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Jacob Ngetich

From guns to pens: Bandits abandon cattle rustling for vocational studies

Lomada started stealing livestock from neighbouring communities when he was 14 years old. Today, he is at a vocational college in Mogotio pursuing a course in plumbing.

By 4 months ago

From guns to pens: Bandits abandon cattle rustling for vocational studies

Gen Z protests shake Ruto's political foundation

Gen Z protests shake Ruto's political foundation

By 4 months ago

Generation Z revolt threatens Raila's traditional role as presidential 'saviour'

Generation Z revolt threatens Raila's traditional role as presidential 'saviour'

By 4 months ago

Turbulent times for Ruto as he faces plethora of challenges

Turbulent times for Ruto as he faces plethora of challenges

By 4 months ago

Treasury mulls budget cuts if Finance Bill 2024 fails

Finance CS Prof Njuguna Ndungu in the letter has listed 45 offices within the executive, Judiciary, and parliament that will be hit by the budget cuts in case parliament fails to pass the bill.

By 5 months ago

Treasury mulls budget cuts if Finance Bill 2024 fails

Mang'u High school students build robot

A two-week interaction of more than 30 students from Mang’u High School and students from Horace Mann School in New York US built the robot from scratch.

By 5 months ago

Mang'u High school students build robot

Gachagua to get repurposed police chopper for official duties

Duale said the Augusta Westland police helicopter has been reconfigured, rebranded, and will be handed over to the Office of the Deputy President before the end of the month.

By 5 months ago

Gachagua to get repurposed police chopper for official duties

Gachagua's gamble and curse of deputy president

The ‘one man, one vote, one shilling’ call paints a picture of a man who is charting a political course, in a hurry to achieve a handful of matters within a span of time.

By 5 months ago

Gachagua's gamble and curse of deputy president

Oil corporation, MP Sunkuyia distribute relief food to Magadi flood victims

During the heavy rains in March and April, more than 10,000 people in Kajiado West constituency lost their houses, crops and livelihoods due to floods.

By 5 months ago

Oil corporation, MP Sunkuyia distribute relief food to Magadi flood victims

Ruto masterstroke as Gachagua, Mudavadi hit by huge budget cuts

President Ruto has asked Treasury to slash off some percentage of the confidential vote for his office, that of his Deputy Rigathi Gachagua, and Prime CS Musalia Mudavadi's.

By 5 months ago

Ruto masterstroke as Gachagua, Mudavadi hit by huge budget cuts

Ruto's global diplomacy: Boon or bust for Kenya's economy?

Since he took office, Ruto has turned the country into a continental magnet hosting more than half of the sitting African presidents in Nairobi.

By 6 months ago

Ruto's global diplomacy: Boon or bust for Kenya's economy?

Ruto calls for affordable fertiliser to boost food production

Ruto said on Thursday that Africa has committed to triple domestic production and distribution of organic and inorganic fertilisers.

By 6 months ago

Ruto calls for affordable fertiliser to boost food production

Mudavadi calls for a sustainable approach to soil health

Mudavadi said Africa cannot achieve its aspiration of eliminating hunger and poverty if it does not take a sustainable approach to soil health, prudent use of agricultural inputs.

By 6 months ago

Mudavadi calls for a sustainable approach to soil health

Inside Sh5b NOC-Rubis deal to revamp cash-strapped oil marketer

Rubis hopes to benefit from the comparative advantage that NOC has but has been unable to utilise because of its stock of debt owed to local banks.

By 6 months ago

Inside Sh5b NOC-Rubis deal to revamp cash-strapped oil marketer

Making of an all-powerful presidency

The President, who enjoys near absolute majority in Parliament, forced the Judiciary into talks and has left the Opposition grumbling.

By 7 months ago

Making of an all-powerful presidency

Treasury mulls budget cuts if Finance Bill 2024 fails

Finance CS Prof Njuguna Ndungu in the letter has listed 45 offices within the executive, Judiciary, and parliament that will be hit by the budget cuts in case parliament fails to pass the bill.

