A camel for the poor: Samburu County acquires, distributes drought resilient livestock
Speaking during the distribution exercise at Golgotim village on Friday, Samburu County Governor Lati Lelelit said the camel is a source of livelihood for many pastoral families in Samburu County because of its high milk yield and ability to thrive in arid conditions.
Promising avocado farming gradually edging out traditional tea farms in Bureti
Tea requires year-round maintenance, frequent plucking and constant input application, yet many farmers say the margins of profit are gradually shrinking. By contrast, avocado farming, buoyed by strong export demand, is attracting younger farmers seeking quicker and potentially higher returns.
Nairobi music fans can finally break the monotony of remixes as Kenya-based Lingala artist Zeget launches 7-track album
Royaumz Band is a resident band at 1824 in Madaraka Shopping Centre. It performs there every Tuesday. It also performs at Pyasa Lounge Donholm on Thursdays and Sundays and Club Kuche at Nyayo Stadium every Saturday.
Race and class: In public Slave Master called Esther his ‘property’ but in a letter ‘more wife to me than any peace I have known’
For 14 years, she had moved through Cole House like a shadow trusted to carry trays, letters, silence, and shame. But by the time she stepped out into the hall with the banker downstairs and the hidden desk waiting in the dark, she knew the night had changed.
Kenya plans to upgrade Kiganjo Police College to university that’ll serve Africa
CS Kipchumba Murkomen revealed that the NPS is currently at the tail end of the procurement process, which will see the creation of one national command centre and six regional centres in Nairobi, Nyeri, Mombasa, Kisumu and Eldoret.
Murang’a County in central Kenya put on landslides high alert after torrential rains
The disaster centre director also warned residents in other parts of the country, including the Lake Basin Region and Narok to remain vigilant due to the risk of flooding following the swelling and possible breaking of River Tana banks.
Closing of file proceedings rites: Koome leads judiciary in honouring fallen Justice Frederick Ochieng
National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang’ula who attended the proceedings, remembered Justice Ochieng as a devoted family man and brilliant legal mind who discharged his duties with honesty, fairness and diligence.
UN chief raises alarm over political scapegoating and world’s collective failure to manage migration
Over the past four years, at least 200,000 people were trafficked, most of them women and girls. Families and children continue to be detained. Countless workers remain exploited and excluded from labour protections, said Guterres.
President Tshisekedi worried that unending war in eastern Congo makes it difficult to hold elections in 2028
The DRC would not organise elections without the participation of North Kivu and South Kivu provinces, where large chunks of territory have been seized by the March 23 Movement (M23) rebel group, he said.
Road not taken: How women in Kiambu navigating once male-controlled PSV industry
For decades, Kenya’s transport industry has largely been viewed as a man’s domain – from matatu (vans used as public service vehicles) conductors and touts competing for travellers to various destinations at busy stages to PSV drivers navigating chaotic highways and tuk-tuk operators working long hours into the night. But...
