The General Service Unit (GSU) has rolled out a new leadership team after a colourful change-of- command ceremony was organised at the unit’s headquarters in Ruaraka. Assistant Inspector General of Police Johana Kiplagat Tonui was handed the reins of the GSU as the new Comm...
Tourism Cabinet Secretary and Lands, Public Works, Housing and Urban Development Cabinet Secretary have presided over a title deed issuance exercise in Ol Kalou, Nyandarua County, as the government moves to strengthen land ownership security. The exercise saw residents receive title deeds, a move ai...
Kenya unveiled its innovative Shirika Plan at the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) meeting in New York. The country detailed a new method that would convert refugee camps into fully, fledged municipalities. While interacting with 2026 Humanitarian Affairs Segment (HAS) at the UN h...
FIFA World Cup 2026 co-host Mexico becomes the first team to qualify for the round of 32 after a hard- fought 1-0 victory over South Korea in Guadalajara Stadium. The win was sealed by goal from Luis Romo after half-time putting Mexico at three points. The game was tense, with South Korea pressing h...
Morocco captain Achraf Hakimi has been accused of rape, French prosecutors have confirmed. Hakimi, defender for Paris Saint- Germain (PSG) and captain of Morocco’s national team, helped the Atlas Lions to a historic semi-final run at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar making the first African te...
NAIROBI, Kenya June 19 – Moi University is facing the prospect of a lecturers’ strike that could disrupt the September academic reopening if a long-running dispute over salary arrears remains unresolved. The Universities Academic Staff Union (UASU) has accused the university of failing to sett...
NAIROBI, Kenya Jun 19 – Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei has stirred political debate after suggesting that constituencies represented by MPs who voted against the Finance Bill, 2026 should face a review of their allocation of development funds. In a press briefing a day after the National Assem...
NAIROBI, Kenya, Jun 19 — The National Police Service has launched a manhunt for Kuresoi North Member of Parliament Alfred Mutai following violent clashes at a political event in Kuresoi Sub-County, Nakuru County, that left several people nursing gunshot injuries. In a statement issued Friday, the po...
NAIROBI, Kenya, Jun 19 — The National Police Service has arrested three suspects in connection with a violent attack at Chemilil Academy in Muhoroni Sub-County that left several people injured. In a statement, police spokesperson Muchiri Nyaga said “the incident occurred on the morning of June...
The US government says it will stop funding programmes in South Africa intended to tackle the spread of HIV and Aids, linking the decision to the government’s alleged failure to protect the white-minority Afrikaner community. South Africa’s health ministry responded by saying that though...
Real estate firm Optiven Limited has entered into a strategic partnership with Diamond Trust Bank (DTB) aimed
The High Court has declined to issue conservatory orders sought by JILK Construction Company Limited and other parties aimed at halting the proposed t...
Bamburi Cement PLC Chief Executive Officer, Geoffrey Ndugwa, paid a high-level courtesy visit to the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) Head Office for...
A political empowerment event in Kuresoi North descended into chaos on Friday after supporters of Nakuru Governor Susan Kihika and Kuresoi North MP Alfred Mutai reportedly clashed, exposing fresh cracks within the ruling UDA camp in Nakuru. Videos circulating on social media showed running battles a...
Police in Muhoroni Sub-County have arrested three suspects on Friday linked to a violent attack on Chemelil Academy that left several people injured and school property vandalised. The suspects are accused of being part of a gang that stormed the institution on Thursday attacking teachers, parents a...
President William Ruto has directed all public institutions to embrace merit-based hiring and promotions, saying the public service must be driven by competence, accountability and results. Speaking during the National Productivity and Performance Conference in Nairobi on Friday, the President said ...
President William Ruto has pointed to South Korea and Singapore as examples Kenya should emulate, saying investment in education and skills development remains the surest path to economic transformation. Speaking during the National Productivity and Performance Conference at the Kenya School of Gove...
Concern is growing over the whereabouts of former Mabatini Ward MCA aspirant Joel Kariuki Mwai after reports emerged that he was allegedly abducted by unknown men in Nairobi’s Mathare area on Thursday afternoon. According to human rights organisation VOCAL Africa, the 45-year-old politician wa...
Detectives are investigating a suspected murder after the death of an Officer Commanding Station (OCS) – Murang’a Railways Police Station, whose body was found at a church compound in Siaya County. Police received the report on June 16, 2026, at about 11:30 pm, after residents alerted them to ...
Kenyans have been urged to stay at home on June 25, 2026, as families mark the young people killed during anti-government protests over the past two years. In a notice submitted to Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja at his office, the families of the Gen Z protesters who died said they plan t...
Murang’a Governor Irungu Kang’ata confirmed he is part of Linda Mwananchi, saying he joined the movement to help build a platform that brings together Kenyans from different political backgrounds around a common national agenda. Speaking during an interview on Citizen TV’s JKLive on Wednesday night,...
Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has accused President William Ruto of running a “looting spree” through the newly tabled supplementary budget for 2025/26. Gachagua, a leading critic of the Ruto administration, alleged that the government plans to divert Ksh 6.2 billion through the budget. H...
The Political Parties Disputes Tribunal (PPDT) has ruled that Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna did not receive a fair hearing before ODM decided to remove him as secretary general. In a judgment delivered on Thursday, Tribunal Chair Gad Gathu said the tribunal found serious procedural flaws in how the O...
NAIROBI, Kenya Jun 19 – Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) Chief Executive Officer Abdi Ahmed Mohamud has been elected to the Executive Committee of the African Association of Anti-Corruption Authorities (AAACA). The AAACA is a continental platform that brings together anti-corruptio...
