- Since losing his bid for the the African Union Commission (AUC) chairmanship, former Prime Minister Raila Odinga has become an attractive specimen for vitriol. That is democracy at work. Noticeably however, Raila has become a target of sustained condemnation by his former comrades-in-arms within…
- Following a ruling by the High Court in Nairobi, which upheld the impeachment of Kawira Mwangaza in 2024, plans are in place to install a new Meru County Governor. In a gazette notice of Friday, March 14, 2025, by the Chairperson of the Assumption of the Office of Governor Committee, Martin Gitije…
- Trade wars between two worlds leading economies the United States and China will not only affect consumer prices in the two countries but the world at large. United States of America President Donald Trump asserts that tariffs import taxes — will create more factory jobs, shrink the federal deficit…
- Kenya’s basketball giants, Nairobi City Thunder, are set to make history as they debut in the prestigious Basketball Africa League (BAL) under its newly expanded three-conference format. The tournament, tipping off with the Kalahari Conference in Rabat, Morocco, on April 5, 2025, will mark Kenya’s…
- Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi has mourned the late Professor Filemona Fundi Indire, who died aged 95 years old. In a statement on Saturday, March 15, 2025, Mudavadi mourned the late educationist as a pioneer scholar who helped to shape the education system in the country into what it is…
- Whenever I think of Nobel Laureate, the late Prof. Wangari Maathai, the great woman from Tetu in Nyeri, a lot comes to my mind. This is a great woman from the land of heroes and heroines, such as the legendary Mau Mau freedom fighters, Dedan Kimathi, Field Marshall Muthoni Kirima and JM Kariuki.…
- President William Ruto’s recent political realignment with former Prime Minister Raila Odinga has triggered a major realignment in Mt Kenya’s leadership within the National Assembly. Several key leaders, perceived to been aligned to former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, have been ousted from…
- World rivals Kenya and Ethiopia have named their respective teams for the upcoming World Athletics Indoor Championships Nanjing 25. In the Kenyan team, Noah Kibet, who earned 800m silver back in 2022, is among the athletes listed. The 20-year-old will feature in his third appearance at a World…
- With about two years until the 2027 General Election, the political battle has intensified, with the Opposition appearing to be gearing up to present a united front against President William Ruto. Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, who was impeached last year after a fallout with Ruto, is…
- About a week ago, my younger brother and I were telling his spouse how a section of the village used to share one cast iron pan to make chapatis during festive seasons. It must have been hectic, she reckoned, for families to make a beeline for the only pan and probably inconvenience one another…
- Kenya’s legendary marathon runner Eliud Kipchoge is set to make his TCS Sydney Marathon on Sunday, August 31, 2025, in Australia. Sydney Marathon is a World Athletics Platinum Label road race, and the former world record holder is relishing the prospect of participating in it for the first time…
- Here is what you need to know to keep up to speed with today’s happenings. Ruto’s Nairobi tour President William Ruto on Friday, March 14, 2025, concluded his development tour of Nairobi City County. However, the tour was marred with several controversies that have continued to attract mixed…
- A fortnight after former Prime Minister Raila Odinga and President William Ruto signed a 10-point Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), it appears the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leader is walking on a tightrope. The former premier has reportedly found himself at a crossroads as he plays a…
- A free media is the bullwalk of any democracy. Information is an important instrument of the people in execution of Article 1 of the Constitution. The Article decrees that all sovereign power belongs to the people and that they might opt to exercise it directly or through their elected…
- Arsenal’s incoming sporting director, Andrea Berta, spent 12 years at Atletico Madrid, a period in which they had tremendous success on the pitch and regularly conducted startling business in the transfer market. Berta joined the Spanish club in 2013, first working in their international scouting…
- Former Commission for implementation of the Constitution (CIC) Chairman Charles Nyachae and immediate former Registrar of the Judiciary Anne Amadi have been listed in the first batch of 11 candidates to be interviewed for the position of chairperson of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries…
- A dissident faction of the main political party in Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray has seized control of key offices and a radio station in the regional capital, Mekelle, amid growing fears of a fresh conflict. It follows a deepening power struggle within the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (…
