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KNEC warns schools over misleading 2025 KJSEA performance reports
Lucy Mumbi  |  Dec 15, 2025

KNEC explained that the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) framework assesses each subject independently and reports learners’ achievements using clear...

Issa Emuria: Clean sheets, big dreams and a journey from Turkana to the top of FKF goalkeeper charts
Erick Kariuki  |  Dec 15, 2025

Emuria joined Bidco United from Ulinzi Stars, where he made history as the first player from the Turkana community to represent Kenya at the junior na...

10 dead, six injured in Homa Bay matatu-lorry road crash after wedding trip
Lucy Mumbi  |  Dec 15, 2025

The victims had attended a church wedding in Kakamega County and were headed to Nyamira County when the accident occurred at around 8:00 pm on Sunday...

Nine dead, 17 injured in RSF drone strike on Sudan’s Dilling military hospital
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Dec 14, 2025

A drone strike on Al-Dilling Military Hospital in southern Sudan killed nine civilians and injured 17, including medical staff, as a doctors’ group bl...

Family care and cohesion: How to survive and even thrive over the holidays
The Conversation  |  Dec 14, 2025

A South African researcher explains how trust, shared care and meeting emotional as well as material needs help families stay cohesive, and how “bad c...

Former Lugari MP Cyrus Jirongo to be buried at Lumakanda home in Kakamega on December 30
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Dec 14, 2025

Former Lugari MP Cyrus Jirongo will be buried on December 30, 2025, at his Lumakanda home in Kakamega County, next to his parents, following a fatal r...

UN Secretary-General condemns ‘horrific’ drone strike on peacekeepers in Sudan
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Dec 15, 2025

A drone attack on a UN logistics base in Kadugli, Sudan, killed six Bangladeshi peacekeepers and injured eight, prompting condemnation from the UN chi...

Eight dead, including two children, in Nyamira road crash involving matatu and trailer
Lucy Mumbi  |  Dec 14, 2025

Police said the matatu, ferrying passengers from Nairobi, collided head-on with a trailer at around 8:00 pm after the trailer driver failed to keep to...

Government enforces festive school holiday safety measures to protect learners
Lucy Mumbi  |  Dec 14, 2025

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen last month emphasised that safeguarding children during the long holiday was non-negotiable.

Grade 9 transition: Why population, poverty and performance will guide senior school placements
Lucy Mumbi  |  Dec 14, 2025

Starting Monday, learners will be assigned to institutions based not just on exam scores but also on distance to school, county size and infrastructur...

19th Goodness Ship departs Turkey carrying 1,300 tons of humanitarian aid to Gaza
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Dec 13, 2025

A send-off ceremony was held at the Port of Mersin, attended by Turkish and foreign officials, aid workers, and representatives of donor organisations...

Speaker Kingi submits list of absentee landlord farms to Ruto for squatter resettlement
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Dec 13, 2025

He said that the list has been handed to the President, and during his next visit to the Coast, President Ruto will indicate which farms will be prior...

Governor Natembeya accuses State of defying court orders over security withdrawal
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Dec 13, 2025

He said the action would not deter him from criticising what he called poor governance. He urged the government to respect fundamental rights and the...

Thiaroye massacre: report on the French killing of Senegalese troops in 1944 exposes a painful history
The Conversation  |  Dec 13, 2025

Regarding the death toll, one may rely on a literal reading of the archives, which consistently report 35 deaths (or 70 in one officer’s report, phras...

(Hold) Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, Habwe, Mwangi and Mulwa - icons Kenya bid farewell in 2025
Barack Oduor  |  Dec 13, 2025

Kenya’s arts and literary world in 2025 was marked by the deaths of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, John Habwe, Meja Mwangi and David Mulwa, closing a chapter for...

