- A coalition of scientists across the globe have created the viability of fusion, the power of the sun and stars, as an abundant, safe, carbon-free energy source for the planet. Defying ideological, economic and geopolitical barriers, scientists from China, Europe, India, Japan, Korea, Russia and…
- The Kenya Amateur Wrestling Association (KAWA) has dispatched a team of 18 wrestlers (seven cadets and 11 seniors) to represent the country at the Africa Wrestling Championships, which kicked off yesterday and runs until May 4, 2025, at the Complexe Sportif Mohammed V Indoor Arena in Casablanca,…
- Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja has expressed regret over Sunday’s incident in which photojournalist Chris Omollo was struck on the head by a police officer while attempting to access Dandora Stadium to cover a Premier League match between Gor Mahia and Mara Sugar. This comes after the…
- Kenyan farmers are being encouraged to balance the use of both organic and inorganic fertilisers as experts raise the alarm over the long-term risks of over-reliance on chemical inputs. While fertilisers have played a critical role in boosting crop yields, their excessive and unchecked use is…
- Yatta Member of Parliament (MP) Robert Ngui Basil has vouched for the new Loyal People Coalition to herald a rebirth of Kenya’s politics and governance. Mbui’s sentiments come in the wake of former Interior Minister Fred Matiangi’s meeting with opposition figures, including Kalonzo Musyoka, Rigathi…
- Metropolitan National Sacco has failed to meet the April 30 statutory deadline to hold its Annual General Meeting (AGM), deepening existing concerns over transparency and governance. The lapse comes as the Sacco continues to withhold its financial statements for the year ending December 2024,…
- Saboti Constituency Member of Parliament (MP) Caleb Amisi has criticised the move by Wiper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka-led opposition formation to include former Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mithika Linturi in their team. Taking to his official X account on Wednesday, April 30, 2025, Amisi linked…
- The National Assembly has scrapped the contentious Public Transport (Motorcycle Regulation) Bill proposed by the Senate last December, coming in as a reprieve for boda boda operators. The bill, which has been at the centre of conversations by politicians from across the political divide, sought to…
- 2025 London Marathon winner Sabastian Sawe has revealed what inspired him the the second-fastest ever time of the event. Sawe emerged the winner after he clocked 2:02:27, representing the second-fastest ever London Marathon time. In the race he beat world half marathon record-holder Jacob Kiplimo,…
- Landlords in Nairobi’s high-end suburbs are beginning to feel the pinch as rental income shows signs of strain, with asking rents in several areas dipping amid fears of tenant exits following cuts in United States funding. The latest market update by HassConsult reveals that rental prices in the…
- Principal Secretary for Foreign Affairs Korir Sing’oei has met the organisers of the 2026 France-Africa Summit that will be hosted by Kenya. Taking to his official X account on the night of Tuesday, April 29, 2025, Sing’oei revealed that he had met the Secretary General of the France-Africa Summit…
- Kenya’s representatives in the 46th Men’s African Volleyball Champions Championship, General Service Unit (GSU), claimed a 10th-place finish as the curtain fell on the tournament held in Misurata, Libya, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. Libya’s Swehly Sports Club were crowned the new champion of the…
- As organisations worldwide navigate the next wave of workplace transformation, a new report has uncovered the emergence of a new kind of enterprise, the Frontier Firm. According to the report by Microsoft, these businesses operate with intelligence on demand, leveraging hybrid human-agent teams to…
- Healthcare workers contracted by the government to support Universal Health Care (UHC) activities during the Covid-19 pandemic yesterday ran out of patience and staged a protest outside Afya House, demanding that the Ministry of Health address their grievances urgently. While revisiting age-old…
- As the 2027 General Election approaches, a new political battleground has emerged involving politicians and youth who are determined to make their voices count in Kenya’s next leadership. With over 70 percent of Kenya’s population under 35 years old, politicians are racing to win over young voters…
- Lawmakers have poked holes on the construction and renovations of various stadia following revelations of irregularities in the procurement processes where competitive bidding was ignored and mismanagement of funds. The MPs who sit in the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) were shocked to learn that…
- The country’s losses in annual revenue forgone through waivers and tax exemptions jumped by Sh106.4 billion from Sh393.6 billion in 2022 to over Sh500 billion in 2023, an estimated 3.3 per cent of the national Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in just a single year. This is emerging even as a new report…
- Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta says his side will have to “do something special in Paris” if they are to reach the Champions League final following defeat in their semi-final first leg. Ousmane Dembele’s early strike at the Emirates leaves the Gunners needing to overturn a one-goal deficit against Paris…
- Nine opposition heavyweights have intensified efforts to form a united front aimed at challenging President William Ruto in the 2027 general election. Under the chairmanship of Wiper Democratic Movement (WDM) leader Kalonzo Musyoka, the nine have already established a technical working team and a…
- Media organisations have suffered another significant financial blow following the government’s decision to immediately ban gambling advertisements across all platforms. This decision was made by the relevant government agency after a surge in gambling-related ads, especially during watershed hours…
- Blame game, mischief and mistrust have rocked the Nairobi County Government Regeneration development project, with residents’ associations claiming a lack of adequate engagement. This even as the residents of Nairobi are embroiled in a tussle with Nairobi County Government over the ownership of a…
- Here is what you need to know to keep up to speed with today’s happenings. Ruto at CUK President William Samoei Ruto will attend the official installation ceremony of the Co-operative University of Kenya (CUK) ’s second Chancellor, Benard William Chitunga, on Wednesday, April 30, 2025. In a…
- Relative calm returned to Ang’ata Barikoi ward in Trans Mara South Sub-County, a day after the deadly confrontations between residents and police officers that left five people dead and several others injured, including five law enforcement officers. Initially, there was a standoff when the…
- Media owners and managers have been scratching their heads about ways to sustain journalism in the face of increasing complex consumer behaviour and waning advertising revenues. Traditionally, government was the main source of advertising for mainstream outlets. But with changing government…
- The government has embarked on the vetting of National Police Reservists (NPRs) in the banditry-prone North Rift in a bid to root out criminal elements among them. This is after it emerged that some of them were colluding with criminal elements to terrorise residents in the region. Interior Cabinet…
- by Zadock Angira At least five quarry workers were killed yesterday morning in an attack while on the way to work in Bur Abor Village in Mandera East, Mandera County. The killings bring to over 100, the number of quarry workers, mainly Christians from outside the county, killed in Mandera in the…
- President Donald Trump is set to take action to ease the impact of his tariffs on US car makers, a top White House official says. “This deal is a major victory for the President’s trade policy by rewarding companies who manufacture domestically,” Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said in a…
- The Cabinet has approved the proposed Finance Bill, 2025. In a Cabinet meeting chaired by President William Ruto at State House on Tuesday, April 29, 2025, Cabinet Secretaries approved the bill, which focuses primarily on closing loopholes and enhancing efficiency. The bill also seeks to address…
- Saboti constituency Member of Parliament (MP) Caleb Amisi has faulted former Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i over his decision to meet the opposition team led by Wiper Democratic Movement party leader Kalonzo Musyoka and former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua. Taking to his official X…
- Senate leader of the majority party, Aaron Cheruiyot, has challenged the Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja to arrest police officers involved in the killing of at least six people during a protest over the subdivision of a parcel of land in Ang’ata-Barikoi in Narok County. Speaking during a…
- Football Kenya Federation (FKF) is investigating an incident that saw a photojournalist attacked during the Gor Mahia vs Mara Sugar match at Dandora Stadium in Nairobi on Sunday, April 27, 2025. FKF, in a press statement issued on Tuesday, April 29, 2025, condemned the incident and maintained that…
- Kimilili constituency Member of Parliament (MP) Didmus Barasa has thrown a jibe at the opposition leaders led by Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka and former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua after they tapped former Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i into their team. Taking to his official X…
- Multimedia University student Erick Mutinda Philip on Tuesday, April 29, 2025, denied killing his fellow student Sylvia Kemunto. Mutinda was accused of killing Kemunto on the night of March 30, 2025, by strangling her as confirmed by the post-mortem report. The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP…
