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East Africa’s busiest trade artery is set for a fresh push toward expansion as the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) moves to kick off a major feasibility study for the Mau Summit–Eldoret–Malaba highway upgrade. The authority has…
Ride-hailing company Bolt has dismissed reports circulating on social media claiming it is planning to cease operations in Kenya, terming the information false and misleading. In a statement issued on June 1, 2026, the company said a…
A small passenger plane carrying tourists has crashed while landing at Ol Kiombo Airstrip in Maasai Mara Game Reserve, triggering an emergency response on Monday. Footage circulating on social media and obtained by this media outlet shows…
President William Ruto has announced a KSh5 billion livestock investment initiative targeting more than 350,000 pastoralists across 21 Arid and Semi-Arid Land (ASAL) counties as part of a broader strategy to transform Kenya’s livestock…
A new front in the battle against financial fraud is emerging from data centers: virtual smartphones known as cloud phones. They look and behave exactly like ordinary smartphones. They generate genuine hardware fingerprints, respond to…
Kenyan airline fly748.com is strengthening its engagement with Kenya’s SACCO movement as part of its strategy to meet the growing demand for domestic business and leisure travel.
“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…
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…
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…
Elders from Wajir County are to present President William Ruto with 100 camels after the county was chosen to host the country’s 63rd Madaraka Day celebrations for the first time. The announcement was made Monday by Wajir Governor Ahmed…
Madaraka Day, Swahili for “Self-Rule” or “Authority or Power”, is Kenya’s annual national holiday celebrated on June 1. It marks the day in 1963 when Kenya gained internal self-rule (Madaraka) from British colonial administration. Kenya…
A series of health and biosecurity agreements signed between Kenya and the United States over the past decade have come under fresh scrutiny following a controversial plan to establish Ebola-related research and isolation facilities in…
Preparations for this year’s Madaraka Day celebrations in Wajir County are done, with government officials projecting attendance of up to 10,000 people at the newly constructed stadium that will host the national event for the first time…
President William Ruto has congratulated Gor Mahia Football Club after the Kenyan giants clinched the 2025/26 FKF Premier League title, extending their record as the country’s most successful football club. In a statement released after…
There was panic and smoke at St. Joseph Seminary Boys School in Nakuru County after fire broke out and destroyed two dormitories in yet another worrying school fire incident that ended without loss of life. The incident happened on Sunday,…
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has announced a major breakthrough in investigations into the deadly fire that claimed the lives of 16 students at Utumishi Girls Senior Secondary School in Gilgil, Nakuru County. In a…
As the global community approaches World No Tobacco Day on 31st May 2026, the theme Unmasking the appeal – countering nicotine and tobacco addiction serves as a timely lens through which to view a shifting landscape. For decades, the fight…
As the world commemorates the World No Tobacco Day 2026, Kenya faces an urgent and growing public health crisis, with tobacco use contributing to approximately 12,000 deaths annually while thousands more suffer from tobacco-related…
Muslim pilgrims wrapped up this year’s Hajj, one of the world’s largest religious gatherings, after performing the final rites at Islam’s holiest site in Mecca. The pilgrimage concluded with the farewell Tawaf, in which participants circle…
In a quiet laboratory in Louisiana, researchers are developing technologies that could transform the Moon from a distant destination into a place where humans live and work – without needing to haul every brick, pipe and tool from Earth,…
By Dr. Raymond Omollo The geography of northern Kenya has been one of the greatest adversaries in the quest of successive governments to adequately serve the people of the region. Distances of hundreds of kilometres, sparse populations…
The High Court has quashed a directive issued by Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale seeking to discontinue Mount Kenya University’s (MKU) Bachelor of Science in Oral Health programme, handing a major victory to more than 225 students…
Express Kenya Plc, a listed logistics firm, has filed a cautionary notice for a proposed rights issue of up to 50,000,000 new shares at KSh 5 par, one-for-one. The transaction, which was resolved by Directors of the listed logistics firm…
Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has offered to provide hearses and coffins at no cost to families of students killed in the dormitory fire at Utumishi Girls Academy in Gilgil, which claimed 16 lives. Speaking during a visit to the…
