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The handshake The Head of State said his handshake with Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party leader Raila Odinga had calmed the country and ensured that people live together in unity. Unlike his earlier tour of Westlands Constituency last week, where an angry president asked his Deputy President William Ruto to quit government, a reconciliatory tone underpinned his speeches in Soweto, Kayole, and Dandora yesterday. The new Soweto and Ushirika Level 2 hospitals are part of 24 similar facilitie...

THE STANDARD BUSINESS NEWS The National Youth Service commuter bus has suspended its operations after facing a cash crunch. It has emerged that the programme dubbed Okoa Abiria, which was a directive by President Uhuru Kenyatta, did not have a budgetary allocation to finance its operations. Public Service Principal Secretary Mary Kimonye has told the Public Accounts Committee chaired by Ugunja MP Opiyo Wandayi that the service has since been stopped as the Sh20 charged per trip could not susta...

NMS has so far constructed walkways and cycle lanes on Kenyatta Avenue, Wabera Street and Muindi Mbingu Street as part of the ongoing upgrading of cit

Businessmen Minting Millions from Stolen Car Parts in Nairobi A vehicle that was discovered after thugs removed some of its parts DCI The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Wednesday, February 17, nabbed carjackers who have allegedly been stripping car parts from taxis in Kiambu and re-selling in Nairobi. The criminals are alleged to have been using taxi-hailing application to lure and commandeer vehicles after posing as customers. The vehicle parts are said to fetch very good mone...

THE STANDARD By Josphat Thiongó | February 17th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300 The second slum upgrading project that will construct 440km road network to cover 11 Nairobi slums kicked-off in Kiberas Sarangombe ward, Maranatha area. [Jonah Onyango, Standard] Roads in Nairobis informal settlements will soon have walkways and cycle lanes, Kenya Urban Roads Authority (Kura) has announced. The authority says walkways and cycle lanes are an essential part of the ongoing construction of 408km of acces...

Others are Edward Maina Nyakieni, Simon Randa Otieno, Moses Awino Madana and Peter Odhiambo Akuma alias chairman with Akuma’s supporters attending the court session in solidarity. The suspects were arrested at different locations including Dandora, Mathare and Industrial Area in operations conducted by Kenya Power and security officials to stamp out illegal power connections. They are believed to be heading cartels that are responsible for illegal connections in the respective city estates. T...

Last updated 1 month ago | By Sponsored Content Vihiga County Referral Hospital Staff, County Health representatives and the Mozzart team pose for a Dummy Cheque representing the donations worth Sh3 million [Courtesy] Leading gaming company Mozzart on Friday 12 February donated medical equipment worth Ksh 3 Million to the Vihiga County Referral Hospital.    The donated equipment included hospital beds, bed side lockers, maternity delivery beds, patient monitors, oxygen concentrators, oxygen f...

Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) has set in motion plans to replace human garbage sweepers in the central business district (CBD). This follows the introduction of high-tech mechanical sweepers by the Major General Mohamed Badi-led administration to clean the CBD. The deployment of the three new state-of-the-art mechanical sweepers is aimed at reducing over-reliance on labour-intensive human sweepers. The addition of the three new sweepers brings to six the total number of mechanical sweeper...

Africa Podcast Festival to bring together podcasters from across the continent By RFI © #AfricaPodcastFestival Touted as the first podcast event to bring together Africans from across the continent and the world, the Africa Podcast Festival gets underway in Kenya on Friday. The gathering will connect thousands to the world of podcasts and show them how to get into the popular medium, organisers say. This years theme is: “Were proud to be here!” which encapsulates the energy and interest i...

THE STANDARD By Editorial | February 10th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300 Waste disposal is a challenge that cuts across all urban centres in Kenya. Despite the advent of devolution, which took services closer to the people, not a single county government has managed to overcome the challenge of garbage disposal in urban areas. Where could the problem be? A common feature in our urban centres is uncollected mounds of garbage within estates and market centres. Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru, Nai...