Trump signs executive order that offers tariff exemptions to countries with US trade deals
In the order, Trump says his willingness to reduce tariffs depends on the “scope and economic value of a trading partner’s commitments to the United States in its agreement on reciprocal trade” and US national interests.
Nandi County in Kenya’s sprawling Rift Valley region is investing massively in coffee farming
Nandi Woman Representative Cynthia Muge launched a ‘Kahawa na Mama’ programme, which in the first phase 2023-2024 a total of 150,000 certified Batian and Ruiru 11 seedlings were distributed to 900 women in 63 self-help groups, while in the second phase 2024-2025, 500,000 seedlings were given out to 4,000 women across the county.
Value addition: Minister wants investors to package and brand Kenyan export tea locally
The Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe highlighted Kenya’s leadership in global tea production, noting that the country produced 598.47 million kilogrammes in 2024, a 4.95 per cent increase from the previous year, a growth driven by favourable weather, subsidized fertilizer programs, and expanded processing capacity.
Understanding courage and dissipating fear, according to Ugandan scholar Oweyegha-Afunaduula
On July 27, 2025, I turned 76. Let me reflect on some episodes of courage that contributed to dispelling fear out of me and replacing it with courage. I have already told you how my incursions in the forests helped to make the courageous me instead of the fearful me.
Kenya’s police service announces plans to beef up numbers with 10,000 recruits
The NPSC, chaired by Amani Yuda Komora, used the Mombasa sitting to deliberate on human resource matters and officially named Collette Suda as the commission’s vice chairperson.
Interior minister issues routine ‘stern warning’ to bootleg whisky traffickers as Somali insurgents ravage north-eastern Kenya
The cabinet secretary said a special security team covering all counties has been formed to deal with the issue of criminal gangs, noting that already 175 suspected goons have been arrested in Trans Nzoia County and arraigned in court.
Kenya steps up efforts to protect effort to safeguard vast ocean wealth through MSP
Kenya is now positioning itself to achieve 100 per cent transparency and compliance in all industrial fishing vessels by 2030 through the adoption of Electronic Monitoring (EM) systems. These systems, equipped with on-board cameras, GPS and sensors.
Kenya: Investigating agencies detail how Ruto regime uses budget cuts to protect rogue police
IPOA long-standing frustrations are captured by Independent Medico-Legal Unit (IMLU), which in June this year launched a report titled, Silenced but Unbowed, that details police criminality and obstruction of justice.
Jubilee Asset Management Ltd expand to Mombasa as it eyes bigger stake in Kenya’s economy
According to the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS), the port city is home to over 1.5 million ($115,920) people, and the population is expected to rise to 3.2 million ($247,296) by 2040.
Somalis defy al Shaabab militants to celebrate Prophet Muhammad’s birthday
Some young people filmed the processions on their phones, livestreaming chants to friends abroad, while others hoisted banners adorned with verses of praise. Security forces, rifles slung over their shoulders, stood at the edges of the crowds, scanning for threats but unable to suppress the festive mood.
