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Kenya: Nairobi’s Mounting Pending Bills Signal Fiscal Crisis, Senate Index Warns
[Capital FM] Nairobi — Nairobi City County has been ranked the country’s worst-performing county in managing pending bills, with the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) warning that its growing debt burden points to weaknesses in budget execution and financial management.
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Kenya: Nairobi, Taita Taveta Among Worst Performers As Only Six Counties Meet Development Spending Target
[Capital FM] Nairobi — Only six counties met the legal threshold for development spending in the 2024/25 financial year, exposing widespread failures by devolved units to channel public funds into projects that directly improve the lives of residents, a new Senate report has revealed.
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Africa: All of Africa Today – August 7, 2026
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Kenya: Court Dismisses Sh185.5mn Grand Regency Refund Claim Against CBK
[Capital FM] Nairobi — The Court of Appeal has dismissed a Sh185.5 million refund claim against the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) by a defunct Malaysian company over the aborted sale of the Grand Regency Hotel, ending a civil dispute that has lasted nearly three decades.
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Kenya: Alarm Over Surge in Human Trafficking Syndicates Targeting Kenyan Youth
[Capital FM] Nairobi — Banissa MP Ahmed Hassan has called on the Government to urgently dismantle human trafficking syndicates preying on vulnerable Kenyan youth through fake overseas job offers warning that the vice has evolved into a sophisticated transnational criminal enterprise exposing victims to exploitation, abuse and slavery-like conditions.
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Kenya: Tharaka Nithi Nurses Resume Duty From the National Strike
[Capital FM] Nairobi — Nurses in Tharaka Nithi County will resume work on Thursday morning after their union’s county leadership directed members to return to duty in compliance with an active court order obtained by the county government, even as the nationwide nurses’ strike remains in force.
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Uganda: NRM’s Sweeping Win in LC1 Elections Proved Ugandans’ Trust in President Museveni
[Nile Post] The recently concluded Women Council and Local Council I (LC1) elections have delivered a significant message about Uganda’s political landscape. Beyond the election of grassroots leaders, the results provide insight into the views and priorities of ordinary citizens at the village level.
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Uganda: MPs Fault Delays in World Bank-Funded Electricity Project, Demand Accountability
[Nile Post] KAMPALA — Members of Parliament have criticised the slow implementation of Uganda’s $608 million World Bank-funded Electricity Access Scale-up Project, citing delayed household connections, stalled infrastructure and unpaid compensation that they say are undermining the country’s electrification drive.
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Kenya: MPs Summon Former JKUAT Officials Over Kigali Campus Land and Sh80m Loan Scandal
[Capital FM] Nairobi — Former senior officials of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) have been summoned by the National Assembly’s Public Investments Committee on Governance and Education (PIC-G&E) to explain a series of controversial transactions linked to the university’s former Kigali campus.
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Kenya: Uchumi Monitor Says New Branches Opened Without His Approval
[Capital FM] NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug. 5 – Fresh governance concerns have emerged at troubled retailer Uchumi Supermarkets after the court-appointed monitor overseeing its Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) said the company opened new branches without his knowledge or approval, even as former employees continue to pursue unpaid salary arrears and terminal benefits.