- Former Manchester United attacker Anthony Elanga has hinted at watching a game of his former coach Benni McCarthy, who now oversees the Kenyan national team Harambee Stars. The striker now at Nottingham Forest revealed the plans while taking to Instagram on Friday, March 14, 2025, to respond to a…
- Fuel prices for the period running from March 15 to April 14, 2025, will remain unchanged, the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) has announced. EPRA, in a statement released on Friday, March 14, 2025, said the maximum allowed petroleum pump prices for super petrol, diesel, and…
- Kenyan long-distance runner Kibiwott Kandie has been suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for violation of anti-doping rules. According to the AIU statement dated Friday, March 14, 2025, Kandie has been charged for evading, refusing, or failing to submit to sample collection. Kandie is a…
- Wiper Democratic Movement party leader Kalonzo Musyoka has blamed President William Ruto’s government for the incident involving the grabbing of land belonging to the Kenya Railways retirees. The self-declared people’s loyal opposition leader on Friday, March 14, 2025, met the Association of Kenya…
- Supreme Court Judge Isaac Lenaola has fought back the petition seeking to remove him from office alongside six other Supreme Court judges. Speaking at Embu University while delivering a public lecture on the role of the Supreme Court in Kenya’s democracy on Friday, March 14, 2025, Justice Lenaola…
- Aston Villa forward Marcus Rashford has been named in Thomas Tuchel’s first squad as England manager. Rashford last played for England in a friendly against Brazil in March 2024 but has impressed since joining Villa on loan from Manchester United in January. Newcastle defender Dan Burn and Arsenal’…
- Elon Musk’s electric carmaker Tesla has warned it and other US exporters could be harmed by countries retaliating to Donald Trump’s trade tariffs. Mr Musk is a close ally of the US president and is leading efforts to reduce the size of the federal government. But in an unsigned letter addressed to…
- Members of Parliament have made tremendous progress in addressing the issue of cash crunch in devolved units. To actualise the full system operations of county government, the MPs passed the County Governments Additional Allocations Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 2 of 2025). The bill passed on…
- Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has called on Kenyans to ignore politicians who are attempting to derail the country’s development agenda for their personal benefit. Speaking in an undated video, Kindiki urged the public to be wary of such individuals, whom he described as ‘evil-minded politicians…
- As the world marked World Kidney Day yesterday, kidney disease is on the rise both in Kenya and globally, with approximately four million Kenyans (1 in every 10 people) having some form of kidney disease, according to statistics from the Kenya Renal Association. Even with these high numbers, a big…
- Is it boldness or carelessness? A mainstream media outlet was doing one of its best things: entertaining its audience, this time with reggae music. Reggae is revolutionary. He inserted commentaries that were so blatant and nearly actionable. In Buffalo Soldier Bob Marley, the evangelist for reggae…
- The trade route between Kenya and South Sudan has received a significant boost after Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) sealed a Sh28.8 billion deal to finance the upgrading of Morpus-Lokichar road section. The road project has faced major setbacks, primarily due to financial constraints,…
- Increased taxes are negatively impacting Kenya’s land and real estate business leading to a decline in property transactions and investment, industry players say. According to developers, high taxes have significantly reduced disposable income, thereby decreasing the ability of Kenyans to spend.…
- With engines revving and excitement building, Naivasha is a hive of activity as top World Rally Championship (WRC) teams gear up for the 2025 Safari Rally Kenya. Freight containers have been offloaded at the Service Park, setting the stage for an intense week of preparations ahead of reconnaissance…
- Orange Democratic Movement (ODM)-allied lawmakers have reaped big in the recent restructuring of various committees in the National Assembly. While key allies of the former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua were victims of the purge, ODM confirmed its mass harvest on Friday, March 14, 2025, which…
- Ouster of Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro (left)from the position of chairperson of the Budget and Appropriations Committee has sparked an uproar from residents of his constituency who are now claiming that the move was political witch-hunt. The residents said the scathing attacks by the National Assembly…
