Raila Offers Support for Gen Z Protests; Here’s Youth Reactions
In a letter posted from Dubai, opposition leader Raila Amollo Odinga has reiterated his support for the youth spearheading changes in Kenya. He has carefully skirted calling them Gen Z…
Ruto Promises to Form Committee to Look into Problems with HELB
Following public outcry Kenyan president Dr William Samoei Ruto has now promised to set up a committee to look into the education funding body Higher Education Loans Board (HELB). Ruto…
Kenya’s Police Chief Japheth Koome Resigns
Facing a sure prospect of sacking as pressure mounts from anti-government protestors, Kenya’s Inspector General of Police, Japheth Koome has resigned. Through a post on X the National Police Service…
All Sacked CS’s To Be Audited, Gen Z Now Demands
Following the move by President William Ruto to dissolve his entire cabinet, a section of youths popularly as Generation Zs have vowed to keep pressing the government until all their…
HAPPENING NOW: Government Deploys Heavy Security Outside Afya House Ahead of Another Major Demo
The government has deployed contingents of police outside Afya House at its environs ahead of the #OccupyAfyaHouse demonstrations by members of the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Union (KMPDU). The…
Police Disperse Saba Saba Demonstrators from CBD Sunday Night
The police last evening dispersed pockets of peaceful demonstrators who had remained within the central business district late after the Saba Saba demonstrations at Uhuru Park. Thousands of Gen Z…
Mistrust in Government Leaves Al-Shabaab Amnesty Program in Limbo
An amnesty programme initiated by Kenya in 2015 for young Kenyans returning from Somalia after fighting alongside al-Shabaab terrorists is in limbo due to mistrust of the government. In the…
The Fallout: Ruto, Gachagua Animosities Play Out in Public
“I am the president and when I get briefed by security organs my Deputy is not a party to the briefing.” Those words of president Ruto during a roundtable interview…
“I’m Sorry”—Nakuru East MP David Gikaria, Wife Apologize to Kenyans for Voting Yes to Finance Bill 2024
Nakuru Town East MP David Gikaria made a dramatic apology to Kenyans for voting Yes to the controversial Finance Bill 2024. He posted a picture on social media wearing a…
Nairobi Lawyer’s Impassioned Plea to President Ruto
A Nairobi lawyer with close ties to the presidency Donald B. Kipkorir has written an open letter to President William Ruto pleading with him to scrap out altogether the contentious…
You can Express Your Feelings Without Insulting the President—Farouk Kibet To Gen Z
An aide to President William Ruto has challenged the Gen Z protesters to tone down on hurling insults at elected leaders. Speaking in Nairobi on Saturday, Kibet urged the youth…
BURIED ALIVE: Bondo MP Gideon Ochanda Mock Burial For Voting Yes to Finance Bill
Business came to a standstill in Bondo town on Friday morning as a funeral procession marched through the town with a coffin purporting to carry the remains of the area…
Police Flag As Fake Letter Purporting Thursday Protests Have been Authorised
Police have flagged as fake a letter doing rounds on social media claiming that the protests against Finance Bill 2024 have been authorised. The letter, ostensibly, signed by the Inspector…
BREAKING: Panic in Siaya Executive As Orengo Set to Implement Performance Audit on Return
Governor James Aggrey Bob Orengo is set to fly back into the country anytime this week from a foreign visit in Canada. The Governor has had a highly successful visit…
HAPPENING RIGHT NOW: Security Tightened Outside Parliament As Police Declare Planned Protests Illegal
Security has been enhanced around Parliament as Nairobi Police boss Adamson Bungei outlawed the planned demonstrations against the Finance Bill 2024. Bungei dismissed any plans to hold protests even as…
Kenyan Presidential Guard Among Poachers Arrested with Ivory Worth KES 2.9 Million
A security officer attached to the Presidential Escort Unit (PEU) is among three police officers arrested on Saturday while carrying five elephant tasks weighing 29 kilogrammes and valued at KES…
East African Finance Ministers Read 2024-2025 Budgets Concurrently
As per the East Africa Community traditions the Finance Ministers from the member countries read their budgets on the first Thursday of the second week of June. Below is an…
BREAKING: Mike Mbuvi Sonko Acquitted of Terrorism Charges
Ex-Nairobi Governor Mike Mbuvi Sonko has been acquitted of terrorism charges. The Kahawa Law Courts on Wednesday approved the recommendations of the office of the Deputy Public Prosecutor to drop…
2 Men Arrested Following Gruesome Murder of Widow in Homabay
Residents of Kanyanjwa village in Gem West Location of Rangwe Constituency on Friday woke up to the shocking news of the murder of a woman by her two employees. The…
Aircraft Carrying Malawi Vice President Saulos Chilima, 9 Others Goes Missing
A plane carrying Malawi Vice President Saulos Chilima and nine others has gone missing. In a press release, Collen Zamba, the Secretary to president Lazarus Chakwera said the Malawi Defence…