17th February 2023 Finger on the Pulse

  • 17 Feb 2023
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  • 〜 by Mercy Kamau
  • President William Ruto attended the 42nd African Union (AU) ordinary session of the Executive Council in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
  • The African Union, AU, appointed former President Uhuru Kenyatta to head its 90-member election observation mission in Nigeria.
  • Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja pledged to start a free sanitary pad drive. He lauded UDA nominated Senator Gloria Orwoba for walking to the Senate chambers in “blood-stained” clothes on Tuesday.
  • Kiambu Governor Kimani Wamatangi was sued for allegedly appointing five county executives that were rejected by the county assembly during vetting.
  • The Employment and Labour Court has given the green light for the appointment of Chief Administrative Secretaries (CAS), dismissing a petition filed by the Law Society of Kenya (LSK).
  • Court banned the appointment  of ex- Kiambu Governor Waititu to Nairobi Rivers Commission or other public office after LSK challenged his nomination