- Kirinyaga County security team has intensified its crackdown on illicit alcohol following an incident on Tuesday where three people allegedly lost their eye sight after consuming alcohol in Kangai Ward in Mwea.
- Cabinet Secretary for Lands, Public Works, Housing and Urban Development Alice Wahome, today issued 1,283 title deeds to residents of Kipini East Ward in Tana River County. The event, held in Kipini town, marked a significant milestone for the 7000 acre Kipini Settlement Scheme. The land, bought by…
- The IEBC Selection Panel has defended its move to interview six more candidates from its initial shortlist, saying the six were among the over 1,000 applicants, dismissing claims of mischief.
- Malindi Interfaith Council leaders Friday joined Catholic faithful in a solemn mass at St. Anthony of Padua Cathedral to honor the late Pope Francis.
- FBI Director Kash Patel said Friday a US judge had been arrested for obstructing an immigration operation, escalating tensions between Donald Trump’s administration and judges. “The FBI arrested Judge Hannah Dugan out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin on charges of obstruction — after evidence of Judge Dugan…
- A coffee farmers cooperative society in Kigumo of Murang'a county has embraced modern technologies that has impacted to good coffee prices this financial year 2024/2025 coffee payment.
- President William Ruto has concluded his four-day State Visit to China, during which he explored research institutions and cultural sites in Fujian Province on the south-east coast of the country on his final day. The day’s activities commenced with a visit to the headquarters of Contemporary…
- Players in the health sector have been urged to amplify the awareness campaign about Thyroid disease in an effort to educate the public about the prevalence and risks associated with thyroid disorders, which often go undiagnosed due to their subtle symptoms. Dr. Roselyn Ngugi, Chair of the Kenya…
- Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has reiterated that while unemployment is a contributing factor to crime, it does not justify criminal behaviour. The CS, who is on a tour of Jukwa la Usalama — Lower Eastern Region, argues that even in the face of financial hardship, individuals have a…
- Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale Friday inaugurated the Independent Investigative Committee on Tissue and Organ Transplant Services at Afya House, Nairobi, pursuant to Gazette Notice No. 78 dated 23rd April 2025.
- As Catholics around the world mourn Pope Francis, many Ukrainians will remember him bitterly for failing to clearly blame Russia for its invasion and calling for Ukraine to raise the “white flag”. President Volodymyr Zelensky will be one of the prominent mourners at Saturday’s funeral for Francis…
- Two years after Kenyan athletics champion Agnes Tirop was stabbed to death, the prime suspect was released on bail and promptly disappeared — evidence, say activists, of how Kenya fails victims of gender violence. The Silencing Women Project, an NGO-run initiative, recorded 170 femicides last year…
- Diplomatic tensions between Benin and its junta-led Sahel neighbours Niger and Burkina Faso have led to a security vacuum which jihadists are exploiting with ever-deadlier attacks. North Benin, which borders both Niger and Burkina Faso, has seen a recent rise in strikes targeting army positions,…
- Troops from Pakistan and India exchanged fire overnight across the Line of Control in disputed Kashmir, officials said Friday, after the United Nations urged the nuclear-armed rivals to show “maximum restraint” following a deadly shooting in the region. Relations have plunged to their lowest level…
- The Constitutional Implementation Oversight Committee (CIOC) Thursday held the Office of the Auditor General (OAG) to account over persistent audit backlogs, rising concerns over Kenya’s debt burden, and allegations of corruption within its own ranks.
