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Top Stories • Aug 26, 2025

MoH denies claims of hospital list removal from SHA website

In a statement released on Tuesday, August 26, 2025, the State Department for Medical Services and the SHA said the repo...

WorldView • Aug 26, 2025

US suspends Chikungunya vaccine following reports of serious side effects

Valneva received US approval for the vaccine in 2023, but concerns over side effects, particularly among older patients,...

Top Stories • Aug 25, 2025

5,000 Kenyan Muslims expected to attend 2026 Hajj, SUPKEM announces

The announcement was made by the Kenya Hajj Mission, which operates under the Supreme Council of Kenya Muslims (SUPKEM).

Top Stories • Aug 25, 2025

Nakuru enforces school bus safety ahead of reopening

The exercise focused on multiple aspects of vehicle safety, including roadworthiness, compliance with speed regulations,...

Top Stories • Aug 25, 2025

Gachagua’s homecoming was poorly timed, says political commentator

Mutai said the event was staged to send a political message but ended up falling flat because of timing and poor mobiliz...

Top Stories • Aug 25, 2025

Kenya’s cost of living eases, Treasury CS says as 2026/27 budget process kicks off

Mbadi dismissed claims that the reduction in inflation was due to technical adjustments in economic reporting, stressing...

Top Stories • Aug 25, 2025

Governor Nyong’o condemns mass layoffs at state-owned sugar mills

The Governor criticized what he called an “ill-advised and unilateral” decision by the Principal Secretary for Agricultu...

Top Stories • Aug 25, 2025

KANU hails Ruto’s proclamation of Katiba Day amid mixed reactions from Kenyans

KANU) Secretary General for Political Affairs, Fredrick Okango said described the move as both “encouraging and historic...

Top Stories • Aug 25, 2025

Moi University lecturers continue strike, urge State to address demands

The industrial action, now in its second week, has disrupted academic programs, leaving students worried about their stu...

Top Stories • Aug 25, 2025

IEBC admits poor funding is weakening voter education efforts

According to him, the assumption that “IEBC closes shop after elections” has made it difficult to secure consistent fund...

Top Stories • Aug 25, 2025

ODM urges calm as county elections begin, Busia polls postponed

In a statement released on Monday, August 25, 2025, the Raila Odinga-led party reminded delegates that the credibility o...

Sonko • Aug 25, 2025

Sonko moves to court over Harambee Stars’ CHAN defeat to Madagascar

In his sworn affidavit dated Sunday, Sonko is seeking interim orders to overturn the penalty shootout results that saw M...

Top Stories • Aug 25, 2025

City Hall begins crackdown on businesses over illegal waste disposal

Chief Environment Officer Geoffrey Mosiria said the crackdown will focus on hotels and other establishments that generat...

UHC • Aug 25, 2025

CS Duale confirms absorption of 7,414 UHC staff

Duale explained the government’s commitment to strengthening human resources in the health sector, a key step towards de...

Top Stories • Aug 25, 2025

CS Mbadi orders counties to integrate payrolls into IPPD to curb ghost workers

Mbadi said the government would no longer tolerate resistance from counties on the matter.

Wilson Sossion • Aug 25, 2025

Sossion defends NG-CDF as auditor flags unaccounted Sh4.1 billion

The former KNUT Secretary-General praised NG-CDF for transforming education infrastructure and ending the era when schoo...

Top Stories • Aug 25, 2025

Orwoba hits out at corruption in Parliament

Orwoba said corruption remains a serious problem in the legislature, linking it directly to her expulsion earlier this y...

WorldView • Aug 25, 2025

Salvadoran man faces deportation to Uganda after US jail release

Kilmar Ábrego García, 30, was released on Friday but his lawyers say US authorities are preparing to deport him to Ugand...

Top Stories • Aug 25, 2025

Governor Mutai vows to defeat second impeachment bid

The governor maintained his innocence and insisted that his troubles were the result of political persecution.

Top Stories • Aug 25, 2025

SpaceX scrubs tenth starship test flight amid persistent setbacks

The launch, scheduled for 7:30 p.m. ET from the company’s Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas, was set to be the tent...

Top Stories • Aug 25, 2025

Wajir Woman Rep Jehow clarifies election rigging remarks

Jehow said her community’s true “weapon” was not manipulation of elections but rather full participation in the democrat...

UDA • Aug 25, 2025

Ruto government focused on development, says CS Ruku

Ruku said the Kenya Kwanza administration is focused on rolling out tangible projects across the country to improve the...

traffic disruptions • Aug 25, 2025

Night crash near Voi brings Nairobi–Mombasa Highway to a halt

The accident happened near Kanga bridge, between Voi and Mutitu, after the two heavy vehicles rammed into each other, bl...

