- NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 10 – The High Court has declined to lift conservatory orders against the Finance Act, 2023 issued on June 30 in a suit filed by Busia senator Okiya Omtatah and Human Rights Groups In a ruling delivered Monday Justice Mugure Thande directed the file to be sent to the Chief…
- KILIFI, Kenya, Jul 10 – The government has unearthed forty more mass graves as phase 4 of the Shakahola cult exhumations resumed on Monday. According to Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki, 339 lives have been lost so far. “We will do everything positive to make sure another Shakahola…
- ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, Jul 10 – Parties to the Sudan conflict have been asked to declare an unconditional ceasefire. President William Ruto said Sudan Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces must also agree to establish a humanitarian zone. He said the move will stop the loss of lives, ease…
- KISII, Kenya, Jul 10 – Twenty-seven men were Monday charged at the Kisii law courts for conducting unlawful protests during the Saba saba protests. The accused persons appeared before senior principal Magistrate Caroline Ocharo were charged with that on July 7 they Conducted unlawful protests…
- NAIROBI, Kenya Jul 9- The Kenya Transporters Association has threatened legal action against companies yet to comply with the minimum wage laws for heavy commercial vehicle drivers. In a statement, the association chairman Newton Wang’oo said those paying below the minimum wage is not only a…
- NAIROBI, Kenya Jul 9 – The NGO Council of Kenya is calling on the Azimio La Umoja-One Kenya Coalition leadership to suspend a protest rally planned for Wednesday and give dialogue a chance. In a statement, Council Chairman Stephen Cheboi expressed regret that the Raila Odinga-led coalition had…
- NAIROBI, Kenya July 9 – A Catholic priest from Ruai Parish has died in Murang’a after a night out with his girlfriend, police have confirmed. The priest identified as Joseph Kariuki Wanjiku, 43, from St Peter’s Catholic Church in Ruai Parish collapsed and died on Saturday morning while with his…
- The community-focused program, aimed at extending accessible healthcare services to underserved populations, successfully reached over 5000 individuals, delivering essential medical services, education, and other healthcare support.
- NAIROBI, Kenya, July 9-Rulling party United Democratic Alliance (UDA) has intensified its registration exercise targeting 15 million members by 2027. On Sunday, the party’s Secretary General Cleophas Malala led officials in Garissa for a registration exercise to net more members. “Our focus is 15…
- NAIROBI, Kenya July 9 – Anglican Church of Kenya Provost at the All Saints’ Cathedral Reverend Sammy Wainaina has bid farewell to the church after serving for 13 years. During the installation of his successor Reverend Cannon Evans Omollo, Wainaina thanked the Church for according him the support…
- NAIROBI, Kenya Jul 9 – Reverend Canon Evans Omollo has been installed as the 14th Provost of All Saints Cathedral, Nairobi. Anglican Church of Kenya Archbishop Jackson Ole Sapit, presided over the ceremony on Sunday. “I Evans Omollo, being newly instituted, inducted, and appointed, do hereby…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, July 9 – More than 50 Kenyan students awarded full Chinese scholarships are preparing to travel in September to begin their studies in various universities. The students are spending this week touring various China-Kenya cooperation projects so as to help them understand and…
- NAIROBI, Kenya Jul 9 – Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has called for the immediate dismissal of any national government administration officer found drinking while on duty. Speaking to Tumutumu, the DP tasked the area County commissioners with the responsibility of foreseeing the arrest of an…
- This week the government lifted the logging ban, allowing for the harvesting of some trees in our forests. Away from the heated debates, this development has triggered a question in my mind- just how valuable is a tree? Well, trees indeed have multiple values, but my mind has been focusing on a…
- KYIV, Ukraine July 9 – President Volodymyr Zelensky hailed “brave” Ukraine on the 500th day of Russia’s invasion on Saturday, as the war’s toll mounted with eight deaths reported in Russian rocket fire. Zelensky published on social media an undated video clip of a visit to Snake Island in the Black…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 8 – Water and Sanitation Principal Secretary Kipronoh Ronoh Friday launched the Non-Revenue Water (NRW) Management Standards to be applicable in all the Water Service Providers across the country. The history of NRW in Ministry dates back in 2009 when the unit was officially…
