Latest news stories from across Kenya.
President William Ruto has underscored the importance of education as the most critical investment in Northern Kenya, announcing plans to construct a university in Wajir County. Speaking Monday in Wajir during the Madaraka Day…
Australia’s $5.5bn+ The Wave Stage 1 Rail project in Queensland is making headway as it awards Laing O’Rourke consortium a delivery contract. The scope of implementation entails the delivery of a 19-kilometer dual-track line between…
Emergency responders rushed to the scene after a light aircraft carrying tourists crashed at Ol Kiombo Airstrip in Maasai Mara National Reserve on Monday, June 1. According to preliminary reports, the aircraft suffered a tyre burst during…
European Energy’s Kvosted Energy Park, located in Viborg Municipality, Denmark, has been confirmed as Northern Europe’s largest combined solar and battery facility, while the Danish developer simultaneously secured €228 million in German…
“This is Wajir County. This is Kenya. This is Bottom-Up. This is what we meant when we said we would leave no one behind. The great people of Wajir and Kenya, Distinguished leaders, Ladies and gentlemen, Today, we make history. For the…
A section of Nanyuki residents took to the streets on Monday, June 1, to protest the proposed establishment of a U.S.-linked Ebola virus quarantine facility at Laikipia Air Base. Hundreds of youth and community members marched through the…
A light aircraft carrying tourists crash-landed at Olkiombo Conservancy airstrip in Maasai Mara, Narok County, on Monday, June 1, at around midday. Narok County Police Commander Patrick Loboloa confirmed there were no casualties in the…
President William Ruto has agreed to name a newly built stadium in Wajir after Ahmed Mohamed Khalif, the first cabinet minister from the region. The announcement came during the 63rd Madaraka Day celebrations in Wajir on Monday, after…
Sometimes, the biggest debates in a Finance Bill are about taxes. Sometimes, they are about a single word. Buried within the Finance Bill 2026 is an amendment so small you could read it in a few seconds, yet significant enough to change…
The 37th edition of the annual Rhino Charge has etched its name in the history books, raising an unprecedented Ksh. 365 million for environmental conservation. The event was held on Saturday at the Ngilai Community Conservancy in Samburu…
President William Samoei Ruto unveiled an ambitious Sh5 billion livestock investment initiative targeting more than 350,000 pastoralists across 21 Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASAL) counties, signaling what could be the most significant…
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has issued a directive on the new procedures for handling ballot boxes ahead of the 2027 elections. In a Gazette Notice dated May 29, the IEBC clarified the protocols to be used to…
President William Ruto used this year’s Madaraka Day celebrations in Wajir County to acknowledge the historical marginalisation of northern Kenya, apologising for decades of exclusion and uneven development that have left the region…
Kisumu County has moved to transfer key urban services worth billions of shillings from the central county government to five municipalities in a major governance shift that will change how services are delivered across the region.…
President William Ruto has clarified that national identity cards will only be issued to legitimate citizens in the North Eastern region, which has for decades suffered discrimination. Speaking during the 2026 Madaraka Day celebrations in…
$1.4bn EdgeConneX data center campus project in Bastrop County, Texas makes headway with TDLR fillings submitted. Two $700 million Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) construction filings were submitted last weekend. The…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has handed over a refurbished Ebola Treatment Centre in Bunia to the health authorities strengthening efforts to contain the ongoing Ebola outbreak. According to a statement, the facility has an initial…
This year’s Rhino Charge has raised a remarkable Sh365 million, the highest amount ever raised by the Rhino Ark during the event held on Saturday at Ngilai Community Conservancy in Samburu County. Safaricom-backed charger Adil Khawaja of…
President William Ruto has been honoured by the elders of Wajir with 100 camels as a “Thank you” gift for allowing the county to host the 63rd Madaraka celebrations. On June 1, Wajir County, fondly referred to as the “Camel Capital” by its…
The Ministry of Education, through the Basic Education Principal Secretary Julius Bitok, has issued new directives affecting all boarding schools in the country. Speaking during the Elimu Mashinani forum in Wajir County on May 31, Bitok…
Construction works have commenced on the Brisbane Olympic Stadium. The stadium will be used for the 2032 Summer Games. This comes in after the Australian government rejected Aboriginal cultural protection applications for the site. Also,…
Google, AirTrunk and European Energy Australia are moving closer to energizing the Mulwala Solar Farm in New South Wales, a project joining a host of others in exemplifying how hyperscale digital infrastructure is increasingly being linked…
Kenyans from across the country are attending the 63rd Madaraka Day in Wajir County. Wajir County is the first North Eastern county to host such a high-level event, taking place at the 10,000-seater Wajir Stadium, built from the ground up…
UDA aspirant George Wambugu Kanuri, who narrowly lost the Ol Kalou parliamentary nomination, has been appointed to a state position in the latest round of government board reconstitutions. Wambugu, popularly known as “Delight,” was…
