Victoria Rubadiri

Apr 14, 2024 | citizen.digital | Victoria Rubadiri

Day 32 of the ongoing doctors’ strike was laden with threats of lawsuits and ultimatums, with both the government and medics maintaining their hardline stances. On Sunday, the Ministry of Health gave intern doctors 14 days to return to their duty stations, as announced by Medical Services Principal Secretary Harry Kimtai. However, the Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists, and Dentists Union (KMPDU) dug their heels further into the ground on the matter.

Mar 14, 2024 | citizen.digital | Victoria Rubadiri

It was the verdict that came down like a hammer -- a death sentence, marking the culmination of the country’s most-watched murder trial to date. Joseph Irungu alias Jowie’s sentence drudged up the debate on the place of the death penalty in Kenya. This was the moment Kenyans were reacquainted with the very heavy penalty of a death sentence rendered on live television.

Feb 20, 2024 | citizen.digital | Victoria Rubadiri

File image of Kenyatta University, which has the highest debt of pending bills at Ksh.11.7 billion. Public universities continue to sink deeperin debt with their pending bills rising to Ksh.62 billion, according to thelatest National Government Budget Implementation Review Report. Thereport, for the first six months of the financial year 2023/24, showed some 42institutions of higher learning have been buckling under the growing debt thatwent up from Ksh.60 billion last September.

Jan 11, 2024 | citizen.digital | Victoria Rubadiri

Kenyans will have to brace forhigher National Social Security Fund (NSSF) deductions starting next month. Beginning February, NSSF will hive off between Ksh.420 and Ksh.1,740 fromworkers’ pay-slips. A document seen by Citizen TV detailing the new rates indicates that the lowerearnings limit or the amount that is considered the lowest pensionable salaryhas been raised to Ksh.7,000 up from the current Ksh.6,000. This category of employeeswill now contribute Ksh.420 from the current Ksh.360.

Dec 6, 2023 | citizen.digital | Victoria Rubadiri

A Bill that, among other things, seeks toestablish and better define the role of Chief Administrative Secretaries (CASs),has gone through its first reading in Parliament. TheNational Government Administration Laws (Amendment) Bill which seeks to makevarious amendments to four Acts is viewed as a route to revive the CAS position that wasdeclared unconstitutional by the High Court in July this year.