Since Kenya started importing petroleum products under the government-to-government deal, the deal has been under great scrutiny locally, but also by Uganda that imports nearly all its petroleum products through Kenya’s fuel infrastructure. Kenya started implementing the G-to-G deal in April 2023, i...

President William Ruto’s increasingly bitter political exchanges with his predecessor, Uhuru Kenyatta, have taken on a new legal dimension after the High Court declared unconstitutional the law that restricts retired presidents from holding political-party office and allows Parliament to interfere w...

Former President Uhuru Kenyatta has, for the first time, cast doubt on the legitimacy of President William Ruto’s 2022 General Election victory, claiming he knows the late Raila Odinga won the contest. Speaking during a Jubilee Party National Executive Council meeting in Nairobi, Uhuru said he remai...

Nairobi Senator and Linda Mwananchi principal Edwin Sifuna finds himself at a political crossroads, with less than a year to the 2027 General Election and no party platform to drive his political ambitions. Sifuna is also facing a tight timeline set by the IEBC and the Registrar of Political Parties...

The government’s decision to send seven Cabinet Secretaries to the 81st United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York has ignited a fierce debate over public spending, government efficiency, and the prioritisation of international travel over domestic accountability.

Allegations of a voter registration scheme along the Kenya-Uganda border have raised questions over the integrity of Kenya’s voters’ roll ahead of the 2027 General Election. The claims centre on the Suam border area, where a personal assistant to a Member of Parliament allied to the ruling UDA party...