Medical Services Principal Secretary Dr. Ouma Oluga has called for increased investment in Kenya’s family planning programme, urging the Parliamentary Committee on Health to prioritise resource allocation to safeguard access, equity, and long-term sustainability. Speaking at a high-level stakeholder meeting on family planning commodity financing advocacy, held in Mombasa, Dr. Oluga highlighted the critical funding gap that threatens the effectiveness of the programme. He stated that approximately Ksh. 3.2 billion (USD 25 million) is required annually for the procurement, warehousing, and distribution of family planning commodities across the country. He underscored that family planning is a proven high-impact investment. A 2018 cost-benefit analysis showed that every one shilling invested in family planning saves the country up to four shillings in healthcare, education, and social service costs.
Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale yesterday appeared before the Senate Committee on Delegated Legislation, chaired by Tharaka Nithi Senator Mwenda Gataya, to present and clarify the Social Health Insurance (SHI) (Amendment) Regulations—Legal Notice No. 55 of 2025—and the SHI (Tariffs for Healthcare Services) Regulations—Legal Notice No. 56 of 2025. The session provided a platform to deepen understanding and alignment on the implementation of Kenya’s ongoing health sector reforms under the Social Health Authority (SHA). In his briefing, the CS highlighted key partnerships driving the reform agenda.
Kenya and Uganda continue to demonstrate unwavering commitment to strengthening the long-standing diplomatic and economic relations between the two nations. In a fruitful and insightful engagement, Agriculture Principal Secretary Paul Ronoh met with Uganda’s Minister for Trade, Industry, and Cooperatives, David Bahati. The meeting focused on promoting agricultural development, tackling critical challenges in the sector particularly in the tea industry and exploring joint strategies to enhance trade, reform auction models, and increase farmers’ earnings.
With a shared resolve for structured cooperation, both countries are working to reinforce the agricultural value chain and foster sustainable economic growth.
The State Department for Irrigation has been engaged in tree planting acvities for the last two days at Kona Baridi, Kajiado County, as part of the National Government’s efforts to grow 15 billion trees by 2032. The efforts were led by the Director, Climate Resilience for Food and Water Security, Thande Githae, who emphasized the importance of restoring degraded ecosystems to conserve the environment. The director noted that the State Department for irrigation heavily relied on water to fulfil its mandate and was thus in the forefront of the tree growing campaign. He added that the State Department and its agencies have targeted to grow 11,000 trees at Kona Baridi before the end of the rainy season.
A joint team of law enforcement officers drawn from Mbeere South based detectives and Kenya Wildlife Service officers has arrested three wildlife traffickers and recovered six elephant tusks. The traffickers, Michael Kariuki Kithaka, 44, Morris Kariuki Njuki, 45, and Margaret Syombua Mutua, 46, were intercepted at the Siakago-Kiritiri Junction transporting the elephant tusks weighing 48 kilograms in two gunny bags, a blatant violation of wildlife protection laws. The trio were presented before the Siakago Law Courts where they were charged with dealing in and possessing wildlife trophies of an endangered species without a permit where they were remanded until June 11, 2025, pending a pre-bail report, as authorities continue with their investigations.
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