- People’s Liberation Party (PLP) leader Martha Karua has faulted Inject party leader Morara Kebaso after he criticised the membership of the opposition outfit seeking to dislodge President William Ruto from office in 2027. In an online spat on Tuesday, April 29, 2025, Karua accused Kebaso of being…
- The government through the Ministry of Health has announced the dates when the next cohort of medical interns will be posted. In a statement on Tuesday, April 29, 2025, the Ministry of Health announced that the next cohort will be posted on July 1, 2025. The posting will take place after the Kenya…
- The Betting Control and Licensing Board (BCLB) has ordered the immediate suspension of all gambling advertisements across Kenyan media for a period of 30 days, citing a surge in misleading promotion of betting as a legitimate investment avenue and the exposure of minors to gambling content. In a…
- Victims of overseas jobs in the Middle East scam have recounted their horrific stories at the hands of agents having failed to secure jobs. The victims drawn from various parts of the country have been left at the mercy of unscrupulous agents who are yet to refund millions of shillings they paid to…
- Canada’s Liberal party has won a fourth term in office, capping a miraculous political resurrection and marking a landmark victory for the former central banker and political novice Mark Carney as he prepares to face off against Donald Trump. Mirroring a theme of the campaign, Carney used his…
- Recently, OpenAI beefed up its ChatGPT chatbot with new technology designed to generate images from detailed, complex and unusual instructions.For instance, if you describe a four-panel comic strip, including the characters who appear in each panel and what they are saying to one another, the…
- In a significant political development, former Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i has been spotted in a meeting with former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua and Wiper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka, among other political leaders, days after jetting back into the country after spending weeks…
- It was just past midday when Richard Muthie stood at the gate of the Mutira Farmers’ Cooperative Society coffee factory, ready to deliver his harvest. Along with the 50-year-old farmer were 30 kg of ripe, red coffee berries freshly picked by him earlier that morning. Since the start of the year,…
- Every year, various national celebration are held in different counties, a tradition started by former president Uhuru Kenyatta. The rotational system of hosting national celebrations, brought forth by devolution, enables Kenyans to celebrate cultural diversity and strengthen our nationhood, and…
- When the body of the slain Sylvia Kemunto was found in a water tank at the rooftop of Multimedia University, her death sent shockwaves across the country. At just 19 years of age, the late Kemunto, a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Computer Science Student at the institution, was gruesomely…
- Millions of bright but needy students won’t return to school this week following the Controller of Budget’s (CoB) refusal to allow county governments to use their bursary funds. This decision has rendered millions of shillings in county-issued checks worthless, worsening the education crisis.…
- About Sh554.3 million meant for several counties under the National Government Affirmative Action (NGAF) programme is lying idle in bank accounts, a new report shows. Some counties had large balances in their accounts though many needy affirmative action groups needed the money, a report from…
- Three MPs have downplayed former Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i’s presidential quest, saying he cannot defeat President William Ruto in the next General Election. Kuria West lawmaker Mathias Robi noted that the United Democratic Alliance is organised and will ensure Ruto is re-elected…
- The national government has assured Kwale residents that it will release mineral royalties amounting to Sh1.7 billion and Sh900 million to community before the mining licence for Base Titanium expires on June 30. Principal Secretary Harry Kimtai said the funds, which have been delayed for years,…
- The government is in the process of giving over 100,000 Community Health Volunteers (CHVs) bicycles to address the challenge of mobility. Speaking during the World Bicycle Relief Mobility and Impact Forum in Nairobi, Dr Maureen Kimani, head of Division of Community Health Services said it is…
- Three counties are struggling with the proliferation of street foods and outside catering that are a threat to food safety. In a bid to monitor the efficacy of the foods to health of human body, Nairobi, Nyandarua and Nakuru have developed bylaws to regulate triple challenge of street foods,…
- The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) on Tuesday, April 29, 2025, issued a set of new conditions for cargo heading to Zanzibar and Pemba. In a notice published in the MyGov publication, KRA indicated that the new rules would come into force after a seven-year ban on the stripping of containers destined…
