Kisumu County scrambles to limit cholera spread linked to ‘rampant open defecation’
Ruth Ojuka, Nyando Sub-County community health focal person lamented that local people still live without safely managed sanitation, with majority still practising open defecation.
Diplomacy: Kenya recognises Kosovo as independent state, first such move in five years
Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 2008, but is not a United Nations member due to opposition from Serbia and its allies, including UN-veto holders Russia and China.
Kenya unveils 2025 medium-term public debt management strategy that stands at $85 billion
Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi disclosed that as of March 2025, Kenya’s total public debt stood at Ksh11.02 trillion ($85.030 billion) from Ksh10.5 trillion ($81.018 billion) in June 2024.
No more trips to India for treatment, Kericho governor announces as he commissions construction of $2.8m cancer centre
The governor further announced a partnership that secured Ksh500 million ($4 million) for expanding and equipping medical facilities noting that Kericho Referral Hospital serves not only local residents but also patients from neighbouring counties such as Bomet, Nakuru and Nandi, with 60 per cent of patients coming from outside Kericho.
Kenya turns to adventure tourism, cultural tourism and sports to push up revenue from hospitality industry
International tourism has increased by 60 per cent with one million increase in the number of international visitors enhancing tourism earnings to Ksh184.11 billion ($1.420 million).
Kenya push to raise food production Police impound fake fertilizer, maize seeds
Police and Directorate of Criminal Investigations Officers (DCI) inspected suspected counterfeit fertilisers and maize seedlings recovered from a home in Lubinu, Mumias East Sub-County of Kakamega County. Police are holding three suspects, including the owner of the home and have impounded a lorry that was found loading the fake fertiliser as DCI officers launch further investigations into the alleged scam.
Kenya’s agriculture financing rises by $30m as the East African nation aims to up food production
FINAS Summit Director Charity Mutegi, said the FINAS Summit will bring together stakeholders from various sectors, including policy-makers, the public and private sectors, financial institutions, agricultural technology providers, and farmers, to discuss challenges and solutions in financing agri-food systems sustainability.
Museveni’s military populism and Bobi Wine’s generational populism in robs Uganda of democracy
Uganda, community loyalty and ideological loyalty are being built through ideas such Saccos and programmes such as Bonna Baggagawale, Myooga, Operation Wealth Creation and Parish Development Model and also the so-called National Ideological School at Kyankwanzi.
World ally Championship 2025: Finsco Africa powers women’s participation in Kenya’s edition of WRC
At just 20 years old, Tinashe Gatimu participated in her third consecutive WRC Safari Rally, driving a Subaru Imprezza GC8 with her mother as her navigator. Their presence in this high-adrenaline sport represents resilience, courage and the breaking of gender barriers.
Congo rebel leader says sanctions, any minerals deal with the US won’t stop fighting in the east
Nangaa dismissed Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi’s comments last week that his country — whose mineral resources are estimated to be worth $24 trillion and critical to much of the world’s technology — is looking for a minerals partnership with the US
