather the County leadership has expanded...
Members of County Assemblies (MCA's) have morphed into something reminiscent of their national Parliament counterparts. They have with time since the promulgation of the new Constitution become the new faces of corruption. Whether it is in unnecessary trips both...