- ZANZIBAR, Tanzania July 8 – India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met with President of Zanzibar Hussein Ali Mwinyi his week and also witnessed the signing of the agreement on setting up of IIT Madras campus in Zanzibar. Jaishankar is on a four-day official visit to Tanzania, where he is…
- ISLAMABAD, Pakistan July 8 – Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday expressed the hope that the $3 billion short-term bailout for the country would be given final approval by the International Monetary Fund board when it meets on July 12 and vowed to fulfil all commitments made to the…
- India has said it cannot be compelled to participate in “illegal” proceedings at the Permanent Court of Arbitration over the Kishenganga and Ratle hydropower projects in Kashmir after The Hague-based tribunal ruled that it has the “competence” to consider the dispute between New Delhi and Islamabad…
- BEIJING, China July 8 – China on Friday commemorated the 86th anniversary of the beginning of China’s whole-nation resistance war against Japanese aggression. On July 7, 1937, Japanese soldiers attacked Chinese forces at the Lugou Bridge in Beijing. The incident is recognized as the start of Japan’…
- NAIROBI, Kenya July 8 – One person succumbed to injuries at a hospital in Kisumu Saturday, raising the number of deaths from Friday’s Saba Saba protests to two. Seven others remained hospitalised at the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Hospital, all with gunshot injuries, medics said. The protests also held…
- MATHIRA, Kenya July 8 – Deputy president Rigathi Gachagua has told off Azimio leader Raila Odinga in his new bid to topple President William Ruto using 10 million signatures from Kenyans. Gachagua said Odinga is just “daydreaming” because he has failed to accept the reality that he lost the…
- NAIROBI, Kenya July 8 – Police unleashed teargas on activists who had gone to Central Police Station in Nairobi Saturday to secure the release of people arrested in Friday’s demonstrations. The group was led by former Chief Justice Willy Mutunga, and activist Boniface Mwangi among others. “Police…
- NAIROBI, Kenya Jul 8 – President William Ruto has urged African leaders and Parliaments to champion the continent’s development agenda. Speaking on Friday when he addressed a joint session of the Congolese Parliament in Brazzaville, President Ruto said Africa has the resources and opportunities…
- KISII, Kenya July 8 – Three-year-old Baby Sagini whose eyes were gouged out persevered through the pain and continues to persevere into the unexpected darkness he finds himself in. These were the words of Kisii Magistrate Christine Ogweno in a 105-page judgment while convicting three accused…
- NAIROBI, Kenya Jul 8 – Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu says recommendations made in the Presidential Party Report on Education Reform appointed in September last year will help re-invigorate improvement of the education sector. The CS noted that the clustering of students joining…
- NAIROBI, Kenya Jul 8 – The Cabinet has approved the Anti-Money Laundering and Combating of Terrorism Financing Laws (Amendment) Bill 2023 in new measures to combat illicit money. In a statement, State House Spokesperson Hussein Mohamed said that the amendment will boost the government’s efforts to…
- NAIROBI, Kenya July 8 – At least one person was shot dead and several injured during Saba Saba protests in Kenya Friday as Opposition leader Raila Odinga re-ignited demonstrations against the high cost of living. The man whose age was not immediatey established was shot in lakeside city of Kisumu…
- NAIROBI, Kenya July 7 – Kenyan police fired tear gas on opposition leader Raila Odinga’s convoy on Friday as rights groups condemned “arbitrary arrests” during anti-government protests over a cost-of-living crisis and a raft of controversial tax hikes. Tear gas was fired on Odinga’s motorcade after…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 7-Azimio leader Raila Odinga has announced more protests on Wednesday next week following what he described a “successful mission from the Friday rally. Odinga said he was happy that his supporters were brave enough to march to the Nairobi Central Business District from…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 7 – Azimio La Umoja One Kenya leader Raila Odinga has alleged that his vehicle was hit with a live bullet during anti-government protests in Nairobi. Odinga told journalists during a briefing at the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Foundation (JOOF) where he retreated after being…
- Koskei said, given climate, which has adversely affected agricultural production in the country, the future of Kenya's development lies in the blue economy.
