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The Kenya Kwanza coalition and the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) have formed a 10-member joint team to develop a common manifesto ahead of the 2027 general election. President William Ruto, who announced the move during a Broad-Based…
With Kenya’s 2027 General Election scheduled for August 10, 2027, the race for State House is already taking shape, with several political leaders positioning themselves for the presidency. President William Ruto is expected to seek…
Residents from Kakamega County benefited from a free medical camp held at Mwale Medical and Technology City (MMTC) in Butere Sub County, Kakamega County, offering hundreds of community members an opportunity to access essential healthcare…
The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) arrested five current and former senior Nakuru County Government officials and a land vendor over alleged irregularities in the acquisition of land valued at Sh95 million for the proposed…
KCB Rugby will defend a remarkable slice of history when the Kabeberi 7s gets underway at the RFUEA Grounds on August 15–16, and their toughest task may come before they even reach the knockout stages. The Bankers have won four Kabeberi…
A Mombasa court convicted and sentenced two men to each serve seven years in prison for their role in the robbery of a police officer’s AK-47 rifle and 30 rounds of ammunition during a night attack at Bonje Industrial Park in Jomvu,…
Spiritual leaders in Migori County have asked Kenyan politicians to champion peace, development and security in the country more than serving their political interests and ambitions. The religious leaders underscored that they were more…
The $2bn Las Vegas Athletics Ballpark Stadium is making significant strides in its construction, with key structural elements rapidly coming together. The current focus is on the southeast corner, where excavation and structural…
Samsung is testing One UI 9.5 on the current Galaxy S26 and the unreleased Galaxy S27 at once, leaks show.
The Nairobi City County Government announced a salary delay for July 2026 occasioned by what it termed as a late approval and uploading of the County Budget. The Head of County Public Service Godfrey Akumali said that the delay…
Manchester United fans secured a memorable victory over their Arsenal counterparts after edging them 5-4 in a penalty shootout during the SportPesa Xperience rematch at Nyayo National Stadium on Sunday. Tens of thousands of fans filled…
Bristol Myers Squibb has selected Houston, Texas, for a new $2.3 billion pharmaceutical manufacturing campus, converting an earlier proposal into a confirmed project at Generation Park. The approximately 600,000-square-foot campus will…
Actor Ben Jones, best known for playing trusty mechanic Cooter Davenport in the hit TV comedy “The Dukes of Hazzard,”has died at age 84. Jones’ death was confirmed by his wife of more than three decades, Alma Viator, who shared the news in…
There is no shortage of advice at State House. If anything, Kenya may have discovered the opposite problem: an abundance of advisers and a scarcity of visible wisdom. President William Ruto reportedly has around 20 advisers. Some reports…
A new generation of young African scholars is taking a major step onto the global stage as 121 Equity Leaders Program scholars prepare to pursue higher education at some of the world’s leading universities. The scholars, drawn from Kenya,…
The fight for this year’s SportPesa National Sevens Circuit title is far from settled, and it only gets tougher from here. The action now moves to Nairobi for the Kabeberi 7s, round three of the six-leg series, set for August 15–16 at the…
About 10,000 people were in the arena watching. One of them was Tupac Shakur, the number one-selling rapper who had already become a hip-hop icon at the age of 25. Away from the ring on September 7, 1996, a bicoastal beef that had been…
Cape Town-based AI software startup Tennsa has raised pre-seed funding from Oakvale Invest to scale its platform and accelerate its push to help businesses move from fragmented legacy workflows to agentic intelligence. The investment makes…
Fifa and its president Gianni Infantino have been accused of breaking trust “through deception” in an open letter issued by Uefa, Concacaf and the Asian Football Confederation. The letter, signed by the presidents and general secretaries,…
At least 20,000 beans farmers from five counties are set to benefit from a training on innovative farming of high-yielding, drought and disease-resistant bean seed varieties courtesy of the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research…
A Ferrari valued at about £3.7m was among 90 vehicles seized by police during a weekend operation against antisocial driving in central London. The Metropolitan Police said the vehicles, worth more than £8m in total, were taken in…
The first Kisumu Governor; Jack Nyanungo Ranguma has declared his intention to vie again for the Kisumu gubernatorial office in 2027. Exactly one year to the next General Election, Ranguma has officially declared his intention to seek the…
A former Thai MP allegedly shot dead a local official in the southern province of Nonthaburi, then dialled into a YouTube livestream to inform the host – a political pundit – of what he had done. Former Nonthaburi MP Chalong Reawraeng told…
Safaricom has launched nine new prefixes: 0118, 0119, 0140 to 0143 and 0180 to 0182. Here is what changes.
