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UN rights chief calls on US to withdraw sanctions against Palestinian rights groups
UN News  |  Sep 06, 2025

While WHO is doing the best it can to alleviate suffering in Gaza, supporting medical evacuations of over 7,640 patients, more than 15,000 others need...

Court upholds lawyer’s Sh498 million fees in tax case against Nairobi County
Carolyne Kubwa  |  Sep 05, 2025

The dispute stemmed from legal services rendered in Nairobi RMCC No. 2 of 2003, where the advocate was initially instructed by the then City Council o...

Revealed: Mediated pact that halted Governor Johnson Sakaja’s impeachment
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 05, 2025

Issues of county administration were also addressed, including the dismissal or reassignment of officers. Chief Officer Osman Khalif and Housing Chief...

The ‘unthinkable’ is underway in Gaza City, UNICEF warns
UN News  |  Sep 05, 2025

Only 44 out of 92 UNICEF-supported outpatient nutrition treatment centres are still functional, which means thousands of malnourished children lack ac...

Nairobi County issues 7-day disposal notice for 295 unclaimed bodies at City Mortuary
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 02, 2025

The Public Health Act Cap 242 stipulates that no body may remain in a public mortuary for more than 10 days.

Nairobi residents split in opinion after MCAs push for Governor Sakaja’s impeachment
Barack Oduor  |  Sep 02, 2025

The debate came amid reports that the ODM party had met with six Nairobi County Assembly leaders on Monday in a bid to address the rising impeachment...

City Hall launches massive audit of staff academic credentials amid rising cases of certificate forgery
Lucy Mumbi  |  Aug 31, 2025

Auditor General Nancy Gathungu has also exposed irregular hiring of more than 3,800 employees in Governor Sakaja’s administration.

Somalia raises Mogadishu port cargo handling to 250,000 units, positioning it to rival Mombasa, Dar es Salaam
Lucy Mumbi  |  Aug 31, 2025

The expansion nearly doubles the port’s throughput, enhancing its ability to meet rising trade demands and strengthening Somalia’s role in regional co...

Kenya Railways warns public against driving along train tracks
Mary Wambui  |  Aug 30, 2025

Kenya Railways said the behaviour poses a serious risk to the safety of motorists, passengers, and train operations and may also result in severe acci...

Ex-Nairobi water employee fined Sh14.6 million for using fake diploma to secure job
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Aug 29, 2025

The court heard that Barasa had forged a Diploma in Information Technology certificate purportedly issued by Eldoret Polytechnic. He used the fake cer...

Killing of journalists in Gaza hospital attack ‘should shock the world’: UN rights office
UN News  |  Aug 27, 2025

The OHCHR spokesperson told journalists in Geneva that Israeli authorities had carried out investigations in the past, as the occupying power.

Nairobi MCAs turn heat on Sakaja after stormy Kamukunji as impeachment talks resurface
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Aug 26, 2025

Ninety-six out of the 122 ward representatives attended a stormy Kamukunji, where they voiced deep frustrations over stalled projects, bursary delays,...

Climate change: How global water crisis could cost trillions
DW News  |  Aug 26, 2025

A growing water deficit driven by heat and drought is set to devastate local and national economies, resulting in food insecurity, displacement and po...

Auditor General flags irregular hiring of 3,800 staff by Sakaja's administration
Lucy Mumbi  |  Aug 25, 2025

The report also revealed that the county irregularly continued paying salaries to dismissed staff. Thirteen former employees received backdated salari...

Nairobi book vendors decry City Hall's backstreet relocation directive
Barack Oduor  |  Aug 21, 2025

In January 2025, the county government issued a notice banning the display of merchandise on the main streets in the Central Business District.

Antonio Guterres renews ceasefire appeal as Israel intensifies assault on Gaza
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Aug 21, 2025

According to the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR), the Israeli army has been issuing evacuation orders across wide areas of Jabalya, using quadcopters t...

Scribbled lines of life - hunger and hope in a Darfur city
XINHUA  |  Aug 19, 2025

The conflict in Sudan erupted in April 2023, devastating the country's infrastructure, killing tens of thousands, displacing millions, and creating a...

KETRACO officials under fire over Sh7 billion Inabensa contract penalty
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Aug 19, 2025

The controversy revolves around the Lessos–Tororo transmission line, awarded in 2014 to Inabensa to transmit power from the Marsabit wind farm.

KETRACO denied funds for Sh17.4 billion power project over Sh9.2 billion debt
Lucy Mumbi  |  Aug 18, 2025

The Treasury has insisted that KETRACO must first settle a Sh9.2 billion arbitral award owed to a Spanish contractor before any funds can be allocated...

UN warns Gaza crisis could worsen without safe, unrestricted aid flow
UN News  |  Aug 16, 2025

Between May 27 and August 8, the Red Cross Field Hospital in Rafah treated more than 4,500 wounded patients – most reporting injuries sustained while...

Three suspects in Kasipul MP Ong’ondo Were murder case remain in custody as court denies them bond
Carolyne Kubwa  |  Aug 14, 2025

The five suspects, who have denied the charge, are accused of murdering MP Were on April 30, 2025, near the City Mortuary Roundabout in Kilimani after...

Shock as Nairobi City Stars disband following relegation
Erick Kariuki  |  Aug 14, 2025

Team coordinator Samson Otieno confirmed that club owner Jonathan Jackson shut down the team after it was relegated from the top tier, citing a lack o...

Rwanda gears up to host historic 2025 UCI Road World Championships in Africa
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Aug 13, 2025

All schools within Kigali will be closed during the championship week, while public servants have been encouraged to work remotely.

Sakaja’s 'Dishi na County' programme under scrutiny over billions in irregular spending
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Aug 07, 2025

In the school feeding programme, the Auditor General's report found that the county paid the food provider Sh25 per plate, despite the contract requir...

City MCA calls for streetlight policy to address growing insecurity
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Aug 06, 2025

South B MCA Waithera Chege says crime in Nairobi has become worse due to poor visibility in public areas, and warned that unless the situation is addr...

Governor Sakaja’s Health CEC, Housing Chief Officer face censure over abuse of office
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Aug 05, 2025

Both officials are now facing formal censure motions, sparking a fierce confrontation between the executive and the assembly.

One dead as massive fire guts Mogadishu’s second-largest market Suuq Bacaad
Abdirahman Khalif  |  Aug 05, 2025

The fire, which began at approximately 6:00 pm in the Yaaqshid District, continued for several hours and was only fully contained by nightfall.

Hospitals ordered to update bed capacities, wait for 90 days before appealing downgrades
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Aug 05, 2025

The Health CS described the crackdown as part of a wider plan to strengthen Kenya’s healthcare delivery, calling for full cooperation from hospital ma...

Janet Waiyaki case: Two police officers found guilty of causing grievous harm to driver
Mary Wambui  |  Aug 02, 2025

Milimani Chief Magistrate Susan Shitubi ruled that two superior courts having concluded that what transpired on the fateful day was manslaughter; ther...

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...

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