AfrinewsKE

Tag: KENYA

  • DP Gachagua explains why Raila lost his AU job

    DP Gachagua explains why Raila lost his AU job

    Gachagua explains why Raila lost his AU job as he makes a mockery of the Azimio leader’s shift from the African Union.

    Speaking in Mombasa on Friday, the DP told Raila that his recent actions of holding demonstrations against the government led him to lose his job.

    “These demonstrations are making this man(Raila) go at a loss. He had a big job in African Union infrastructure. He left the job and decided to go for demonstrations and now he has been chased away from AU,” Gachagua said.

    The Deputy President stated that protests have caused Raila losses over the years but still persist on them.

    “These protests have truly caused him (Raila) a lot. He has done this for 20 years and every day he is going at loss. When he was being looked for by AU to do his job, he was not found. Now see he is jobless,” he added.

    Gachagua’s comment comes after African Union Commission president Moussa Faki in a letter dated February 19 announced the end of Raila’s tenure as special envoy.

    Faki commended the ODM leader for accepting the role, adding that Raila’s leadership has been key to leveraging infrastructure as a key priority in the continent.

    “Kibaki’s son” claims his life is in danger 

    Mudavadi to launch office of the spouse to Prime Cabinet Secretary

    The fall of Uhuru men continues as Githii Mburu quits KRA top job

    Revealed! Ruto forced KRA boss, Githii Mburu to resign

    However, insiders at the continental body claim that President William Ruto had a hand in former prime minister Raila Odinga’s departure as the AU’s High Representative for Infrastructure.

    On Thursday, February 24, a diplomatic source at the African Union Commission (AUC) initiated a closed-door meeting between Ruto and officials of the Commission convened during the sidelines of the AU Heads of State and Government Summit. 

    According to the source, the recent anti-government protests prompted the Kenyan delegation to seek that Raila’s term be terminated.

    And a Kenyan official remarked: “ Yes! H.E [President William Ruto] on this end requested that it be terminated given Raila Odinga’s continued politicking.”

    Another highly placed source in government pointedly said Mr. Odinga had simply lost his continental job because of his hard-line position that he does not recognize President William Ruto and his continued branding of the Kenya Kwanza government as illegitimate.

    Also read,

    Revealed! How Ruto ended Raila’s job as AU Infrastructure envoy

    Raila reveals had requested to leave AU envoy job

    UK while blaming China refutes claims of dumping used clothes (Mitumba) in Kenya

    Follow us

    FaceBook

    Telegram 

  • Ruto announces removal of all taxes on cooking gas

    Ruto announces removal of all taxes on cooking gas

    Ruto announces the removal of all taxes on cooking gas (Liquefied Petroleum-LPG) in a bid to lower the cost of living.

    In a notice to the Ministry of Treasury, President William Ruto on Friday, February 24, stated that he will soon remove all taxes on Liquefied Petroleum (LPG) gas. 

    The President stated at Dongo Kundu that the Kenya Kwanza Government is working on a comprehensive plan to guarantee that local cooking gas is made accessible and inexpensive.

    “In the next three years, all Kenyan houses will have cooking gas which is way affordable,” President Ruto promised. 

    “We are going to remove all taxes that are currently being levied on cooking gas so that we can make sure that every household in the Republic of Kenya has access to affordable LPG and we eliminate the wood fuel,” Ruto stated. 

    At the same time, Ruto ordered top managers at the Kenya Pipeline Company Limited (KPC) to expand local terminal storage capacity of LPG gas to provide reservoirs for cheaper LPG gas from Tanzania. 

    Ruto spoke while launching the construction of the Taifa Gas LPG terminal in Mombasa. 

    The project that is aimed at lowering the cost of cooking gas in Kenya will see an increase in capacity from 30,000 tonnes to 45,000 tonnes of LPG gas. 

    “I have ordered these officials to ensure that we have enough local capacity to store and process this gas in order to save our mothers from dangerous biomass cooking,” Ruto noted. 

    How KDF is using US technology to locate bandits

    Senate initiates investigations over high electricity prices

    Fuel prices hit record high after William Ruto ends subsidy

    Treasury revives LPG subsidy scheme for affordable cooking gas

    The President explained that he expects government institutions, including secondary schools, to transition from biomass to LPG gas. 

    “By 2025, we expect all our schools and other institutions to have put in place mechanisms that ensure a modern way of cooking by cooking gas,” Ruto further directed. 

