The Crackdown Nobody Wants to Talk About On September 2, 2026, President William Ruto gave a blunt order: foreign nationals running small businesses and retail shops had until September 7 to shut down or face enforcement. Standing before micro, small…
Something ugly has been unfolding on the streets of Nairobi, and it did not start by accident. When President William Ruto issued a directive on September 2 restricting foreigners from certain forms of small-scale trade, it did not just set…
A new French ambassador has landed in Nairobi, and the question worth asking is not who he is replacing — but what he is walking into. Wadid Benaabou has been appointed France’s new Ambassador-designate to Kenya, succeeding Arnaud Suquet, who…
What exactly is happening to data centres right now? Governments across the world are pulling the brakes on new data centre construction — and they are doing it fast. From New York to Amsterdam to Dublin, regulators are freezing permits,…
The Defection Nobody Should Be Surprised By Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro has formally crossed the floor — and he didn’t do it on impulse. For nearly a full year, he was quietly meeting with some of Kenya’s most formidable opposition…
Here is the uncomfortable truth Kenya’s small fashion businesses need to hear: the global market does not wait for anyone, and right now, the window is open. The 2026 East Africa Fashion Life Show is not just another expo with…
The Ultimatum Nobody Is Talking About Washington is about to send a blunt message to dozens of countries: you are either with us or with China on artificial intelligence, and sitting on the fence will cost you. This is not…
Billions in donor funds flow into Kenya every year. Until now, no one has had a clear, real-time picture of where exactly that money goes. That is about to change — or at least, that is what the National Treasury…
There is a moment in every underdog story where the system, against all expectations, actually works. For Mombasa United and the football faithful along Kenya’s Coast, that moment arrived with the Sports Disputes Tribunal’s ruling upholding the Football Kenya Federation’s…
Nairobi’s public transport dream is rotting on the side of Thika Road — and it’s costing you money every single day. The Nairobi Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (NaMATA) has racked up more than Sh1 billion in interest charges from delayed…
