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County governments and other quasi-government agencies face tens of billions in unremitted pension contributions — with county arrears alone cited around Sh50 billion — as governors demand arrests over a crisis that steals workers’ retirement in slow motion.
Petitioners are pushing a fresh legal battle for a forensic audit of Kenya’s public debt stock associated with the Uhuru and Ruto eras — about Sh9.6 trillion in the framing of the case — and want officials held personally liable for alleged unlawful borrowing.
The National Cohesion and Integration Commission is investigating a complaint against Health CS Aden Duale over alleged inflammatory remarks that critics say risk fuelling ethnic tension — a cohesion test for a Cabinet that must speak carefully toward 2027.
Kenya has moved to quell speculation over British Army Training Unit Kenya operations, saying the defence pact with the UK remains intact after reports that a major training exercise was cancelled when Nairobi declined to ratify a new deal.
A court has ordered the immediate return of Gatoto School to the Mukuru community and summoned DIG Lagat over alleged defiance of earlier orders — a land-and-learning clash where children’s classrooms became a test of state obedience to judicial power.
President Ruto has unveiled a Sh2 billion NextGen programme aimed at equipping 100,000 youth with job skills, starting with 30,000 in private-sector internships, entrepreneurship training and financial literacy — a scale promise that must survive payroll reality.
The National Gender and Equality Commission has welcomed the conviction of former Migori Governor Okoth Obado in the Sharon Otieno murder case, saying it shows no one is above the law and underscoring the devastation of gender-based violence.
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