- The Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture and Livestock Development has reaffirmed Kenya’s commitment to expanding relationship with The Netherlands, including the scaling up of the ‘cool logistics corridor’ for greener and more efficient agricultural exports. The CS was speaking during a diplomatic…
- The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee held a meeting on Friday to analyze and study the current economic situation and economic work. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, presided over the meeting. It was noted at the meeting that the…
- An Argentine nephew of Pope Francis said Thursday a private donor had paid for him to travel to his uncle’s funeral after the government failed to invite him to join officials travelling to Rome. Mauro Bergoglio, son of Francis’s late brother Oscar Bergoglio, was offered tickets for him and his…
- The Dutch AIVD intelligence on Thursday accused Iran of staging an “assassination attempt” on an Iranian living in the country. An Iranian man residing in the northern city of Haarlem saw two men climb onto his balcony in the dead of the night in June last year and police intervened to arrest two…
- Donald Trump on Thursday called on Vladimir Putin to halt attacks on Ukraine, in a rare rebuke of the Russian leader after Moscow fired a barrage of missiles and drones at Kyiv, killing at least 12 in the deadliest attack on the capital in months. The direct appeal to Putin came after Ukrainian…
- Interior and National Administration CS Kipchumba Murkomen has issued a warning to security officers involved in corrupt activities, stating that their days are numbered. He cautioned that National Government administration officers, the National Police Service (NPS), and National Police Reservists…
- French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou Thursday called for “an intensification of controls in and around schools” after a pupil killed a classmate and wounded three others in a knife attack at a private school in the west of the country. Bayrou called for “concrete proposals” for the prevention of “…
- Former directors of Voice of America nominated across party lines are pressing Congress to intervene to restore the broadcaster, after a judge said President Donald Trump’s shutdown violated the law. In a letter to lawmakers, nine of the 10 former VOA directors who were alive as of last month asked…
- Kenya has secured an initial victory in its appeal for a waiver of subscription arrears to the Forum of Parliaments of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (FP-ICGLR), which were incurred during a period when Kenya was not a participant. The issue arose during the Conference of…
- The European rights court condemned France on Thursday for failing to protect the rights of three teenagers who reported rape, including one who accused 14 firemen of abuse. The European Court of Human Right’s decision comes after France has been rocked by a series of high-profile rape cases and as…
- President William Ruto has reaffirmed the Government’s commitment to serving Kenyans living abroad with the same dedication and enthusiasm as those back home. Speaking in Beijing at a Presidential Diaspora Townhall meeting with Kenyans in China, the Head of State emphasized a whole-of-Government…
- Traders and farmers in Nakuru County will benefit immensely from the Market Infrastructure Programme aimed at growing and dignifying small scale businesses across the Country. 400 modern markets are in various stages of completion across the 47 Counties, including 19 markets in Nakuru County.…
- President William Ruto engaged in bilateral talks with President Xi Jinping today during his inaugural State Visit to the People’s Republic of China. Leading a high-level government delegation, President Ruto participated in productive discussions with his Chinese counterpart, marking a new era in…
- The Cabinet is set to consider the report by the Presidential taskforce on review of laws governing religious organizations in Kenya, Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen has said. CS Murkomen revealed that a Cabinet committee is seized of the report of the taskforce chaired by Rev Mutava Musyimi which…
- China and Kenya decided on Thursday to elevate their ties to a China-Kenya community with a shared future for the new era. The decision was made during talks between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Kenyan President William Ruto in Beijing. Xi said that elevating bilateral relations to a China-…
- National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang’ula was among key figures who visited Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Hubertus Matheus Maria van Megen Thursday to offer their condolences following the death of Pope Francis earlier this week.
- NA Speaker Moses Wetang'ula and ODM leader Raila Odinga, morning joined a growing number of mourners at the Apostolic Nunciature in Nairobi to express their condolences following the passing of Pope Francis.
- President William Ruto’s dreams of Kenya becoming an environment hub and calls to plant 15 billion trees by 2032 may never materialize if Kenyan institutions of higher learning do not take the lead.
- Heads of Departments and Chief Executive Officers in the State Department for Broadcasting and Telecommunications have been called upon to ensure the sectors they head deliver their mandates, presidential directives and key pillars of the Kenya Kwanza government.
- A trader in Makindu town was on Wednesday arrested by officers from the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) after he was found in possession of 63 bundles of banned plastic flat bags. Confirming the arrest, NEMA Enforcement Officer Boniface Wanga told the Kenya News Agency (KNA) that…
- The body of Duncan Otenga, a third-year student at Meru University, was recovered from Lake Victoria on Wednesday, four days after he was killed while fishing in Homa Bay County.
- Tanzania’s main opposition party said Thursday at least two of its officials had been arrested on their way to a rally to support leading government opponent Tundu Lissu, who is due in court to face a treason charge. Authorities in the east African country have increasingly cracked down on the…
- Action for Sustainable Change (AFOSC Kenya) has raised alarm over rising political interference in the recruitment and deployment of teachers, warning it risks undermining professionalism and compromising the quality of education in Kenya.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky cancelled part of his trip to South Africa on Thursday after Russia fired a barrage of missiles and drones at Kyiv, killing at least eight people and trapping others under rubble. Ukraine has been battered with aerial attacks throughout Russia’s three-year…
- Desperate Ugandans are using poison to kill thousands of migrating white storks and other protected birds because they have so few sources of food. In Ayoreri, a village on the Kenyan border, Sam Chekwoi, 42, said unpredictable rains and droughts have made it increasingly hard to feed his two wives…
