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๐”๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ž๐ซ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐€๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐€๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐‡๐„๐‹๐ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐›๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ.The Ministry of Education has urged patience reg...
02/09/2026

๐”๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ž๐ซ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐€๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐€๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐‡๐„๐‹๐ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐›๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ.

The Ministry of Education has urged patience regarding delayed Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) disbursements, which are currently being processed. Partial rollouts have started for certain groups like batch 7046, and universities must admit all first-year students during this transition.

Meanwhile, Parliament is reviewing the Tertiary Education, Placement and Funding Bill of 2026 to overhaul academic financing. The law will replace HELB with the Tertiary Education Funding Authority (TEFA) to provide full state tuition and upkeep coverage for government-placed students.

๐Š๐ž๐ง๐ฒ๐š๐ง ๐’๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ง๐๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐’๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐…๐š๐œ๐ž ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐…๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ƒ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ.Kenyan public secondary schools face potential operationa...
01/09/2026

๐Š๐ž๐ง๐ฒ๐š๐ง ๐’๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ง๐๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐’๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐…๐š๐œ๐ž ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐…๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ƒ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ.

Kenyan public secondary schools face potential operational disruptions due to severe funding shortages following the reopening of institutions for the third term. The Kenya Secondary Schools Heads Association reports a deficit of Ksh.6,103 per student, noting that actual cash reaching school accounts is reduced by ministry retentions for centralized expenses.

This funding shortfall persists despite the Ministry of Education's disbursement of Ksh18.5 billion for basic education institutions. Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba has urged administrators to manage the allocated resources prudently while refraining from imposing unapproved financial levies on parents.

๐’๐‡๐€ ๐„๐ฑ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐‡๐Œ๐ˆ๐’ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ƒ๐ž๐š๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ.The Social Health Authority has extended the deadline for healthcar...
01/09/2026

๐’๐‡๐€ ๐„๐ฑ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐‡๐Œ๐ˆ๐’ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ƒ๐ž๐š๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ.

The Social Health Authority has extended the deadline for healthcare providers to comply with mandatory Health Management Information System (HMIS) requirements to September 30, 2026. This extension grants facilities additional time to configure their systems and complete the necessary DHA-certified integration with the national Health Information Exchange.

Compliance entails meeting rigorous technical, interoperability, and data security standards to enable the secure electronic processing of claims. SHA CEO Mercy Mwangangi stated that "providers who fail to meet these requirements will not be eligible for contracting, contract renewal, or continued participation in SHA-funded schemes during the 2026/28 contracting cycle.

๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐š๐ง๐ค ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ˆ๐…๐‚ ๐‹๐š๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ก ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ก๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Š๐ž๐ง๐ฒ๐š'๐ฌ ๐‡๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ ๐…๐ฎ๐ง๐.The World Bank and the International F...
01/09/2026

๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐š๐ง๐ค ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ˆ๐…๐‚ ๐‹๐š๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ก ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ก๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Š๐ž๐ง๐ฒ๐š'๐ฌ ๐‡๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ ๐…๐ฎ๐ง๐.

The World Bank and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) have initiated an impact assessment of Kenya's Hustler Fund to evaluate borrower utilization and savings patterns, with a final report expected by late 2026.

This evaluation builds on prior commitments by the financial institution to support the micro-credit program, which has reportedly engaged approximately 28 million citizens and prompted Phased credit allocation credit-rating system ranging from A1 to C3, with A representing the highest category, based on their borrowing and repayment behaviour.

๐‘๐ฎ๐ญ๐จ ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐š๐ง ๐Ž๐ฃ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐  ๐š๐ฌ ๐ˆ๐๐Ž๐€ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ข๐ซ; ๐’๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‹๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐จ๐ข๐ฃ๐จ๐ง๐ข ๐‰๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐“๐’๐‚.President William Ruto has appointed Dr. Dun...
01/09/2026

๐‘๐ฎ๐ญ๐จ ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐š๐ง ๐Ž๐ฃ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐  ๐š๐ฌ ๐ˆ๐๐Ž๐€ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ข๐ซ; ๐’๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‹๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐จ๐ข๐ฃ๐จ๐ง๐ข ๐‰๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐“๐’๐‚.

