Audio By VocalizeThe recent audit by the Public Service Commission (PSC) into recruitment practices at the Office of the Attorney General has sparked an important national conversation. …
… The authority maintained that the project is being implemented under approved governance frameworks, with oversight from the board, the National Treasury, the Ministry of Roads and Transport, and the Office of the Attorney General.authority emphasized that, due to its complex eng …
… ng the inheritances of orphans, and to ensure that property left behind after a bereavement is not lost to opportunists, forgotten in drawers, or consumed by delay.However, she said the institution has for decades operated as a department within the Office of the Attorney General …
… On May 29, Committee Chairperson Nelson Koech told a visiting British Parliamentary delegation that the June 10 session would bring together officials from the Office of the Attorney General, the Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs, the Ministry of Defence and the British Hi …
… He informed the committee that a Legal Sector Working Group bringing together key institutions, including Parliament, the Office of the Attorney General, the National Treasury, the Controller of Budget and the Kenya Law Reform Commission, had been established to develop a more st …
… Stakeholders who appeared before the committee included representatives from the State Department for Internal Security and National Administration, the Ministry of Defence, the Office of the Attorney General, the State Department for Trade, Investment and Industry, and the State …
… Photo: @DCI_Kenya/X Audio By Vocalize Three men suspected of siphoning more than Ksh.5 million in a fraud syndicate under the Office of the Attorney General, the Department of Justice, and the Public Trustee Administration, Estates Accounts, have been arrested. …
… Frustrated by the partial compliance, Ms E.M. sought assistance from the Office of the Attorney General, but her efforts did not yield a resolution, prompting her to escalate the matter to the Ombudsman. …
… In the suit, the Sports Registrar, the Office of the Attorney General, and the 254 Motorsports Club were listed as interested parties.The respondents’ win turned on a precise preliminary objection challenging KMSF’s legal standing. …
An audit by the Public Service Commission into recruitment practices at the Office of the Attorney General found concerns including individuals appointed without applying and unqualified candidates being shortlisted. The opinion piece argues that meritocracy—appointments based on competence, qualifications, and integrity rather than patronage or other unrelated considerations—is fundamental to effective institutions and governance.
Why it matters
PSC audit findings on merit-based recruitment failures in the Attorney General's office trigger debate on institutional integrity and civil service standards.
An audit by the Public Service Commission into recruitment practices at the Office of the Attorney General found concerns including individuals appointed without applying and unqualified candidates being shortlisted. The opinion piece argues that meritocracy—appointments based on competence, qualifications, and integrity rather than patronage or other unrelated considerations—is fundamental to effective institutions and governance.
Kenya Ports Authority has defended the Sh8.344 billion Port of Mombasa road infrastructure project, stating that the contract for the 1.8 kilometre project was competitively awarded to the lowest bidder and is 52 per cent complete with no cost variation. The project includes construction of a road, bridge, retention wall, drainage systems, and transfer of power line, water pipeline and ICT cables.
Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (KETRACO) has disclosed a public-private partnership proposal to develop five high-voltage electricity transmission lines at a cost of between Sh50 billion and Sh65 billion, with a consortium of three firms having submitted proposals for the projects.
The government has created a taskforce to improve access to estates of deceased relatives and reduce delays in succession processes. The taskforce has four months to audit the Public Trustee Department, streamline administration of estates and trusts, clear case backlogs, and recommend legal and institutional reforms.
The family of Agnes Wanjiru, whose 2012 murder has been linked to British soldiers in BATUK, was reportedly denied access to a closed-door Parliamentary session on June 10, 2026, where the National Assembly's Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations deliberated on findings from its inquiry into the military unit's conduct. The family received no formal explanation for the denial.
The National Assembly Departmental Committee on Regional Development has raised concerns over the legality, funding mechanisms, and constitutional basis of county bursaries after 34 county governments signed Intergovernmental Partnership Agreements with the Ministry of Education to support bursary and scholarship programmes.
A Parliamentary committee has raised concerns that the Strategic Goods Control Bill, 2026 could create a costly and overly bureaucratic system that may slow down trade instead of improving it. The Bill seeks to regulate the trade, transfer, import, export and transit of strategic goods, sensitive technologies and dual-use items that could pose security risks.
Three suspects were arrested after using forged documents and fraudulent account details to steal more than Ksh.5 million from the Public Trustee Administration under the Office of the Attorney General. Four additional suspects were discovered during the investigation, and the case has been handed to the Director of Public Prosecutions for approval of charges including conspiracy to commit forgery, stealing, and acquisition of proceeds of crime.
The Commission on Administrative Justice has intervened to correct errors in a marriage certificate after the Registrar of Marriages partially complied with a complainant's request to update occupation and residence details and update corresponding eCitizen records. The complainant exhausted the Attorney General's office before escalating to the Ombudsman, which launched an inquiry and issued a Notice to Show Cause due to the Registrar's lack of cooperation.
Kenya's High Court on April 30, 2026 struck out an appeal by the Kenya Motor Sports Federation without hearing its merits, after ruling that KMSF lacked legal standing. Carl Tundo, Erick G. Bengi and Sangita S. Gohil won the case, with costs awarded in their favour.