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Kenyan County Officials Spent Sh16.2 Billion on Travel, Triggering Budget Concerns

An official report reveals Kenyan governors and MCAs spent more than Sh16.2 billion on domestic and international travel in the last financial year, prompting warnings about wasteful spending and calls for stricter oversight.

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Sep 20, 2025

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City Hall Sets Schedule for Inspection and Stamping of Traders’ Weighing Equipment

Nairobi County has published an inspection schedule for traders’ weighing and measuring instruments, mandating that equipment be presented at designated centres or on-site for heavy devices, with sub-county dates set from August to November to ensure compliance with weights and measures laws.

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Sep 19, 2025

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Audit Reveals Counties Spend Billions on Travel While Projects Stall

A new audit of county budgets shows that Nairobi, Machakos, Kitui and other counties have spent hundreds of millions of shillings on domestic and foreign travel while development projects stall, raising questions about priorities.

SOStreamline Official

Sep 18, 2025

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Ruto Advisor Criticised for Suggesting Ban on Tuk-Tuks and Boda Bodas

A social media post by Presidential Advisor Makau Mutua calling tuk-tuks and boda bodas ‘pathetic’ and urging their removal from Nairobi sparked backlash from Kenyans, who say the vehicles are crucial to livelihoods and the bottom-up agenda.

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Sep 18, 2025

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Kenyan Manufacturers Lead Push for U.S. Congress to Extend AGOA as Deadline Looms

Kenyan apparel exporter Pankaj Bedi joined other African manufacturers in Washington to urge U.S. lawmakers to extend the duty-free AGOA programme, warning that its expiry would raise tariffs from 10 percent to 43 percent and jeopardise thousands of Kenyan jobs.

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Sep 17, 2025

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MPs Question Secretive Sale of East Africa Portland Cement Shares to Kalahari

Kenyan lawmakers criticised a proposed sale of nearly a third of East Africa Portland Cement’s shares to Kalahari Cement, arguing that the secretive transaction lacks transparency and threatens jobs and public investment.

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Sep 17, 2025

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EPRA Unveils Fuel Price Review With Nairobi Paying KSh 184 for Petrol

Kenya’s energy regulator has slightly lowered fuel prices for the period 15 September to 14 October 2025, setting Nairobi’s petrol price at KSh 184.52 per litre and noting that transport costs drive wide differences between towns

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Sep 15, 2025

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Social Health Authority Opens Over 500 Permanent Jobs Across Kenya

Kenya’s Social Health Authority is recruiting over 500 permanent staff across compliance, benefits management, finance, ICT, legal and other departments as it ramps up implementation of universal health coverage; applications close on October 3, 2025.

SOStreamline Official

Sep 15, 2025

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Kenya Power’s Maintenance to Leave Parts of Five Counties in Darkness

Kenya Power has warned residents of Kericho, West Pokot, Murang’a, Nyeri and Kiambu counties to expect power cuts on September 15, 2025 as engineers perform routine maintenance on electricity lines and equipment.

SOStreamline Official

Sep 15, 2025

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Tourism Minister Defends Sharp Increase in National Park Fees to Fund Conservation

Tourism CS Rebecca Miano says raising national park fees—tripling costs for Kenyans and imposing an $80 charge for foreigners—is essential to close a KSh 12 billion conservation funding gap, though critics fear the hikes will deter domestic tourism.

SOStreamline Official

Sep 11, 2025

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US Trucking Giant Denies Recruiting Kenyan Drivers Despite Labour MoU

Werner Enterprises says it has no plans to hire Kenyan truck drivers, responding to rumours sparked by a labour mobility agreement between Nairobi and Nebraska aimed at creating legal work opportunities for Kenyans in the United States.

SOStreamline Official

Sep 11, 2025

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Kenya Reopens Talks with IMF to Secure New Loan Programme amid Debt Pressures

Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi says Kenya will reopen talks with the IMF on a new financing programme after its previous US $3.6 billion deal lapsed; analysts note Kenya may need to repay debts and implement reforms before securing fresh funds.

SOStreamline Official

Sep 11, 2025

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