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After 19 years, Sh115.4 million lands at NLC for Vihiga road-take families
The Ombudsman said the State Department for Roads sent Sh115,419,689 via KeRRA to NLC on 6 May 2026 for Shamakhokho land taken in 2007 for the Kipsigak–Serem–Shamakhokho road; CAJ still wants the Roads PS prosecuted for ignoring summons.
Garissa immigration office: 16,000 passport bids, 15,800 books issued since 2025
Deputy officer Abdi Sheikh Ali said the Garissa Immigration Office, opened in February 2025, has taken more than 16,000 passport applications and issued over 15,800; SUPKEM’s Hassan Abdi said Northern Kenya waited 63 years for a local desk.
PSC warns: no government salaries outside the official payroll system
PSC chair Francis Meja told HR heads at Naivasha that the 2024/25 Values Compliance Report and a special audit found salaries paid outside payroll and anomalies in 12 state agencies, warning personal liability for HR chiefs who rubber-stamp dirty payslips.
Tribunal voids Owalo’s Gor Mahia patron job, orders Board of Trustees in 60 days
Sports Disputes Tribunal ruled Gor Mahia’s Executive Committee had no power to confirm Eliud Owalo as substantive patron — that power sits with a Board of Trustees never formed since the 2019 constitution — and ordered the board constituted within 60 days after Samuel Ochola’s challenge.
Turkana presses CRA to count refugee-hosting burden in revenue share
Turkana Deputy Governor Dr John Erus asked the Commission on Revenue Allocation to treat refugee-hosting status as a revenue-share factor for Turkana and Garissa, criticising the Shirika Plan for weak county control and citing UN Women partnership including a Kalobeyei garage.
Mombasa creatives demand a real seat in youth and creative-economy policy
Ahead of International Youth Day (12 August, theme Different Contexts, Common Aspirations), Mombasa artists and groups said government creative programmes miss Coast realities; Baraza Media Lab and Swahili Pot will table recommendations to the creative-economy ministry.
Vision 2030 about 66.1% implemented, economic pillar still lagging — Nzai
Vision 2030 Delivery Secretariat CEO Kenneth Nzai said overall implementation is about 66.1%, with political pillar ~88%, foundations ~61.6%, social ~59%, while the economic pillar never hit sustained 10% GDP growth; SGR, Expressway and LAPSSET cited as proof of change.
KURA DG Silas Kinoti sued over X account; manager claims Sh5.2m unpaid
At Milimani Commercial Court, KURA DG Silas Kinoti seeks surrender of his X credentials while social media manager Eugene Mokua counterclaims Sh5.2 million for nine months of services; Kinoti says he paid an agreed Sh3m fee.
Kenya and Qatar deepen trade, labour and green investment ties in Doha talks
PS Korir Sing’Oei and Qatar’s MFA Secretary-General agreed annual political consultations, faster review of the 2012 labour pact, Qatari investment pitches including a ~Sh25.9bn Green Investment Fund invite, and talks on meat-export restrictions.