    Taifa Gas is Tanzania’s largest LPG supply company in East Africa, with Kenya being one of its largest markets, yet the LPL was all along being transported by road. 

    Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) data shows that Kenya imported 240,000 tons of LPG in 2022, up from 180,000 tons in 2021.

    ERC data also indicates that, while many consumers have been put off by the high cost, LPG demand has been steadily increasing as more households switch from charcoal, firewood and kerosene to gas.

    Also read,

    Government turns down KSh41bn university funding request

    Revealed! Ruto forced KRA boss, Githii Mburu to resign

    The fall of Uhuru men continues as Githii Mburu quits KRA top job

    Follow us

    FaceBook

    Telegram 

  • Supreme Court verdict castigates government over refusal to register LGBTQ organization

    Supreme Court verdict castigates government over refusal to register LGBTQ organization

    Supreme Court dismisses government appeal to register LGBTQ organization ending an 11-year legal battle.

    The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by the government to bar registration of gays and lesbians lobby groups, ending an 11-year legal battle by activists seeking the official registration of an LGBTQ+ organization in Kenya.

    In its verdict delivered by a five-judge bench on Friday, February 24, the Supreme Court castigated the NGOs Co-Ordination Board for refusing to register four names for an LGBTQ organization on the grounds that same-sex marriage is outlawed in Kenya. 

    Even though the law forbids same-sex marriages, three of the five justices on the bench decided that community members have the freedom to associate. As a result, it was unlawful and discriminatory to refuse to register them.

    The court was of the view that the board’s refusal of the registration of a non-governmental organization (NGO) seeking to champion the rights of LBGTQ+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, or Questioning) persons in Kenya was discriminatory.

    Justices Philomena Mwilu (Deputy Chief Justice), Smokin Wanjala, and Njoki Ndung’u said it would be unconstitutional to limit the right to associate, through denial of registration of an association, purely on the basis of sexual orientation.

    However, Justices Mohamed Ibrahim and William Ouko dissented and held a firm stance that the law was clear on the illegality of gays and lesbians. 

    They held that the board’s decision to refuse registration of an LGBTQ+ group was “unreasonable and unjustified”.

    “It would be unconstitutional to limit the right to associate through denial of registration of an association purely based on the sexual orientation of the applicants,” the ruling read. 

    “It was of the view that the word “including” under the same Article is not exhaustive, but only illustrative and would also comprise “freedom from discrimination based on a person’s sexual orientation.”

    “Therefore, the appellant’s action of refusing to reserve the name of the 1st respondent’s intended NGO on the ground that “Sections 162, 163 and 165 of the Penal Code criminalises Gay and Lesbian liaisons” was discriminatory in light of Section 27(4) of the Constitution,” the court stated. 

    However, the court held that the country’s law – Section 162 of the Penal Code -that prohibits “unnatural offences” (defined as having carnal knowledge with any man, woman, or animal against the order of nature) are binding.

    The fall of Uhuru men continues as Githii Mburu quits KRA top job

    Ahmednasir Abdullahi calls out Ruto for excluding LGBTQ community in his government

    CNN puts Ruto on the spot over LGBTQ and the deportation of Chinese 

    The legal dispute emerged from activist Erick Gitari’s bid to register an LGBTQ+ organization in Kenya. 

    The board refused to reserve the name of Mr. Gitari’s intended NGO on the ground that “Sections 162, 163 and 165 of the Penal Code criminalizes gay and lesbian liaisons”.

    The names rejected by the board included the National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission, National Coalition of Gays and Lesbians in Kenya, National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Association, Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Council, Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Observancy and Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Organisation.

    In its explanation, the board noted that the words, “gay and lesbians” in the proposed names were objectionable to the Board.

    In the initial ruling, the High Court judge backed the activist and found that the NGO Board’s refusal violated the applicant’s right.

    However, a dissatisfied NGO Board appealed against the decision at the Court of Appeal, albeit with no breakthrough. 

    The Friday, February 24, ruling now paves the way for the LGBTQ organization to make a fresh application in its quest to formalize its operations in the country. 

    Also read,

    “Kibaki’s son” claims his life is in danger 

    Mudavadi to launch office of the spouse to Prime Cabinet Secretary

    Revealed! Ruto forced KRA boss, Githii Mburu to resign

    Follow us

    FaceBook

    Telegram 

  • Government turns down KSh41bn university funding request

    Government turns down KSh41bn university funding request

    Government turns down KSh41bn university funding request amid a fee-hike proposal that will see tuition fees.

