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Over 400 Students Arrested Over School Unrest

Education Principal Secretary John Ololtuaa informed lawmakers that four hundred and sixty-two learners had been taken into custody and presented in court by mid-June over disturbances recorded in the second school term.

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Samia Suluhu Launches Tanzania's Vision 2050

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has officially launched the implementation, monitoring and acceleration tools designed to turn the National Development Vision 2050 into practical results.

Politics & Policy

MCAs Press Oparanya to Drop Ambition for D.P Role

A short time after senior figures backing President William Ruto’s bid for a second term urged Cooperatives Minister Wycliffe Oparanya and the Orange Democratic Movement to abandon any pursuit of the deputy president slot in the next general election, several ward representatives in Kakamega County have intensified the call.

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NTSA Arrests Pedestrians Ignoring Footbridge

The National Transport and Safety Authority has stepped up enforcement against pedestrians who continue to ignore the Pipeline Transami Footbridge in favour of crossing at undesignated points.

Health

Omtatah,Doctors Challenge Two Percent Health Levy in Court

A group of petitioners including consultant surgeon Dr Magare Gikenyi and Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah has filed a constitutional case in the High Court in Vihiga seeking to stop a controversial two per cent deduction from payments made by the Social Health Authority to healthcare providers.