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Here is what you need to know to get up to speed with today’s happenings.

Kakamega Investment Conference

Today marks day three of the ongoing Kakamega County International Investment Conference.

The four-day forum, which started on Tuesday, markets Kakamega County to local and international investors attending the events.

Kakamega Governor Fernandes Barasa has already signed a handful of Memorandum of Understanding (MOUs) with various investors.

The event at the Masinde Muliro University is themed ‘Opening up Counties as the New Frontiers for Investment and Development’.

Yesterday, President William Ruto and top government officials attended the conference. US ambassador to Kenya Meg Whitman was also in attendance.

Today Azimio leader Raila Odinga is expected to grace the Kakamega County International Investment Conference while Prime Cabinet Secretary and Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs Musalia Mudavadi is expected to close the forum on Friday.

All Africa Games

Today marks the final day of the rugby sevens tournament at the 13th All Africa Games ongoing in Ghana.

Kenya Morans will today play three back-to-back games with the first one starting at 12:44 pm against Tunisia.

Morans will then battle it out with hosts Ghana from 3:28 pm before completing their fixtures with a mouth-watering tie against East African neighbours Uganda at 6:56 pm.

The tournament will be played in a round-robin format after which the nation with the highest points will be declared the continental champions.

A team is expected to earn three points for every win they record while a bonus point will be on offer for any country that loses a game by a margin of seven points or less.

Finally, teams that suffer a defeat with eight points or more will not receive any point

There must also be a winner in every game, with drawn matches expected to go to the golden point extra time.

Doctors strike

It remains to be seen if doctors in Nairobi County will today join their counterparts across the country for the planned industrial action.

Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja yesterday gave striking doctors a 12-hour ultimatum to resume work Thursday morning in an offer he said will end in the replacement of those who will ignore the directive.

Speaking at the City Hall on Wednesday, Sakaja said the Nairobi County government had already commenced the process of absorbing intern doctors and as such, the doctors’ strike is unwarranted.

“I’m addressing not just the union, I’m addressing the individual doctors in Nairobi who have an individual term of service with the county government that we have hired you to offer a service to our people everything you have requested for has been given. No issue with your employer needs a strike, go back to work,” Sakaja said.

The governor said the absence of any doctor at their workstation upon expiry of the ultimatum will be considered absconding of duty.

“If you don’t go back to work, that will be deemed a disciplinary issue. We will just take it as absconding duty,” he said.

Sakaja spoke after holding a meeting with the leadership of the Kenya Medical Practitioners Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU).

Doctors started a nationwide strike on March 14, 2024, accusing both the National and County governments of failing to implement a raft of promises contained in the 2017 collective bargaining agreement signed following a historic 100-day strike.