Marurui residents today benefited from a health campaign organized by a local NGO. The what if campaign was giving free mosquito nets for pr, water bags and free screening for diabetes, TB and hypertension.  A total of 1600 water bags were given to the residents while 265 young mothers benefited from mosquito nets.

After the long wait that was characterized by speculation and anticipation president Kenyatta’s announcement of the second list of nominees to his cabinet has now set the ball rolling and focuses has now been shifted to the house committee on appointments. Pursuant to standing order number 45 of the national assembly, the Justin Muturi led committee on receipt of the proposed names of cabinet secretary shall vet them a process that will commence by hearing of public inputs. But even before this process starts, Kenyatta’s nominee to the cabinet yesterday received criticism both negative and positive in equal measure.

Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero held talks with among many sectors, the ministry of transport and World Bank to discuss on ways of decongesting Nairobi roads and fast track road projects that are already underway. The meetings are set to be held every month where strategies will be put in place on how to best use the 260 million dollars portfolio for the Nairobi road improvement.  Among the projects set to expedite are the northern, eastern and southern bypass and the Eastleigh road. In the plan is also the proposed double deck road in Uhuru highway

President Uhuru Kenyatta has on Thursday unveiled an additional list of 12 nominees totaling to 16 the number of proposed cabinet secretaries who will be vetted by parliament before their approval. The president exuded confidence that the men and women nominated are the best out of their scrutiny and will no doubt deliver the government’s policies as well as the jubilee agenda to the people of Kenya. Uhuru said they are still working on other names which will be unveiled soon.

Former Water Minister Charity Ngilu and Former Tourism Minister Najib Balala, have been nominated as cabinet secretaries in the jubilee government. The two who were among the principals of the jubilee coalition before the election, will be in the Ministies Lands, Housing and Urban Development and mining respectively if they are approved by the parliament. Deputy President William Ruto had on Wednesday invented a different feeling, saying that there will be no politicians in their government. The naming of the two is therefore a surprise.

Boeing 787 dream liners airplanes are back in business after being banned from flying for more than a year due to battery failure. The lithium batteries had failed on several occasions posing danger of the plane catching fire. The company now says they identified the problem and have come up with a better battery that has already been approved as suitable to fly the plane.

The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization’s (CTBTO) radionuclide network has made a significant detection of radioactive noble gases that could be attributed to the nuclear test announced by the democratic people’s republic of Korea on 12 February 2013. In south Sudan close to 300 Sudan People Liberation Army (SPLA) soldiers were beneficiaries of a training program which focused on the prevention, care and support for patients afflicted with HIV as an ongoing awareness campaign in the country. Elsewhere, election results for the recent Ivory Coast elections continue to trickle in with indications that independent candidate may be taking the day with the two main political parties that participated losing more seats to them.

Medical practitioners under the umbrella of Kenya Medical Association have expressed concerns over the nomination of James Wainaina Macharia as the cabinet secretary in the health docket. Machari whose academic and professional experience is purely in finance is one of the four cabinet secretary nominees named on Tuesday by president Uhuru in consultation with his Deputy William Ruto.

As land and housing prices in nairobi reach for the sky, property developers in the metropolis are recording renewed sales strength in the country. Such is thika green golf city which has being in operation for atleast 4 years now with the plan of turning a  1,706 acre piece of land into a world class city.

Beginning the 20th of this month the world has been marking the immunization week. The world health organization estimates that 22 million infants are not fully immunized with routine vaccines, and more than 1.5 million children under 5 die from diseases that could be prevented by existing vaccines. Immunization is one of the most successful and cost-effective health interventions and prevents between 2 and 3 million deaths every year.