- Kawira Mwangaza has suffered a huge blow after the High Court upheld the Senate’s impeachment that removed her from office as the Meru County Governor. The court has held that the Senate, in impeaching the Meru Governor, acted in accordance with the Constitution. Mwangaza’s assertion that the…
- The Kenya Red Cross has set up a desk at the Molo Sub-County mortuary to help friends and relatives who lost their loved ones in a morning accident in Migaa to cope with the trauma. In a statement on Friday, March 14, 2025, the Red Cross said that their teams in the region responded and helped […]
- Immediate former Nairobi police boss Adamson Bungei and former director of personnel at the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) Simon Mwangi Wanderi are among the 14 senior police officers promoted to the rank of Senior Assistant Inspector General (SAIG) by the National Police Service…
- Residents of Molo Township are demanding action against a contractor who dumped heaps of murram on roads, blocking access to their homes. The residents want the county government to prevail upon the contractor to level the murram and make roads passable. The problem has persisted for the past two…
- The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) selection panel has shortlisted candidates for the chairperson of the IEBC, among them former East African Court of Justice judge Charles Nyachae and former Chief Registrar of the Judiciary Anne Amadi. In a notice in newspapers on Friday,…
- The country’s Saccos industry remains stable despite massive financial scandal that has rocked Kenya Union of Savings and Credit Co operatives (Kuscco) and triggering tensions among stakeholders. Cooperatives and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Development Cabinet Secretary Wycliff…
- The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) has released the timetable, instructions, and guidelines ahead of the commencement of the Kenya Certificate for Secondary Education (KCSE). In a full release published on its website, KNEC announced that the national exams would start on October 21,…
- Former Gor Mahia head coach Johnathan McKinstry has named The Gambia squad that will take on Harambee Stars in a 2026 World Cup qualifier. Azam FC’s forward Gibril Sillah has been handed a first-ever national call-up as the Scorpions prepare to host Kenya on March 20. Sillah has scored seven goals…
- The Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) has appointed Geoffrey Monari as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), taking over from Mary Wachira Muchie, who has been serving in an acting capacity since Charles Ringera’s departure in December 2024. Monari takes over from Mary Wachira Muchie, who has…
- On August 28, 2021, a Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) intelligence officer Francis Oyaro was abducted by armed men in Naromoru while travelling in a public service vehicle, from Marsabit to Nakuru. Evidence from other passengers show that it was clear to Oyaro, 45, that he knew his abductors, and even…
- Agriculture and Livestock Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has issued a stern warning against tea hawking, blaming the practice for the declining quality of the cash crop. At the same time, the CS (left) announced that plans are on to form an agricultural police unit, to keep at bay invasion of…
- The State Department for Internal Security has been flagged by the Controller of Budget (CoB), Margaret Nyakang’o, as among six institutions that recorded the highest expenditure of Sh38.6 billion in the last six months. The National Government Budget Implementation Review Report for the first six…
- National Assembly Speaker Moses Masika Wetang’ula on Thursday night, March 13, 2025, rebuked political leaders pouring cold water on the newly established pact between President William Ruto’s United Democratic Alliance (UDA) and Raila Odinga’s Orange Democratic Movement (ODM). Speaking during the…
- Following the recent incident that occurred during President William Ruto’s city tour in Nairobi, it has raised concern about public safety. Businesses were vandalised and innocent citizens robbed due to that chaos as Kenyans voiced their grievances. One major issue is lack of unemployment, which…
- Kenyan politics is a paradox, opposition in government, government in opposition! In this unique setup, power isn’t just contested at the ballot box but also in boardrooms, backchannels, and public rallies. But the real intrigue? The aftermath of the Raila-Ruto handshake. One key player feeling the…
- On May 9, 2024, the government finally operationalized the Public Benefit Organisations (PBO) Act of 2013 through Legal Notice No. 78. However, operation of the law has been hampered by lack of adequate funding to process and adopt the regulations attendant to successful implementation of the law…
- Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim knows he can rely on Bruno Fernandes to step up when he needs it – but he wishes his captain would “trust” his team-mates a bit more. The Portuguese manager’s praise came after his compatriot’s hat-trick in United’s 4-1 Europa League victory against Real…