    The government has turned down Sh41.6 billion in funding requests from Public universities and the Higher Education Loans Board (Helb).

    Public universities and Helb, which have recently attributed their underperformance to underfunding, requested a total of Sh144.6 billion from the National Treasury for the upcoming fiscal year beginning in July but were only given Sh103 billion, according to an analysis of official statistics.

    Due to the Sh41.6 billion shortfall that was left among the 39 public universities, staff layoffs will be necessary as the cash-strapped institutions are forced to eliminate various expenses, including some courses.

    This deficit is wider than the current one for Financial Year 2022/23 of Sh27.9 billion, pointing to a trend where the government has not been able to keep up with the growing funding needs of public universities.

    Public universities had a funding requirement of Sh71.9 billion in the current Financial Year ending June but were only allocated Sh44 billion, according to official data.

    Kenyatta University had the largest deficit at Sh10 billion after its demand of Sh19.7 billion was slashed by more than half.

    The National Treasury has only allocated it Sh9.65 billion, which is under half of what the university had demanded.

    Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) did not get Sh2.5 billion out of the Sh9 billion that it required.

    The Technical University of Kenya had a deficit of Sh2.2 billion, Egerton University (Sh1.8 billion), Kaimosi University (Sh1.36 billion), and Karatina University (Sh1.35 billion).

    The Technical University of Mombasa had a deficit of Sh1.3 billion, Maseno University (Sh1.1 billion) and Moi University (Sh1 billion).

    Nearly all the colleges did not have their wishes met, except for Co-operative University and Garissa University.

    Ruto increases State House expenditure, Ksh4B more than Uhuru’s budget

    Ruto promises to engage Universities on the new funding model

    Inside Ruto’s plans to merge KUCCPS, HELB, and University Funding Board (UFB)

    Co-operative University surpassed their requirements by Sh20 million while Garissa University was allocated their spending needs of Sh701 million.

    “The growing deficits only mean that the pending bills will continue to grow, thereby worsening the current problems. Unless the problem is addressed as a matter of urgency, our universities will face difficulties existing as going concerns,” said Education Cabinet secretary Ezekiel Machogu.

    Mr Machogu was speaking during the opening of the first biennial Kenya Universities Funding Conference that was held on Thursday in Mombasa.

    He acknowledged that public universities have challenges with a debt of Sh56 billion in the form of unremitted staff pensions and statutory deductions such as pay-as-you-earn (PAYE).

    Helb, which supplements the 80 per cent that State-sponsored students receive, saw close to Sh9.8 billion of its request rejected with the exchequer only approving an allocation of Sh17.8 billion to the students’ loan body.

    Helb, which has been looking for alternative ways of raising funds even as it aggressively goes after defaulters, had requested Sh27.6 billion from the exchequer.

    Also read,

    UK while blaming China refutes claims of dumping used clothes (Mitumba) in Kenya

    Ruto, Gachagua office spends KSh9 billion in seven months

    Teachers advocate for an independent body to handle disciplinary cases

    Follow us

    FaceBook

    Telegram 

  • “Kibaki’s son” claims his life is in danger 

    “Kibaki’s son” claims his life is in danger 

    Man who claims to be Kibaki’s son, Jacob Ocholla Mwai says his life is in danger after unknown gunmen trailed him in Nairobi.

    A 62-year-old man who claims to be former President Mwai Kibaki’s biological son has claimed that his life is in danger after unknown men trailed him and made an attempt on his life while driving in Nairobi. 

    According to Jacob Ocholla Mwai, on Wednesday in Nairobi, two young guys who were riding a motorcycle and carrying weapons followed him as he headed toward James Gichuru road.

    He recalls that the two men initially hit his car with the motorbike. He claimed he veered off the road believing it to be a routine traffic collision in which his car had sustained just minor damage.

    The two men did not however stop after the accident. It is then that he decided to get into his car and drive off only to encounter them once again while joining James Gichuru road. 

    “I noticed that they are the same people and that’s when I immediately took my water bottle and threw it at them. They lost balance and I saw they were armed with a pistol. I immediately drove off towards the Village Market,” Mr. Ocholla told Daily Nation.

    Jacob Ocholla Mwai wants Kibaki’s body exhumed over the wealth dispute

    Secret details of Mwai Kibaki’s Will contested in court after he left out two of his purported children

    Jacob Ochola, Man Claiming to be Kibaki’s Son Wants Stake of Ksh 150B Empire

    He has said that he fears for his life and called upon authorities to investigate the incident. 