By 5 months ago

Treasury mulls budget cuts if Finance Bill 2024 fails

Mang'u High school students build robot

A two-week interaction of more than 30 students from Mang’u High School and students from Horace Mann School in New York US built the robot from scratch.

By 5 months ago

Mang'u High school students build robot

Gachagua to get repurposed police chopper for official duties

Duale said the Augusta Westland police helicopter has been reconfigured, rebranded, and will be handed over to the Office of the Deputy President before the end of the month.

By 5 months ago

Gachagua to get repurposed police chopper for official duties

Gachagua's gamble and curse of deputy president

The ‘one man, one vote, one shilling’ call paints a picture of a man who is charting a political course, in a hurry to achieve a handful of matters within a span of time.

By 5 months ago

Gachagua's gamble and curse of deputy president

Oil corporation, MP Sunkuyia distribute relief food to Magadi flood victims

During the heavy rains in March and April, more than 10,000 people in Kajiado West constituency lost their houses, crops and livelihoods due to floods.

By 5 months ago

Oil corporation, MP Sunkuyia distribute relief food to Magadi flood victims

Ruto masterstroke as Gachagua, Mudavadi hit by huge budget cuts

President Ruto has asked Treasury to slash off some percentage of the confidential vote for his office, that of his Deputy Rigathi Gachagua, and Prime CS Musalia Mudavadi's.

By 5 months ago

Ruto masterstroke as Gachagua, Mudavadi hit by huge budget cuts

Ruto's global diplomacy: Boon or bust for Kenya's economy?

Since he took office, Ruto has turned the country into a continental magnet hosting more than half of the sitting African presidents in Nairobi.

By 6 months ago

Ruto's global diplomacy: Boon or bust for Kenya's economy?

Ruto calls for affordable fertiliser to boost food production

Ruto said on Thursday that Africa has committed to triple domestic production and distribution of organic and inorganic fertilisers.

By 6 months ago

Ruto calls for affordable fertiliser to boost food production

Mudavadi calls for a sustainable approach to soil health

Mudavadi said Africa cannot achieve its aspiration of eliminating hunger and poverty if it does not take a sustainable approach to soil health, prudent use of agricultural inputs.

By 6 months ago

Mudavadi calls for a sustainable approach to soil health

Inside Sh5b NOC-Rubis deal to revamp cash-strapped oil marketer

Rubis hopes to benefit from the comparative advantage that NOC has but has been unable to utilise because of its stock of debt owed to local banks.

By 6 months ago

Inside Sh5b NOC-Rubis deal to revamp cash-strapped oil marketer

Making of an all-powerful presidency

The President, who enjoys near absolute majority in Parliament, forced the Judiciary into talks and has left the Opposition grumbling.

By 7 months ago

Making of an all-powerful presidency

Treasury mulls budget cuts if Finance Bill 2024 fails

Finance CS Prof Njuguna Ndungu in the letter has listed 45 offices within the executive, Judiciary, and parliament that will be hit by the budget cuts in case parliament fails to pass the bill.

By 5 months ago

Treasury mulls budget cuts if Finance Bill 2024 fails

Mang'u High school students build robot

A two-week interaction of more than 30 students from Mang’u High School and students from Horace Mann School in New York US built the robot from scratch.

By 5 months ago

Mang'u High school students build robot

Gachagua to get repurposed police chopper for official duties

Duale said the Augusta Westland police helicopter has been reconfigured, rebranded, and will be handed over to the Office of the Deputy President before the end of the month.

By 5 months ago

Gachagua to get repurposed police chopper for official duties

Gachagua's gamble and curse of deputy president

The ‘one man, one vote, one shilling’ call paints a picture of a man who is charting a political course, in a hurry to achieve a handful of matters within a span of time.

By 5 months ago

Gachagua's gamble and curse of deputy president

Oil corporation, MP Sunkuyia distribute relief food to Magadi flood victims

During the heavy rains in March and April, more than 10,000 people in Kajiado West constituency lost their houses, crops and livelihoods due to floods.

