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Cabinet rift over Sh4.5 billion Bomas upgrade exposes Ruto government divisions
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 27, 2025

Mbadi wants the Tourism department to ring-fence the Sh4.5 billion for the upgrade, a move Miano is uncomfortable with because the facility falls outs...

The future of leadership? AI replacing human CEOs
Margaret Wanjiru  |  May 24, 2025

Some of the world’s top tech CEOs are letting their AI doubles handle big moments, like earnings presentations.

Rwanda tests AI system to modernise judicial processes and improve access to justice
Bashir Mbuthia  |  May 21, 2025

Developed by local technology company IST Legal, the platform is designed to assist lawyers, prosecutors, judges, and legal researchers with services...

Treasury tightens PPP rules amid public outrage over secretive infrastructure deals
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 21, 2025

The directive responds directly to public outrage over projects like the failed proposal by the Adani Group of India to lease the Jomo Kenyatta Intern...

African islands under threat: What to do about Trump’s withdrawal from climate change agreement
The Conversation  |  May 21, 2025

The 2025 order also revokes any purported financial commitment made by the US under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, includi...

Kenya's food crisis deepens as 2.8 million face starvation following poor rains in 2024
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 20, 2025

The report attributes this spike to depressed October–December rains, which have severely affected crop and livestock production in arid and semi-arid...

Government urges universities to embed AI in all training programmes
Joseph Ndunda  |  May 15, 2025

Owalo said the use of AI in agriculture has supported precision farming, and in healthcare, it enables early diagnosis and personalised treatment.

ELOG demands release of IEBC recruitment report, cites transparency concerns
Bashir Mbuthia  |  May 11, 2025

According to ELOG, transparency in the recruitment of IEBC commissioners is vital to building public trust in electoral processes.

Pope Leo XIV signals vision for peace, social justice and tradition in first public moments
Reuters  |  May 09, 2025

"La pace sia con tutti voi!" (Peace be with you!), Leo's first words in public, echoed the ones Catholics use in their celebrations but also offered a...

Who is Robert Prevost, the new pope?
Reuters  |  May 08, 2025

Made a cardinal by Pope Francis in 2023, he has given few media interviews and rarely speaks in public.

Cardinal Robert Prevost elected as Pope Leo XIV
Reuters  |  May 08, 2025

Aged 69 and originally from Chicago, Prevost has spent most of his career as a missionary in Peru and became a cardinal only in 2023.

White smoke appears from chimney of Sistine Chapel, signals new pope elected
Reuters  |  May 08, 2025

The election came on the first full day of voting by the 133 cardinal electors, who secluded themselves behind the Vatican's medieval walls on Wednesd...

Black smoke signals no pope elected at first vote, next round of voting on Thursday
Reuters  |  May 07, 2025

This was an hour more than it took for smoke to be seen after the first vote in the 2013 conclave that picked the late Pope Francis.

Private sector activities rise to a 27-month high in April on strong customer demand
Alfred Onyango  |  May 07, 2025

Job creation also quickened in the period under review, the strongest observed in nearly one year, as firms looked to ease pressure on workloads.

Nairobi Archdiocese: Cardinal Njue was invited to papal conclave but won’t attend due to health
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 06, 2025

The clarification comes amid earlier reports suggesting that Cardinal Njue had not received an invitation to participate in the conclave.

I wasn't invited to elect Pope Francis' successor - Cardinal Njue
Bashir Mbuthia  |  May 06, 2025

He stressed that his absence was not due to health issues but admitted that he was unsure why he had been left out.

Taxpayers to fund Sh2.3 billion State House, lodges facelift despite austerity measures
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 06, 2025

The National Treasury has indicated that the bulk of the Sh2.3 billion will go into rehabilitation and refurbishment works at State House, Nairobi and...

2025 Finance Bill changes may worsen cash crunch for Kenyan exporters
Alfred Onyango  |  May 03, 2025

The proposed changes, if passed into law, would increase the period for refund ascertainment from the current 90 to 120 days, along with an extension...

Ruto’s housing plan hit as Treasury moves to end tax exemptions on building materials
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 02, 2025

The proposed tax changes, if approved, could raise the cost of building affordable homes and slow down the delivery of housing units.

Finance Bill 2025 proposes 16% VAT on internet radio and TV
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 01, 2025

If passed, the amendment means consumers of online radio and television will face higher subscription costs as service providers adjust prices to refl...

Why innovation investment falters despite businesses’ thirst - study
Alfred Onyango  |  Apr 29, 2025

Developing countries encourage far less innovation as firms and governments appear to be leaving billions of dollars on the table in forgone productiv...

Key facts about the Vatican conclave to elect next pope to succeed Francis
Reuters  |  Apr 28, 2025

There were 135 cardinals aged under 80 when Francis died and are thereby eligible to take part in the conclave, but it is not known if all of them wil...

Vatican announces May 7 conclave to elect new pope after Francis’ death
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Apr 28, 2025

The cardinals will engage in a series of votes, held in secret, until one of them receives the required majority to become the next leader of the Cath...

Rome and the world bid farewell to Pope Francis with massive funeral, humble burial
Reuters  |  Apr 26, 2025

Cardinals will pick Francis' successor at a conclave next month, deciding if the new pope should continue with the late pontiff's push for a more open...

Pope Francis to be buried outside Vatican, breaking centuries-old tradition
Amina Wako  |  Apr 26, 2025

Pope Francis will be the first pontiff in more than a century to be buried outside the Vatican, a move not seen since the burial of Pope Leo XIII in 1...

Speculation swirls on an African successor to Pope Francis
Reuters  |  Apr 23, 2025

A continent where religion permeates most aspects of private and public life, Africa is where the Roman Catholic Church is growing fastest, according...

Pope Francis: Why his papacy mattered for Africa and for the world's poor and margnalised
The Conversation  |  Apr 23, 2025

The reforms of Pope Francis could be termed a movement – from a church of a few where priests and bishops, and the pope call the shots, to a church of...

Earth Day marked as global risks report warns of escalating environmental threats
Alfred Onyango  |  Apr 22, 2025

This year’s Earth Day theme, ‘Our Power, Our Planet’, draws attention to the shared responsibility to protect the planet and the immense influence ind...

Pope Francis's funeral to be held on Saturday, many world leaders expected
Reuters  |  Apr 22, 2025

The Vatican on Tuesday released photographs of Francis dressed in his vestments and lying in a wooden coffin in the chapel of the Santa Marta residenc...

Pope Francis: An unconventional pontiff who sought to modernise Catholicism
The Conversation  |  Apr 22, 2025

He took the name Francis in honour of Saint Francis of Assisi, becoming the first uniquely named pope in over 1,000 years (the last being Pope Lando i...

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