Former South Korea President Yoon sentenced to 30 years in prison over general treason
The team of Cho Eun-suk, an independent counsel who led investigations into Yoon’s insurrection and other charges, demanded a 30-year prison term for Yoon. Yoon was accused of ordering the drone infiltration into Pyongyang around October 2024
Ksh2,283,300,000,000,000,000: Elon Musk becomes world’s first trillionaire after his SpaceX’s climbs to $1.77 trillion
SpaceX shared in a post on X that was re-shared by Musk: “Teams are go for launch with a $135 price per share for the SpaceX IPO,” along with a link showing how people would be able to buy the public stocks.
Children killing children in Kenya: Calls for justice dominate requiem mass for 16 victims of girls’ school fire
During the memorial service, hundreds of students from Utumishi Girls Academy sang a sombre hymn declaring that all shall be well. One of the presiding officials reminisced about being a victim of Kenya’s deadliest school fire in 2001 in which 67 boys died in a dormitory blaze in Machakos County in eastern Kenya.
Eyes on Kenya as its coastal city of Mombasa hosts world ‘Our Ocean Conference’ conference
Over the past decade, the Our Ocean Conference has become one of the world’s most influential platforms for ocean action, generating more than 2,600 financial commitments valued at approximately $161 billion.
Police in Marsabit County arrests three suspect with elephant tusks valued at $29,990
Assistant Director of Conservation in the northern Kenya Bakari Chongwa has commended security agencies in the region for their cooperation with the Kenya Wildlfe Services (KWS) following the recovery of elephant tusks weighing 45 kilogrammes in Marsabit County. Speaking in Marsabit town at the KWS regional offices, where he oversees...
Kenya’s 2026-27 budget picks agriculture as centrepiece of enhanced rapid economic growth
The cabinet secretary noted that the Kenyan economy has remained resilient, recording an average growth rate of 5.0 per cent between 2022 and 2025, outperforming the global average of 3.4 per cent and Sub-Saharan Africa’s 4.1 per cent over the same period.
UN refugee agency signs MoU with Turkana County government to support integration of aliens into local community
Head of the UNHCR Sub-Office in Kakuma, Nanduri Sateesh, noted that the next phase of KISEDP, scheduled to commence in 2028, will align with the Shirika Plan, which seeks to create sustainable economic opportunities within Kakuma Municipality.
How gap in livestock feed supply chain inspired farmer in central Kenya to set up a virtual ‘nappier supermarket’ for Africa
Besides selling animal feeds, the farm also trains individuals and groups on best farm practices on growing fodder. The farm has also opened employment opportunities for many youths who work as marketers on a part time basis.
East Africa Community finance minister wary of Gulf war impact on economies as they unveil budgets
The region is seen as highly vulnerable to the trade turmoil arising from the conflict given its reliance on fuel and fertiliser imports – concerns which prompted the African Development Bank to cut the region’s growth forecast for this year by half a percentage point.
Coast youth and women groups defend former Nairobi Governor Sonko after act of philanthropy touches off furore
Evans Momanyi, Joseph Onamu and Faith Munaa, youth leaders in Mombasa said attempts to turn a humanitarian intervention into a public controversy risk discouraging well-wishers from helping needy Kenyans.
