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The President said the compensation plan would also cover people who suffered extrajudicial disappearances, extending the programme to cases beyond deaths and injuries recorded during demonstrations and protests.
Kalonzo said Uhuru had made an important contribution to the political movement and had remained committed to the coalition despite relinquishing his leadership position.
The confirmation comes shortly after President William Ruto announced that 20,000 contract teachers would be given permanent and pensionable positions beginning January next year.
Uhuru reflected on the formation of Azimio, saying the coalition was established on the understanding that Kenya’s diverse political voices needed to work together to protect democracy and promote national development.
The hospitals designated to manage Ebola patients are Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, National Police Hospital, Port Reitz Hospital and The Nairobi Hospital.
Murkomen told the MPs that security agencies had made progress in containing insecurity but continued to face threats from bandits, cattle rustlers, livestock thieves and people holding illegal firearms.
Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen attributed the violence partly to marginalisation and underdevelopment, but lawmakers said communities could not wait for development while attacks, deaths and livestock losses continued.
Speaking during a briefing on Wednesday, the officers called for their full involvement in the national response, saying managing Ebola and other infectious diseases requires the participation of all health cadres, not doctors alone.
It said the utterances undermined people’s freedom to choose whom to support without threats or communal punishment and created “a real and reasonably foreseeable risk of intimidation, exclusion and harm to peaceful coexistence”.
Speaking during the formal handover of Raila’s mausoleum at Kang’o Ka Jaramogi in Bondo on Wednesday, Orengo said the NARCO process and the 10-point agenda developed during Raila’s political journey were among the issues that should be taken forward.
The State Department for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development says the challenges facing the Constituency Industrial Development Centres (CIDCs) are holding back their ability to deliver shared production facilities and equipment to small enterprises.
During the ceremony, Raila Odinga’s widow, Mama Ida Odinga, confirmed that Oburu was unwell and apologised for his absence from the event.
The road will run from Busia through Siaya, Kisumu and Homa Bay to Muhuru Bay in Migori County. The government says the project is intended to improve the movement of people, agricultural produce and goods around the Lake Victoria Basin
The development is part of broader government efforts to establish Kang’o ka Jaramogi as a national heritage site.
The Energy CS said Raila’s political relationship with Ruto was based on what he described as genuine friendship and a shared commitment to Kenya, despite the two having been on opposing sides of the political divide for years.
Sakaja used the occasion at Opoda Farm in Bondo, Siaya County, to recall the personal lessons he received from the late former Prime Minister, saying Raila’s influence on him went beyond politics and helped shape the kind of leader he became.
Wanga said Raila was deeply committed to inclusion and consistently advocated for greater representation of women, including at a time when gender equality in political institutions faced significant resistance
In a statement read by his son Jaoko Oburu during the handover of Raila Odinga’s mausoleum in Bondo, Siaya County, Oburu said the collaboration had demonstrated the benefits of political maturity and unity.
Appearing before the Departmental Committee on Administration and Internal Security, Murkomen said the security situation in the affected areas had improved, although challenges persisted, particularly in areas experiencing inter-community conflicts and livestock theft.
The seized goods include 358 laptops of various models, nine iPads and 162 assorted electronic accessories. The accessories comprised 150 Bluetooth devices, six laptop chargers and six laptop batteries.
The burial took place at about 2 pm in an isolated section of Langata Cemetery, near a water tank on the Muslim side of the cemetery. Only a small number of relatives and Ministry of Health officials were present, while security officers restricted access to the area
Speaking during the handover of Raila’s mausoleum in Bondo on Wednesday, Idah said politicians could be friends one day and opponents the next, only to reconcile later.
Health CS Aden Duale said Malaba Health Centre, the Busia border facility and Kocholia Sub-County Hospital were among the sites designated as temporary isolation centres, with the centres expected to be established within 10 to 14 days
Ida maintained that the political relationship between Ruto and Raila should therefore be viewed as having begun long before their political handshake that brought the two together after years of political confrontation
Speaking on Wednesday during the dedication and handover of the Raila Odinga Mausoleum in Bondo, Siaya County, Winnie said the memorial should bring together Kenyans across political, ethnic and community lines rather than become a platform for political rivalry
Ruto said Raila’s death on October 15, 2025, was a major loss to Kenya and Africa, describing the former Prime Minister as a courageous patriot, Pan-Africanist and statesman who devoted his life to the pursuit of freedom, justice and a better Kenya.
Oburu’s message was delivered by his nephew, Raila Odinga Junior, who spoke on behalf of the Odinga family during the handover ceremony at Kang’o Ka Jaramogi, where Raila was laid to rest alongside his father, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, Kenya’s first Vice President.
In a statement on Wednesday, the commission said the remarks made at Kiang’ondu in July 2026 “crossed from legitimate advocacy for identity and equitable development into divisive ethnic generalisation and collective blame”.
Public Health and Professional Standards Principal Secretary Mary Muthoni, who chaired a stakeholder meeting at the Ministry of Health headquarters on Wednesday, said the country remained alert, with health officers activated nationwide to ensure a timely response to any suspected case.
Kenya is estimated to have lost Sh6 trillion ($47.5 billion) through illicit financial flows over a 10-year period, placing the country fifth among sub-Saharan African states for such losses between 2013 and 2022, according to a study by Global Financial Integrity.