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Rain Expected in Eight Counties as Kenya Stays Mostly Dry

Rain will be a local affair in Kenya this week. While much of the country is expected to remain dry, eight counties could see showers between August 1...

2 months ago · By Cecelia Dana

Kenya

Government Targets 450 Youth and Women in New Anti-Extremism Program

The Kenyan government has launched a program to train 450 young people and women in five counties, as it seeks to address unemployment, marginalizatio...

2 months ago · By Cecelia Dana

Kenya

EACC Seeks Sh2.5bn From Matiang’i, Kipsang and 23 Others Over Ruaraka Land

The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission has given former Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i, former Education Principal Secretary Richard Be...

2 months ago · By Cecelia Dana

Kenya

MKU Graduate Calls for Youth to Lead Kenya’s Post-2030 Future

A young Kenyan law graduate used the national conversation on Kenya’s future to deliver a simple message: the country’s next development plan must giv...

2 months ago · By Cecelia Dana

Kenya

President Ruto Tells New KDF Recruits to Prepare for a Changing Battlefield

President William Ruto has told Kenya’s newest soldiers that defending the country will increasingly mean protecting more than its borders. At a passi...

2 months ago · By Cecelia Dana

Africa

DRC Ebola Death Toll Surpasses 2,000

More than 2,000 people have died. The toll was reached in less than three months. The outbreak is spreading fast. It has now reached five provinces. G...

2 months ago · By Joseph Kimeu

Business

Musk vs Bezos: Why Kenya Is Becoming a Satellite Internet Battleground

Kenya is becoming an important testing ground in the race to bring satellite internet to more of Africa. Elon Musk’s Starlink is already operating in...

2 months ago · By Natasha Eusebia

Africa

Zambia Votes: Can Hichilema Turn Economic Recovery Into a Second Term?

The ballot paper offers Zambians a choice between political camps. But for many voters, the more immediate question is far simpler: Has life actually...

2 months ago · By Cecelia Dana

Digital Transformation

Inside the Campaign That Took Kenya’s Old Sh1,000 Note Out of Circulation

Nearly seven years after Kenya withdrew its old Sh1,000 banknotes, former Central Bank of Kenya former Governor Patrick Njoroge has offered a behind-t...

2 months ago · By Natasha Eusebia

Entertainment

Aden Duale’s Love Story: From Family Matchmaking to Four Cows

Aden Duale’s marriage began in a way that may seem unfamiliar to many young Kenyans today: his parents helped set it in motion before he had much say...

2 months ago · By Natasha Eusebia

Africa

44 Dead After Overcrowded Ferry Capsizes on Lake Kariba

At least 44 people have died after a ferry capsized on Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe, turning a routine journey across one of Africa’s largest reservoirs in...

2 months ago · By Natasha Eusebia

Kenya

Ichung’wah Unfazed by UDA Defections to Gachagua’s DCP

National Assembly Majority Leader Kimani Ichung’wah has dismissed growing defections from the ruling United Democratic Alliance to Rigathi Gachagua’s...

2 months ago · By Cecelia Dana