Be warned most packaged food in Kenya is unhealthy, need label under new rules – report
The report by the non-profit Access to Nutrition Initiative found that under those rules, 90 per cent of products sold by both international companies like Coca-Cola and local firms such as Brookside Dairy Ltd and Manji Foods Industries contained either too much salt, sugar or saturated fat.
Kenya’s eating chiefs: Day President Ruto dismissed criticism of his unessential foreign tours and pilferage as ‘noise’
Enormous travel costs extend beyond the national level. Counties incur substantial expenses primarily consisting of domestic travel costs which together with foreign travel totalled Ksh15.4 billion in 2022/23.
How President Ruto’s extravagance, lies and sticky hands ran Kenya’s economy amok, stoked riots he’s unable to put out
Beneath this packed schedule week in and week out lies a significant cost, one that will be covered by taxpayer money. So, just how much has the president’s office and the government spent on travel?
Kenyan president among world leaders to be taxed for using private jets or first class
UN chief Antonio Guterres said the Seville meeting aimed “to repair and rev up” a world system where “trust is fraying and multilateralism is strained.”
Inflation trends show point to 3.8 per cent plateau in June, Kenya’s statistics office says
The central bank targets Kenya’s inflation to be within the 2.5 per cent to 7.5 per cent range in the medium term.
Transition: Vendor shot by police in Kenyan capital dies after weeks in cabbage state
The Kenyan man who was shot at close range by a police officer during recent protests over a blogger’s death in custody has died, his family announced on Monday evening. Family spokesperson Emily Wanjira said Boniface Kariuki died on Monday afternoon, a day after doctors at the national referral hospital...
Re-imagining Kenya: Political unrest, justice on the streets that fuses fact and fiction to result in Daredevil’s flight from shadows
Kenya’s Gen Z, galvanised by social media hashtags and mobile communication, have driven two synchronised waves of resistance – from #OccupyParliament in June 2024 to renewed June 25, 2025 protests.
Muslims clerics want Interior Minister Murkomen assigned ‘lighter duties’ ahead of planned Saba Saba protests
CIPK National Chair Sheikh Abdalla Ateka said the remarks in which Murkomen was quoted as telling police officers to shoot anyone approaching a police station during demonstrations, were inappropriate and unbecoming of a senior government official.
After clamping down on leading television stations to blackout live broadcast of protests, Kenya now says it’s committed to information access
After an eventful week during which the Communication Authority of Kenya switched off signals of leading television stations to compel them to discontinue live coverage of nationwide anti-government protests, the state now says it is committed to transparency, accountability and citizen empowerment through the implementation of Access to Information Act,...
Dorper sheep rearing takes root in Nakuru in Rift Valley as Kenya targets expanding meat market in Middle East
Agriculture Chief Officer Newton Mwaura indicates that dorper sheep farming, especially the use of dorper rams, presents a promising opportunity for farmers in Kenya seeking a profitable and resilient livestock venture.
