13 Jun 2025
- German rail passengers are no strangers to late or cancelled trains, but this week people aboard one intercity service were stunned to hear a new reason for why their journey came to a sudden halt: the train was deemed too dirty.
13 Jun 2025
- Climate change and other compelling factors have forced scientists and agricultural experts to develop new policies to drive much-needed transformation in food systems. With global warming accelerating, conflict escalating and aid shrinking, governments…
13 Jun 2025
- In recent times, Kenya has made significant progress towards achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by ensuring that health care services are equitably distributed at all levels of our health facilities. These milestones are a step in the right…
13 Jun 2025
- As Treasury Cabinet Secretary Mbadi delivered this year’s Sh4.2 trillion budget speech, Florence Akinyi sat quietly by her shoe-shining stall in Nairobi’s CBD, barely listening. Her focus was elsewhere—on how to survive another day in a city growing…
13 Jun 2025
- South Africa rescue teams recovered more bodies Thursday, days after heavy rains and strong winds battered the Eastern Cape province, as the death toll rose to at least 67.
13 Jun 2025
- The government has significantly boosted funding for the security sector in the 2025/2026 fiscal year, with the National Treasury allocating Ksh 464.8 billion—an increase of Ksh 87.3 billion from the previous year’s allocation of Ksh 377.5 billion.…
13 Jun 2025
- A year ago, National Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi was a name that sent ripples through the corridors of power—not as a policymaker, but as one of the most articulate and unrelenting critics of the government’s fiscal decisions. A seasoned…
13 Jun 2025
- Kenya’s Hustler Fund which is touted as a lifeline for the financially marginalised is being utilised by mostly wealthier citizens, according to the 2025 Economic Survey. This realisation has sparked renewed debate about whether the programme is…
13 Jun 2025
- The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) is stepping up efforts to deepen the derivatives market as the bourse plans to improve liquidity, broaden investor access, and roll out new financial instruments amid rising interest in risk management tools. This…
13 Jun 2025
- The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the National Youth Council in a move aimed at strengthening the role of young people in the fight against corruption and the promotion of good…
