- An Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner plane with at least 242 people on board crashed in a densely populated residential area close to an airport on the edge of India’s western city of Ahmedabad on Thursday morning. Later on Thursday, the local police chief in Ahmedabad said at least 204 bodies had…
- Kenya’s athletics hopes will have to wait a little longer at Kasarani, after the government confirmed the dilapidated track will only be replaced after Chan 2025 leaving top athletes to rely on Ulinzi Sports Complex for key trials and training ahead of the World Championships. The Ministry of…
- Kenya’s national football team head coach Benni McCarthy believes his Harambee Stars players are on the right path to success at the CHAN tournament slated for August this year after a promising display in two friendly matches against Chad where young talents like Emmanuel Osoro and David Sakwa…
- Kenya’s Faith Cherotich delivered another stellar performance on the international stage, storming to victory in the women’s 3000m steeplechase at the Oslo Diamond League on the night of Thursday, June 12, 2025. The 20-year-old clocked a world-leading time and meet record of 9:02.60, beating a…
- Manchester United are exploring the conditions of a potential deal for Eintracht Frankfurt striker Hugo Ekitike; Liverpool and Chelsea are also interested in the 22-year-old. Frankfurt are demanding around Ksh14.31 billion for Ekitike, who has four years left on his deal. Manchester United has…
- Harambee Stars head coach Benni McCarthy is hopeful of success in the upcoming African Nations Championship (CHAN) after registering his first win as a national team tactician. Kenya managed a 2-0 win over Chad in a recent friendly match in Morocco, and McCarthy explained the importance of that…
- Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has vowed to pursue Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Eliud Lagat when he gets power. Speaking in Githunguri Constituency, Kiambu County, on Thursday, June 12, 2025, Gachagua said that the deputy police boss is part of the government machinery that…
- The national government has allocated over Ksh450 billion to the security sector in the 2025/26 financial year, signalling a strong emphasis on national stability amid ongoing economic pressures. Unveiling his first budget in Parliament on Thursday, June 12, 2025, Treasury Cabinet Secretary John…
- England right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold described joining Real Madrid as a “dream come true” and “huge responsibility” as he addressed the audience in Spanish at his presentation on Thursday. Alexander-Arnold, 26, would have been able to leave Liverpool on a free transfer at the end of his…
- Kevin De Bruyne has completed his move to Napoli after the Belgian midfielder left Manchester City at the end of the Premier League season. De Bruyne will link up with former Chelsea and Tottenham manager Antonio Conte, who is head coach of the Italian champions. In moving to Italy on a free…
- The government has proposed an allocation of Ksh138.1 billion to the health sector in the 2025/2026 financial year, marking a renewed push to strengthen healthcare systems and access. Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi, while addressing the National Assembly on Thursday, June 12, 2025, said the…
- Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury, John Mbadi, on Thursday, June 12, 2025, unveiled a Ksh29.7 billion allocation for the sports, culture, recreation, and tourism sectors in the proposed 2025/2026 national budget. This significant investment reflects the government’s continued focus on…
- Treasury Cabinet Secretary (CS) John Mbadi has announced a Ksh702.7 billion budget allocation to the education sector that has long been grappling with perpetual cases of underfunding. According to Mbadi, the sector has benefited from 28 per cent of the entire budget. In the breakdown of allocation…
- The national government has allocated Ksh405.1 billion for the equitable share to all 47 counties in the 2025/26 financial year to ensure devolution success. Speaking when he read the 2025/26 budget in Parliament on Thursday, June 12, 2025, National Treasury Cabinet Secretary (CS) John Mbadi stated…
- Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi has reported that the cost of essential household goods, including maize flour, sugar, milk, and electricity, has dropped. Addressing the National Assembly on Thursday, June 12, 2025, during the presentation of the 2025/26 national budget, Mbadi credited the…
- In a bold step toward streamlining Kenya’s tax system, Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi has unveiled a suite of digital tools developed by the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) aimed at improving compliance and enhancing operational efficiency. The announcement was made during the presentation of…
