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26 Jun 2025 - Faith Kipyegon is aiming to become the first woman to run the women's mile under four minutes. If the Olympic champion breaks the barrier, it won't be official.

26 Jun 2025 - In a remote town in southern Kyrgyzstan, teacher Nur Akhmatov watched workers building a library, conference hall and women's sports centre -- construction mostly funded by Kyrgyz emigrants sending money home from Russia. A new sports centre is a…

26 Jun 2025 - George Obienge, the father of a young man who was killed during the Finance Bill 2024 demos, has shared that he was watching TikTok live when Shaquille was shot.

26 Jun 2025 - A heartbreaking video showing the final moments of Victor Otieno, a Thika-based college student, has gone viral online. He died yesterday during protests.

26 Jun 2025 - Kenya’s leather industry, despite its significant potential, remains largely trapped in low-value segments of the global market. Experts now say that this is not a problem of raw material scarcity or lack of infrastructure, but a deeper structural flaw…

26 Jun 2025 - Over the past few years, hiking has increasingly become a sought-after adventure as nomads in sneakers craving something raw, rugged and a little outside the comfort zone will not flinch, but jump into every opportunity that promises them the chance to…

26 Jun 2025 - Gathungu had flagged them, citing the absence of measurable benefits for citizens

26 Jun 2025 - Legislation should be introduced in Parliament no later than February 26, 2026

26 Jun 2025 - House also cancelled scheduled committee sittings, with no reasons given

26 Jun 2025 - Nyakach Girls reigned supreme at the Kisumu County Secondary Schools Term Two ball games after clinching five gold medals across different sports disciplines, while Onjiko High School cemented their dominance in boys’ 3×3 basketball by winning the title…

26 Jun 2025 - Their technologies are designed to support smallholders with solutions

26 Jun 2025 - The Gen Z-led protest was a mixed bag of fortunes, offering both challenges and unexpected opportunities.

26 Jun 2025 - The project has transformed Zanzibar, with Kenyans among the leading investors

26 Jun 2025 - Machakos Deputy Governor Francis Mwangangi has compared the ongoing women and youth empowerment program spearheaded by Deputy President Prof Kithure Kindiki to the YK 92 movement that eventually shattered the country’s economy. He said the program being…

26 Jun 2025 - Mulamwah noted how no woman has ever loved him like Ruth K did, and sent a message to her future lover, to know that she is a loving and loyal woman.

26 Jun 2025 - Kenyan businesses came to a near-complete halt across major cities yesterday as thousands of young protestors flooded the streets to mark the anniversary of Gen-Z demonstrators who lost their lives during last year’s unrest.  The commemorative protests…

26 Jun 2025 - The nationwide protests turned deadly as police once again responded with excessive force, just like during the deadly 2024 demonstrations, killing youths.

26 Jun 2025 - Despite the growing awareness around retirement planning, new data from the Retirement Benefits Authority (RBA) paints a troubling picture of how Kenyan retirees use their final pension payouts.   According to recent RBA data, the top uses of retirement…

26 Jun 2025 - At a minimalist Los Angeles matcha bar, powdered Japanese tea is prepared with precision, despite a global shortage driven by the bright green drink's social media stardom. "In the past two or three years, the craze has intensified: customers now want…

26 Jun 2025 - The credibility of climate pledges by the world's tech giants to rapidly become carbon neutral is fading fast as they devour more and more energy in the race to develop AI and build data centres, researchers warned Thursday. The report identifies a…

26 Jun 2025 - There is no doubt that Mining, Blue Economy and Maritime Affairs Cabinet Secretary and former Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho remains a political heavyweight. Long before his appointment to the Cabinet, Joho had cemented his stature as a dominant force at…

26 Jun 2025 - Most stocks fell Thursday and oil rose as traders kept a nervous eye on the Iran-Israel ceasefire, while the dollar dropped after Donald Trump said he had a handful of candidates to succeed Federal Reserve boss Jerome Powell, fuelling rate cut bets. "We…

26 Jun 2025 - In early 2000, Kenya was taking a new curve of appetite for revolution. Young Kenyans had fought President Moi to repeal section 2A in the 90s, opening Kenya’s democratic space for freedom and liberty. When President Kibaki came to power, most of today’…

26 Jun 2025 - A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to release billions of dollars allocated for the construction of electric vehicle charging stations in over a dozen US states. Seventeen attorneys general sued the Trump administration to unfreeze…

