The clock is ticking, and William Ruto knows it. With the next general election drawing closer by the month, Kenya’s president finds himself in a politically suffocating position: he built his brand on the hustler narrative — the promise that…
Schools are about to reopen, and thousands of Kenyan children — especially those in arid and semi-arid lands — are not going back. Not because they don’t want to. Because they are hungry, they have no uniforms, no bedding, no…
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…
When the patriarch dies, the real war begins They built empires spanning thousands of acres, commanded political influence that stretched from Nairobi to the North Rift, and left behind fortunes that most Kenyans will never see in ten lifetimes. But…
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…
Sophia Wanjiku is up at 4 am. She doesn’t have a choice. By the time Nairobi’s streets begin to fill, she is already deep into her first batch of mandazis, standing over a hot jiko, watching oil shimmer in an…
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…
There is a job that has been sitting empty for over a year at one of South Africa’s most critical public institutions, and the fight over who fills it has now spilled into the courts. The National Skills Fund —…
A town that used to roar There was a time when Mumias meant something. The machines hummed, the money flowed, and parents paid school fees off the back of sugarcane. That town is gone now — hollowed out by what…
Picture this: a powerful anti-corruption chief is appointed quietly, without public process, without explanation, without so much as a press release that tells you why this particular person deserves this particular job. Three years later, she is the subject of…
