NEWS HEADLINES
1. Safaricom sim authorizes M-Pesa transactions at night, localman loses cash
2. Eric Omondi Bursts Nairobi Kanjos
3. Rita Tinina laid to rest
4. KMPDU ordered to end doctors strike by CoG led by Anne Waiguru
5. Kenya Power, KPLC, token sales increased 6.3% in January
6. Government suspends procurement, printing and production of corporate wear including any branded items and promotional merchandise such as Umbrellas Caps T-shirts bags
7. Ethics & Anti-Corruption Commission(EACC) claims Kenyans gave around Kshs 11,625 as Bribes in 2023
8. Moi University bus ferrying Kiswahili students to Mombasa overturns at Limuru. No casualties
9. Residents scramble for oil after tanker ferrying crude oil overturns at Lukenya along the Nairobi – Mombasa Highway
10. Kshs 30.5B for secondary & universities capitation released
11. GoK entities held over Kshs 220 billion in unremitted PAYE, pension, NHIF and NSSF contributions, Sacco deductions, staff loan deductions
12. The CS Transport, Kipchumba Murkomen announces new green number plates for electric vehicles and motorcycles
13. Civil servants, 0ver 59,000 of them, are set to pay triple for government-provided housing in new proposal
14. Interior Cs Kithure Kindiki says govt will acquire 4000 acres, in Pastor Paul Mackenzie’s Chakama Ranch where Shakahola massacre occurred
15. The South African Reserve Bank announced it decided to hold the interest rate at 8.25 percent
16. Togo revises constitution, extends presidential term and imposes single term limit
17. Nigerian President Bola Tinubu approves new funds for the renewed hope infrastructural development across all sectors of the country
18. Kenyan National team, Harambee stars, emerged as champions in the inaugural Four Nations Football Tournament
19. Baltimore port closure could cost $15 million per day in lost economic activity
20. Crypto world is bracing for the next “bitcoin halving,” an event that occurs every four years
21. Africa Energy Bank, which will focus investment in oil and gas projects across the continent, set to start operations later this year with an initial capital of $5 billion U.S dollars
