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Exclusive: US proposes 60-day ceasefire for Gaza; hostage-prisoner swap, plan shows
Reuters  |  May 30, 2025

The document, which says the plan is guaranteed by U.S. President Donald Trump and mediators Egypt and Qatar, includes sending humanitarian aid to Gaz...

Senate grills CS Duale over gaps in health insurance regulations
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 30, 2025

Duale assured the Committee that the Ministry had conducted public engagement specific to the tariffs. He said the Ministry published a newspaper adve...

Rwanda donates 20 tonnes of humanitarian aid to Gaza amid worsening food shortages
Bashir Mbuthia  |  May 30, 2025

The aid shipment, comprising medicine, food, and water, arrived in Jordan last Friday and is set to be transported to Gaza via Egypt.

Kenyan breast cancer patients to pay 67pc less for treatment under new deal with Roche
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 29, 2025

The agreement, formalised through an MoU, is part of the government’s broader efforts to strengthen financial protection for cancer patients in line w...

UN urged to rethink peacekeeping mandates to tackle organised crime in conflict zones
Mary Wambui  |  May 29, 2025

The findings come at a time when peacekeeping operations in the world are folding, with the last United Nations mission having been deployed in 2014.

Ruto’s government faces backlash as most Kenyans say they’re worse off than in 2022
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 28, 2025

The poll, released on Wednesday, paints a grim picture of the national mood, showing that across all nine of Kenya’s regions, overwhelming majorities...

Trump’s Afrikaners are South African opportunists, not refugees: What’s behind the US move
The Conversation  |  May 28, 2025

The evidence suggests that the heads of household among the Afrikaner 49 are drawn not only from that minority of Afrikaners who are totally unreconci...

South Sudan launches lifesaving vaccines to fight pneumonia, diarrhoea in children
XINHUA  |  May 28, 2025

Anin Ngot Ngot Mou, undersecretary in the Ministry of Health, described the rollout as a game changer in the fight against two of the country's leadin...

Trump administration halts scheduling of new student visa appointments
Reuters  |  May 28, 2025

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the State Department plans to issue updated guidance on social media vetting of student and exchange visitor ap...

CJ Koome nominates five members of tribunal meant to resolve civil society disputes
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 27, 2025

Once operational, the tribunal will be mandated to hear and determine complaints arising from breaches of the Act, deal with matters and appeals submi...

Over 4,500 police officers exit in 3 years, IG Kanja warns of strain as budget cuts hit operations
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 27, 2025

Kanja said 1,206 officers have died, 326 resigned, and 289 were dismissed from service.

IOM encourages Eastleigh community to embrace digital finance for smarter money management
Abdirahman Khalif  |  May 26, 2025

Many residents in Eastleigh receive financial support from relatives abroad, and the event aimed to offer them practical information on safer and more...

Kenya launches panel to review health benefit tariffs, promote equity and cost-effective care
Charity Kilei  |  May 26, 2025

The committee will conduct thorough reviews, analyse Kenya’s disease burden, and provide expert recommendations to inform policy decisions grounded in...

Gaza: Nine children of doctor couple killed in Israeli strike
DW News  |  May 25, 2025

Ahmad said that the couple's only surviving child, an 11-year-old son, was in critical condition after the strike. The dead children ranged in age fro...

Journalist bodies condemn unlawful detention of eleven Somali reporters
Bashir Mbuthia  |  May 25, 2025

Reports indicate that they were held without formal charges and threatened by the security agents into deleting all recorded footage they had gathered...

Parents to start paying exam fees from next year as government ends decade-long waiver
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 25, 2025

Mbadi said starting next year, the Ministry of Education will introduce a differentiated model for charging examination fees, where only learners from...

Kenya joins global push to combat snakebite deaths which claim around 4,000 lives annually
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 24, 2025

This condition, considered one of the world’s most neglected tropical diseases, disproportionately affects people in poor and rural communities.

Taxpayers lose Sh5.7bn as govt agencies mismanage donor funds – Auditor General
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 23, 2025

A total of Sh4.4 billion was paid as interest due to delayed payments, which Gathungu said was an “unnecessary cost” that could have been avoided had...

MPs propose extra Sh47bn for health ministry to secure UHC jobs, improve services
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 23, 2025

The National Assembly Health Committee chair, James Nyikal, said the extra funds include Sh5 billion to pay gratuity to the 8,550 UHC workers whose co...

Boost for farmers as sugarcane prices raised to Sh5,500 per tonne
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 23, 2025

Ronoh directed all millers to pay farmers without delay, stressing the importance of honouring the new price to protect the livelihoods of farmers in...

Sh3.8 billion needed to secure jobs for UHC staff, House report shows
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 23, 2025

The report, presented by Seme MP James Nyikal, also shows that an additional Sh5 billion will be required to pay gratuities to UHC staff once their co...

Civil society groups give AU, EAC 72 hours to act on alleged abductions, torture in Tanzania
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 23, 2025

While Tanzania released Mwangi on Thursday, he was dumped in Horohoro, on the Coast of Kenya, some 162 kilometres from the Lunga Lunga border, having...

Bureaucracy blocking access to information, Dagoretti residents say in push for transparency
Mary Wambui  |  May 22, 2025

The law requires that the government publish and publicise important information affecting the nation as a standing constitutional obligation.

Sh876bn fiscal deficit leaves no room for extra spending in 2025/26 budget, MPs warn
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 22, 2025

BAC Chairperson Samuel Atandi announced this as the committee began receiving reports from departmental committee chairpersons on the scrutiny of budg...

Rogue recruitment agencies to refund job seekers or face legal action, says Labour ministry
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 22, 2025

The PS urged job seekers to verify recruitment agencies through official government channels, specifically pointing them to the National Employment Au...

Senators slam Interior ministry over silence on Narok killings, demand justice and accountability
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 22, 2025

Senators expressed frustration that despite passionate appeals from the affected community, there has been no clear communication or decisive action f...

Senate invites public views on Social Protection Bill, 2025
Rachael Mutabasi  |  May 22, 2025

The Bill aims to create a comprehensive legal and institutional framework to guide the implementation of social protection interventions.

Water Ministry on the spot over Sh1 billion in stalled projects
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 22, 2025

MPs have accused the ministry of approving huge sums for boreholes, irrigation works, and sanitation facilities that either do not exist or remain inc...

Kenya to increase WHO contributions by 20pc as part of global health funding push
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 22, 2025

The WHO donor base expanded this year with both long-standing supporters and new contributors providing fresh voluntary funding.

Shauri Moyo’s unsung coach changing lives through football
Erick Kariuki  |  May 21, 2025

After an injury cut short his playing career at 27, Denis Maina stayed close to the game. He began organising young players in Shauri Moyo, gradually...

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