Kenya embraces artificial intelligence in defence and military despite inherent risks
National Defence University-Kenya Deputy Vice Chancellor, Centre for Security and Strategic Studies, Maj-Gen Joyce Sitienei, stated that Africa must be an ‘active architect’ in developing ethical frameworks for military AI.
EACC pounces on Siaya accountant suspected of masterminding theft of $5.5 million from county coffers
The suspect, who works in the department of finance and economic planning, was picked up in Siaya and is being held at Kisumu Port Police Station. He is expected to be arraigned before the Kisumu anti-corruption court on Wednesday to face charges including fraudulent acquisition of public funds and money laundering.
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...
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.
