healthy living Stories

What your mouth is telling you: Saliva’s hidden clues to your health
Margaret Wanjiru  |  Aug 02, 2025

Experts recommend being alert to the following changes in your saliva or mouth: Persistent dry mouth or bad breath, difficulty swallowing, sudden incr...

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...

NTSA urges motorists to pick up unclaimed logbooks
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Aug 02, 2025

Motorists only need to carry their national identification card and the previous logbook to collect the new one.

Border tensions flare as Uganda and South Sudan trade blame over deadly clash
Mwangi Maina  |  Aug 01, 2025

According to South Sudanese officials, the clash began when Ugandan forces crossed into South Sudanese territory and launched an unprovoked attack usi...

ICT CS William Kabogo taken to task for failing marginalised areas on connectivity
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Aug 01, 2025

In a tense session held on Thursday, senators questioned the Ministry’s lack of public engagement, unclear project progress, and the failure to deliv...

Seven must-clean spots in your home each month for a healthier living space
Margaret Wanjiru  |  Aug 01, 2025

A clean home requires more than weekly tidying—monthly deep-cleaning of often-overlooked areas can be the key to comfort and preventing chronic illnes...

Free Wi-Fi transforms Wajir’s Wagalla village as internet access reaches remote areas
Issa Hussein  |  Aug 01, 2025

Halima Bishar, the chairperson of the village’s rangeland management committee, said the initiative would lead to significant savings for households p...

Kenyan engineer killed in South Sudan ambush
Mary Wambui  |  Jul 31, 2025

James Kagiri was driving to work in the company of another engineer at around 8:00 am when unknown gunmen attacked their vehicle along the Morobo-Kaya...

How criminal networks use East and Southern Africa as hubs for global smuggling
Mary Wambui  |  Jul 31, 2025

According to the report by the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime, criminal networks rely on well-connected brokers—often state o...

Arab League condemns RSF-linked move to form parallel government
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Jul 31, 2025

Sudan has been engulfed in a devastating conflict since April 15, 2023, when a long-standing power struggle between the country’s two main military fo...

UPDF accuses South Sudan troops of border incursion that left seven dead
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Jul 31, 2025

South Sudanese authorities have confirmed the recovery of five SSPDF soldiers' bodies, adding that one UPDF soldier and a civilian were also killed du...

Kenya joins list of nations with worsening human rights record
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jul 31, 2025

Kenya joins a group of six countries newly placed on this list, including El Salvador, Indonesia, Turkey, Serbia, and the United States.

No more laxity for public officers as government rolls out new disciplinary system
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jul 30, 2025

Head of Public Service Felix Koskei said officers who repeatedly fall short of set targets or disregard lawful instructions will now face formal sanct...

Over 180,000 households targeted in latest electrification plan as state rolls out Last Mile Phase III Project
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jul 29, 2025

The Cabinet also approved the Olkaria VII Geothermal Power Project, which is projected to inject 80.3 megawatts of clean and reliable baseload electri...

South Sudan’s MPs demand answers amid deepening liquidity crisis
Mwangi Maina  |  Jul 29, 2025

Commercial banks have reportedly been unable to dispense funds despite confirmation that salaries were deposited weeks ago.

‘He was targeted for speaking out’: Activist Mwabili Mwagodi’s family demands justice after abduction
Farhiya Hussein  |  Jul 27, 2025

Speaking at Pandya Memorial Hospital, where Mwabili is undergoing treatment, his family—led by his father Aleck Mwagodi—described the emotional toll o...

Gaza now deadliest place for journalists, report finds, as over 230 killed since October 2023
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jul 27, 2025

With Israel barring foreign media from entering Gaza, local reporters have shouldered the entire burden of documenting the war, often without protecti...

Tortured activist Mwagodi to undergo psychological and forensic evaluation, say rights groups
Farhiya Hussein  |  Jul 27, 2025

Mwagodi reportedly told fellow activists that he was beaten, pricked with unknown objects, and had his head stepped on during the ordeal.

Amnesty urges East African Court to probe activist Mwabili Mwagodi's abduction
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jul 27, 2025

Amnesty further faulted the silence of both governments throughout the period the activist was missing, saying it was deeply troubling and signals a l...

Missing activist Mwabili Mwagodi found alive, says he 'was tortured, injected with unknown substance
Farhiya Hussein  |  Jul 27, 2025

According to Muhuri Rapid Response Officer Francis Auma, Mwagodi was handed over to Kenyan authorities by Tanzanian officials at the Lungalunga border...

Fresh rift between SRC and PSC over legal officers’ special allowances
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jul 25, 2025

This latest clash adds to a growing standoff between the two constitutional commissions, which have differed in the past over who has the final say in...

Coast civil society groups demand inclusive dialogue to calm unrest
Farhiya Hussein  |  Jul 24, 2025

The human rights advocates cautioned that any attempts to restore national unity without genuine engagement from all sectors of society would be futil...

Aviation experts warn of Wilson Airport encroachment amid KAA upgrade
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jul 24, 2025

The airport, which handles more than 120,000 aircraft movements annually, is facing mounting pressure from Nairobi’s rapid urban development, which ha...

UHC: MPs back motion seeking to compel civil servants to use public hospitals
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jul 24, 2025

The motion seeks to compel the Ministry of Health to fully implement the Kenya Universal Health Coverage Policy 2020–2030 and to develop a framework t...

Nigeria issues fresh flood alert to 28 states, capital city
XINHUA  |  Jul 23, 2025

The floods could disrupt over 100 major transportation routes, including vital economic corridors, highlighting increased risk of property damage in l...

Kabogo denies Ruto targeting Mt Kenya civil servants, blames Gachagua for divisive politics
Barack Oduor  |  Jul 22, 2025

Kabogo, who came out guns blazing, accused Gachagua of sowing seeds of discord in the country by claiming that Ruto is orchestrating a purge of Mt Ken...

Terrorism charges spark outcry as State 'clamps down on dissent'
Barack Oduor  |  Jul 22, 2025

In a bid to stop the protests that have caused deaths, injuries and wanton destruction of properties, the State seems to be growing firm, and is now v...

NTSA yet to print 572,000 smart licences despite full delivery by supplier
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jul 22, 2025

This was despite the National Bank of Kenya, which was contracted to supply the cards, having already delivered more than four million.

Explainer: What counts as illegal possession of ammunition, the penalties and key facts
Carolyne Kubwa  |  Jul 21, 2025

Mwangi, a prominent activist known for his outspoken advocacy on social justice, has denied any wrongdoing and described the charges as politically mo...

Boniface Mwangi released on Sh1 million bond after being charged with possession of ammunition without valid firearm certificate
Barack Oduor  |  Jul 21, 2025

The activist, who appeared before Magistrate Gideon Kiage of Kahawa Law Courts, had been accused by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations of bein...

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