1. Telkom Operators Deactivating Idle SIM Cards First

Mobile Communications service providers are deliberately delaying the process of disconnecting unregistered SIM cards to give room for users to register

According insiders requesting anonymity say the operators have started with a cleanup exercise to terminate inactive unregistered SIM numbers resulting in the numbers so far declared as switched off.

2. Ballot Papers Will be Ready For Poll - IEBC

Ballot papers and materials required in the March 4 General Election will be ready before the poll, the electoral commission boss has said. Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission chairman Issack Hassan told the Nation last Friday that the UK firm hired to print ballot papers had properly sub-contracted two other companies.

3. Joseph Waiganjo, Fake Policeman, Charged

Joshua Waiganjo is said to have sacked and recruited police officers in Rift Valley province during this time. He denied two counts of impersonating a police office, one of illegal possession of police uniforms and one of robbery with violence. He was reportedly uncovered after flying on a police helicopter to investigate a massacre of officers.

4. Nurses Defy Order To End Strike

Nurses in government hospitals on Sunday defied a court order to resume duty. The court had withdrawn their industrial action rights granted last week and ordered them to resume work. They have, however, continued with their strike over better pay and registration of their union.

5. KES 1.5 Billions Set Aside for ID Kits Withdrawn

The Treasury has withdrawn Sh1.5 billion from the Immigration ministry which was meant to buy new identity card processing machines after the tendering process failed.