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1 day ago | nation.africa | Sam Kiplagat

A tribunal has frozen a housing project in Lang’ata initiated by President William Ruto under the affordable housing programme over accusations it was being undertaken without environmental and social impact assessments. National Environment tribunal temporarily stopped the construction of the 17-storey apartment blocks, which would comprise of 15,950 housing units, pending the determination of a petition filed by Busia senator Okiya Omtatah.

1 day ago | nation.africa | Philip Muyanga

A judge suffered a setback after the Court of Appeal set aside a judgement by the Environment and Land Court (ELC) which had declared him the owner of three parcels of land in Takaungu, Kilifi County. Appellate judges Gatembu Kairu, Pauline Nyamweya, and Kibaya Laibuta ruled that the ELC erred in concluding that Justice Charles Chemutut had established his case to the required standard.

1 day ago | nation.africa | Sam Kiplagat

What you need to know:According to the A-G, the committee was established as a matter of urgency to address critical governance, financial, and performance issues in the health sector. “The committee addresses urgent and sensitive issues affecting the management and oversight of health institutions and public resources. Halting the process midstream would obstruct critical institutional reforms and risk loss of public funds or deterioration of service delivery,” the A-G submitted.

2 days ago | nation.africa | Brian Ocharo

The son of slain Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) acting Kilifi County Manager, Aisha Akinyi Abubakar Senge, has told the court how he pleaded with her killers to spare their lives during a harrowing night-time attack. Mr Kassim Hassan, testifying before Mombasa High Court Judge Wendy Micheni, recounted how he begged the assailants to take everything they wanted, but his pleas were in vain. “I told the attackers to steal whatever they wanted and leave us alone.

2 days ago | nation.africa | Leon Lidigu

As we walk into one of Nairobi’s largest government-run maternity hospitals, we find a neonatal nurse seated under a tree, her eyes vacant, her posture heavy with despair. She stares into space, as if willing herself to disappear. Moments later, we learn why. She has just lost a newborn baby, a life she had fought for, tirelessly, for hours to save. “Did you know neonatal nurses are considered the lowest cadre in the healthcare profession?” she begins, her voice barely above a whisper.