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Police have launched investigations after an unknown intruder broke into offices at the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) headquarters at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Nairobi. The incident occurred in the early hours…
Two children are feared to have died after a fire swept through a residential compound in Bulapesa, Isiolo County, destroying 17 timber rooms and a three-bedroom permanent house. The fire broke out at around 11am on Friday, September 4,…
A 20-year-old worker died after he was trapped in a conveyor belt while working at a steam plant in Athi River, Machakos County. Timothy Oyindi Nyarige was involved in the workplace accident on Friday, September 4, 2026, at about 1pm at a…
A four-year-old boy died after falling from the balcony of a third-floor apartment at Mwalimu Court in Nairobi’s Umoja Two area. Police said the juvenile, fell from the balcony of his family’s residential house at about 8:40pm on September…
Five people were killed and three others injured after a Mitsubishi lorry veered off the road and landed in a trench in Kitui County. The accident occurred on September 4, 2026, in the Kasarani area along the Kasala murram road in Ikutha…
The Ministry of Education has stepped up efforts to revive the country’s collapsed Education Assessment Resource Centres (EARCs), starting with 10 regional facilities, in a bid to improve identification and placement of learners with…
Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba has clarified that students joining universities for the first time in September will initially be funded under the existing Student-Centered Funding Model. The clarification follows President…
The UN General Assembly has voted to replace the traditional world map with one that more accurately reflects the size of Africa. The “Correct the Map” resolution, sponsored by Togo and backed by African Union (AU) members, passed with the…
The Kenya Meteorological Department (KMD) has forecast mostly sunny and dry conditions across the country between September 6 and 10, with light rainfall expected in a few counties. In its forecast issued on September 5, KMD said Nairobi…
NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 5 – Kirinyaga Woman Representative Hon. Njeri Maina has stepped up her empowerment drive across the county, combining advocacy for Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) with direct economic…
The Public Procurement Administrative Review Board (PPARB) has ordered the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to review, amend and republish its tender for the Integrated Elections Management System (IEMS). This is over…
Jay-Z’s first headline solo show in the UK in more than a decade saw him celebrate hip-hop culture alongside a host of special guests, including Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean and Giggs. The US rap superstar rolled back the years for more than…
NAIROBI,Kenya, Sep 5— The United States was the lone country to reject an African-led campaign to change how the world is depicted on maps, as 164 countries backed a United…
Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson has blamed flight price rises on “foolish leaders” starting wars, in a thinly veiled reference to the US-Israel conflict with Iran. Middle East tensions have choked the production and transportation…
An Indian state has given taxi and tuk-tuk drivers one more year to learn the local language after a new rule making it mandatory sparked protests. Transport officials in the western state of Maharashtra had begun testing drivers’ ability…
When the central bank of the Netherlands confirmed this week that it had moved tonnes of the country’s gold out of North America, it said the relocation would make it “better prepared for severe crises”. Some 86 tonnes from the combined…
A powerful leadership principle speaks almost directly to the reforming instinct we have seen throughout President William Ruto’s administration. It comes from the English writer G.K. Chesterton and is known as Chesterton’s Fence. Imagine…
Digital currency company, Yellow Card, has been named winner of the 2026 Fintech ADVANCE Award for Digital Assets by the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG). Other companies feted during the event, which took place at Fintech South in…
After a week of mulling Lindsay Clancy’s fate, a judge has declared a mistrial in the case of the US mother accused of murdering her three young children. It came after the jury said they could not reach a unanimous verdict on whether…
US negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushnerwill visit Russia and Ukraine this weekend, as efforts to end the war appear to be gathering pace. Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed he will meet with the envoys on Sunday, after they…
The United Nations General Assembly voted on Friday to adopt a new world map that reflects countries’ true relative sizes, after African nations urged the UN to right a centuries-old wrong. The “Correct the Map” resolution –– put forward…
Romanian prosecutors officially indicted social media influencer Andrew Tate on Friday for trafficking minors, money laundering, sex with a minor and witness tampering and his brother Tristan for complicity, years after they began…
Nyaribari Masaba MP Dr Daniel Manduku has urged the Gusii community to support President William Ruto, arguing that the region stands to gain more by working with the government than backing an opposition coalition ahead of the 2027…
Households should stock up on food to prepare for extreme weather as the strongest El Niño event in a generation develops over the Pacific Ocean, a government minister has said. Environment Secretary Dame Angela Eagle told the Guardian the…