    “I have not eaten ever since because I am in shock. I have told the police everything and I want it to be known to Kenyans that whatever happens to me, I have already recounted everything,“ he added. 

    In 2022, Mr. Ocholla moved to court seeking official recognition from the ex-president’s kin and a piece of the former Head of State’s family estate.

    In the case, he compelled the children of the former president to reveal whether his name was included in a will left behind by the late Kibaki.

    Ocholla claimed that he was ignored whenever he tried to reach out to the former Head of State before he passed away.

    Also read,

    Mudavadi to launch office of the spouse to Prime Cabinet Secretary

    Parliament to initiate probe on DP Gachagua’s Conduct-Azimio lawmaker

    Bitting hunger as starving parents sneak into schools for free lunch

    Follow us

    FaceBook

    Telegram 

  • Revealed! Ruto forced KRA boss, Githii Mburu to resign

    Revealed! Ruto forced KRA boss, Githii Mburu to resign

    KRA boss, Githii Mburu was forced to resign as a result of an unfriendly working environment under the Ruto administration.

    In the midst of a new shake-up of the Kenya Revenue Authority, an antagonistic new administration and a board led by an assertive chairman drove Githii Mburu to terminate his new five-year term early.

    The KRA board replaced three of the seven managers on the agency’s senior executive team after Mr. Mburu opted to leave on Thursday, less than eight months into his new tenure.

    President William Ruto has never been silent about his disgust with the KRA’s prior harsh crackdown on the wealthy in an effort to recoup unpaid taxes and boost national income.

    During his campaigns for the August 9 election, Ruto claimed that his close allies were targeted for political persecution or were being intimidated so that they could abandon him.

    According to sources close to former KRA boss, Githii Mburu, he chose to go rather than wait to be fired by a board that wanted the KRA’s activities to change course.

    Also, he did not like the way the new chairman, Anthony Nganga Mwaura, operated the KRA. 

    Mwaura is a close friend of the President and is known in Kenyan business circles as the “Executive Chairman.”

    Francis Muthaura, Mr. Mwaura’s predecessor, preferred to operate in the background, but Mr. Mwaura preferred to be out in the open.

    Revealed! How Ruto ended Raila’s job as AU Infrastructure envoy

    Parliament to initiate probe on DP Gachagua’s Conduct-Azimio lawmaker

    How KDF is using US technology to locate bandits

    Francis Muthaura, Mr. Mwaura’s predecessor, preferred to operate in the background, but Mr. Mwaura preferred to be out in the open.

    “The regime and the board were unfriendly. With changes in government, he actually wanted to leave. It has actually taken longer than was expected,” said a source close to Mr. Mburu who sought anonymity.

    Mr. Mwaura was appointed chairman in November in changes that also saw the appointment of five new directors on January 12, leaving only State representatives.

    He came into the limelight in 2020 when his companies, Hardi Enterprises, and Toddy Civil Engineering Company, were implicated in a City Hall scandal for allegedly receiving irregular payments amounting to Sh102 million.

    Also read,

    The fall of Uhuru men continues as Githii Mburu quits KRA top job

    Parliament to initiate probe on DP Gachagua’s Conduct-Azimio lawmaker

    Ruto, Gachagua office spends KSh9 billion in seven months

    Follow us

    FaceBook

    Telegram 

  • Mudavadi to launch office of the spouse to Prime Cabinet Secretary

    Mudavadi to launch office of the spouse to Prime Cabinet Secretary

    Mudavadi to launch the office of the spouse to Prime Cabinet Secretary further increasing public expenditure at the presidency.

    Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi will on Friday be a special guest at the launch of the Office of the Spouse to the Prime Cabinet Secretary.

    In a statement, Musalia’s communication director said the office will complement the work done by the first and second ladies of the country.

    “The office will complement work being done by the Office of the First Lady and the Office of the Spouse to the Deputy President,” the statement read. 

    This is a new office, which according to the communications director, was established by the government. 

    The office of the First Lady and Second Lady are the only offices recognized under the 2010 constitution.

    First Lady Mama Rachel Ruto has been undertaking several projects, the latest being the launching of the sanitary towels factory on February 9 named Sifa Pad and Praise Project. 

    The project is an initiative of the Kenya Assemblies of God Church and World Serve International Kenya .

