- Diaspora Affairs Principal Secretary (PS) Roselyn Njogu has disclosed the underlying reason behind the widespread circulation of social media reports concerning Kenyan workers allegedly being stranded and mistreated in Gulf States in the last few years.
- A man jumped into the lawmakers' area of India's parliament, shouted slogans, and set off a smoke can on Wednesday, in a major security breach on the 22nd anniversary of a deadly attack on the complex.
- The United States Supreme Court said Wednesday it will consider whether to restrict access to a widely used abortion drug — even in states where the procedure is still allowed.
- Police in Thika, Kiambu County are probing a murder incident after mutilated bodies of three family members were found dumped near their home village of Maguguni in Ngoliba Ward, Thika East Constituency.
- The government of Canada has issued a travel advisory cautioning its citizens to "exercise a high degree of caution" should they find themselves travelling to Kenya during the upcoming festive season.
- Detectives drawn from the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) have confiscated illicit liquor estimated to be worth Ksh. 3.25 million at Kimama Market in Kajiado County.
- The Unclaimed Financial Assets Authority (UFAA) is holding unclaimed financial assets amounting to Ksh. 60 billion, with the majority of Kenyans unaware of their eligibility for the benefits.
- A majority of Kenyans do not support President William Ruto’s recent move to declare Kenya a “Visa-free” country, an online poll by Citizen Digital revealed on Wednesday.
- The Center for Multiparty Democracy (CMD) is advocating for a comprehensive and transparent plan to disseminate the national dialogue report, compiled by the National Dialogue Committee (NADCO).
- Criminal matter against embattled Controller of Budget Margaret Nyakango has been stopped after trial Magistrate Alex Ithuku at the Mombasa law court was told that there is a High Court order issued stopping her prosecution.
- "Bobi Wine: The People's President", a documentary which features the life of Uganda's National Unity Platform (NUP) party leader Robert Kyagulanyi has clinched the top award at the 39th International Documentary Association's (IDA) Awards.
- What then does it mean to make Kenya a visa-free state to the world? A visa-free travel to a country is the ability to visit a country without having to obtain a visa with your passport.
- What then does it mean to make Kenya a visa-free state to the world? A visa-free travel to a country is the ability to visit a country without having to obtain a visa with your passport.
- Eighty-four per cent of Kenyans consider the country’s current economic condition worse than last year's, a report released by the research firm TIFA on Wednesday showed.
- As Kenya celebrated the 60th Jamhuri Day celebrations on Tuesday undertones of a sorry state of East African Community affairs also gained dominance if the absence of the neighbouring presidents was anything to go by.
- Ministry of Interior and Local Administration boss Kithure Kindiki was voted the best-performing cabinet secretary, scoring 65 percent, just four months after topping yet another survey by TIFA.
- Mbeere North Member of Parliament Geoffrey Ruku has opined that all legislators elected into office after Kenya gained her independence in 1963 owe Kenyans an apology.
- Political Analyst Javas Bigambo has expressed reservations about President William Ruto conferring State honours to Cabinet Secretaries and top government officials.
- Nyeri Governor Mutahi Kahiga has elucidated that he did not demand the removal of Energy Cabinet Secretary Davis Chirchir following nationwide power outages.
- One person was shot dead while three others are nursing serious gunshot injuries at Nakuru Level 5 Hospital after a police officer from the Nakuru central police station refused to pay a bill of Ksh.16,000 at a local joint.
- New South Wales police said the unnamed 39-year-old was single-handedly responsible for scam texts that have been plaguing mobile phone users across the country.
- Cabinet Secretary for Roads and Transport Kipchumba Murkomen has attributed the recent challenges at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) to a combination of infrastructure neglect by the previous administration and deliberate sabotage.
- The advertising images for a line of jackets, posted earlier this month to Zara’s official social media channels, featured rubble, ripped plaster and mannequins wrapped in plastic. One picture showed a model holding a mannequin shrouded in white, which social media users said was reminiscent of a…
- When warming temperatures hit certain high-altitude ice masses, it sets off a surprising reaction that blows robust cold winds down the slopes, according to the study published December 4 in the journal Nature Geoscience.
- A woman who threw a bowl of hot food in the face of a Chipotle worker has been sentenced to a month in jail — and two months working a fast food job.
- British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's contentious emergency legislation to allow asylum seekers to be sent to Rwanda passed its first parliamentary hurdle on Tuesday.
- Bloody diarrhea, jaundice, acute hepatitis and respiratory infections. These are just some of the diseases spreading in the Gaza Strip, where the World Health Organization (WHO) says the health system is “on its knees and collapsing.”
- Twenty-three Pakistani soldiers were killed Tuesday when a six-man suicide squad attempted to drive a truck full of explosives into a military camp in Pakistan’s northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), according to the army.
- Since the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel, the Gulf state of Qatar has come under fire by Israeli officials, American politicians, and media outlets for sending hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to Gaza, which is governed by the Palestinian militant group.
- Israeli forces battled Hamas militants and bombed more targets in the devastated Gaza Strip on Tuesday as the UN General Assembly was due to vote on a new demand for a ceasefire.
- Dealing with Poverty, Disease and Ignorance was the vision of the founding fathers for post independence Kenya. As Kenya turns 60 years today, has the country lived up to that vision?
- Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna has accused President William Ruto of denying him a State commendation award that he had been nominated for by Parliament.
- Rwanda will hold presidential and parliamentary polls on July 15 next year, the election commission said Tuesday, with President Paul Kagame due to run for a fourth term in office.
- This year’s Jamhuri Day celebrations saw an important ceremony staged by the 25th Mechanized Infantry Battalion of the Kenya Defence Forces -- trooping of the colour where the battalion formed in 2017 got its regimental flag to indicate that it is a fully-fledged battalion of KDF.
- Public Service Cabinet Secretary (CS) Moses Kuria has seemingly expressed disappointment at being overlooked for national honours during the 60th Jamhuri Day celebrations, ostensibly suggesting that Deputy President (DP) Rigathi Gachagua played a role in the omission.
- President William Ruto on Tuesday conferred State honours to over 900 Kenyans including top government officials, politicians, and citizens who have excelled in their respective fields among others.
- President William Ruto has announced that over one million Inua Jamii beneficiaries will soon start receiving their stipends from M-PESA agents in their local areas.
- In his sixtieth Jamhuri Day celebrations speech at Uhuru Gardens in Nairobi on Tuesday, President William Ruto spread out what he called deliberate steps his administration had taken to build and invest in the creative economy.
- President William Ruto has assured citizens that Kenya is safely out of the danger of debt distress, painting a positive picture of the country's economic standing.