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KPC’s “Successful” IPO: What the State-Firm Coercion Story Reveals About Public Fund Risk
Uganda’s last-minute intervention — buying roughly 20 percent of KPC in exchange for board seats and a veto over the CEO’s hiring and firing — further underscores how far the deal drifted from its original design once the market signalled it did not want in at the offered terms.

Health Interns’ Strike Threat Exposes Kenya’s Broken Promise Machine on Salaries
The Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) now says full payment is expected by September 2.

Reasons why you must #BoycottQueensGardenHotel in Eldoret: The owner is threatening to forcefully evict those who won’t vote for his choice
The hotel is situated in Eldoret. The owner is a nominated MP called Ngeria

Convicted Dutch Paedophile Back Under Investigation — This Time for What He Did to Kenyan Children
A pattern spanning three decades and two countries Vriens, now 74, was first convicted in the Netherlands in the early 1990s for abusing six children and served part of a three-year sentence.

New Police Uniforms Unveiling Deeply Muddied in Procurement Scandal
If NPS wants this controversy to actually die rather than simply go quiet, the remedy is straightforward: publish the tender advertisement, the technical evaluation scores for Bedi Investments and Rivatex East Africa, the professional opinion of the procurement committee, and the signed contract with Bedi Investments, including value and delivery timelines.

Government Silent as Supermarket Shelves Run Low on Milk, Pushing Up Prices
Brookside, Tuzo and KCC have gone missing from some shelves entirely, and consumers online have reported a single 500ml packet climbing in price several times within one week.
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