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Google prepares Chrome for Android to auto-fill SMS verification codes
Margaret Wanjiru  |  May 16, 2025

This time-saving update was spotted by reliable tipster Leopeva64, is expected to significantly streamline the login experience across mobile web plat...

State unveils 15-member team to roll out new KEMIS system to eliminate ghost learners
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 15, 2025

The new platform is expected to replace the current National Education Management Information System (NEMIS), which has faced heavy criticism over ine...

Law students caught in crossfire of policy conflicts, budget cuts
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 15, 2025

At the centre of the storm is the Advocates Training Programme (ATP), the final step required to qualify as a lawyer in Kenya.

Budget cuts jeopardise education for millions as key programmes struggle with shortfalls
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 14, 2025

Members of Parliament resolved to summon Treasury Principal Secretary Chris Kiptoo to explain the sharp budget cuts that have crippled critical progra...

Finland's President Alexander Stubb makes historic visit to Kenya as Nordic-Africa ties deepen
Mwangi Maina  |  May 12, 2025

The visit comes as the two countries commemorate 60 years of diplomatic relations, underscoring a renewed Nordic interest in East Africa amid shifting...

Mass registration exercise offers relief to Mombasa residents seeking ID issuance
Farhiya Hussein  |  May 11, 2025

For years, residents in various informal settlements across Mombasa have been grappling with prolonged wait times, missing documents, and complicated...

Govt orders pay service suspension for 23 TV stations over illegal betting ads
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 10, 2025

In a letter addressed to the Communications Authority of Kenya dated May 5, 2025 and copied to Safaricom and the Directorate of Criminal Investigation...

Ruto pledges Sh150 billion pending bills payout to struggling suppliers by end of year
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 10, 2025

The President acknowledged the negative impact these unpaid debts have had on businesses, especially smaller enterprises.

Education Ministry nullifies UoN leadership shake-up over legal breaches, reinstates VC Hutchinson
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 09, 2025

On Thursday, the University of Nairobi Council announced Prof Bitange Ndemo as the next vice chancellor to succeed Prof Hutchinson after his diplomati...

Government unveils reforms to tackle financial woes, strikes in public universities
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 09, 2025

The report lists Kenyatta University, the University of Nairobi, and Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology as having the highest debt...

Pope Leo XIV signals vision for peace, social justice and tradition in first public moments
Reuters  |  May 09, 2025

"La pace sia con tutti voi!" (Peace be with you!), Leo's first words in public, echoed the ones Catholics use in their celebrations but also offered a...

Education spending to fall despite rising enrolment, more schools
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 08, 2025

Total funding for the education sector is expected to fall from Sh601.5 billion in 2023/24 to Sh594.2 billion in 2024/25, representing a 1.2 per cent...

Who is Robert Prevost, the new pope?
Reuters  |  May 08, 2025

Made a cardinal by Pope Francis in 2023, he has given few media interviews and rarely speaks in public.

Cardinal Robert Prevost elected as Pope Leo XIV
Reuters  |  May 08, 2025

Aged 69 and originally from Chicago, Prevost has spent most of his career as a missionary in Peru and became a cardinal only in 2023.

White smoke appears from chimney of Sistine Chapel, signals new pope elected
Reuters  |  May 08, 2025

The election came on the first full day of voting by the 133 cardinal electors, who secluded themselves behind the Vatican's medieval walls on Wednesd...

Bitange Ndemo appointed University of Nairobi's vice chancellor
Bashir Mbuthia  |  May 08, 2025

Prof Anangwe emphasised that the appointment aligns with the Universities Act 2012 and is intended to bring stability to an institution that has been...

Black smoke signals no pope elected at first vote, next round of voting on Thursday
Reuters  |  May 07, 2025

This was an hour more than it took for smoke to be seen after the first vote in the 2013 conclave that picked the late Pope Francis.

Vatican conclave to pick new pope, world awaits white smoke
Reuters  |  May 07, 2025

No pope has been elected on the first day of a conclave for centuries, so voting could continue for several days before one of the red-hatted princes...

Kenya’s basic education institutions surge by 39pc in 2024 as junior schools drive expansion
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 07, 2025

Pre-primary school enrolment increased to 2.91 million pupils in 2024, up from 2.88 million in 2023. Enrolment for boys grew by 1.5 per cent, surpassi...

Nairobi Archdiocese: Cardinal Njue was invited to papal conclave but won’t attend due to health
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 06, 2025

The clarification comes amid earlier reports suggesting that Cardinal Njue had not received an invitation to participate in the conclave.

Government allocates extra Sh45bn to KDF, teachers and police in 2025/26 budget
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 06, 2025

Education, military and aviation are among the major winners in the expenditure plan for the financial year starting July, even as recurrent spending...

Government to slash Uhuru’s retirement benefits by Sh94.6 million
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 06, 2025

Kenyatta’s allocation will fall from Sh371.46 million to Sh276.85 million in the financial year starting July. The heaviest reductions will affect for...

Papal conclave: All cardinals who will elect new pope arrive in Rome
Reuters  |  May 06, 2025

Two cardinals, one from Spain and one from Kenya, will not be joining the conclave for health reasons, the Vatican said.

State blames underdevelopment for insecurity in 23 counties
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 05, 2025

Interior CS Murkomen said decades of economic neglect, not lack of police presence, are fuelling banditry, cattle rustling and communal conflicts.

Why we feel judged by what we wear: Psychology of clothing, self-worth and perception
Margaret Wanjiru  |  May 04, 2025

Ultimately, what we wear may not reflect the entirety of who we are, but it does broadcast a message, one that others are always ready to receive.

Banditry-related attacks in Kenya claim 21 lives in three months
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 04, 2025

According to Interior CS Murkomen, this marks a significant decrease from the 58 deaths reported during the same period in 2024.

25 rogue police reservists arrested, sacked in banditry crackdown in Kerio Valley
Mary Wambui  |  May 02, 2025

The affected reservists were found to have engaged in activities that abetted banditry and cattle rustling, thereby undermining the progress made by t...

Public schools to receive Sh21 billion capitation funds from Monday
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 01, 2025

Addressing education stakeholders, Ogamba attributed the delay to competition for limited government resources but confirmed that the Treasury had com...

Chiefs in five counties to be armed in fight against banditry
Lucy Mumbi  |  Apr 30, 2025

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen said the move is part of a broader government strategy to curb persistent livestock theft and improve se...

National Assembly forms 17-member committee to review, unify education funds
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 01, 2025

Ultimately, the goal is to establish a National Education Fund to consolidate resources and ensure no child is denied access to education due to a lac...

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