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…
The Pain Is Real — And So Is the Accountability Kenya is out. Again. The Starlets crashed out of WAFCON without reaching the quarter-finals, and the post-mortem has already begun. Fingers are pointing. Voices are rising. And right in the…
Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe announced on Friday that the Kenyan government has set a new floor price of Ksh 5,100 per 90-kilogram bag of wheat, a move designed to boost farmer incomes and secure a stable domestic supply before…
Here is the uncomfortable truth that no cabinet committee or Sh15 billion contingency fund can paper over: Kenya is heading into what could be its most destructive El Niño since 1982, and the government that is supposed to protect you…
