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MPs fault top state agencies over weak accountability, stalled reforms
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Aug 09, 2025

DCI Director Amin Mohammed came under heavy criticism after revealing that files relating to a 2017 IEBC procurement case could not be traced and migh...

Four CSs in fresh legal battle over Sh50 e-Citizen fee
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Aug 09, 2025

In an application filed at the High Court, Magare-Gikenyi wants National Treasury CS John Mbadi, Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen, ICT and Digital Econo...

Proposed Bill could unlock new funds for Kenya Meteorological Department
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Aug 09, 2025

The Air Passenger Service Charge (Amendment) Bill, 2025, sponsored by National Assembly Majority Leader Kimani Ichung’wah, seeks to add the department...

Iran urges extraordinary OIC meeting on Gaza humanitarian catastrophe
XINHUA  |  Aug 08, 2025

On Tuesday, multiple Israeli media outlets reported that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to announce plans to fully occupy Gaza.

Informant misled KWS in search for missing Lake Nakuru fisherman Brian Odhiambo, says Director General
Lucy Mumbi  |  Aug 07, 2025

KWS Director General Dr Erastus Kanga told MPs that the informant issued false directions during a site visit to Lake Nakuru before admitting he did n...

Global survey finds majority back cutting arms sales to Israel over Gaza war
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Aug 07, 2025

The findings come amid growing international condemnation of Israel's military campaign in Gaza, which has reportedly killed more than 60,000 Palestin...

Malindi embraces inclusive tourism as local, foreign investors open doors to community
Farhiya Hussein  |  Aug 06, 2025

A key symbol of this shift is the launch of Billionaire Plaza, a retail space within the upscale Billionaire Resort, now welcoming not just high-end v...

South African researchers warn exotic plants increase risk of urban wildfires
XINHUA  |  Aug 06, 2025

Exotic species that combine large, thin leaves with tall, woody growth and high retention of dry or dead foliage are of particular concern.

Kebs on the spot as MPs order withdrawal of disputed levy regulations
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Aug 06, 2025

The legislators on Tuesday questioned how a 1990 legal notice had been quietly replaced without fresh tabling before Parliament, accusing Kebs of side...

Are political protests grounds to cancel pension? What the law says about Maraga’s case
Eastleigh Voice Reporter  |  Aug 06, 2025

According to constitutional lawyer Gibson Gisore, retirement benefits - including pensions - are safeguarded by the Constitution and relevant laws, ma...

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.

Treasury CS Mbadi faces Sh500,000 fine for skipping Senate grilling on delayed pension payments
Lucy Mumbi  |  Aug 04, 2025

The Senate Standing Committee on Labour and Social Welfare on Monday expressed frustration, accusing CS Mbadi of being evasive and undermining Parliam...

Judges’ retirement Bill dismissed as SRC cites constitutional breach, Sh15 billion fiscal burden
Lucy Mumbi  |  Aug 04, 2025

SRC said the Bill usurps its exclusive mandate to set and review State officers’ pay and warned that implementing it could trigger similar demands acr...

Catherine Kenga gazetted as Kilifi County Assembly speaker
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Aug 02, 2025

Kenga’s elevation to Speaker follows the removal of her predecessor, Teddy Mwambire, who was ousted through a vote of no confidence on June 30, 2025,...

Foreign Investments offer minimal impact to Kenya’s industrialisation, study shows
Alfred Onyango  |  Aug 02, 2025

The report recommends urgent policy reforms to make brownfield investment more attractive and sustainable in this sector, which has the potential to d...

SRC rejects Bill proposing lucrative retirement package for judges
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Aug 02, 2025

Acting SRC CEO Margaret Njoka stated that the Bill directly undermines the commission’s exclusive constitutional mandate to set and review the remuner...

MoE reshuffles county education directors in latest shake-up
Eastleigh Voice Reporter  |  Aug 01, 2025

According to ministry sources, the moves are part of ongoing efforts to boost efficiency, address regional performance disparities, and strengthen edu...

Reuben Kigame seeks court order to prosecute top cops over brutality during Gen Z protests
Carolyne Kubwa  |  Jul 31, 2025

Reuben Kigame is seeking a declaration that the desecration of bodies and public display of police brutality during the peaceful public protests amoun...

MPs question Sh1.4 billion fee as KBC pension scheme faces collapse
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jul 30, 2025

MPs also heard the tragic story of Peter Kimeu, a retiree who died while queuing at a hospital after failing to get treatment due to delays in receivi...

Burkina Faso rejects Ivorian suicide claim, calls activist Alino Faso’s death an assassination
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jul 29, 2025

Traoré, a well-known political activist and vocal supporter of military regimes across the Sahel, had been arrested in Ivory Coast six months ago on e...

Fresh gunfire along border rekindles tensions between Uganda and South Sudan
Mwangi Maina  |  Jul 29, 2025

The alleged incident occurred on the afternoon of July 28 in Nyainga-Muda, a settlement in Kangapo II Payam of Kajo-Keji County, Central Equatoria Sta...

Mombasa leads Kenya’s mpox outbreak as MoH, WHO step up response
Farhiya Hussein  |  Jul 29, 2025

The Director-General of Health, Dr Patrick Amoth, confirmed that out of the 300 cases recorded nationwide, Mombasa alone accounts for 139, the highest...

Boost for tourism as direct flights between Istanbul and Mombasa are set to resume in October
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jul 29, 2025

The direct flight between Istanbul and Mombasa covers 3,221 miles, with a flight duration of approximately 7 hours and 15 minutes.

Hepatitis B: The overlooked health crisis silently spreading across Kenya and Africa
Charity Kilei  |  Jul 28, 2025

Over 70 million people in the WHO African Region live with chronic hepatitis B or C, 63 per cent of the global burden, yet fewer than 10 per cent are...

HIV prevention injection offers hope, but at a cost too high for many Kenyans
Charity Kilei  |  Jul 27, 2025

Lenacapavir, an HIV-prevention injection offering six months of protection, will be available from January 2026 at a cost of approximately Sh6,000 per...

UDA holds unity retreat as nine aspirants jostle for Mbeere North mini-poll ticket
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jul 27, 2025

Top UDA officials, led by party chair Cecily Mbarire and Public Service CS Geoffrey Ruku, held a closed-door retreat in Naivasha to ease tensions and...

Murkomen appoints new principal secretaries, regional commissioners
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Jul 26, 2025

In a notice issued on Saturday, July 26, Murkomen appointed Jacob Namulen and Bevery Opwora as Principal Administrative Secretaries in the ministry. H...

Family demands answers after activist Mwabili Mwagodi vanishes in Tanzania
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jul 26, 2025

Mwagodi Mwabili, known for his activism and vocal criticism of President William Ruto’s fundraising drives in churches, was reportedly abducted by uni...

More than 90 per cent of renewable projects now cheaper than fossil fuel alternatives - report
Alfred Onyango  |  Jul 25, 2025

Ideally, the data underscores a dramatic shift in the economics of power generation, with clean energy not only competing with but surpassing fossil f...

Kenyan activist Mwabili Mwagodi missing, reportedly abducted in Tanzania
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jul 25, 2025

Mwabili Mwagodi, known for his vocal campaigns against political interference in religious spaces, is alleged to have been abducted by unknown individ...

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