A Shanzu court has ruled that six Iranian nationals have a case to answer in one of the largest drug trafficking prosecutions Kenya has ever seen — over 1,036 kilograms of methamphetamine valued at Sh8.2 billion, seized from a vessel…
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…
A 14-month-old boy named Dylan Muinde was taken from his home in Kangondo Village, Dagoretti, on Monday afternoon. Two women walked up, distracted the older child playing with him, and disappeared into a nearby forest with the toddler. CCTV footage…
The Oldest Story in the Book Here is a fact that should make every young African furious: the Democratic Republic of Congo holds enough cobalt to power the entire global electric vehicle revolution, yet its people remain among the poorest…
Half the team. No visas. Less than ten days to go. That was the reality facing Athletics South Africa’s squad for the World Athletics Road Running Championships in Copenhagen — and the federation’s response was to tell everyone to calm…
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…
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…
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…
The rains are coming — and the Kenyan government knows exactly which communities stand in the path of disaster. Eighteen counties across the Coast, Lake, North Eastern and Rift Valley regions have been officially flagged as high-risk ahead of the…