    The sanitary pad factory has been set up with the assistance of Hands of Hope—Joyce Meyer Ministry World Missions.

    How KDF is using US technology to locate bandits

    Parliament to initiate probe on DP Gachagua’s Conduct-Azimio lawmaker

    Second Lady Dorcas Gachagua has also been working on projects, calling on the youth to embrace change and work together in the fight against drug abuse. 

    On Thursday, Pastor Dorcas called on testing of alcohol in the market for harmful substances.

    She said the move will help save the boy child from poisonous alcohol, saying some of the alcohol in the market was dangerous and unfit for human consumption.

    “The alcohol can be checked at distilling zones to ensure that what is in the market is fit for human consumption, and those producing poisonous alcohol imprisoned to protect lives,” she said. 

    Also read,

    Ruto, Gachagua office spends KSh9 billion in seven months

    Ruto increases State House expenditure, Ksh4B more than Uhuru’s budget

    Bitting hunger as starving parents sneak into schools for free lunch

    Follow us

    FaceBook

    Telegram 

  • The fall of Uhuru men continues as Githii Mburu quits KRA top job

    The fall of Uhuru men continues as Githii Mburu quits KRA top job

    Githii Mburu quits KRA top job as Commissioner General amid the continued purge of Uhuru men by Ruto’s government.

    Officials who served under the former regime of President Uhuru Kenyatta are falling in troves as the new administration of President William Ruto stamps its authority.

    The latest casualty is Githii Mburu who resigned on Thursday after more than three years at the helm amid a major shake-up that has also affected heads of departments.  

    Mr. Mburu was a long-time insider at KRA’s audit and intelligence units before he was appointed as KRA Commissioner-General in July 2019 for a three-year term. His term was extended for a further two years and was set to end in June of next year. 

    Mburu was unlikely to survive in office to serve under newly-appointed Board Chairperson Antony Mwaura who battled multiple tax cases when Kenyatta was in office in what Ruto’s faction termed as “political persecution.”

    In a statement, KRA Board chairman Antony Mwaura said Mr. Mburu had resigned to pursue personal interests. 

    “The board has today received the resignation letter of Commissioner General Githii Mburu who resigned to pursue personal interests,” KRA Board announced in a statement signed by Mwaura.

    Rispah Simiyu, KRA’s Commissioner for Domestic Taxes, was named to the position in an acting capacity.

    How KDF is using US technology to locate bandits

    Senate initiates investigations over high electricity prices

    Bitting hunger as starving parents sneak into schools for free lunch

    Pamela Ahago was assigned the Domestic Taxes docket.

    The board dropped three commissioners and named Acting Commissioners in their place.

    Those dropped are: Lilian Nyawanda (Customs and Border Control), Terra Saidimu (Intelligence and Strategic Operations), and David Kinuu (Corporate Support Services).

    David Yego, Commissioner in charge of Regional Coordination was assigned as Acting Commissioner in charge of Intelligence and Strategic Operations.

    The board picked David Mwangi and Nancy Ng’etich to take over from Nyawanda and Kinuu respectively on acting capacities.

    The shakeup comes months after President William Ruto in March last year promised to “free” the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), KRA, and Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) from “state capture” if elected. 

    Also read,

    Parliament to initiate probe on DP Gachagua’s Conduct-Azimio lawmaker

    Ruto, Gachagua office spends KSh9 billion in seven months

    Follow us

    FaceBook

    Telegram 

  • Revealed! How Ruto ended Raila’s job as AU Infrastructure envoy

    Revealed! How Ruto ended Raila’s job as AU Infrastructure envoy

    Ruto ended Raila’s job as AU Infrastructure envoy according to diplomatic sources privy to the information.

    Insiders at the continental body claim that President William Ruto had a hand in former prime minister Raila Odinga’s departure as the AU’s High Representative for Infrastructure.

    On Thursday, February 24, a diplomatic source at the African Union Commission (AUC) initiated a closed-door meeting between Ruto and officials of the Commission convened during the sidelines of the AU Heads of State and Government Summit. 

    According to the source, the recent anti-government protests prompted the Kenyan delegation to seek that Raila’s term be terminated.

    “You must remember that President Uhuru Kenyatta who got him here is no longer in power. This was a polite termination and the request was made at one of the closed-door meetings on the sidelines of the AU Summit,” the diplomat told Nation on Thursday, February 2. 