- The government has allocated Ksh47.6 billion to the country’s agricultural sector to reduce food imports and revamp export crops. The National Treasury has allocated Ksh10.2 billion to the National Agricultural Value Chain Development Project (NAVCDP), Ksh8 billion towards the fertiliser subsidy…
- Heavy anti-riot police officers have been deployed to disperse protestors in the Nairobi Central Business District (CBD) who were demonstrating to demand justice for the late Albert Ojwang. Ojwang died in detention hours after he was arrested by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI)…
- Ambassador of the European Union to Kenya, Henriette Geiger, has called for accountability in the case of Albert Ojwang, who died in detention hours after being arrested by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) officers. In a statement on Thursday, June 12, 2025, Geiger called for…
- The Independent Policing and Oversight Authority (IPOA) has explained why no arrests have been made five days after the death of Albert Ojwang. Speaking in parliament on Thursday, June 12, 2025, IPOA’s Chairman Isaack Hassan said that they lack the powers to make arrests like the police. “We have…
- At least 20 people have died in police custody in the past four months, the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) has revealed. This statement has, however, sparked fresh concerns over police accountability in Kenya. Speaking with a local TV station, IPOA Chairperson Ahmed Issack Hassan…
- The Government made 35 requests for user data in 2024, targeting 55 user accounts across Facebook, Instagram, and Threads, this is according to Meta’s latest Transparency Centre report on government requests. The report that was released on Thursday, June 12, 2025, ranks Kenya seventh among African…
- Security has been beefed up around the National Treasury building and along Parliament Road ahead of the presentation of the 2025 budget to the National Assembly later today. On Thursday, June 12, 2025, police officers were seen milling around the Treasury building, with several other police…
- Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi has defended the 2025/2026 national budget ahead of its official reading, describing it as both ambitious and responsive, despite the difficult fiscal conditions facing the country. Speaking on Thursday, June 12, 2025, ahead of official reading of the budget,…
- Former President Uhuru Kenyatta has clinched a significant legal victory in the protracted battle for control of the Jubilee Party, dealing a crushing blow to a rebel faction that had sought to wrest the outfit from his leadership. In a ruling delivered on Thursday, June 12, 2025, the High Court…
- The Treasury Cabinet Secretary, John Mbadi, has acknowledged the difficult position the National Treasury finds itself in, grappling with a delicate balancing act between managing Kenya’s mounting public debt, rising expenditure, and growing demand for government services, all while avoiding…
- Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi has highlighted some key changes on the 2025/2026 budget, which he plans to table before the National Assembly today, Thursday, June 12, 2025. Speaking during a live TV interview on his way from Karen to the Treasury, Mbadi indicated that this year’s budget has…
- Veteran golfer Dismas Indiza from Kakamega Golf Club staged a sensational comeback at the Ruiru Sunshine Development Tour, erasing a five-shot deficit to force a playoff and edge out amateur John Lejirma with a decisive birdie, walking away Ksh400,000 richer and reminding all why he is still called…
- Former police spokesperson and current Director-General of the National Communication Centre, Charles Owino, has called on the National Police Service (NPS) to urgently address what he described as a breakdown in communication, particularly during crises involving law enforcement. Speaking during…
- The counterfeit trade in Kenya has metastasised into a full-blown economic and social crisis, bleeding the nation over Ksh800 billion annually in losses. This staggering figure, equivalent to nearly 10 per cent of Kenya’s GDP, is not just a statistic – it’s a screaming indictment of the…
- Kenya’s high tax wedge will hit the country harder, pushing the majority of workers out of formal employment, with most being up in the informal sector in a bid to have a higher take-home. Data from the World Bank’s most recent report has noted that Kenya’s Tax wedge has even surpassed a couple…
- The first chairperson of the National Police Service Commission (NPSC), Johnston Kavuludi has defended Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja, asserting that he is a competent and capable leader. Speaking on a local TV station on Thursday, June 12, 2025, Kavuludi addressed concerns within the…
- Under the harsh glare of a bulb in a Kenyan police cell, Albert Omondi Ojwang took his last breath. When he was taken to Mbagathi Hospital on June 8, 2025, the 31-year-old teacher and online commentator came in a state characterised by bruising and fractures. Ojwang picked up two days earlier in…
