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Mpox cases in Guinea rise to 206 as West Africa sees surge
The disease is marked by symptoms such as fever, muscle pain, and distinctive boil-like skin rashes. It can be fatal in some cases.
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Activists Boniface Mwangi, Agather drag regional governments to court over torture
The case, filed jointly with seven regional civil society groups, faults the governments of Kenya and Uganda, along with the Secretary General of the EAC, for failing to protect their citizens.
Education and Career
KUCCPS releases KMTC September 2025 intake results
To check the outcome of their application, students are required to visit the KUCCPS student portal at students.kuccps.net.
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Audit uncovers massive asset irregularities at communications authority
The Auditor General’s reports from 2020 to 2024 showed a worrying pattern of inflated land valuations, missing ownership records, and inaccurate financial reporting within the authority.
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Public schools receive wrong, late or no textbooks in Sh27.9 billion scheme
In some cases, schools received textbooks for subjects not offered in their curriculum, leading to a waste of Sh30.3 million.
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Survivors of 2007–08 sexual violence finally compensated after 13 years
The compensation, which covers only the principal award and excludes interest, is seen as a major step toward justice for survivors who have waited more than a decade.
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African ministers demand bigger budgets for Agriculture
On a more positive note, Kenya is among 10 countries that have been removed from the global Hunger Hotspots list due to better food security conditions.
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Poor roads fuel insecurity in Kerio Valley, says Interior CS
Murkomen added that forests and conservancies like Mukogodo have become hideouts for highway robbers, bandits, and cattle rustlers who continue to terrorise communities.
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KNH: Suspect behind ward murder had been discharged in January
A postmortem will be conducted to determine the exact cause of death.
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Kenya bans transit and export of raw macadamia nuts
Kenya has been striving to encourage processing of raw agricultural produce domestically as a way of improving returns to growers and creating jobs.
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No plea for Kihara as court questions incitement charges
Her arrest came shortly after she held a meeting with sand harvesters in Mai Mahiu and days after she failed to honour DCI summons.
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Atwoli urges trade unions to champion peace amid rising political instability in Africa
Atwoli warned that escalating instability is putting the continent’s most vulnerable especially workers, women, and children at great risk.
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DP Kindiki urges youth to reject chaos, promotes economic agenda
The Deputy President also outlined other government plans aimed at stimulating the economy and creating jobs, particularly for young people.
Education and Career
Student loan uncertainty grows as HELB leaders contradict each other
HELB CEO Monari, while addressing Members of Parliament, warned that the board is grappling with a major shortfall of Sh12.9 billion, making it impossible to fund 100,000 new students.
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The Economist slammed over ‘tainted’ tag on Ruto
The editorial had warned that Ruto should not seek a second term in 2027, saying doing so would take the country further down a dangerous path.
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Judiciary demands 3.5% budget share to address case backlog, operational gaps
At the same time, the Judiciary revealed it is struggling with a backlog of 257,000 pending cases, a situation made worse by budget constraints that have limited recruitment and technological expansion.
Education and Career
Over 5,000 senior schools snubbed in Grade 9 transition exercise
The worrying trend has sparked concerns over rising inequality in school preferences and cast doubt on the readiness of the Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) transition.
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IRA moves to clean up sector, deregisters 20 insurance brokers
The regulator did not disclose whether any of these specific grounds applied in the current list of deregistered companies.
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Road levy hike pushes fuel tax collections up by Sh40 billion
The government had revised the RML upwards from Sh18 to Sh25 per litre following concerns by the Kenya Roads Board (KRB) over inadequate funding for the country’s growing road infrastructure.
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MCA Dabar: Let youth protest without crippling the economy
Dabar said that while he supports the right to protest, it must be exercised responsibly without interfering with others who are going about their business.
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22 mini polls put IEBC on edge as legal clock runs out
IEBC Chief Executive Officer Marjan Hussein Marjan noted that the upcoming polls will be a major test for the newly constituted commission as it begins to prepare for the 2027 General Election.
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Torrential rains leave four dead, over 1,300 evacuated across South Korea
Among those confirmed dead are two men in their 80s, one believed to have drowned while attempting to drain water from his basement.
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MPs grill communications authority over protest broadcast shutdown
Mugonyi defended the Authority, citing constitutional provisions that limit media freedom when necessary, and pointed to ongoing legal proceedings around the issue.
Global Affairs
British spies and special forces exposed in Afghan data leak
The government had earlier acknowledged that nearly 19,000 Afghan applicants to the UK relocation scheme had their personal details mistakenly disclosed.
Education and Career
Government freezes hardship area review after uproar
The proposed changes had sparked anger in several regions, particularly arid and semi-arid counties, where public servants feared the review would strip them of hardship allowances.
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Trump orders more Epstein files released after pressure from supporters
It remains unclear whether the president's directive includes plans to publicly release the material, or when such disclosures might happen.
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France concludes military exit from Senegal with final base handover
As the Senegalese flag was raised and the national anthem played, the event marked the end of an era spanning more than two centuries of French military presence in the country.
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Prime suspect in Kenyatta Hospital ward killings arrested after fresh murder
Though CCTV footage from the corridor was retrieved, the hospital clarified that no cameras are installed inside the patient rooms due to privacy concerns.
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Police account for 40 percent of all bribes, says new survey
According to the report, which covered 1,033 respondents from 15 counties, the police scored an alarming 84 out of 100 on the bribery index, far surpassing all other sectors.
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Ruto, Raila, Koome lead tributes to gender equality pioneer, Phoebe Asiyo
The President described her as a bold and courageous leader who devoted her life to public service and advancing the role of women in politics and leadership.