- President William Ruto is set to convene a High-Level Consultative Meeting today on the Africa Green Industrialization Initiative (AGII), a transformative Pan-African effort aimed at positioning the continent as a global leader in green manufacturing and climate-smart industrial development. The…
- Mombasa County has declared an outbreak of Chikungunya. This comes after 45 samples were sent to the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), with 25 testing positive for Chikungunya and one for Dengue Fever. The viral infection transmitted to humans by insects such as mosquitoes, causes a…
- President William Ruto has sent a message of goodwill to the Muslim community in the country as they celebrate Eid-ul-Adha on Friday. “As you celebrate the blessed occasion of Eid al-Adha, following the sacred day of Arafah and the pilgrimage of Hajj. May Allah Almighty accept your sacrifices and…
- First Lady’s Mazingira Awards (FLAMA) 2025 edition has been launched. The learner-centered national environment and climate change award offers students a platform to showcase their understanding of environmental conservation. FLAMA was launched by Her Excellency the First Lady, Mama Rachel Ruto,…
- The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has secured a significant legal victory by recovering over Ksh 39 million that was fraudulently paid as unauthorized allowances to two senior officials in the National Treasury. In a landmark ruling delivered on Wednesday, Lady Justice L.M. Njuguna…
- Siaya Governor James Orengo has voiced his support for the government’s Social Health Authority (SHA), commending its positive impact on healthcare delivery in his county. The governor made his remarks while leading a delegation of leaders and professionals from Siaya County to State House in…
- Burundians voted Thursday for a new parliament that was expected to cement the ruling party in power after key opposition figures were barred from running. The impoverished, landlocked country in east Africa has seen decades of ethnic violence, civil war and authoritarian rule. A former rebel group…
- Zambia’s former president Edgar Lungu, who held power for almost seven years until 2021, died Thursday in a hospital in South Africa at the age of 68, his party and family announced. Lungu had been receiving specialised medical treatment in a clinic in Pretoria, the Patriotic Front (PF), his…
- An attack on an army post in southeastern Mali Thursday killed five people and wounded multiple others, defence and other sources told AFP, days after jihadist assaults against military installations elsewhere in the country. The latest attack, on a military post in the village of Mahou in the…
- It has now emerged that the organ harvesting syndicate in the North Rift region did not involve Mediheal Group of Hospitals alone, it was merely one of the conduits. Investigations have revealed that the criminal network behind the illicit trade in human organs spans multiple facilities and…
- Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik met Hungarian premier Viktor Orban in Budapest Thursday, his first visit to an EU member since Bosnia’s federal authorities issued an arrest warrant against him on secession charges. The president of Republika Srpska (RS) — the ethnic Serb part of Bosnia — was…
- A Russian drone slammed into a residential house in central Ukraine overnight Thursday, killing three members of one family, including a one-year-old baby, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said. He accused Moscow of trying to “buy time for itself to continue killing” and called for the West…
- Principal Secretary for Internal Security and National Administration, Dr Raymond Omollo, today presided over the launch of the Draft Public Benefit Organizations (PBO) Regulations in Nairobi. The launch of the Draft Regulations marks a key step in the implementation of the Public Benefit…
- Principal Secretary for Internal Security and National Administration, Dr Raymond Omollo, today presided over the launch of the Draft Public Benefit Organizations (PBO) Regulations in Nairobi. The launch of the Draft Regulations marks a key step in the implementation of the Public Benefit…
- Kwale County Governor Fatuma Achani has issued a total of 13 boats to Kwale Seaweed farmers and fishers during the commeration of the World Sea weed Day held at Mkunguni Beach Management Unit, in Ramisi Ward , Msambweni Subcounty. The 6 boats will be used by the seaweed farmers to harvest the…
- Kirinyaga Women Representative Jane Njeri Maina has introduced a bill in parliament seeking to outlaw the detention of deceased bodies by hospitals due to unpaid medical bills.
- The Principal Secretary in the State Department for Justice, Human Rights and Constitutional Affairs Judith Pareno has officially opened the public participation exercise, on the three critical governance bills.
- The Government of Kenya has embarked on a strategic initiative aimed at integrating Kenyans in the diaspora into the Affordable Housing Programme. This announcement was made on Thursday following a consultative meeting between Roseline Njogu, the Principal Secretary for Diaspora Affairs, and her…
- President William Ruto met with leaders and businesspeople from Siaya County at State House, Nairobi, on Thursday. The President assured the delegation, led by Governor James Orengo, of the government’s commitment to development projects in both the county and the nation. He announced that the…
- Lamu County records at least 1,073 cases of teenage pregnancy between 2024 and mid-2025, according to a report submitted by the county’s gender sector working group
- Members of the indigenous Ogiek community have reiterated their calls for the Government of Kenya to fully comply with a historic ruling by the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights in 2017, which affirmed their ancestral land rights in the Mau Forest. Speaking on the sidelines of the ongoing…
- Kenya’s private sector has received global recognition after the Code of Ethics for Businesses in Kenya emerged winner in the “Inspirational Newcomer” category at the 2025 International Collective Action Awards hosted by the Basel Institute on Governance in Switzerland.