- Last week, I had the honour of officiating the launch of a training program for new foreign service cadet officers at the Foreign Service Academy. These young diplomats entering our nation’s service possess great ambition fuelled by patriotism, honour, courage, and love for the unknown. With over…
- Experts have earmarked 2025 as a pivotal moment for climate action, as countries prepare to submit new climate commitments ahead of the United Nations climate summit (COP30) in Belém, Brazil, in November. The new climate commitments, known as Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), will shape…
- What is a party without alcohol? A foreign concept, one might assume. Like a courtroom without objections or a Friday night without traffic on Waiyaki Way. The kind of idea that sounds suspiciously like a health podcast pitch, all green juice and awkward side hugs. But here is the kicker, not only…
- I’m a reluctant second-hand consumer of rap, that inescapable musical element of world-conquering hip-hop culture. I’m tortured with it in matatus, in other people’s cars or from their mobile devices, and in bars. It’s as if younger people play it just to spite uncomprehending seniors – a way of…
- Here is what you need to know to keep up to speed with today’s happenings. Budget presentation to parliament Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi is expected to present the budget to the National Assembly at around 3:00 pm today. The Ksh4.2 trillion budget will entail details of the government’s…
- Benni McCarthy finally got his breakthrough as Harambee Stars head coach, guiding Kenya to a 2-1 win over Chad in a high-intensity international friendly in Morocco on Tuesday, June 10, 2025, marking his first triumph since taking charge of the national team. This was Harambee Stars’ first win in…
- The National Guard members deployed to the protests in Los Angeles have been trained to temporarily detain civilians if necessary, according to the troops’ commander. Nevertheless, as of Wednesday, June 11,2025, Major General Scott Sherman clarified that no troops have detained any protester,…
- Kenya has formally requested a new financing arrangement from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) following the end of its current Extended Credit Facility (ECF) and Extended Fund Facility (EFF) programmes, which provided a lifeline of over Ksh388 billion amid rising debt distress. The IMF has…
- The budget is a political instrument largely entrusted to Parliament with input from Kenyans through public participation. This is the tool with which Kenyans make decisions about national resource distribution, which is an emotive issue. The last Finance Bill was the subject of debate that…
- The global economy will see the slowest decade for global growth since the 1960s as the effects of Donald Trump’s tariffs are felt, the World Bank has predicted. Nearly two-thirds of countries in the world had their growth forecasts cut from the bank’s last set of predictions six months ago. The…
- Fourteen-year-old Cheses Kanyaker lies quietly on her back at the Baringo County Referral Hospital (BCRH), her chest wrapped in surgical gauze. The young girl, whose life has been marked by trauma and loss, is surrounded by medical personnel who work tirelessly to stabilise her fragile condition.…
- June is Mental Health Awareness Month, a time meant to bring into the open the invisible wounds many carry, often alone and unheard. In Kenya, mental health is a topic still wrapped in silence, stigma and misunderstanding. Yet behind this silence lie countless lives touched by pain, fear and…
- The government has raised an alarm over powerful pesticide cartels aggressively sabotaging efforts to eliminate harmful agrochemicals and enforce food safety standards in the market. Agriculture and Livestock Development Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe claimed that prominent individuals and…
- The Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Economic Planning is set to present the budget for the Financial Year 2025/26 to Parliament for approval on June 12, 2025. In the proposed budget, the government plans to spend approximately Ksh4.239 trillion in the upcoming financial year, beginning from…
- As the National Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi plans to appear before the National Assembly this afternoon to present the budget estimates for the coming financial year, the State House is set to receive up to Ksh3.1 billion. Despite the austerity measures pledge, the amount according to the…
- Beldine Odemba is set to lead Harambee Starlets at the 2025 CECAFA Women’s Championship in Tanzania, bringing an end to speculation over her future as head coach following a tense weekend of uncertainty. Harambee Starlets will face Burundi, Uganda, South Sudan and Tanzania as they seek to reclaim…
- Flooded homes, impassable roads, and the stench of raw sewage are now familiar scenes in parts of Mombasa whenever it rains. These grim conditions have become breeding grounds for the Aedes aegypti mosquito— a vector of the painful and rapidly spreading viral disease, Chikungunya. The coastal city…