UDA • Aug 25, 2025

I'm still senator despite UDA expulsion- Orwoba

Orwoba insisted that she remains the legally recognized nominated senator, saying that the process used to remove her wa...

Top Stories • Aug 25, 2025

France summons US envoy over antisemitism allegations

The French Foreign Ministry announced Sunday that Kushner was summoned to appear at the Quai d’Orsay on Monday, describi...

Top Stories • Aug 25, 2025

NCCK challenges President Ruto to prove MP bribery claims

NCCK Vice Chairman Bishop John Okinda said corruption remains one of the biggest challenges facing the country and the f...

Top Stories • Aug 25, 2025

State mismanaging funds in health, eCitizen platform- Sifuna

Sifuna further connected the scandal to wider governance failures, especially the controversial eCitizen system, which h...

Top Stories • Aug 25, 2025

Schools reopen for packed third term as parents face financial strain

The nine-week term, the shortest in the school calendar, will run until October 24.

Top Stories • Aug 19, 2025

Government pathologists summoned to testify in Jeff Mwathi inquest

The directive was issued on Tuesday, August 19, 2025, by Milimani Principal Magistrate Rose Ndombi, who stressed the imp...

WRTI • Aug 19, 2025

Kenya unveils digital wildlife data portal to boost conservation

The system already hosts information such as the proportion of Kenya under conservation, the locations of Ramsar wetland...

WorldView • Aug 19, 2025

Burkina Faso expels UN top envoy over report on child abuses in conflict

Burkina Faso has endured a jihadist insurgency since 2015, with groups linked to al-Qaeda and the Islamic State killing...

KAP • Aug 19, 2025

African doctors unite to boost health innovation and training

The conference will bring together physicians, healthcare leaders, researchers, and trainees from across Africa

Top Stories • Aug 19, 2025

Kenya secures Sh8bn boost for renewable energy from Germany and EU

The support is targeted at expanding clean energy generation and strengthening electricity reliability in Western and Ny...

Top Stories • Aug 19, 2025

New study warns of rising wheat stem rust threat in East Africa

The fungal disease, described as the most devastating for wheat worldwide, has re-emerged in recent decades

Top Stories • Aug 19, 2025

Kenya Railways completes Mombasa commuter rail service, set to ease urban travel

The ambitious project included the construction of modern passenger stations in Mombasa town and Miritini,

News • Aug 19, 2025

Kenya National Research Festival opens with call for innovation in agriculture

The five-day gathering has brought together stakeholders in the sector inclusing policymakers, academics, farmers, and d...

WHO • Aug 19, 2025

Nairobi ranked Africa’s third-most polluted major city

The report, released Tuesday, places Nairobi 83rd globally with an Air Quality Index (AQI) of 92

Top Stories • Aug 19, 2025

Court rules vehicles used in tax evasion liable to requisition

Justice Diana Kavedza held that once a person is convicted of bringing in goods without paying duty to the Kenya Revenue...

Top Stories • Aug 19, 2025

Interior PS calls for stronger regional cooperation to tackle terrorism

Omollo revealed that over 80% of violent extremist deaths in Africa occurred near border areas

Top Stories • Aug 19, 2025

Court orders state to modify prisons and police cells for intersex persons

Justice Reuben Nyakundi issued the directive while delivering judgment in a case involving a Kenyan athlete, now identif...

Top Stories • Aug 19, 2025

Kenya reports major wins against HIV, malaria, and TB

According to the Ministry of Health, over 1.36 million people living with HIV are now on lifesaving treatment

Top Stories • Aug 19, 2025

Insurance companies putting lives at risk, KMPDU warns

KMPDU boss Atellah warned that insurers are becoming bolder, sometimes coordinating to divert patients from top hospital...

Top Stories • Aug 19, 2025

HELB disburses Sh9.46 billion to support over 300,000 university students

Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Migos Ogamba confirmed on Tuesday, 19 August, that Sh5.76 billion of the funds would...

Top Stories • Aug 19, 2025

DPP appeals court ruling that freed terror convicts

Assistant DPP Duncan Ondimu, in his appeal, argued that releasing Alex Shikanda and Musharaf Abdalla poses a serious sec...

Top Stories • Aug 19, 2025

SIM swap scam lands suspect in court as syndicate exposed

The suspect admitted that on June 16, 2025, he fraudulently secured a mobile line belonging to former Nairobi OCS, Samso...