By 5 months ago

Oil corporation, MP Sunkuyia distribute relief food to Magadi flood victims

Ruto masterstroke as Gachagua, Mudavadi hit by huge budget cuts

President Ruto has asked Treasury to slash off some percentage of the confidential vote for his office, that of his Deputy Rigathi Gachagua, and Prime CS Musalia Mudavadi's.

By 5 months ago

Ruto masterstroke as Gachagua, Mudavadi hit by huge budget cuts

Ruto's global diplomacy: Boon or bust for Kenya's economy?

Since he took office, Ruto has turned the country into a continental magnet hosting more than half of the sitting African presidents in Nairobi.

By 6 months ago

Ruto's global diplomacy: Boon or bust for Kenya's economy?

Ruto calls for affordable fertiliser to boost food production

Ruto said on Thursday that Africa has committed to triple domestic production and distribution of organic and inorganic fertilisers.

By 6 months ago

Ruto calls for affordable fertiliser to boost food production

Mudavadi calls for a sustainable approach to soil health

Mudavadi said Africa cannot achieve its aspiration of eliminating hunger and poverty if it does not take a sustainable approach to soil health, prudent use of agricultural inputs.

By 6 months ago

Mudavadi calls for a sustainable approach to soil health

Inside Sh5b NOC-Rubis deal to revamp cash-strapped oil marketer

Rubis hopes to benefit from the comparative advantage that NOC has but has been unable to utilise because of its stock of debt owed to local banks.

By 6 months ago

Inside Sh5b NOC-Rubis deal to revamp cash-strapped oil marketer

Making of an all-powerful presidency

The President, who enjoys near absolute majority in Parliament, forced the Judiciary into talks and has left the Opposition grumbling.

By 7 months ago

Making of an all-powerful presidency

Treasury mulls budget cuts if Finance Bill 2024 fails

Finance CS Prof Njuguna Ndungu in the letter has listed 45 offices within the executive, Judiciary, and parliament that will be hit by the budget cuts in case parliament fails to pass the bill.

By Jacob Ng'etich 5 months ago

Treasury mulls budget cuts if Finance Bill 2024 fails

Mang'u High school students build robot

A two-week interaction of more than 30 students from Mang'u High School and students from Horace Mann School in New York US built the robot from scratch.

By Jacob Ng'etich 5 months ago

Mang'u High school students build robot

Gachagua to get repurposed police chopper for official duties

Duale said the Augusta Westland police helicopter has been reconfigured, rebranded, and will be handed over to the Office of the Deputy President before the end of the month.

By Jacob Ng'etich 5 months ago

Gachagua to get repurposed police chopper for official duties

Gachagua's gamble and curse of deputy president

The 'one man, one vote, one shilling' call paints a picture of a man who is charting a political course, in a hurry to achieve a handful of matters within a span of time.

By Jacob Ng'etich 5 months ago

Gachagua's gamble and curse of deputy president

Oil corporation, MP Sunkuyia distribute relief food to Magadi flood victims

During the heavy rains in March and April, more than 10,000 people in Kajiado West constituency lost their houses, crops and livelihoods due to floods.

By Jacob Ng'etich 5 months ago

Oil corporation, MP Sunkuyia distribute relief food to Magadi flood victims

Ruto masterstroke as Gachagua, Mudavadi hit by huge budget cuts

President Ruto has asked Treasury to slash off some percentage of the confidential vote for his office, that of his Deputy Rigathi Gachagua, and Prime CS Musalia Mudavadi's.

By Jacob Ng'etich 5 months ago

Ruto masterstroke as Gachagua, Mudavadi hit by huge budget cuts

Ruto's global diplomacy: Boon or bust for Kenya's economy?

Since he took office, Ruto has turned the country into a continental magnet hosting more than half of the sitting African presidents in Nairobi.

By Jacob Ng'etich 6 months ago

Ruto's global diplomacy: Boon or bust for Kenya's economy?

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