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 7 – African leaders are looking to inspire a new generation of innovators who can increase Africa’s competitiveness in globally hot technology fields such as artificial intelligence, biotechnology and health sciences. The leaders, convened by the African Union and AfroChampions…
- Nairobi National Park (NNP), situated a few miles from the bustling city of Nairobi, is a remarkable wildlife sanctuary teeming with diverse species, including majestic lions. This unique juxtaposition of a thriving cityscape and a natural habitat offers visitors a rare opportunity to witness wild…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 7 – Kenyan police fired tear gas on opposition leader Raila Odinga’s convoy on Friday as people joined anti-government protests in several cities over a harsh cost-of-living crisis and a raft of controversial tax hikes. Tear gas was fired on Odinga’s motorcade after he addressed…
- Odinga who has refused to acknowledge Ruto's presidency despite the Supreme Court dismissing his challenge in September 2022 asked his supporters to "directly exercise power" terming President Ruto's mandate as "illegal".
- NAIROBI, Kenya Jul 7 – Opposition leader Raila Odinga has kicked off the collection of 10 million signatures, saying Kenyans are tired after the Finance Bill was approved leading to the skyrocketing commodity prices. Odinga said he s determined to ensure power gets back to the people through…
- KISII, Kenya, Jul 7 – Police officers in Kisii were overwhelmed to disperse a hundreds of protestors who staged demos at different joints in Kisii town protesting high cost of leaving. Violent protestors spilled on the streets and stood stand still as they remained unbowed to the Teargas canisters…
- NAIROBI, Kenya Jul 7 – Police were out in force on Friday as Kenyans took to the streets in answer to an opposition call to demonstrate over a raft of controversial tax hikes. Tear gas was fired to break up protests in the Indian Ocean port city of Mombasa, television images showed, as people…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 7 – A man who stole Sh780 has been jailed after being convicted of robbery with violence. According to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP), Boniface Maingi was found guilty of “forcefully violently robbing the complainant of a mobile phone, assorted clothes…
- KISUMU, Kenya July 7 – Hundreds of demonstrators were dispersed by police in Kisumu on Friday in protests replicated in Nairobi, Kisii, Mombasa and other towns. The group that included boda boda riders kicked off the march in Kondele through Jomo Kenyatta Highway. They passed three police…
- KISUMU, Kenya, Jul 7 – Police in Kisumu have dispersed Saba Saba protesters ending the walk that kicked off at Kondele through Jomo Kenyatta Highway. The hundreds of protestors passed three police roadblocks without any confrontation with the police. Armed police officers were stationed at Patel’s…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 7 – Police on Friday lobbed teargas within the Nairobi Central Business District (CBD) to disperse Saba Saba protestors. Police had only issued a permit for the Azimio La Umoja One Kenya coalition to hold a rally at the Kamukunji grounds. According to Nairobi Police Chief…
- PS Omollo expressed government’s commitment to deepening its collaboration with the Private Security Industry in law enforcement and management of crime.
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 6 – Three people working at a Kenyan food manufacturer have been arrested following the alleged forcible stripping of female employees to check who was on their period, local media report. In a statement on its website Brown’s Food Company said it was “saddened” and that the…
- SC CEO Nancy Macharia said the recruitment will build on the momentum set by President William Ruto's administration under the 2022/23 Financial Year.
- COMOROS, Jul 6 – President William Ruto has asked African countries to work together to confront their challenges. He said the continent’s leadership must step forward and champion for economic sovereignty. The President observed that it is time for Africa to adopt local solutions to tackle its…
- NAIROBI, Kenya Jul 7 – Critical operations within devolved units will remain in limbo as the standoff between Members of County Assemblies (MCAs) and Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) over remuneration review lingers. This is after SRC opposed the proposal by MCAs to increase their…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 6 – Kenya is facing a 79 percent climate change financing gap amidst increasing global warming effects that are causing havoc in developing countries. The African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS) Climate Change Programme lead, Dr. Joel Oyango stated that the situation is…