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
A Kenyan government employee who disappeared four months ago has been freed by the Al-Shabaab in Somalia under unusual circumstances, according to multiple security and community reports. The officer, identified as Hussein Abdirahman, the Head of Wajir Huduma Centre and also referred to as “D.O/ACC Hussein,” was released in Buale after being held incognito by