President William Ruto has appointed Dr. Duncan Oburu Ojwang as the new Chairperson of the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) for a six-year term. According to a Gazette Notice issued on August 31, 2026, Dr. Ojwang will now lead the civilian body responsible for supervising the National Police Service.

The Head of State also named Wilson Sossion and Antonina Lentoijoni as commissioners for the Teachers Service Commission (TSC). Their six-year appointments comply with the legal directives found in Section 8(10) of the Teachers Service Commission Act and Article 250(2) of the Constitution.

๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐…๐š๐ค๐ž ๐“๐’๐‚ ๐‰๐จ๐› ๐’๐œ๐š๐ฆ ๐€๐ก๐ž๐š๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐„๐ฑ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.A murder suspect arrested in Uganda for the ...
01/09/2026

๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐…๐š๐ค๐ž ๐“๐’๐‚ ๐‰๐จ๐› ๐’๐œ๐š๐ฆ ๐€๐ก๐ž๐š๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐„๐ฑ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.

A murder suspect arrested in Uganda for the killing of Dr. Victoria Mutiso ran a fake TSC job scam that conned teachers out of up to Ksh275,000. He falsely posed as a personal assistant to Molo MP Kuria Kimani to gain trust while operating from KICC offices.

MP Kimani denied these claims, stating the suspect only coordinated media interviews, and urged the DCI to prosecute the fraud.

Meanwhile, Uganda is extraditing two Kenyan suspects back to Nairobi within three days to face murder charges. This follows political tension after former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua claimed that top security officials previously helped the suspects flee across the border.

๐‡๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š ๐Š๐ž๐ง๐ฒ๐š ๐”๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐Ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ,๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐ˆ๐ƒ๐ฌ, ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐‚๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ƒ๐‹๐ฌ.Huduma Kenya has urged ci...
29/08/2026

๐‡๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š ๐Š๐ž๐ง๐ฒ๐š ๐”๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐Ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ,๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐ˆ๐ƒ๐ฌ, ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐‚๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ƒ๐‹๐ฌ.

Huduma Kenya has urged citizens to collect over 300,000 processed government documents currently remaining at its service stations, following public concerns regarding retrieval delays.

The uncollected records include 173,811 national identity cards, 39,063 birth certificates, and 95,538 smart driving licenses, which are critical for accessing daily essentials such as banking, healthcare, and employment.

To help clear the backlog, the agency extended the operational hours of 21 strategic service centers nationwide to run from 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM. Applicants are encouraged to verify their status and retrieve their documents at their original registration sites or reach out via the toll-free line 1919 for support.

๐”๐’ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐”๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐†๐ฅ๐จ๐›๐š๐ฅ ๐‡๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ง ๐€๐ข๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ฅ.The Chairman of the United States Conference of Catholic Bis...
29/08/2026

๐”๐’ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐”๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐†๐ฅ๐จ๐›๐š๐ฅ ๐‡๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ง ๐€๐ข๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ฅ.

The Chairman of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCBโ€™s) Committee on International Justice and Peace Bishop A. Elias Zaidan has officially called on the international community to escalate humanitarian aid and support long-term reconstruction efforts for vulnerable populations in Nepal following a severe crisis.

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is actively monitoring the situation and coordinating with local aid agencies, such as Caritas Nepal, while partnering with the U.S. government to deliver targeted relief.

๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐”๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐…๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ƒ๐จ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐€๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐‡๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ข๐๐ฌ.The State Department of Housing has uncov...
29/08/2026

๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐”๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐…๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ƒ๐จ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐€๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐‡๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ข๐๐ฌ.

The State Department of Housing has uncovered fraudulent document submissions by contractors during bidding for Affordable Housing Programme projects, leading to referrals to investigative agencies.

Appearing before a parliamentary committee on Friday, August 28, led by MP Joseph Tonui, Housing Principal Secretary Charles Hinga explained that unprecedented market conditions, underqualified winning bidders, and electronic procurement system glitches have caused significant project delays.

Authorities are actively addressing the issues and maintain that the housing initiative remains viable. The committee has demanded comprehensive audits and corrective action plans for all stalled sites, while the programme has completed over 277,000 units and registered more than one million citizens for homeownership via the Boma Yangu platform.

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