Makueni County Government has projected to collect Sh1.24 billion in own source revenue during the 2023/2024 financial year, Governor Mutula Kilonzo Jnr has said. Governor Mutula disclosed that to date the county government has collected Sh887.4 million and added that they will hit the target through their own source revenue in the remaining period. The…
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Kenya news TotalEnergies announces 4th edition of “Startupper of the Year” Challenge
Following the success of the first three editions, TotalEnergies is now holding another Startupper of the Year Challenge. For this 2024/2025 edition of the Challenge, TotalEnergies will support and reward young Kenyan entrepreneurs aged 18 to 35 who have a business creation project or a startup under three years old, in any business sector. A…
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Kenya news Mandera County to propose Ksh 100M project for next fiscal year
The National Assembly’s Budget and Appropriation Committee, led by Ndindi Nyoro, Member of Parliament for Kiharu Constituency, recently conducted public engagement sessions in Mandera County to discuss the revenue and expenditure estimates for the financial year 2024/2025. One significant outcome of these discussions is that Mandera County has been allowed to propose a project worth…
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Kenya news State express confidence on passing of the cooperatives bill this year – Kenya News Agency
The government has expressed confidence that the Cooperatives Bill which is meant to streamline the industry will be passed into law this year after key contentious issues were agreed on. State Department for Cooperatives Principal Secretary (PS) Patrick Kilemi said that they held a meeting with the Council of Governors (CoG) and they agreed on…
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News Naval Academy plebes scale greased 21-foot Herndon Monument to end first year
First-year students at the U.S. Naval Academy are taking part in the annual Herndon Monument Climb on Wednesday, a ritual that marks the end of their plebe year and some say foreshadows career success. Members of the Class of 2027 will work together to scale the 21-foot obelisk covered in vegetable shortening to replace a…
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News Commanders’ Jayden Daniels and Giants’ Malik Nabers call off Rookie of the Year wager
A $10,000 wager between Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels and New York Giants wide receiver Malik Nabers over the NFL’s Rookie of the Year was short-lived. The former LSU teammates decided to call off the bet. “We were uneducated on the gambling policy in the NFL,” Daniels said after the first practice of the Commanders’…
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Kenya news Vihiga County planted 860,000 trees this year – Kenya News Agency
Vihiga County has planted 860,000 trees out of its target of 23 million in a span of ten years in a bid to mitigate the effects of climate change. Speaking during the National Tree Planting Exercise in Kibiri Forest in Hamisi Sub County within Vihiga County, Principal Secretary State Department for Forestry, Gitonga Mugambi, asked…
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News Cornell University president’s retirement sparks speculation amid tumultuous year
Ithaca, New York-based Cornell University’s president, Martha E. Pollack, announced on Thursday that she will retire on June 30, as the campus grapples with anti-Israel protests, much like schools across the nation. Cornell University Board of Trustees Kraig H. Kayser said in a prepared statement that Provost Michael I. Kotlikoff will step in as interim…
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News Music Midtown, popular Atlanta music festival, canceled this year
A music festival that draws tens of thousands of people to Atlanta’s Piedmont Park will not take place this year. MUSIC MIDTOWN FESTIVAL CANCELED IN ATLANTA REPORTEDLY DUE TO GEORGIA STATE GUN LAWS Posts Wednesday on the Instagram page and website of Music Midtown, a longtime fixture for pop music lovers, says the festival is…
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News Victor Wembanyama gets emotional as NBA Rookie of the Year winners congratulate him in surprise fashion
Victor Wembanyama, the San Antonio Spurs‘ No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft, is this year’s Rookie of the Year after a stellar debut season in the Association. Wembanyama enters an elite club of Rookie of the Year winners who have developed into legends of the game, some of whom are still in…
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