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The smell hits before the eyes can make sense of what lies ahead. Along the perimeter fence of the Burundian Embassy in Nairobi, bedding, clothes and battered travel bags are scattered outside the gates, while several motorcycles squeezed into every available space stand as silent reminders of lives...
Mombasa Floods: Patients, Schoolchildren Stranded as Heavy Rains Cut Off Roads, Dispensary
Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna’s 2027 presidential ambitions have received a major boost after several opposition leaders rallied behind his bid. The leaders gathered at Jacaranda Grounds in Nairobi, where they called for the opposition to unite behind a single political front ahead of the 2027 Genera...
Despite receiving overwhelming endorsements during its nationwide tours, most recently in Nairobi, the Linda Mwananchi movement is facing a major test over who will fly its presidential ticket in the 2027 General Election. Remarks by Siaya Governor James Orengo about his presidential ambitions have ...
The question of who is in charge of the Jubilee Party has come into sharp focus following a series of court rulings and leadership changes that have left the former ruling party facing uncertainty less than a year to the 2027 General Election. The High Court barred retired President Uhuru Kenyatta f...
Outrage greeted President William Ruto's latest assault on the character of former President Uhuru Kenyatta when he labelled him a "rebel leader", a tag they say pained his predecessor, a lawless leader associated with either rag-tag armies or armed militia groups. Uhuru might have left office more ...
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...
