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Frontline health volunteers in Turkana County lead fight against deadly diseases
Issa Hussein  |  Sep 23, 2025

Working alongside community health promoters, community disease reporters, and government surveillance teams, these frontline volunteers form a vital...

Auditor General flags Sh475 million climate summit grant signed four months after event
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 22, 2025

Auditor General Nancy Gathungu said the government failed to demonstrate how the delayed funds were applied, warning that the money may have been dive...

Nyakang’o blasts counties over Sh125 billion revenue arrears, calls for urgent action
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 22, 2025

Nyakang’o said the arrears, which include billions owed in land rates, house rent and health fund contributions, risk crippling devolved functions if...

EACC recovers Sh505 million in plea bargain with ex-Migori Governor Obado's associates, puts assets up for auction
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 22, 2025

EACC said the auction will cover 10 prime assets in Nairobi, Kisumu and Migori counties that were surrendered under a plea bargain deal aimed at resol...

Uganda has signed a deal with US to take asylum seekers – what’s behind it and what’s at stake
The Conversation  |  Sep 21, 2025

Whether they will be sent to the remote settlements where most refugees in Uganda access free housing and humanitarian assistance, or stay in urban Ka...

IPOA reviews 20,000 complaints, inspects 5,000 police facilities in five years
Mary Wambui  |  Sep 18, 2025

This year, IPOA’s report on police response to protests held between June and July 2025 revealed serious violations of constitutional policing standar...

Counties flagged for wasting billions on external lawyers despite having fully staffed legal teams
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 15, 2025

According to the Auditor General, Sh6.2 billion of this is owed to just four advocates in Nairobi County, representing 29 per cent of the total debt.

Majority of Kenyans report worsening economic conditions since last election
Charity Pancras  |  Sep 14, 2025

Analysts suggest Northern Kenya’s relative stability may be linked to its limited integration into the wider national economy and the central role of...

National, county governments fail to implement 79 per cent of audit recommendations - Auditor General
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 14, 2025

Gathungu expressed alarm over the continued failure by both national and county governments to act on her office’s recommendations, warning that it un...

Broad-based government gains 7 per cent support but faces rising opposition - TIFA
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 11, 2025

While some gains have been achieved, the survey suggests that many Kenyans are increasingly cautious about the coalition’s long-term impact.

Africa risks becoming global hunger epicentre by 2030 if reforms are not put in place, report warns
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 10, 2025

The report emphasises that Africa has the tools to transform its food systems, from climate-smart farming and digital finance to stronger governance a...

Kenya's domestic debt interest payments soar by Sh98 billion in a year
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 08, 2025

The Sh632.3 billion expenditure on interest payments between July 2024 and June 2025 eclipsed the Sh545.8 billion allocated to all development project...

State Department for Wildlife spent Sh1.2 billion on legal fees, neglected key projects - CoB report
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 08, 2025

The CoB report concedes with a petition filed in the National Assembly by a lobby group requesting an audit of the department’s public fund utilisatio...

South Sudan repatriates Mexican national deported by US after serving life sentence
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Sep 07, 2025

According to South Sudan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jesus Munoz-Gutierrez was flown to Mexico on Saturday after being handed over to Mexican ambas...

Africa’s agri-food trade more than doubles, but hunger still soars - report
Alfred Onyango  |  Sep 07, 2025

In its latest Africa Food Systems report, the Alliance highlights that billions of dollars in funding commitments have not translated into significant...

IGAD to unveil migration report highlighting displacement, labour mobility and remittances
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 03, 2025

The report aims to provide a clear picture of migration trends, demographic shifts, and remittance flows to support evidence-based policies across the...

AU human rights body warns against US deportation deals with African states
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Sep 01, 2025

The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights cited recent agreements signed with Rwanda and Uganda that would allow Washington to transfer both...

Auditor General flags Sh678 million losses at KNH from NHIF, Linda Mama contracts
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 01, 2025

In her report for the financial year ending June 2024, Gathungu said the hospital was forced to continue bearing deficits as reimbursements under both...

MPs warn of huge losses at NCPB, raise alarm over Kenya’s food security
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Aug 29, 2025

Among the worst financial mistakes highlighted was a disputed maize procurement contract that ended in arbitration, resulting in huge losses, with sev...

Senators warn Sh10 billion debt threatens NCPB operations ahead of harvest
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Aug 28, 2025

Fertiliser distribution to local stores was launched last year, but the board has yet to receive payment for the services rendered.

World Bank warns of 'lost decade' as global growth slows to three-decade low
Alfred Onyango  |  Aug 28, 2025

Structural slowdowns across investment, productivity, trade and labour force expansion are dragging the global economy toward its weakest potential gr...

Five journalists among 20 killed in Israeli strike on Gaza hospital
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Aug 25, 2025

According to Anadolou, five journalists who lost their lives include Palestine TV cameraman Hussam al-Masri, Al Jazeera photographer Mohammad Salama,...

Kenyan farmers abandon Hustler Fund for commercial and digital Loans, CBK survey shows
Lucy Mumbi  |  Aug 25, 2025

The survey, covering March to May 2025, found that 11 per cent of farmers who borrowed from the Hustler Fund and 13 per cent who relied on microfinanc...

Auditor General flags Sh1.3 billion in unsupported CDF spending
Lucy Mumbi  |  Aug 25, 2025

In her report, Gathungu said the expenditure lacked supporting documents and schedules, raising concerns about accountability in the use of public fun...

Sh208 billion unutilised as Kenya's development spending hits five-year low
Lucy Mumbi  |  Aug 25, 2025

In the 2023/24 financial year, the government spent Sh500.2 billion on development projects against an allocation of Sh708.8 billion, leaving Sh208.6...

Development projects hit hard as counties, ministries struggle after Treasury withholds billions in approved funds
Lucy Mumbi  |  Aug 25, 2025

Gathungu said the persistent underfunding has disrupted public programmes, particularly development projects, which continue to be starved of resource...

Eswatini Government sued over secret deal to accept US deportees
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Aug 24, 2025

The applicants, led by the Eswatini Litigation Centre, argue that the agreement was unlawful because it was not presented to parliament and the terms...

Auditor General flags Sh170 billion revenue shortfall for FY 2023/2024
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Aug 24, 2025

The government realised Sh2.29 trillion in ordinary revenue compared to a projected Sh2.46 trillion, leaving a deficit of 6.9 per cent.

Is Africa becoming the US's dumping ground of migrants?
DW News  |  Aug 23, 2025

Uganda is now the lastest African country accepting a deal with the US government to take in unwanted migrants, joining Eswatini, South Sudan and Rwan...

How Tanzania’s ex-envoy is turning into President Samia’s firebrand critic
Mwangi Maina  |  Aug 22, 2025

Polepole, who relinquished his Havana posting that also covered Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana and Central America, says he has gone into hiding, citing...

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