Mercy Mwai

2 days ago | peopledaily.digital | Mercy Mwai

| Lawmakers were forced to prematurely adjourn House sittings due to a lack of quorum as most members kept away from Parliament following the countrywide Generation Z protests. On June 25, 2025, sittings adjourned early, despite the lawmakers commencing late, after the intervention of session speakers who ordered quorum bells to be rung for some time to enable members to make their way into the chamber.

2 days ago | peopledaily.digital | Mercy Mwai

| Media houses, lawyers, lobby groups and human rights defenders yesterday protested the order by the government to ban live broadcasts of Gen Z protests. In separate statements sent to newsrooms, the groups termed the order which led to a number of media houses being shut down as retrogressive and unconstitutional. K24, NTV and KTN were among those that were shut down.

3 days ago | peopledaily.digital | Mercy Mwai

| Lawmakers are investigating the dumping of toxic nuclear materials in northeastern counties following revelations that 2,417 people have tested positive for cancer. The Environment, Forestry and Mining Committee will focus on Wajir, Garissa and Marsabit counties after Garissa Governor Nathif Jama testified about rising cancer rates over the past three years.

3 days ago | peopledaily.digital | Mercy Mwai

| Close to 10,000 students who were placed in 31 private universities by the Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) under the government-sponsored programme were forced to either defer or drop out of school after the government failed to remit about Ksh48.8 billion to the institutions. Documents tabled before MPs show that out of the 10,000 students, 2,105 learners dropped out of school and 7,087 deferred their programmes because of a lack of schools.

4 days ago | peopledaily.digital | Mercy Mwai

| The Administration and National Security committee is expected to meet with top security chiefs ahead of the planned June 25 Gen Z protests. Committee chairperson and Narok West MP Gabriel Tongoyo disclosed that they have summoned the security agencies to appear before them on June 24, 2025, to give details of how far they are prepared for the protests to avoid a repeat of June 2024 events, where youths invaded Parliament.