The ministry of health has ordered the  immediate closure of all meat and butchery sections located in retail outlets after 15% of samples  collected from a section of supermarkets were found to contain excessive levels of preservatives and unfit for human consumption.
Health Cabinet Secretary Sicily Kariuki issued the directive hours as Machakos county Governor Dr. Alfred Mutua confirmed that samples of meat taken from supermarkets in the county had tested positive.

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The country could be headed to a third constitutional  referendum after the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission- IEBC approved  1.2 Million signatures  seeking to amend the constitution through the popular  Punguza Mizigo initiative.
In a statement sent to media houses Thursday afternoon, IEBC chairman Wafula Chebukati confirmed the decision saying  the initiative fronted by the Thirdway Alliance Party has met the constitutional threshold.
According to the constitution IEBC will now submit the Punguza Mizigo constitution amendment bill 2019 to the 47 counties for approval where it is required to garner the support  of at least 24 county assemblies.

The turf wars  pitting the two chambers of parliament  boiled over after the senate filed a  suit at the high  court seeking the nullification  of 24  bills  passed by the National Assembly. 
The senators have  accused the national assembly of overstepping its mandate and violating the constitution even as they published their own version of the  disputed division of revenue bill.

They say necessity is the mother of all innovations, and one young man has literally put that into perspective by developing a home security system without any form of electronic training.
20 year old Kelvin Kanyingi Mwaniki from Nyandarua county has developed an automatic door security device that can remotely close and open doors, using radio and calculator spare parts.

Former television news anchor Esther Arunga Timberlake is today a free woman. 
This is after an Australian court sentenced her to ten months probation for lying over the death of her three year-old son in 2014, but immediately released her on parole.
And Joy Kiruki Juma reports Arunga has now been rejoined with her two juvenile daughters who had had been placed under the care of a social welfare officer.