    And a Kenyan official remarked: “ Yes! H.E [President William Ruto] on this end requested that it be terminated given Raila Odinga’s continued politicking.”

    Another highly placed source in government pointedly said Mr. Odinga had simply lost his continental job because of his hard-line position that he does not recognize President William Ruto and his continued branding of the Kenya Kwanza government as illegitimate.

    The official said Raila’s position became untenable given his persistent attacks on the government, even after international observer missions, including the AU, termed the Kenyan elections credible and the Supreme Court subsequently upheld the election of Ruto.

    Another source from the Kenya delegation also alleged William Ruto was behind the request.

    “The AU has sanctioned nations that do not support democracy and people who try to create instability in stable African nations. Raila has said he doesn’t recognize Ruto as President, he is holding anti-government meetings and recently unveiled youths in red berets. It’s the same as trying to overthrow a democratically elected government. He cannot continue to work in the AU yet he doesn’t espouse its views,” said the source who insisted the exit was a termination.

    Raila’s tenure as AU Infrastructure envoy end

    Ruto, Gachagua office spends KSh9 billion in seven months

    Parliament to initiate probe on DP Gachagua’s Conduct-Azimio lawmaker

    The AU, on the other hand, was inclined to heed the request given that independent agencies in the country, such as the Supreme Court, upheld the election victory of Ruto.

    Notably, officials at the continental body also considered that the election observers also took part in the 2022 General Election, and no issues were raised over Ruto’s win.

    However, Raila maintained that his term ended on his own volition, given that he had requested to exit the post but a diplomatic source at the AUC says it was a “polite termination” due to what he described as “endless politicking”.

    “During our meeting on the sidelines of the 2nd Dakar African Infrastructure Financing Summit in Dakar, Senegal about three weeks ago, I indicated the challenges to my continued availability for the role of AU High Representative for Infrastructure Development in Africa,” Raila stated.

    Also read,

    Raila reveals had requested to leave AU envoy job

    UK responds to sexual harassment of workers in Kenyan tea farms

    UK while blaming China refutes claims of dumping used clothes (Mitumba) in Kenya

    Follow us

    FaceBook

    Telegram 

  • Bitting hunger as starving parents sneak into schools for free lunch

    Bitting hunger as starving parents sneak into schools for free lunch

    Starving parents from drought;/hunger-hit areas in Kajiado County have resorted to sneaking into nearby schools for free lunch.

    It has become a trend for parents to sneak into nearby schools during lunch hour and queue with learners for a meal to tame their hunger pangs.

    Most of these parents and the elderly have been left vulnerable after losing their livestock to the drought, relying only on relief food.

    According to a publication by Daily Nation, starving parents often sit near the main gate waiting for the lunch hour.

    They usually line up calmly with the learners, some of them their grandchildren, for Githeri – a mixture of beans and maize – commonly served as lunch in learning institutions.

    Daniel Lantai, Headteacher at Ilbisil boarding Primary School in Kajiado Central says the school administration always allows parents to join the queues.

    “Each day we have parents who gamble to get lunch from the school. We understand their plight back home so we cannot push them away,” Mr. Lantai said, adding that some parents have been approaching the school directly to beg for food.

    Biting hunger as children hospitalised as eating chameleons in Molo

    Hunger crisis in Kenya forces school-going children to eat plant roots

    ard times as stranded parents plead with Ruto over high fees as schools reopen

    US donates Ksh23 Billion to help Kenyans facing hunger after Ruto’s plea

    However, he said it’s a risky balancing act considering most parents are unable to pay school fees, meaning the learning institution has been hit hard amid the drought.

    “The school management has opted to provide lunch for day scholars. We fear our food reserve will not last the whole term. Most parents are unable to pay the school fees,” he said.

    To survive, some parents scramble for bad maize and beans from where the school stores grains.

    “The unwanted grain will ensure a meal for my family in the evening. It’s not about quality food. It’s about having something to feed our children,” one parent said.

    Recent data from the National Drought Management Authority (NDMA) shows more than 400,000 families are facing starvation and that more than a million animals have died in Kajiado County.

    Also read,

    Senate initiates investigations over high electricity prices

    Ruto, Gachagua office spends KSh9 billion in seven months

    Ruto increases State House expenditure, Ksh4B more than Uhuru’s budget

    Ruto approves importation of duty-free basic goods to ease cost of living

    Follow us

    FaceBook

    Telegram 

error: Content is protected !!