26 Jun 2025 - The Nairobi County Assembly is pushing for a ground-breaking Bill aimed at decentralising the management of public hospitals.   Minority Whip Moses Ogeto highlighted the need for reform, citing challenges faced by patients and medical facilities.  Ogeto…

26 Jun 2025 - At least eight people were shot dead and scores of others left with gunshot wounds on a day that the government shut down major television stations as youthful protesters engaged police in day-long running battles in various towns. The Law Society of…

26 Jun 2025 - Railaspeak is often a head scratcher. The ODM leader routinely makes sweeping statements, as though he expects never to be challenged or fact-checked. When he speaks off the cuff, in his typical halting, wise-elder style, he tries to force-connect dots…

26 Jun 2025 - Lawmakers were forced to prematurely adjourn House sittings due to a lack of quorum as most members kept away from Parliament following the countrywide Generation Z protests. On June 25, 2025, sittings adjourned early, despite the lawmakers commencing…

26 Jun 2025 - The Nyanza region experienced mixed reactions yesterday as Gen Z protesters marked the anniversary of the June 25, 2024, demonstrations that left scores killed by police during anti-government protests. Unlike previous demonstrations characterised by…

26 Jun 2025 - President William Ruto and ODM leader Raila Odinga shared a platform in Kilifi County, where they called for national unity. The two spoke during the funeral of Governor Gideon Mung’aro’s father, Mzee Gideon Baya Mung’aro, in Kilifi. In a message urging…

26 Jun 2025 - Kenya’s urban centres on June 25, 2025, witnessed a wave of Gen Z-led protests that were marked by heightened security, road closures, and a heavy police presence. In the morning, unlike in previous protests when police used force to prevent…

26 Jun 2025 - Digital literacy powered Gen Z uprising, uplifted dissenting voices

26 Jun 2025 - Gen Z protesters paralyse Thika Road in city march

26 Jun 2025 - PhD is a polite way of saying; you've read too much but earn too little

26 Jun 2025 - Politicians should stop using young people to fight their wars

26 Jun 2025 - Media houses, lawyers, lobby groups and human rights defenders yesterday protested the order by the government to ban live broadcasts of Gen Z protests.  In separate statements sent to newsrooms, the groups termed the order which led to a number of…

26 Jun 2025 - Implement the National Tax Policy to solve Kenya's tax problems

26 Jun 2025 - Key reforms will boost county governments' performance

25 Jun 2025 - The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) has recorded 8 fatalities during the June 25th demonstrations that marked the first anniversary of anti-Finance Bill 2024 protests.

25 Jun 2025 - A security guard stationed at Kenya Power’s Stima Plaza headquarters in Nairobi was on Wednesday evening fatally shot during the ongoing nationwide protests.

25 Jun 2025 - A security guard stationed at Kenya Power’s Stima Plaza headquarters in Nairobi was on Wednesday evening fatally shot during the ongoing nationwide protests.

25 Jun 2025 - The Garissa Law Courts has sentenced two convicts to serve 30 years each for facilitating a 2019 terrorist attack in Dadaab sub-county in which an improvised explosive device (IED) detonated beneath a Land Rover transporting uniformed officers,…

25 Jun 2025 - England Under-21s are one match away from winning back-to-back Euros as Harvey Elliott’s brilliant double sent them into the final. The defending champions set up a showdown against either France or Germany on Saturday in Bratislava by overcoming the…

25 Jun 2025 - Busia County has launched two policy frameworks to address nutritional challenges and forestall food systems.

25 Jun 2025 - Busia County has launched two policy frameworks to address nutritional challenges and forestall food systems.

25 Jun 2025 - Auction of Obado's graft proceeds should serve as warning to the corrupt

25 Jun 2025 - IPOA flags police over excessive force in June 25 protest crackdown

25 Jun 2025 - The High Court sitting in Milimani has issued a conservatory order suspending a directive from the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) that sought to bar television and radio stations from broadcasting live footage of the ongoing anti-government…

25 Jun 2025 - A family in Mlolongo, Machakos County, was left shaken after a stray bullet tore through their ceiling, allegedly fired by police to control the protesters during the Wednesday, June 25, demonstrations.

25 Jun 2025 - LSK said its monitoring team documented “use of excessive and varied force by police officers".