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’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.
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.
Dire straits: Kenya returns to IMF for new loan, denies rift with lender over expenditure review
Kenya had failed to meet some targets during the combined seventh and eighth reviews of the programme. However, both were approved by the IMF board last October which triggered payout of the funding tranches linked to those reviews.
Man in central Kenya who sold mother’s chickens, goats and threatened to kill her to serve three years in jail
Peris Ngumo, a probation officer, recommended a custodial sentence for Njuguna.
Al Shabaab terrorist group incursions on Kenyan soil on the rise as six police officers are killed
Al Shabaab has been fighting for years to overthrow Somalia’s central government and establish its own rule in the Horn of Africa country based on its own strict interpretation of Islamic sharia law.
Kenya’s drive to raise forest to 30 per cent boosted by Bomet County’s proposal to upgrade Chepalungu Forest to wildlife sanctuary
Dr John Chumo also encouraged other counties to establish wildlife sanctuaries to support conservation and economic development. He highlighted that the ongoing national wildlife census by WRTI would help determine the number of animals available for translocation.
Smoked out: British tobacco firm BAT on the spot over $28 million tax evasion in Kenya
Thomi Gotschi, Economic Researcher and Analyst, Tax Justice Network Africa (TJNA) called for a forensic audit on the report by the Investigative Desk and Tax Justice Network Africa in February 2025, highlighting a significant $93 million revenue discrepancy in BAT Kenya’s financial disclosures for the years 2017 and 2018.
Kenya to amend Victim Protection Act to give victim protection board teeth, create protection fund
Njamwae said the Victims Protection Board that is supposed to provide victim services is not a body corporate and therefore can neither sue nor be sued, which also makes it impossible to receive the necessary state funding to discharge its mandate of protecting the rights of the victims.
