It started, as these things often do, with a tour. President William Ruto kicked off a week-long sweep of the Coast region on Saturday, positioning himself in Taita Taveta to inspect projects and remind Kenyans — loudly — of what…
The Pitch Kenya Made to the World While most Kenyans were grinding through another week of high costs and economic uncertainty, President William Ruto was in New York at the 81st United Nations General Assembly, making promises on their behalf.…
Something is cracking inside Nairobi’s political establishment, and it is not subtle. The MCAs — the ward-level representatives who sit closest to the frustrations of ordinary Nairobians — are publicly turning on Governor Johnson Sakaja, and they are not mincing…
Let’s be honest about what is happening here. Harambee Stars players — men who carry the weight of an entire nation’s footballing pride on their backs — have been forced to take a stand over money they were already owed.…
Your county government flew its officials to Dubai and Singapore to learn “emotional intelligence” — while leaving local suppliers owed a combined Ksh.172 billion. This is not a rumour. It is the official finding of Controller of Budget Margaret Nyakang’o,…
The Hall Where Equality Dies at the Door Picture the scene. New York. The United Nations General Assembly. One hundred and ninety-three nations crammed into one hall, each waving the flag of sovereign equality. Then President William Ruto steps to…
African football fans are threatening to cancel their SuperSport subscriptions en masse after the Pan-African pay-TV giant failed to acquire broadcast rights for the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations 2027 qualifiers, which kicked off Thursday, 24 September — leaving…
The air in Kajiado was thick with political tension last weekend, the kind that settles over a crowd when someone has finally said what everyone in the room was already thinking. Governor Joseph Ole Lenku’s “Lenku at 10” scorecard event…
A National Police Reservist is dead. He was doing his job — escorting Safaricom technicians to a telecommunications site in Nyachis, Isiolo County — when heavily armed bandits ambushed his vehicle in broad daylight on Wednesday. Not at night. Not…
Here is what tax evasion looks like in practice: you import over 55,000 smartphones, tell the Kenya Revenue Authority you only brought in 3,000, and hope nobody checks the boxes. Someone almost pulled it off. The Kenya Revenue Authority has…
