1. Daily Nation
Al-Shabaab terrorists had in 2012 plotted to harm former president Mwai Kibaki and the then prime minister Raila Odinga.
According to the publication, one of the terrorists frequently visited Nyeri to identify the president's routine between June and October 2012, according to Kenya's submissions to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in February on the Indian Ocean boundary case with Somalia.
Militia from Al-Hijra, a local network of al-Shabaab, also spied on the Opposition lead.
The documents revealed the al-Shabab terrorist attack and plots were foiled by Kenyan authorities. One of the annexes supporting the application requesting the court to authorise Kenya to file new documentation and evidence is headlined 'Plot against the State, President, Prime Minister and Parliament'.
According to the Monitoring Group's report on Somalia and Eritrea under the United Nations Security Council resolution in 2013, al-Shabaab aspirations to violently overthrow the Kenyan state predated the Kenya Defence Forces official incursion into Somalia in 2011.
2. The Standard
The public will not be allowed to attend the burial of former US president Barack Obama's grandmother.
County commissioner Michael Ole Tialal said only close family members and a few guests approved by the family would be allowed in.
This is in line with COVID-19 containment measures by the Ministry of Health. This came as her family denied that she died of coronavirus related complications.
Sarah died on Monday, March 29, at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital.
3. People Daily
It has emerged that Kenyans are hoarding about 20,000 oxygen cylinders occasioning an acute shortage of oxygen needed by hundreds of COVID-19 patients.
Marian Mwangi, the chief executive officer, BOC Gases Kenya, the principal manufacturer of oxygen cylinders in the country, revealed that the missing cylinders are either in the hands of individuals or health facilities.
She said that ordinarily, the company gets back at least 1,000 oxygen cylinders every day for refilling, but the number has recently dropped significantly.
4. The Star
Machakos governor Alfred Mutua has announced a 50% waiver on transport tax rates and waved land rates and penalties for 45 days.
The governor said the waiver would end on May 15.
“We have introduced a waiver of interest and penalties of land rates for a period of 45 days up to May 15, 2021, so Machakos residents will not be paying anything during that time,” Mutua said at a press conference.
Additionally, Boda Boda riders will not be paying taxes or fees for the entire year.
5. Taifa Leo
Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has admitted that the dangerous COVID-19 strain discovered in England and South Africa has also been discovered in the country.
The country has been hit by a third wave of the disease, necessitating the government to take drastic measures to combat it.