Principal Secretary: Beauty and femininity only won’t free African women cultural bondage
Hosted in the Eastern Africa region, the Summit is both a powerful culmination of the five-year She Leads programme (2021-2025) and a bold step forward in shaping policies that place Girls and Young Women at the centre of decision-making.
Kenya-Iran seventh joint economic forum resolves to ramp up trade to over $1 billion
The annual target rise from the current $150 million is aimed at deepening economic ties with both sides setting a target to boost their annual trade, according to the Iranian minister.
South Sudan back at with itself as Vice President Machar, his wife are placed under house arrest
African Union Commission Chair Mahmoud Ali Youssouf said he would deploy a team to Juba “as part of efforts to de-escalate the situation.” In a statement on X, the US State Department’s bureau of African affairs urged Kiir to reverse the house arrest and “prevent further escalation of the situation.”
Cabinet secretary for ICT unveils Kenya’s AI Strategy to drive the East African nation’s digital revolution
Germany commended Kenya’s AI leadership, with Deputy Ambassador Alexander Fierley reaffirming Germany’s support, emphasising that AI’s impact depends on responsible data ownership and consumer protection.
Kenya unveils strategic plan to strengthen the power of mercy process, clemency and justice
Further, Koskei revealed that the new five-year strategic plan will enhance efficiency, transparency and accessibility in the clemency process.
Five arid and semi-arid regions in Kenya on high alert as weather forecasts show depressed rainfall
At least five counties in the country are at high alert stage of drought with expectation of low or below average rainfall in the March-May long rain season. According to the National Drought Management Authority (NDMA), these counties are Wajir, Mandera, parts of Marsabit, Parts of Kilifi and Parts of...
Health experts in Kenya and Tanzania blame tuberculosis persistence on rigid immigration red tapes, bureaucracy
Health officials from Kenya and Tanzania have raised an alarm over the daunting challenges in managing tuberculosis (TB) along their shared border. The medics say patients’ disappearances, family interventions and administrative red tapes are undermining treatment efforts and fuelling complications, including deaths. The concerns emerged during a cross-border meeting held...
Mexican drug lord Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada pleads guilty to drug trafficking, to be handed life sentence in January
Speaking softly through a Spanish interpreter, Zambada recounted a life of crime that he said began when he planted a marijuana plant in 1969 at the age of 19.
Kenya Vehicle Manufacturers announces resumption of Volkswagen cars assembly in Thika
The Kenya and Germany partnership renewal is expected to attract more investment and encourage other manufacturers to start local assembly in alignment with the government’s goal of developing the automotive sector under its industrialisation agenda.
Kenya Airways’ bumpy run in air persists as the national carrier posts first-half pre-tax loss
Kenya Airways went into insolvency in 2018 after an expansion drive left it with hundreds of millions of dollars in debt.
Kenya calls for co-option of civil society-military diplomacy in peacekeeping
Ambassador Josphat K. Maikara, the director-general for political and diplomatic affairs at the ministry of foreign and diaspora affairs, during the inaugural Joint Technical-Level Workshop on International Peacekeeping held at the International Peace Support Training Centre.
Panic as teargas canister hurled at women’s rally in Siaya County sends crowd scampering
The women legislators, among them the host Ombaka, went on with their programme. They called on Kenyans to be united under the broad-based government which, they said, had done a lot for the common man.
Kenyan minister de-gazettes 45 health facilities implicated in $23.2 million fraud
Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale speaking on the health care matters at Afya House on Monday, on August 25, 2025. Credit: Wangari Ndirangu.
Kenya now wants China to convert dollar rail loan into yuan for lower interest rate
Last year, the East African nation’s efforts to hike taxes to improve its financial situation sparked deadly protests, leading the government to backtrack. It has since tried to find other ways to create more fiscal space.
Japan’s Samurai loans Kenya’s $169 million to boost vehicle assembly industries, energy production
Speaking on the sidelines at TICAD on Thursday, Raphael Otieno, Kenya’s director-general of debt management in the ministry of finance, said Nairobi’s debt strategy is shifting focus from short-term refinancing risks to addressing high borrowing costs.
20 people, including five journalists, killed in an Israel attack on a Gaza hospital
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said Israel deeply regretted what he called a “tragic mishap”. Israel valued the work of journalists and medical staff, he said, adding that Israel’s war was with Hamas.