- The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has recovered public land worth over Ksh400M in Nairobi’s Loresho area. The parcel of land known as NAIROBI BLOCK 90/229 measures 4.9 acres, forms part of the Loresho Water Reservoir that was illegally subdivided and allocated to private persons. In…
- The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has recovered public land worth over Ksh400M in Nairobi’s Loresho area. The parcel of land known as NAIROBI BLOCK 90/229 measures 4.9 acres, forms part of the Loresho Water Reservoir that was illegally subdivided and allocated to private persons. In…
- Five suspects linked to the murder of Kasipul Member of Parliament, Charles Ong’ondo Were, will remain in custody as they undergo mental assessments before taking plea. Two of the suspects, Isaac Kuria and the late MP’s bodyguard, Allan Omondi Ogolla, appeared virtually before Justice Margaret…
- Deputy President Kithure Kindiki is expected in Kitui and Makueni Counties Thursday in a one-day tour of the Kamba region. In Ukambani, the DP will visit Zombe, Kitui East Constituency and Mukuyuni, Kaiti Constituency, Makueni County for an economic empowerment engagement. Yesterday, the Deputy…
- Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba has said the Government is working closely with schools that received low capitation to rectify the matter following a glitch in the disbursement of the funds. Speaking when he graced the inaugural graduation ceremony at Riragia Technical and Vocational…
- Prime Cabinet Secretary and Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs took part in the 13th African Union Committee of Ten (C-10) Ministerial Meeting in Lusaka, Zambia. The C-10 is responsible for canvassing, promoting and advancing the Common African Position (CAP) on the reforms of the…
- Deputy President Kithure Kindiki, says the Government has made deliberate interventions to reduce the cost of Macadamia production. Speaking at Embu University Grounds, where he presided over the first National Conference on Macadamia Farming, Kindiki said the interventions will also help in…
- Algeria has pushed back more than 16,000 irregular African migrants to Niger since April, the figure comprising more than half total expulsions for last year, an official source told AFP Wednesday. Irregular migrants from neighbouring Niger and other African countries have regularly been pushed…
- Algeria has pushed back more than 16,000 irregular African migrants to Niger since April, the figure comprising more than half total expulsions for last year, an official source told AFP Wednesday. Irregular migrants from neighbouring Niger and other African countries have regularly been pushed…
- The first excavation of a cemetery at the former military camp outside Dakar where French soldiers massacred African troops who had fought in WWII has unveiled skeletons with bullets, a source told AFP Wednesday. The excavations have been under way since early May at the Thiaroye military camp, and…
- The first excavation of a cemetery at the former military camp outside Dakar where French soldiers massacred African troops who had fought in WWII has unveiled skeletons with bullets, a source told AFP Wednesday. The excavations have been under way since early May at the Thiaroye military camp, and…
- Kenya’s role as a digital innovation hub and its emphasis on accessibility as an economic opportunity has been lauded at the 6th Inclusive Africa Conference during the commemoration of Global Assistive Technologies (AT) Day.
- Tanzania on Wednesday said it had blocked access to social media platform X over the presence of pornographic content, two weeks after government-linked accounts were hacked. X announced last year that it would no longer block “consensually produced and distributed” adult content. Tanzania’s…
- Sweden on Wednesday said that it had reached an agreement with Estonia to rent prison cells for up to 600 prisoners who could serve their sentences abroad. According to the agreement between the two countries, Sweden would be able to rent 400 cells in the Tartu prison in Estonia’s southeast, which…
- The High Court has ordered a city hospital to pay a patient Ksh 157M for medical negligence In a landmark judgment on Wednesday, Justice Alexander Muteti directed the Aga Khan Hospital and the doctor who performed surgery on Ms. Naila Qureshi between 2005 and 2006 to pay Ksh 157,207,524 for medical…
- Kisumu Governor Prof. Anyang’ Nyong’o has thrown his weight behind President William Ruto’s leadership and inclusive administration, citing visible development gains and growing national cohesion. In a statement issued on Wednesday, Governor Nyong’o praised the President’s commitment to…
- Police in Voi have arrested three individuals suspected of masterminding a series of highway robberies along the Nairobi-Mombasa highway. The suspects, David Karanja, Juma Jumamosi, and Josephine Nthamba Mutie, were apprehended following a brazen robbery that took place on April 9, 2025. According…
- Spotify has named Kenyan singer-songwriter Njerae as the EQUAL Africa Ambassador for June to celebrating her unique sound and growing influence in the music industry.
- Police in Nairobi have arrested four men and recovered a plastic revolver loaded with rubber bullets following a patrol along Kenyatta Avenue in the early hours of June 4, 2025.
