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…
Picture The Valley on a cold Tuesday night in South London, the floodlights cutting through the autumn air, and a Kenyan kid who once ran the midfield for Nairobi City Stars now dictating the tempo in the English Championship. That…
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…
Three hundred politicians walked into a Naivasha retreat this week, and President William Ruto made one thing unmistakably clear: losing the 2027 General Election is simply not on the table. This is not a campaign slogan. This is a directive…
They gathered in Naivasha, away from Nairobi’s noise, with hotel rooms booked and phones buzzing — and nobody pretended this was anything other than what it was: the opening shot of Kenya’s 2027 presidential campaign. The three-day retreat, running from…
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…
Foreign weapons are pouring into Sudan, and the consequences stretch far beyond Khartoum’s burning streets. Reports have emerged of Pakistani-made Mohafiz-V armoured vehicles appearing in Sudan’s capital during a military parade — the first visible sign of a defence arrangement…
It was a Monday morning like any other at Gikomba Market — the kind of morning where the air smells of secondhand clothes and fresh mandazi, where traders call out to passersby and matatu touts compete for every shilling. Moreen…
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…
