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Eric Omondi Arrested During Push to Cut Kenya’s 47 Counties to Eight

Eric Omondi’s latest attempt to reshape Kenya’s political system was interrupted on Monday when plain-clothes police officers arrested the comedian-tu...

2 months ago · By Cecelia Dana

Kenya

Atellah Enters Lang’ata Race as Jalang’o Moves to Senate

Dr Davji Atellah, the secretary general of the Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union, has entered the race for the Lang’ata parl...

2 months ago · By Cecelia Dana

Africa

Sierra Leone’s Former President Returns After Treason Case Is Dropped

Former Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma returned home on Sunday, ending more than two years in Nigeria after prosecutors withdrew treason char...

2 months ago · By Cecelia Dana

Kenya

Gachagua Meets His ‘Rigathi Junior’ Look-Alike in Washington

Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has finally met the young Kenyan whose striking resemblance to him recently became a social media talking poi...

2 months ago · By Cecelia Dana

Business

James Mworia named founding CEO of National Infrastructure Fund

James Mworia has been appointed the first chief executive of Kenya’s National Infrastructure Fund, putting the former Centum boss at the centre of the...

2 months ago · By Cecelia Dana

Kenya

Gachagua Says He Could Deputise Sifuna in 2027

Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has signalled that he could support Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna for president in 2027 and even serve as his...

2 months ago · By Cecelia Dana

Kenya

Atwoli Tells Sifuna: ‘Your Time Is Not Now’

Central Organisation of Trade Unions (COTU) Secretary-General Francis Atwoli has told Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna that he should wait before seeking...

2 months ago · By Cecelia Dana

Kenya

Sifuna Takes Aim at President Ruto Over Tata Chemicals Exit Order

Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna has criticised President William Ruto’s decision to order Tata Chemicals Magadi to leave Kenya, warning that the move cou...

2 months ago · By Cecelia Dana

Agriculture

Gov’t Sets Sights on Tripling Coast Food Production

Kenya is looking to sharply increase agricultural production along the Coast, with the Government targeting five counties for a major expansion of cro...

2 months ago · By Cecelia Dana

Kenya

DCI Arrests Suspect Over Nine Alleged Fake Injury Claims

Nairobi detectives have arrested a man accused of helping orchestrate nine fraudulent injury compensation claims linked to a 2023 road accident. Edwin...

2 months ago · By Cecelia Dana

Kenya

IEBC Told to Fix Election Technology Tender Before 2027 Vote

Kenya’s electoral commission has been ordered to revise its multibillion-shilling election technology tender after a procurement review found that par...

2 months ago · By Cecelia Dana

Agriculture

Milk Shortage Deepens as Drought Squeezes Kenya’s Dairy Farmers

For many Kenyan shoppers, the problem has become easy to spot: fewer milk brands on supermarket shelves, smaller deliveries to shops and, in some plac...

2 months ago · By Cecelia Dana