President Ruto leads nation in mourning former Lugari MP Cyrus Jirongo
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Dec 13, 2025

Former Lugari MP Cyrus Jirongo, 64, died in a road accident early Saturday at around 3:00 am along the Nairobi–Nakuru Highway when his car collided wi...

Cyrus Jirongo: YK92 and the Sh500 note that defined an era
Barack Oduor  |  Dec 13, 2025

Former Lugari MP and YK92 leader Cyrus Jirongo has died after a road crash in Karai, Naivasha, along the Nairobi–Nakuru highway, ending a decades-long...

Over 150,000 students fail to progress to Grade 9 under CBC
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Dec 13, 2025

New KNEC data show more than 150,000 CBC learners in Kenya failed to reach Grade 9, with boys dropping out in higher numbers and similar attrition see...

Peace falters as fighting in eastern DR Congo raises fears of regional war
UN News  |  Dec 13, 2025

Civilians across eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are facing collapsing health services and mass displacement as fighting spreads, under...

Gor, Homeboyz and Nairobi United drop points in action-packed Jamhuri Day fixtures
Erick Kariuki  |  Dec 12, 2025

Gor Mahia, Kakamega Homeboyz, Posta Rangers and Nairobi United all dropped points in Jamhuri Day FKF Premier League action, allowing Kenya Police to s...

ECOWAS endorses John Mahama as West Africa’s candidate for AU chair in 2027
Mwangi Maina  |  Dec 12, 2025

Ghana's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, welcomed the decision, thanking his ECOWAS counterparts for what he described as a stro...

Ruto honours Benni McCarthy, Harriet Okach for elevating Kenya’s sports profile
Erick Kariuki  |  Dec 12, 2025

They include Harambee Stars head coach Benni McCarthy, Harambee Starlets head coach Beldine Odemba, Kenya Rugby Union chairperson Harriet Okach, and a...

JKIA–ABC road corridor to get new look as Ruto revives city roadworks
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Dec 12, 2025

Beyond Mombasa Road, the government is working on 60 kilometres of roads across the city, including Valley Road, Ngong Road, Haile Selassie Avenue, Ma...

Ruto honours Kristina Kenyatta, Dorcas Oduor, William Kabogo with EGH awards
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Dec 12, 2025

President Ruto highlighted that these awards honour individuals who have rendered distinguished and outstanding services to the nation across various...

Ruto raises research funding to 2 per cent of GDP in bid to expand digital economy
Margaret Wanjiru  |  Dec 12, 2025

President Ruto framed the initiative as part of Kenya’s broader economic freedom agenda, stressing that investments in human capital and digital skill...

President Ruto presides over 'Trooping of Colour' for Kenya’s elite 20 Parachute Battalion
Mary Wambui  |  Dec 12, 2025

President William Ruto led the trooping of colour for the Kenya Army’s 20 Parachute Battalion at Nyayo Stadium, highlighting the unit’s history, airbo...

Ruto approves renaming of Talanta Stadium to Raila Odinga International Stadium
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Dec 12, 2025

The announcement follows increasing calls for the renaming, which gained traction during the 62nd Jamhuri Day celebrations at Nyayo National Stadium i...

Severe nausea, vomiting in pregnancy linked to major physical and mental health risks
Charity Kilei  |  Dec 12, 2025

Hyperemesis gravidarum is a severe form of pregnancy nausea that can cause dehydration, malnutrition and depression. The article explains symptoms, ri...

Jamhuri Day’s hidden workforce: How they keep Kenya's Independence Day running
Margaret Wanjiru  |  Dec 12, 2025

As Kenya marks 62 years of independence, informal workers in Nairobi—domestic staff, boda boda riders, cooks and cleaners—keep Jamhuri Day running, of...

Gen Z redefines freedom as Kenya marks 62 years of independence
Margaret Wanjiru  |  Dec 12, 2025

As Kenya marks 62 years of independence, many Gen Z Kenyans spend Jamhuri Day working, redefining freedom as economic stability, real choices, and rel...

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