Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja has ordered an immediate probe into a security breach that occurred during a National Youth Opportunities Towards Advancement (NYOTA) funds event in Wajir County attended by President William Ruto. Ruto briefly paused his speech in Wajir County after an unidentified man breached security and ran toward the podium while
President William Ruto concluded the national roll-out of NYOTA’s Business Start-Up Capital component by disbursing Ksh 63 million to 2,520 beneficiaries in Wajir County. In a statement, Ruto said a total of 121,800 beneficiaries across the country have received a grant of Ksh 2.5 billion in the first phase of the programme to start or
Wajir County Governor Ahmed Abdulahi has come under fire from Democracy for the Citizens Party (DCP) leader Rigathi Gachagua for what he describes as acknowledging that the northern counties differ from the rest of the counties in terms of development. On Thursday, February 5, 2026, Gachagua took to social media to accuse the county of