Ruto reveals plans to list Kenya Pipeline Company on Nairobi Securities Exchange
Kenya has been seeking new sources of funding since deadly nationwide protests last summer forced it to pursue austerity measures and scrap planned tax hikes worth more than 346 billion Kenyan shillings ($2.68 billion).
Pig farming transforms livestock industry in Kiambu as youth venture into pork business
Pig farming in Kiambu County is experiencing a remarkable transformation, fostering local economy and renewed hope to thousands of farmers in the county. Once seen as a small-scale, low-income venture, pig farming is now emerging as a key driver of agricultural development and youth employment in the area. At the...
China’s Shenzhen investment group targets 400 million consumers in COMESA bloc as it sets base in Kenya
Kenya is emerging manufacturing zones ranging from Export Processing Zones (EPZs) in Athi River to Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in Dongo Kundu, Eldoret and Naivasha, are set to benefit from such collaborations, especially as the country seeks to raise its manufacturing contribution to GDP from 7.6 per cent to 20 per cent by 2030.
Ethnic mobilisation in Kenya peaking two years to elections, fears of violence rise
The MPs led by the Nyando legislator called for an immediate end to what they described as ‘a deliberate smear campaign’ targeting Luo professionals in both political and civil service.
Kenyan universities admit 310,502 freshmen and women to various degree programmes
Out of 244,563 eligible candidates for university placement, Ogamba announced that 201,695 (83 per cent) applied for various programmes as he pointed out that a total of 310,502 students comprising the 2024 cohort and those from previous years have now been placed in universities, TVET, KMTC and teacher training colleges.
Museveni’s science of self-preservation: How fear is driving Uganda president to stifle humanities in university curriculum
The so-called scientists (those in the natural sciences and related disciplines and fields of knowledge and practice) do not traditionally challenge governments but pay more attention to their work in the laboratories and the field, presumably discovering, creating and innovating.
Right of inherence: Kenya Muslim clerics aggrieved by Supreme Court recognition of children born out of wedlock
The Supreme Court dismissed an appeal seeking to exclude children born out of wedlock from inheriting under Muslim law holding that such exclusion was discriminatory and contrary to Articles 27 and 53 of the Constitution.
Four in five child deaths in Africa are avoidable and caused by infections during hospital visits, study finds
Dr Isaac Kihurani, a paediatric specialist at Aga Khan University Hospital in Nairobi, said that dealing with preventable child deaths takes an emotional toll on healthcare workers.
Gangs and mafia-style crime: How political class raised spectre of violence in Kenya ahead of the 2027 General Election
Behind these politically sponsored attacks looms the shadow of 2007/8 post-election violence, when 1,330 people were killed and more than 600,000 displaced in just a month as gangs and ethnic militias unleashed terror across the country.
Vibrancy amid chaos: Kenya women journalists’ organisation picks new office, retains financial soundness
AMWIK Executive Director Queenter Mbori presented the association’s 2024 achievements, describing it as a year of both tremendous challenges and ground-breaking impact. Mbori said the organisation made significant strides in journalists’ safety advocacy following brutal attacks on media professionals during anti-Finance Bill protests.
