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Lodwar Set to Leave Behind KSh900m Annual Diesel Power Bill
Lodwar town is set to join Kenya’s national electricity grid for the first time since independence, potentially ending decades of reliance on costly diesel generators. The Turkana County capital has depended on diesel powered generators for its electricity, with Kenya Power spending about KSh900 million annually on fuel to keep the town and surrounding areas…
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Bungoma’s women and disability empowerment plans hit a policy hurdle
Bungoma County’s plans to support women and persons with disabilities are facing a policy hurdle after Members of the County Assembly questioned the failure to act following the lapse of regulations governing the county’s empowerment funds. The issue emerged as the County Assembly Committee on Gender, Culture and Social Welfare, chaired by Jack Kawa, scrutinised…
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Nairobi’s Building Control Problem: Too Few Inspectors and a Policy Dispute
Nairobi’s efforts to strengthen control over construction are facing a basic capacity problem, the county says it does not have enough building inspectors, equipment or funding to effectively monitor developments across the capital. The shortage has become more significant as concerns over unsafe buildings and construction practices continue to put pressure on the county’s planning…
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Nairobi’s shortage of personnel and equipment hamper county fumigation programme
Nairobi County’s efforts to tackle the growing problem of pests in public spaces have exposed gaps in the city’s public health enforcement system with officials citing shortages of personnel, equipment, vehicles and budgetary allocations needed to carry out fumigation effectively. The issue emerged when Nairobi County Executive Committee Member for Health Suzanne Silantoi appeared before…
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Makueni’s Sh843 Million Revenue Target: Can the County Treasury Deliver?
Makueni County has set itself a Sh843.3 million target in non-health own-source revenue (OSR), but members of the County Assembly are questioning whether Treasury can deliver on the ambitious projection. The concern emerged as the Assembly approved the County’s Sh13.84 billion Supplementary Budget for the 2026/27 financial year. The revised budget projects Sh2.09 billion in…
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Nairobi’s parcel boom: How unregulated lorry operations are taking over CBD spaces
Nairobi’s Central Business District is facing a growing parcel transport trade, with lorries and other commercial vehicles increasingly using public loading zones and pedestrian spaces as makeshift business premises. Nairobi CBD MCA John Mwaniki Kwenya has raised concerns over the growing number of parcel operations, questioning how the businesses have been allowed to expand without…
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Kikuyu Bus Park: Why is a completed facility still waiting to open?
Kikuyu’s new bus park was expected to bring order to public transport and breathe new life into businesses around the town Instead traders and matatu operators are still waiting for the facility to open. The modern bus park has been constructed with new kiosks and stalls, but it is yet to become fully operational with…
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Who authorized business stalls at Globe Roundabout?
Questions are being raised over the use of public space at Globe cinema Roundabout in Nairobi’s Central Business District, following the construction of containers, shades and stalls along a busy pedestrian and transport corridor. Nairobi CBD MCA John Mwaniki Kwenya has asked the county government to explain who authorised the structures erected next to Kahama…
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Tata Chemicals Shutdown: Who Really Pays the Price?
The suspension of operations at Tata Chemicals Magadi Limited has left more than a mining dispute in its wake. For residents of Magadi in Kajiado County, the shutdown has raised fears over jobs, access to essential services and the future of community projects that have for years been linked to the soda-ash producer. “Tafadhali hapana…
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15 mothers and 92 newborns die daily as Britam targets care gaps in Nairobi and Kwale
Kenya continues to lose an estimated 15 mothers and 92 newborns every day from preventable causes, highlighting persistent gaps in maternal and newborn healthcare despite progress in expanding access to services. Lea Salama Programme It is against this backdrop that Britam Foundation and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) are rolling out the Lea Salama…
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