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Kenya steps up sovereign credit reforms with plans to create rating committee
Alfred Onyango  |  Oct 07, 2025

The proposed committee will institutionalise a coordinated national approach to credit ratings, fostering structured, proactive engagement with credit...

Telecom operators ordered to adopt approved digital certificates by January 2026
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Oct 07, 2025

The regulator emphasised that failure to adhere to the directive will be considered a breach of regulations and may lead to enforcement measures as pr...

Lamu, Nyamira, Samburu record lowest voter registration numbers in ongoing IEBC Drive
Lucy Mumbi  |  Oct 06, 2025

Counties across the country are showing varied participation, with Nairobi City leading with 1,597 new registrations.

Kidney transplant breakthrough could save thousands waiting for compatible donors
Charity Kilei  |  Oct 04, 2025

This transformation effectively turns them into type O organs, the universal donor type, potentially allowing ABO-incompatible transplants without imm...

Insurance adoption in Africa low despite increasing awareness - report
Alfred Onyango  |  Oct 04, 2025

The findings suggest that cost and knowledge gaps remain significant hurdles to expanding insurance coverage across the surveyed nations and the regio...

Kenyan teacher Jepkosgei Chemoiwa awarded 2025 African Union Continental Best Teacher
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Oct 04, 2025

Jepkosgei Chemoiwa’s recognition places her among the continent’s most celebrated educators and highlights the enduring impact of teachers committed t...

Government to roll out mass mobile ID registration drive in 11 days
Mary Wambui  |  Oct 03, 2025

The CS noted that policy interventions by the ministry had improved access to identification services, particularly among marginalised communities. Th...

How KNEC plans to curb exam cheating in 2025 national examinations
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Oct 03, 2025

The council will also pilot digital smart padlocks in 250 exam storage containers. These locks will allow real-time monitoring and reduce the risks of...

Heavy battlefield losses in Ukraine push Russia to seek foreign recruits
Mary Wambui  |  Oct 03, 2025

Independent media reports also indicate that at least 100 citizens of Central Asian states have been killed since the beginning of the invasion of Ukr...

Kenya-based South African activist among those detained after Israeli interception of Gaza aid flotilla
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Oct 03, 2025

The Global Sumud Flotilla, made up of more than 50 vessels and thousands of participants from 44 countries, was delivering food and medical supplies t...

More SACCOs register with FRC to fight money laundering, terrorism financing
Mary Wambui  |  Oct 03, 2025

The FRC tracks suspicious financial activities through reports filed by banks, mobile money providers, forex bureaus, and SACCOs. SASRA supervises SAC...

Gaza-bound flotillas: All you need to know
DW News  |  Oct 02, 2025

What is the symbolic and political impact of the flotillas en route to Gaza? DW takes a look at the various missions that have tried to reach the shor...

Sh7.9 billion at centre of prolonged gov't–lecturers standoff as students warn of joining strike
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Oct 02, 2025

As the financial dispute remains unresolved, the strike has amplified existing challenges in public universities, including crumbling infrastructure a...

Ethiopia makes history as first IGAD nation to secure WHO’s top medicine safety rating
Lucy Mumbi  |  Oct 01, 2025

The recognition, announced by WHO, highlights Ethiopia’s strengthened regulatory framework, ensuring that medicines, vaccines, and other medical produ...

Gaza aid convoy says Israeli warships used cyberattack to disrupt mission delivering food, medicine
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Oct 01, 2025

According to Reuters, two Israeli warships closed in on the fleet and encircled its boats, Alma and Sirius, causing their navigation and communication...

Kenya welcomes new UN-backed Gang Suppression Force in Haiti
Mary Wambui  |  Oct 01, 2025

The new force supported by both a newly created UN Support Office and the Organisation of American States (OAS) will run for an initial 12 months, com...

State to plant 100 million trees as Kenya marks first Mazingira day
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Oct 01, 2025

The tree-planting initiative will largely focus on schools, with 71.1 million fruit trees expected to be planted in 35,570 public and private primary...

Auditor General flags misuse of Sh6.5 billion emergency funds
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Oct 01, 2025

Auditor General Nancy Gathungu issued a qualified opinion on the fund’s financial statements, citing unsupported expenditures, misuse of funds, and br...

UN Security Council approves new "Gang Suppression Force" for Haiti
Mary Wambui  |  Sep 30, 2025

The new force was authorised on Tuesday following a vote of 12 in favour, with three abstentions by Russia, China and Pakistan.

High Court dismisses Sakaja’s bid to gag media over protest coverage
Carolyne Kubwa  |  Sep 30, 2025

The judge rejected the plea, ruling that the orders sought would amount to a prior restraint on press freedom.

New era in Wajir as students celebrate as ID cards arrive just one week after registration
Issa Hussein  |  Sep 29, 2025

Most of the students from Wajir Secondary School were registered last week during the Ministry of Interior and National Administration’s Jukwaa la Usa...

Six police officers face 14-day detention in cross-border ammunition trafficking probe
Carolyne Kubwa  |  Sep 29, 2025

The DCI warned that if released, the officers could intimidate both civilian and police witnesses, tamper with evidence still in armouries, and obstru...

IEBC resumes voter registration as political heavyweights eye 2027 General Election
Barack Oduor  |  Sep 29, 2025

IEBC Chairperson Erastus Ethekon has previously said the registration drive aims to expand Kenya’s voter base from the current 22.1 million to include...

Senate launches probe into Sh14.5 billion currency printing deal over irregularities
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 29, 2025

The inquiry seeks to establish whether the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) bypassed procurement laws and approved direct sourcing of German firm Giesecke+...

Gaza war casualties surge past 66,000 amid failed ceasefire efforts
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Sep 28, 2025

According to the Ministry, 79 people were killed in the past 24 hours, raising the total number of Palestinians killed since the war began in October...

LSK decries slow pace of probe into lawyer Kyalo Mbobu’s murder
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 28, 2025

LSK President Faith Odhiambo said the contrast between the investigations into Mbobu’s murder and that of former Kasipul MP Ong’ondo Were was disturbi...

UAE Foreign Minister calls for immediate end to Gaza war during meeting with Netanyahu
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Sep 27, 2025

The meeting marked Netanyahu’s first discussion with a senior Arab official since Israel’s September 9 strike on Hamas leaders in Qatar.

Corporal Kennedy Mutuku Nzuve’s body arrives in Kenya from Haiti
Mary Wambui  |  Sep 27, 2025

Corporal Kennedy Mutuku Nzuve died in a road accident on 1 September while serving with the Multinational Security Support Mission (MSSM) in Haiti.

Gaza: Four more hospitals shut amid ongoing Israeli offensive
UN News  |  Sep 27, 2025

According to the UN health agency, all but one of the dozen reported attacks on healthcare between September 7 and September  17 have been in Gaza Cit...

Middle East: Spain, Italy send navy ships to Gaza flotilla
DW News  |  Sep 26, 2025

Spain is joining Italy in sending a navy ship to help an aid flotilla bound for Gaza, after activists said they were targeted by Israeli drones. Israe...

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