Stephen Letoo
104 Articles
Senators now want e-cigarettes, sheesha outlawed in Kenya
In a motion tabled by nominated senator Catherine Mumma, the senators raised concerns over abuse of nicotine and the increasing usage of e-cigarettes by underage users mostly students in primary and secondary schools.
Absentee legislators: Speaker Wetangula raises concern over MPs dodging Parliamentary sessions
Speaking in Mombasa during a parliamentary leadership retreat, Wetangula noted that the House has been experiencing quorum hitches from time to time while adding that it is falling short of its mandate to review legislation.
Kenya to ban importation of shoes from next year - Moses Kuria
Kuria who was presiding over the groundbreaking ceremony of an industrial park in Rumuruti, said the government will set up a leather factory in Laikipia County.
‘Ugandans are not protesting’: Gladys Boss says amid cries of fuel price hike
The Kenya Kwanza leaders had accompanied President Ruto's aide Farouk Kibet for the donation of school buses in St Mary’s Osorongai Secondary School in Kipkaren turbo constituency Uasin Gishu County.
Reviving sugar companies: MPs ratify Gov’t plans to commercialise troubled sector
MPs among other things approved a raft of measures that include banning millers from importing sugar, following week-long deliberations in Kisumu County.Among the proposals deliberated in the National Assembly chambers to revive the sugar sector was the merger of Chemelil and Muhoroni sugar factorie...
Kenya Power scales up surveillance ahead of Africa Climate Summit
KPLC has since assigned a dedicated team that will be doing a 24-hour manning of all the power transmitters at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre
Raila accuses Narok governor Ntutu of frustrating ODM
Odinga who was in Narok Sunday for the thanksgiving ceremony of ODM Vice Chair Christine Lemein, accused Governor Ole Ntutu of interfering with the ODM party.
President Ruto now turns guns on Judiciary, says corrupt judges 'must leave'
The President accused some judges, whom he did not name, of turning the courts into a safe haven for the corrupt.According to the Head of State, judges at the anti-corruption court have become the weakest link in the war on graft.
President Ruto maintains ‘it is jail, deportation or heaven’ threat as one party withdraws from Mumias Sugar case
As the President repeated his chilling message one of the firms challenging the leasing of Mumias sugar to Uganda-based miller Sarrai Group has filed a notice at the Court of Appeal seeking to withdraw the case....
President Ruto fires warning shot to subsidized fertiliser cartels
President Ruto directed all security agencies to be on the lookout and arrest any individual found re-packaging the subsidised fertiliser to sell to unsuspecting farmers.He spoke when he toured Nyandarua County, one of the country's agricultural zones, during his development tour of the region....