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West Pokot residents surrender illegal firearms
Issa Hussein  |  Sep 10, 2025

Among the surrendered weapons were an FN rifle with one round of ammunition and an AK-47 rifle with four rounds.

M-Pesa Foundation backs ambitious restoration of Nairobi’s 63-hectare City Park
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 09, 2025

A five-year roadmap crafted by the Kenya Forest Service (KFS) and the City Park Community Forest Association (CFA) will steer the project, ensuring th...

Kilifi confirmed as host for 2025 Chenda Chenda Festival
Farhiya Hussein  |  Sep 08, 2025

Kwale had initially been lined up as this year’s host, but cultural leaders resolved that Kilifi’s central role in preserving Mijikenda traditions mad...

Turkana partners with Save the Children, UNICEF to strengthen fight against malnutrition
Issa Hussein  |  Sep 04, 2025

Health and Nutrition Coordinator at Save the Children Akutan Lobolia said the integration will allow community health promoters to address malnutritio...

KFS accuses Friends of Karura Forest of financial fraud, cites audit as reason for eCitizen move
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 02, 2025

KFS Chief Conservator of Forests Alex Lemarkoko said the audit also revealed that FKF failed to submit budgets and work plans for KFS approval, and d...

DRC’s latest peace deal is breaking down and it isn’t the first – What’s being done wrong
The Conversation  |  Sep 02, 2025

The conflict in eastern DRC has escalated, displacing over 7.8 million people and leaving 28 million more facing food insecurity, nearly four million...

Friends of Karura Forest to sue KFS over "unilateral" eCitizen takeover
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 01, 2025

The dispute follows KFS's announcement that all payments for entry, annual passes, parking and other services will now be processed exclusively throug...

Friends of Karura defend financial management amid eCitizen directive
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 01, 2025

The board member highlighted that FKF board members work voluntarily, meaning they are not paid from the funds collected from the forest.

Friends of Karura oppose KFS's forceful takeover of forest after years of community-led conservation
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Aug 29, 2025

Friends of Karura Forest has described KFS’s latest move as a disregard of both law and community effort, warning that such unilateral actions threate...

Kenya defends Sh271 million image-laundering gamble in Washington
Mwangi Maina  |  Aug 28, 2025

Kenya is keen to secure a favourable trade deal with the United States before the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) expires in September.

Will ECOWAS meet its 2027 currency launch goal?
DW News  |  Aug 27, 2025

Despite past delays and ongoing issues, the Economic Community of West African States plans to introduce the regional eco currency by July 2027. The p...

How Africa should reimagine its trade future upon AGOA’s expiry in September - experts
Alfred Onyango  |  Aug 27, 2025

The World Economic Forum emphasises that the AfCFTA must move from being a political promise to an operational force.

Inside Githurai Social Justice Centre, where community voices refuse to be silenced
Mary Wambui  |  Aug 26, 2025

The Githurai Social Justice Centre, which today forms a key part of a growing movement across Nairobi's informal settlements, providing a space where...

SADC chairmanship: Will Andry Rajoelina maintain Emmerson Mnangagwa's momentum?
Kelvin Jakachira  |  Aug 25, 2025

During his one-year term as SADC chair, Mnangagwa championed deeper regional integration, economic cooperation, industrialisation, food security and w...

Mombasa Governor Abdulswamad Nassir calls for unity to solve land crisis
Farhiya Hussein  |  Aug 24, 2025

The county is home to some of the highest numbers of land cases filed in Kenyan courts, many stemming from colonial-era allocations and subsequent tra...

Kamukunji faces vaccine crisis as over 12,000 children miss routine immunisation
Charity Kilei  |  Aug 18, 2025

Alarmingly, about 60 per cent of eligible children have not received their second measles dose at 18 months, reducing herd immunity amid a recent Nair...

Parliament slams State corporations for ignoring PWDs job quota
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Aug 16, 2025

The National Assembly Committee on National Cohesion and Equal Opportunity said the law was being ignored despite clear provisions meant to promote in...

Mukuru Community Justice Centre: Fighting injustice, police abuse to empower Kenya’s vulnerable
Mary Wambui  |  Aug 12, 2025

While many Kenyans were just discovering the centre’s work, residents of Mukuru Kwa Njenga had long relied on it as a vital source of hope and justice...

Turkana adopts solar-powered 'Vaccibox' to store vaccines in remote areas
Issa Hussein  |  Aug 10, 2025

The Vaccibox is designed to strengthen Turkana's health system delivery capacity by providing a reliable and efficient way to store vaccines and medic...

High Court frees Cop Shakur, ex-KDF soldier Patrick Osoi on bail in terrorism case
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Aug 09, 2025

The two, linked to the Fighting Brutality and Impunity (FBI) group, were released alongside police constable Hiram Kimathi after a defence led by Emba...

Bride price capped at Sh60,000 as Wajir elders slash wedding costs to ease burden on youth
Issa Hussein  |  Aug 08, 2025

After a three-day consultation, leaders representing the Ogaden, Ajuran, and Degodia communities resolved to issue these guidelines, aimed at preservi...

Turkana County launches project to train 1,250 youth as community digital champions
Issa Hussein  |  Aug 08, 2025

According to the county government, applicants seeking to become community digital champions must be residents of the community, active smartphone use...

Eastleigh traders decry soaring taxes during meeting with KRA officials
Abdirahman Khalif  |  Aug 07, 2025

Traders said delays in offloading and clearance of consignments have worsened, resulting in higher storage fees and increased costs for final consumer...

EAC to set up joint taskforce and offender database to curb SGBV, cross-border crimes
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Aug 07, 2025

The move follows resolutions made during the Second Joint Roundtable of Directors of Public Prosecutions (DPPs) and Inspectors General of Police from...

East African Community launches unified customs bond to ease regional trade amid ongoing tensions
Barack Oduor  |  Aug 04, 2025

The new instrument, known as the EACBond, replaces the need for multiple national customs bonds when transporting goods across member states, streamli...

Goods moved within EAC are transfers, not imports or exports - KAM
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Aug 03, 2025

KAM CEO cautioned that the imposition of additional duties on goods by any EAC member state violates Article 10 and Article 15 of the Customs Union Pr...

Gatoto Primary alumni demand return of school to community after court win
Barack Oduor  |  Aug 02, 2025

Demonstrators who gathered on Friday, led by several alumni, including Vivian Amoit, demanded that the Gatoto Community Primary School be returned to...

EAC warns partner states against unilateral directives undermining Common Market Protocol
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Aug 01, 2025

EAC Secretary General Veronica Nduva reminded all partner states of their binding obligations under the protocol, which was adopted to promote regiona...

Government to place ex-KDF, police personnel under strict surveillance - Murkomen
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Aug 01, 2025

CS Murkomen stressed that those who had received weapons training from the government had a higher responsibility than ordinary citizens and should no...

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