Maudhui House

It is all systems go for the Council of Governors (CoG) to hold the seventh annual devolution conference between November 23 and 26 in Makueni County. The conference, which was first scheduled to go on from May 3 to 7 and expected to attract at least 5,000 delegates, including the President and his Deputy, was postponed to between August 23 and 26, following President...

Safaricom has signed up half-a-million traders who are transacting Kes773 billion every month on the telco's improved M-PESA platform. Fillings by Vodacom at the US Securities Exchange shows inclusion of applications and Pochi La Biashara has grown use by traders across seven markets. Vodacom launched M-PESA Africa joint venture with Safaricom to accelerate growth of the service across the continent 18...

Kenya is in a race with time to start vaccine production in Nairobi's Embakasi area by Easter holiday, next year, after establishing a new company to carry out the business. Speaking during the 58th Mashujaa day celebrations in Kirinyaga County, President Uhuru Kenyatta said the fill-and-finish entity will be known as the Kenya Biovax Limited. “The Ministry of health should operationalize...

President Uhuru Kenyatta has hinted at the possibility of lifting the dusk to dawn nationwide curfew that was first imposed last year as a measure to curb the spread of Covid-19. While addressing the public in Karatina, Nyeri County, on Monday, Mr Kenyatta appeared bowing to pressure from the crowd, who persistently asked him to lift the curb saying that it has made their...

Nairobi County is still at the top of the COVID-19 vaccination table, leading with 14.2 per cent of its population fully vaccinated while 31.7 per cent of the population having received the first jab. Kiambu comes second, followed by Nakuru and Nyeri counties with a high population having received the first jab respectively, while Nyeri and Kiambu come second and third respectively, having fully...