2 Jul 2025
- Team ‘New Dawn’, led by National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOC-K) outgoing First Deputy President Shadrack Maluki, now believes the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) cannot conduct a credible election over allegations of…
2 Jul 2025
- Uganda will require fuel distributors to blend locally produced ethanol into all petrol sold in the country starting next January, the energy ministry said on Tuesday, a measure that could reduce the East African nation's petroleum import bill.
2 Jul 2025
- With just a smartphone in hand, the Kenyan youth have proved that they can easily crowdsource and send live updates, to mobilise change, especially in the political arena. Last year, what began as simple conversations online turned out to be a full-…
2 Jul 2025
- More than 40,000 students who sat the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education exam last year and qualified to join the university did not apply for admission, the ministry has said. Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Migos Ogamba said out of the 244,…
2 Jul 2025
- Kenyans in the North Rift and northeastern regions face deepening poverty as they enter unfavourable carbon trading agreements with multinational companies. Large farmland areas are being converted to exotic-tree plantations for carbon credits,…
2 Jul 2025
- Teachers have threatened to go on strike if the government does not agree to increase their pay. The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) on July 1, 2025, issued a seven-day notice demanding that the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) present its…
2 Jul 2025
- The Kenyan government, through the Directorate of Veterinary Science (DVS), has partnered with research organisations in a project aimed at controlling contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP), a deadly cattle disease. CBPP kills up to 50-80 per cent of…
2 Jul 2025
- Former Interior Cabinet Secretary Dr. Fred Matiang’i has broken his silence on some of the most high-profile unresolved cases during his time in office, including the discovery of bodies in River Yala and the murder of then Independent Electoral and…
2 Jul 2025
- Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro has demanded that the government takes full responsibility for the death of hawker Boniface Mwangi Kariuki. Kariuki died on Monday at Kenyatta National Hospital after being shot in the head by a police officer during the June 17,…
2 Jul 2025
- A Taliban diplomat will on Tuesday assume the role as Afghanistan's ambassador to Russia, the Islamist group's first top envoy to Moscow since seizing power in 2021, Russian state media reported.
