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WhatsApp introduces ads in status updates and channels, private chats stay secure
Margaret Wanjiru  |  Dec 16, 2025

Meta has begun rolling out ads in WhatsApp Status and Channels, turning the Updates tab into a monetisation hub while keeping private, end-to-end encr...

State to review advertising model, settle pending bills to rescue ailing media sector- Kabogo
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Nov 29, 2025

He said the existing model has contributed to delays and inefficiencies that have left many news organisations struggling to stay afloat.

City Hall cracks down on Illegal billboards, seeks Sh500 million in unpaid fees
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Nov 12, 2025

Chief Officer for Urban Development and Planning Patrick Analo Akivaga in Wednewday said the county is owed over Sh500 million by various advertising...

MPs demand clear plan as Treasury delays Sh864 million payments to media houses
Alfred Onyango  |  Sep 27, 2025

MPs sought to understand how GAA ensures that the information reaches the target audience across the country, even as the agency claimed it had saved...

MPs grill Government Advertising Agency over Sh9 million weekly MyGov deal
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 26, 2025

Principal Secretary Stephen Isaboke, while appearing before the National Assembly Committee on Information, Communication and Innovation, told MPs tha...

Parliament warns Government Advertising Agency's debt crisis threatens public campaigns
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 11, 2025

The National Assembly Public Accounts Committee, chaired by Butere MP Tindi Mwale, was informed that while government entities routinely use the GAA t...

MPs grill PS Isaboke after Sh500 million spent on MyGov advertising in newspapers
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 09, 2025

The controversy stems from audit queries in the Auditor General’s report for the financial year ending June 2023, which flagged payments made through...

MCA moves to enforce 2018 Nairobi law banning posters on poles, walls
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Aug 01, 2025

If approved, the motion would direct the county attorney to publish the Act within two weeks and require the Urban Planning executive to put in place...

NACADA says no alcohol bans effected, clarifies new policy only offers recommendations
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jul 30, 2025

The proposals, which have stirred public debate, include raising the minimum legal age for handling, purchasing, consuming and selling alcohol from 18...

Proposed alcohol and drug regulations not yet law, awaiting legal backing
Mary Wambui  |  Jul 30, 2025

NACADA warns that without immediate action, the public health and socioeconomic consequences of substance abuse will continue to escalate, affecting i...

Kenya to raise legal drinking age to 21, ban online alcohol sales in major policy overhaul
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jul 14, 2025

The reforms include strict zoning regulations, a ban on home alcohol deliveries, and the prohibition of celebrity endorsements, all aimed at reversing...

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