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Nairobi launches online platform to monitor, manage water usage
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 12, 2025

The online system provides the 'Equitable Water Distribution Schedule', allowing users to log into Nairobi Water’s website and see exactly when their...

AU, IGAD and UN urged to push Sudan rivals back to negotiations amid worsening conflict
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 11, 2025

At a high-level meeting on Thursday, participants of the Nairobi Panel on the Humanitarian Crisis in Sudan called for an immediate end to military ope...

Nairobi’s mitumba and retail traders pin hopes on affordable basics to keep customers buying
Alfred Onyango  |  Sep 11, 2025

Traders are urging the government to keep basic commodities affordable, saying squeezed household budgets remain the biggest barrier to their growth i...

Nairobi MCAs demand disclosure of Nairobi Pay server locations amid salary delays
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 11, 2025

The move comes amid concerns that the county’s reported Sh13.7 billion collections cannot be independently verified.

Audit exposes massive water theft, leakages in county water companies
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 11, 2025

Nairobi City Water and Sanitation Company recorded the highest loss at Sh8.57 billion, followed by Mombasa Water and Sanitation Company at Sh1.04 bill...

Nairobi County at crossroads: Mismanagement, politics, and struggle for accountability
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 10, 2025

Former Town Clerk Philip Kisia traced Nairobi’s challenges to shifts in revenue management and governance structures.

How protests over Finance Bill hurt Nairobi’s daily revenue collections
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 10, 2025

County records show fire inspection fees plunged by 90 per cent to Sh5.3 million, while market rates fell 11.6 per cent to Sh189.37 million.

Nairobi lawyer Mathew Kyalo Mbobu shot dead in drive-by attack near Galleria Mall in Karen
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 09, 2025

According to police reports, the incident happened shortly after 7:30 pm when a gunman on a motorcycle pulled alongside Mbobu’s vehicle, opened fire,...

Prepare for hot days, rains, and strong winds this week- Meteorological Department
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 09, 2025

The forecast indicates high daytime temperatures in the Coast, North-eastern, and North-western regions, where maximum temperatures will rise above 30...

MPs sound alarm over severe overcrowding at MTRH
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 09, 2025

Hospital management explained that the facility receives referrals from at least eight counties, including Uasin Gishu, Kakamega, Baringo, Trans Nzoia...

Concerns mount over mass displacement as Ruto’s Nairobi Rivers revamp gains pace
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 09, 2025

Communities surrounding the Kariobangi treatment works, including Kariobangi North, Dandora, Baba Dogo, and Mathare are expected to experience the gre...

Malindi police arrest 350 juvenile gang members in crackdown
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 08, 2025

The gangs had turned to social media to intimidate residents and tourists, urging politicians to back the operation through genuine political goodwill...

The high cost of waste: Nairobi's landfills and the hidden toll on human health
Charity Kilei  |  Sep 07, 2025

For residents in areas such as Dandora, Majengo, and Shauri Moyo, these are not just eyesores—they are health hazards that slowly and silently erode q...

Motorists urged to exercise caution as fresh cracks appear on repaired Nakuru–Eldoret Highway
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 07, 2025

The warning comes after the sinkhole reappeared on Friday, September 5, just 48 hours after KeNHA repaired the section.

Police arrest 214 individuals linked to spate of criminal activities in Nairobi CBD
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Sep 05, 2025

The arrests come as tension mounts in the CBD, with residents and social media users sharing alarming accounts of muggings, drugging, and robberies.

Court upholds lawyer’s Sh498 million fees in tax case against Nairobi County
Carolyne Kubwa  |  Sep 05, 2025

The dispute stemmed from legal services rendered in Nairobi RMCC No. 2 of 2003, where the advocate was initially instructed by the then City Council o...

Nairobi women caucus fault Ruto, Raila for scuttling Sakaja's impeachment
Barack Oduor  |  Sep 05, 2025

Led by Martha Miyandazi, the caucus expressed disappointment with Orange Democratic Movement leader Raila Odinga and President William Ruto for interf...

Revealed: Mediated pact that halted Governor Johnson Sakaja’s impeachment
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 05, 2025

Issues of county administration were also addressed, including the dismissal or reassignment of officers. Chief Officer Osman Khalif and Housing Chief...

Lobby calls for Nairobi County dissolution following audit revelations
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 05, 2025

Kenya Bora Tuitakayo claims the city has been plagued by misuse of public funds since September 2022, leaving residents with poor services and mountin...

Mwongela Kioko: A Nairobi street child’s audacity to beat the odds
Barack Oduor  |  Sep 06, 2025

His story is one of resilience and offers hope to other members of Nairobi’s street families, whose lives are too often marked by suffering and despai...

Legal experts warn top politicians against saving governors from impeachment
Barack Oduor  |  Sep 04, 2025

Ruto and Raila held separate meetings on Tuesday to shield Governor Sakaja from a looming impeachment push by angry MCAs who had accused the embattled...

Nairobi ODM MPs tell Sakaja, MCAs to focus on service delivery after withdrawal of impeachment motion
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 03, 2025

Makadara MP George Aladwa said the decision by MCAs to drop the motion should mark the start of action, not politics.

Insecurity hits Nairobi CBD as gangs mug, drug and rob residents in broad daylight
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 03, 2025

Videos circulating online show victims warning Kenyans to stay vigilant, particularly in the evenings. Many say gangs are targeting phones, handbags a...

Sidi Ould Tah takes helm at AfDB, unveils 100-day reform plan
Alfred Onyango  |  Sep 03, 2025

Ould Tah becomes the ninth president of the regional lender that plays a vital role in financing development projects across the continent.

Nairobi County issues 7-day disposal notice for 295 unclaimed bodies at City Mortuary
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 02, 2025

The Public Health Act Cap 242 stipulates that no body may remain in a public mortuary for more than 10 days.

Ruto, Raila intervene to save Sakaja, secure 60-day window for governor to address MCAs' concerns
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 02, 2025

Aladwa revealed that the governor was also told to apologise, and he asked for forgiveness as well, and put forward the challenges he has in his offic...

Nairobi residents split in opinion after MCAs push for Governor Sakaja’s impeachment
Barack Oduor  |  Sep 02, 2025

The debate came amid reports that the ODM party had met with six Nairobi County Assembly leaders on Monday in a bid to address the rising impeachment...

MCAs lose petition challenging scrapping of sitting, retreat allowances
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 02, 2025

The MCAs had moved to court challenging SRC’s circulars issued on August 7, 2023, which reviewed allowances in the public service.

Inside Raila Odinga’s bid to save Governor Johnson Sakaja from impeachment
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 02, 2025

Deputy Minority Leader Waithera Chege disclosed that Minority Leader of the National Assembly Junet Mohamed and former Westlands MP Fred Gumo were pre...

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