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…
With two years to go before Kenya’s next General Election, the ethnic dog-whistling has already started — and Parliament is pushing back. Lawmakers across party lines used the floor of the National Assembly this week to deliver a clear message:…
This Is Not Just a Tournament. This Is a Reckoning. Starting this Thursday at Sikh Union Club in Nairobi, Kenya’s Under-18 Boys’ and Girls’ hockey teams will step onto the pitch with everything on the line — a place at…
The Numbers Don’t Lie Over Ksh.363 million allegedly walked out of First Assurance Investment Company Limited over six years, and nobody — not the banks, not the board, not the regulators — apparently noticed. Or if they did, nobody said…
The Lie Machine Is Running at Full Speed There is a politician — prominent enough to command an audience, reckless enough to abuse it — who is currently telling Kikuyus that the Kenya Revenue Authority’s ongoing tax amnesty is a…
Over 106,000 village elders across Kenya just got a seat at the government’s table — and a monthly stipend to go with it. President William Ruto, speaking before more than 10,000 elders gathered at State House Nairobi on Tuesday, announced…
London Distillers (K) Ltd must pay Sh517 million in excise taxes after the Court of Appeal upheld the Kenya Revenue Authority’s refusal to honour a National Treasury directive that would have wiped out 80 percent of the company’s tax liability…
