This has been a cold week indeed, but we’re glad you have stayed with us through it all. The top three stories will warm your Friday after yesterday’s Budget reading. For starters, teaching jobs are soon going to be up for grabs as Moneyman CS Henry Rotich granted TSC cash to hire teachers. Nice move Rotich!
Then things are brewing quickly with Nandi’s governor gone rogue. The media captured images of Governor Sang uprooting tea bushes at Kibwari Tea Estate with a power saw, in the name of reclaiming grabbed land. But many would read politics in Sang’s move as the tea estate is said to be owned by one his political rivals.
Finally, coach Migne Sebastian is optimistic that for Harambee Stars, the sky is the limit. The team has been in Paris for training, and Kenyans waiting for results.
The Teachers’ Service Commission has been allocated more money to recruit 5,000 teachers. While this is a major boost to the sector which is faced with an acute shortage of teachers, will this end the education crisis?
Find out here… http://opr.news/3cb4b024605a6b25_ke
Nandi Governor Stephen Sang caught many Kenyans by surprise a few days ago when he invaded private land, saying this is the beginning of reclaiming parcels of land that had been grabbed. The question that would come to mind is; why did he start with the land owned by his bitter rival?
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The culmination of a three-week training camp in Maccroise on the outskirts of Paris will be tomorrow night’s match pitting Kenya’s Harambee Stars and Congo DR in Madrid. Will Migne and team shine as the Stars’ return to the African Cup of Nations for the first time since 2004?
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Away from the budget, #justiceforfatumagedi has been stealing the show after Wajir Woman Representative Fatuma Gedi was assaulted by Wajir East MP Rashid Kassim. This has opened a can of worms on the extent of the vice in Kenya.
Before you join the protest, please spare some thought for the boy child too. They are also a threatened species in Gender Based Violence Stats! Interact with key statistics and reactions here.. >> http://news-af.op-mobile.opera.com/news/detail/2ad291d3ecb9c021635c5d9a73082a61_ke?from=share&pct=39.72&client=news