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Government defends use of intern teachers in junior schools amid calls for permanent jobs
Lucy Mumbi  |  Dec 08, 2025

TSC said the internship programme equips teachers with practical teaching experience, improves pedagogical skills and provides jobs for unemployed you...

Patients suffer as Gaza hospitals faces severe shortage of life-saving medicines
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Dec 07, 2025

Hospitals in Gaza report 54 per cent of essential medicines and 40 per cent of surgery drugs are unavailable, as Israel allows only five medical suppl...

ICJ-Kenya appoints Demas Kiprono as executive director
Mary Wambui  |  Dec 06, 2025

ICJ Kenya has named human rights lawyer Demas Kiprono as Executive Director from January 2026, succeeding Eric Mukoya, highlighting his record in digi...

Washington Accord offers real chance for long-term peace, says President Kagame
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Dec 05, 2025

Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame says the new Washington Accord offers a real chance for long-term peace, crediting Donald Trump’s mediation and urging...

Police recover stolen G3 rifle after mob attack in Thika East
Mary Wambui  |  Dec 05, 2025

Police in Kiambu recovered a G3 rifle, magazines and 68 rounds after a fatal mob attack in Munyu, Thika East, linking the weapon to an earlier armoury...

Kenya becomes first country to seal direct health funding pact with US
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Dec 05, 2025

Kenya and the US have signed a $1.6 billion Health Cooperation Framework, directing funds to Kenyan state health institutions to bolster universal cov...

UN support helps Gaza mothers give birth amid collapsing health system
UN News  |  Dec 05, 2025

The impact has been devastating: premature births have risen sharply, along with miscarriages and stillbirths linked to severe malnutrition, exhaustio...

Palestinian militia leader working with Israel killed in Southern Gaza
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Dec 04, 2025

Reports indicate that Yasser Abu Shabab, commander of the Popular Forces, died on Thursday during what Israeli officials described as internal fightin...

Speaker Wetang’ula, NIS boss Noordin Haji among 54 advocates recommended for Senior Counsel rank
Carolyne Kubwa  |  Dec 04, 2025

Others include former Makueni Governor Professor Kivutha Kibwana, former Solicitor General Kennedy Ogeto, legal practitioners Ambrose Rachier, Katwa K...

NGEC backs Interior Ministry ban on mediation, informal settlements in SGBV cases
Mary Wambui  |  Dec 03, 2025

Kenya’s Gender Commission has backed the Interior Ministry’s ban on mediating or withdrawing sexual and gender-based violence cases, citing rising def...

Report links Batuk soldiers to rape, abuse and impunity in Laikipia and Samburu
Lucy Mumbi  |  Dec 03, 2025

A Kenyan parliamentary committee has linked British Army personnel in Laikipia and Samburu to sexual violence, UXO deaths, injuries and environmental...

Wajir police nab suspect with AK-47 rifle in ongoing crackdown on illegal firearms
Abdirahman Khalif  |  Dec 01, 2025

Police in Sabuli, Wajir County, arrested a man with an illegal AK-47 rifle during a patrol, seizing the weapon as part of ongoing operations against i...

Hong Kong tower fire kills 146 with 150 still missing as outrage grows over safety failures
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Nov 30, 2025

The blaze, which erupted at the Wang Fuk Court housing complex in the Tai Po district, has been described as the deadliest in the city in more than 70...

Palestinian police to be trained in Egypt as Gaza rebuilds security forces
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Nov 30, 2025

More than 500 recruits completed the course in Cairo in March, with new groups joining the two-month training exercise in September.

New study estimates Gaza war death toll may exceed 100,000
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Nov 27, 2025

The entirety of Gaza's population now lives below the poverty line, with per-capita GDP plunging to $161 (Sh20,899), unemployment soaring to 80 per ce...

African Commission hails Côte d’Ivoire’s move to protect displaced populations
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Nov 26, 2025

By granting formal refugee status, Côte d’Ivoire has strengthened protections against the forced return of people to unsafe conditions.

UN says rebuilding Gaza will cost Sh 9.1 trillion as Palestinian economy nears collapse
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Nov 26, 2025

The UN estimates that rebuilding homes, roads, hospitals, and other basic services in Gaza will cost more than Sh 9.1 trillion ($70 billion) and will...

Retirees demand action over Sh4 billion Nairobi Water pension arrears
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Nov 26, 2025

The retirees say more than Sh4 billion in arrears owed to various pension schemes has left hundreds of families in hardship, while management and coun...

DPP calls for stronger inter-agency action on hate speech and incitement cases
Lucy Mumbi  |  Nov 25, 2025

DPP Renson Ingonga revealed that the ODPP has only a few active cases in court due to investigative bottlenecks.

Only 12 of 58 EACC corruption cases cleared for prosecution by DPP over three-month period
Lucy Mumbi  |  Nov 24, 2025

According to the commission’s latest quarterly report, many of the pending cases involve large sums of public funds and senior officials, highlighting...

Wajir’s Soko Mjinga market reduced to ashes in devastating fire, traders face crushing losses
Issa Hussein  |  Nov 23, 2025

More than 60 stalls were gutted in Saturday night blaze, leaving traders devastated and millions in losses as repeated market fires threaten livelihoo...

Regulator revives plan to limit early pension withdrawals to 30 per cent before age 50
Lucy Mumbi  |  Nov 23, 2025

Kenya also faces low pension coverage, with over 70 per cent of workers retiring without a pension beyond payouts from the National Social Security Fu...

Gaza: Two children killed every day during fragile ceasefire, says UNICEF
UN News  |  Nov 22, 2025

According to UNICEF, at least 67 children have been killed in “conflict-related incidents” since the Hamas-Israel pause in hostilities was announced o...

Rwandan, Belgian foreign ministers hold talks to mend ties after months of tension
The New Times  |  Nov 21, 2025

Amb. Olivier Nduhungirehe, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and the visiting Belgian Vice Prime Minister and Minister of...

Hillside Academy fire inquest: Witnesses recount frantic efforts to rescue trapped pupils
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Nov 21, 2025

Matron Beatrice Nduta, who had worked at the school for four months, told the court there were 282 pupils at the academy that night, including 160 gir...

Two tables, one war: Life amid ceasefire in Israel and Gaza
XINHUA  |  Nov 21, 2025

There is still a long way to go before people can find an answer to that question - not in promises or temporary pauses, but in days of uninterrupted...

Judges poised for lifetime pension perks worth Sh5.7 billion
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Nov 20, 2025

The Justice and Legal Affairs Committee (JLAC) of the National Assembly has endorsed the Judges’ Retirement Benefits Bill, 2025, following public cons...

ICEA survey finds most Kenyan retirees struggle to survive on pensions
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Nov 20, 2025

Nearly half of retirees’ savings last only part of their expected retirement years, raising concerns about financial security in later life. Major spe...

Domestic capital gains momentum as sub-Saharan Africa accelerates energy transition financing
Alfred Onyango  |  Nov 19, 2025

IRENA maintains that strengthening domestic financial markets is essential to ensuring sufficient funding for energy transition projects.

UN Security Council approves US-brokered Gaza peace plan
Mwangi Maina  |  Nov 18, 2025

Central to the document is the creation of a Board of Peace (BoP) - described as a "transitional administration" for Gaza - tasked with overseeing rec...

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