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Smuggled sugar from Somalia poses threat to Kenya's small-scale farmers
Issa Hussein  |  Mar 11, 2025

Security officers from borderline sub-counties in Garissa identified Amuma, Wellmarer, Hamey, Liboi, Sariraha, and Sinai among others as notorious cut...

Race for AUC leadership: A Look at 2025 election process for chairperson and deputy
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Feb 15, 2025

For the 2025 elections, Eastern Africa has nominated candidates for chairperson, while Northern Africa has put forward candidates for deputy chairpers...

Budget experts call scrapping of KCSE exam fees waiver as KNEC faces budget shortfalls
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Feb 15, 2025

With rising enrolment numbers, the government has been struggling to meet the full costs on time, leading to deficits in the national exams body.

Raila AUC bid: Drawing lessons from 2017 vote when Kenya’s Amina Mohamed lost to Faki Moussa
Mwangi Maina  |  Feb 14, 2025

One of the most painful lessons was that public endorsements rarely translate into real votes in the secret ballot.

Schools nationwide directed to comply with food safety guidelines after 68 Embu students fall ill
Lucy Mumbi  |  Feb 10, 2025

The affected students, all in Form Four, developed severe stomach pains, diarrhoea, and vomiting after eating meat prepared at the school.

Supreme Court to determine fate of 27 constituencies ahead of 2027 polls
Lucy Mumbi  |  Feb 02, 2025

At least 27 constituencies that do not meet the new threshold of 164,000 people risk being scrapped before the 2027 elections.

KNEC opens registration for July 2025 KCSE exams
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jan 25, 2025

This new series aims to accommodate private candidates, repeaters, and adult learners seeking to improve their academic performance.

DCI wants Hashim Dagane, suspect in murder of four Eastleigh women, denied bond
Joseph Ndunda  |  Jan 21, 2025

The suspect, who fraudulently acquired a Kenyan national identity card, remains a pre-trial remandee at the Nairobi Area Remand and Allocation Prison.

KNEC gives another chance to those who missed KCSE exams as mid-year tests set for rollout
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jan 09, 2025

Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba said plans are underway to introduce a mid-year KCSE exam series in July.

KNEC urges accuracy as registration of KCSE, KPSEA candidates set to kick off
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jan 09, 2025

According to Njeng'ere, registration for the 2025 KPSEA candidates will begin on January 27, 2025.

You’ve up to 2027 to resit KCSE exams, KNEC CEO David Njeng'ere tells Kenyans
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jan 09, 2025

Njeng'ere encouraged both students and educators to prepare for a seamless transition as the CBC continues to take shape in the coming years.

Poor handling of food in roadside eateries raises concerns about foodborne illnesses
Charity Kilei  |  Jan 05, 2025

Food poisoning is becoming an increasing concern in Kenya, largely due to poor food handling in roadside eateries and contaminated water.

KNEC introduces questionnaires to guide Grade 9 students in career selection
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Dec 20, 2024

The questionnaires are part of KNEC's ongoing efforts to implement the CBC, which is designed to focus on the holistic development of students.

KCSE exam results to be released in January as KNEC enhances cheating scrutiny
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Dec 20, 2024

While CS Ogamba did not specify an exact release date for the KCSE results, he assured that the ministry was committed to ensuring a fair and thorough...

KEBS denies claims of contaminated rice in Kenyan market
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Dec 12, 2024

In a statement issued on Wednesday, KEBS clarified that a consignment of 452 bags of rice imported by Anytime Limited had been seized and tested, reve...

Matiang’i accused of meddling in sugar scandal while serving as Interior CS
Eastleigh Voice Reporter  |  Dec 11, 2024

The revelations emerged during the trial of Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) and Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) employees, alongside an importer and a...

Kenyan market flooded with contaminated rice - KEBS
Lucy Mumbi  |  Dec 10, 2024

According to KEBS documents, the rice, imported from Pakistan between September and October, failed safety tests as it exceeded the permissible aflato...

Security operation in Eastleigh after spate of killings makes residents jittery
Soreti Kadir  |  Nov 23, 2024

Some argue that the ongoing raids seem to target communities that already face huge vulnerabilities in the country, mainly refugees and asylum seekers...

Police investigating how suspect in Eastleigh killings got Kenyan ID card
Amina Wako  |  Nov 08, 2024

On November 6, Hashim was linked yet again to another murder of Deka Abdinoor Gorone, whose mutilated body was found near Lang’ata Cemetery.

Eight teachers who photocopied KCSE exam paper arrested in Homa Bay
Lucy Mumbi  |  Nov 05, 2024

The exam paper was intended for a student who is currently hospitalised.

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