AIG Philip Kipchirchir Tuimur Stories

Senior police officer collapses, dies at home in Nandi County
Mary Wambui  |  Dec 06, 2025

The National Police Service is mourning AIG Philip Kipchirchir Tuimur, who died at home in Nandi, as officers seize illegal motor vehicle number plate...

Soukous icon Kanda Bongo Man honoured with lifetime achievement award in UK
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Dec 06, 2025

Congolese Soukous legend Kanda Bongo Man has received a Lifetime Achievement MTM Award in Bristol, England, recognising his role in promoting Soukous...

Experts warn of rising hidden hunger in Nairobi households
Charity Kilei  |  Dec 06, 2025

A Nairobi mother’s story highlights hidden hunger, where families eat enough to feel full but lack vital nutrients, raising risks of anaemia, poor gro...

MPs push progressive mental health reform, dropping jail terms for suicide survivors
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Dec 06, 2025

Parliament’s Justice Committee has backed a bill to scrap Kenya’s law criminalising suicide attempts, urging a shift to health-based care and stronger...

Nairobi concludes EU maritime security week with calls for increased cooperation among partners
Mary Wambui  |  Dec 05, 2025

The participants also discussed ongoing EU maritime security initiatives and priorities and ensured harmonisation of approaches and synergies of actio...

Green economy now second-fastest global growth frontier, value hits Sh646.4 trillion - report
Alfred Onyango  |  Dec 05, 2025

Companies operating in these markets typically gain access to cheaper capital and often enjoy premium valuations on capital markets, it adds in part.

Report links 60,000 penguin deaths to sardine decline, poor fisheries management
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Dec 05, 2025

A new study finds more than 60,000 African penguins vanished as sardines declined off South Africa, driving a 95% collapse on two islands and leaving...

Tanzania orders restrictions on Instagram accounts over election content
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Dec 05, 2025

Tanzania’s regulator asked Meta to restrict three Instagram accounts over election-related content, warning of possible platform blocks, as Meta confi...

Arab region among world’s most climate-vulnerable, World Meteorological Organisation finds
Mary Wambui  |  Dec 05, 2025

The Arab region recorded its hottest year on record in 2024, with 35 extreme events causing over 300 deaths and affecting 3.77 million people, as WMO...

MPs question Sh1 billion unsupported spending, ethnic imbalance at NKPCU
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Dec 05, 2025

Parliament’s investments committee has queried over Sh1 billion in unsupported spending and irregular staffing at NKPCU, demanding documents on coffee...

W20 pushes G20 to advance women’s economic empowerment, care work, health, climate justice
The Conversation  |  Dec 05, 2025

South Africa’s 2025 G20 Women 20 presidency pushed action on care work, modern slavery, health equity and violence. Delegates agreed on key steps but...

High Court nullifies Ruto’s special team on victims’ compensation, affirms KNCHR mandate
Carolyne Kubwa  |  Dec 04, 2025

The court held that the President acted outside the bounds of the Constitution when he established the advisory body, noting that the framework for ad...

Malaria fight at risk as drug resistance spreads despite new tools saving millions
Charity Kilei  |  Dec 04, 2025

A new WHO report finds rising malaria drug and insecticide resistance, 282 million cases and 610,000 deaths in 2024, even as vaccines and new tools av...

Tanzanian activist's social media accounts blocked after highlighting state repression
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Dec 04, 2025

Kimambi said her Instagram accounts, including her personal page and news platform, as well as her WhatsApp number, were deactivated, in a move she be...

Why smartphones before age 12 raise risks of depression, obesity and poor sleep
Charity Kilei  |  Dec 04, 2025

A large study of over 10,000 adolescents links smartphone ownership before age 12 to higher risks of depression, poor sleep and obesity, raising conce...

Court shown chilling CCTV evidence in case against accused serial killer Hashim Dagane
Carolyne Kubwa  |  Dec 04, 2025

The suspect stands accused of murdering four women in separate incidents last year.

Trump faces rising backlash over remarks targeting Somali immigrants
Abdirahman Khalif  |  Dec 04, 2025

Trump said that “hundreds of thousands of refugees from Somalia are completely taking over the once great State of Minnesota,” and he continued by say...

Malaria: Drug resistance and underfunding threaten progress towards eliminating killer disease
UN News  |  Dec 04, 2025

The WHO’s latest annual update shows impressive progress since 2000: intervention has saved an estimated 14 million lives worldwide over the last quar...

Ruto backs IMF partnership as key to Kenya’s debt, economic reforms
Lucy Mumbi  |  Dec 04, 2025

The President also noted that the Fund’s continued engagement has offered vital expertise in managing external debt and technical support across multi...

Senate’s handling of Nyaribo impeachment raises questions on oversight role, procedures
Barack Oduor  |  Dec 04, 2025

Nyamira Governor Amos Nyaribo’s latest escape from impeachment has triggered a Senate debate on whether current rules favour legal technicalities over...

US suspends asylum, immigration benefits for citizens of 19 countries
Charity Pancras  |  Dec 03, 2025

According to a memo issued on Tuesday by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services, the suspension applies to both newly filed cases and those that...

Global growth set to stall in 2025, UN flags financial and geopolitical risks
XINHUA  |  Dec 03, 2025

UNCTAD forecasts global growth will slow to 2.6 per cent in 2025, citing rising financial volatility and geopolitical risks, with developing economies...

High Court bench dismisses bid to disqualify judges from DP Kindiki appointment case
Carolyne Kubwa  |  Dec 03, 2025

Justices Eric Ogolla, Antony Mrima and Fredah Mugambi ruled that activist Enock Aura had not provided sufficient evidence to demonstrate any form of b...

Nyamira Governor Amos Nyaribo survives third impeachment attempt
Amina Wako  |  Dec 03, 2025

Senators, by a majority vote, upheld the preliminary objections raised by Governor Nyaribo, who questioned whether the County Assembly had the require...

Ethiopia blasts Egypt for escalating hostile rhetoric and rejecting dialogue over Nile waters, GERD
Addis Standard  |  Dec 03, 2025

Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdilaty called the Nile “the foundation” of Egypt’s security and said the country will no longer negotiate with Ethiopi...

African land policy reforms benefit women and communities, but 18-country review reveals key gaps
The Conversation  |  Dec 04, 2025

The core contestation is between commodifying land through individual rights and markets, versus protecting it as a social good through communal right...

Supporting Africa’s drylands: Insights from the pastoralists who call them home
The Conversation  |  Dec 03, 2025

Drylands, covering 60 per cent of Africa, are hot, low-rainfall areas that sustain the livelihoods and food security of half a billion people through...

EAC and AGRA rally young entrepreneurs to transform regional food systems
Alfred Onyango  |  Dec 03, 2025

East African leaders, investors and youth met in Nairobi to back agrifood innovation, as EAC and AGRA use EAYASE-25 to expand finance, markets and pol...

Anger in Mombasa’s Mikindani as families rely on costly bowsers amid prolonged water crunch
Farhiya Hussein  |  Dec 03, 2025

Mikindani residents in Mombasa face months of dry taps, costly bowser water and suspected sabotage, as officials cite ageing infrastructure and reduce...

Federal authorities plan large-scale immigration raids targeting Somali community in Minnesota, US
Abdirahman Khalif  |  Dec 03, 2025

The information has spread quickly through Somali neighbourhoods in both cities, where many residents say they now fear unannounced raids and mistaken...

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