High level meeting between the Council of Governors and the Ministry of Health to deliberate on key issues in the Sector including implementation of UHC and Transition of UHC staff. [Courtesy, CoG X] Last week in the Senate, Nakuru Governor Susan Kihika faced a sobering interrogation on the state of her county’s financial governance. What emerged was not merely a local administrative lapse but a disturbing picture of systemic fragility within county governments across Kenya. The conversation, led by the Senate Public Accounts Committee, revealed that Nakuru County currently lacks a County Public Service Board, an Audit Committee, a Chief…
Author: By Gitile Naituli
Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale during the inauguration of the benefits package and tarrifs advisory panel at Afya House, Nairobi, on May 26, 2025. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard] When Moses Kuria, a former CS in the Kenya Kwanza government and until recently a presidential adviser, warns that the administration has embarked on an anti-Kikuyu campaign, we must pause and listen carefully. In recent weeks, we have heard reckless statements from leaders like William Kamket, Jackson Mandago, and Aden Duale, all suggesting that a certain community considers itself superior, a deliberate attempt to resuscitate the ghosts of negative ethnicity as a political…
President William Ruto during the Hustler Fund launch on November 30, 2022 in Nairobi. [File, Standard] Once again, the Kenyan government is selling hope in a glittering package with the launch of the National Youth Opportunities Towards Advancement (NYOTA) Programme. On paper, NYOTA appears to be a well-intentioned youth empowerment initiative. With promises of business support grants, on-the-job stipends, and savings incentives, the programme claims to address the economic challenges facing young Kenyans. But scratch beneath the surface, and a familiar script reveals itself. One that we’ve seen before with the so-called Hustler Fund. A political gimmick dressed as an…
President William Ruto installs the public seal of the Republic of Kenya for the conferment of City status to Eldoret Municipality at the Eldoret Sports Club in Uasin Gishu County on August 15, 2025. [PCS] In a democracy governed by the rule of law, symbols matter. They are not merely ornamental—they are vessels of sovereignty, legality, and institutional memory. Among these is the Public Seal of the Republic of Kenya, a mark of authenticity on treaties, commercial agreements, and official instruments that bind the nation in perpetuity. It is, by design and legal assignment, to be held in solemn trust by a constitutionally…