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President William Ruto has signed into law the Privatisation Bill, 2023 after being passed by the National Assembly in September. The bill, sponsored by Majority Leader Kimani Ichung’wah, entails a revised regulatory framework for the privatisation of public entities aiming to improve the efficiency and competitiveness of Kenya’s productive resources. "It is intended to remove the bureaucratic processes in the privatization of non-strategic or loss-making government entities," reads a report from the National Assembly.    

Families with houses built on contested East African Portland Company (EAPCC) land are counting losses after the government moved in to demolish residences in line with a directive issued by President William Ruto. The Head of State had earlier raised concerns that the wealthy families residing on the land had grabbed the parcels from large tracts of land earmarked for the cement company. An alert over the alleged grabbing was first raised by Tourism Cabinet Secretary Alfred Mutua, then the […]

Quincy Zuma Wambitta Timberlake, a former Kenyan presidential candidate, has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of his three-year-old son, Sinclair, at his Kallangur home north of Brisbane, Australia. Timberlake, who was scheduled to face trial in the Brisbane Supreme Court this week, stunned the court by entering a guilty plea to the lesser charge of manslaughter on Tuesday. The prosecution accepted this plea and subsequently withdrew the murder charge, and the judge-only trial was cancelled. Initially, the story had sent […]

On Wednesday 16th Aug, Uasin Gishu senator Jackson Mandago was arrested in Eldoret over controversial Finland and Canada education programme scandal. He was arraigned at the Nakuru high court alongside two others. The Nakuru court has deferred has plea-taking for the suspects following reports that a fourth suspect fled the country.The trio has been released on ksh 2 million bond or an alternative ksh 500,000 cash bail. #whatspoppin #iconradio #yourno1entertainmentplug