There is something almost theatrical about Kenyan politics — the way alliances shift like sand, loyalties evaporate overnight, and yesterday’s enemy becomes today’s running mate. So when Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi stood before a crowd in Tharaka Nithi County…
If you’ve ever tried to book a flight from Nairobi to Lagos, or Accra to Addis Ababa, you already know the painful truth: flying within Africa is absurdly expensive, and in many cases, it forces you to transit through London…
Kenya’s Parliament is tightening its grip on public spending. The Budget and Appropriations Committee convened this week to interrogate Controller of Budget Dr. Margaret Nyakang’o on the state of the FY 2025/26 national budget — and what emerged was a…
Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna delivered a pointed rebuke to President William Ruto on the floor of the Senate, dismissing the Head of State’s charge that the united opposition has no policy agenda ahead of the 2027 General Election — and…
What exactly happened here? Nine suspects are now in custody. Among them: senior officials from Kenya’s National Treasury. The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) arrested them over a Ksh.1.569 billion fraud that gutted a programme designed to help small-scale farmers…
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…
