Workers want 22per cent pay increase

Cotu Secretary General Mr Francis Atwoli. He has demanded a pay increase for Kenyan workers and the improvement of the NHIF. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP  

In Summary

• Earlier this month, President Kenyatta promised to push for salary increments for private sector workers.
• The President skipped last year’s Labour Day celebrations, having announced a 12 per cent minimum wage raise for workers in 2015.
• Mr Francis Atwoli argued that Kenyan workers had a right to better pay and to negotiate with their employers.

No need for referendum on Nasa positions, argue deal craftsmen

Nasa principals, from left, Musalia Mudavadi, Raila Odinga, Isaac Ruto, Kalonzo Musyoka and Moses Wetang'ula at Bomas of Kenya on April 20, 2017. PHOTO | JEFF ANGOTE | NATION MEDIA GROUP 

In Summary

• The government warns that Kenyans might be forced to spend billions of shillings on constitutional amendments should Nasa, it it wins the next elections, go ahead with plans to create a new office of Premier Cabinet Secretary and two deputising functions.
• President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto have rubbished Nasa’s power sharing agreement, arguing that it creates non-existent positions.
• On Sunday, Ruto claimed that Mr Odinga should not be trusted by his colleagues to establish the positions as he is only guided by selfish interest.

Young women, girls targeted in new HIV prevention method

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EAC summit postponed over Kenya’s elections

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JPM defends anti-evil crusade

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• Declares his God-fearing spirit
• Church leaders promise sustained prayers

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