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KMPDC earmarks Kahawa Wendani clinic for closure after birth outside gate
Health & Fitness · KMPDC Director General David Kariuki said a Kahawa Wendani Level 3B facility is earmarked for closur
12 Aug 2026
Government maps 18 counties for El Niño risks ahead of October rains
Environment · National Disaster Operations Centre planning lists 18 counties plus Nairobi, Mombasa and Kisumu as h
12 Aug 2026
Seven years each for two men in Jomvu police AK-47 theft case
Crime · A Mombasa court jailed Pius Oketch and Kellas Wanyonyi for seven years after they were convicted ove
12 Aug 2026
Kalonzo vows commission of inquiry on Ruto graft claims if elected in 2027
Politics · Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka said a future administration would form a commission of inquiry coverin
12 Aug 2026
Kirinyaga baby-friendly hospitals cut neonatal deaths to 10 per 1,000
Health & Fitness · Kirinyaga reports neonatal mortality down from 26 to 10 per 1,000 live births under Baby-friendly Ho
9 Aug 2026
FEWS NET: Kenya pastoral areas stay in food Crisis through September
Environment · FEWS NET projects most Kenyan pastoral areas remain IPC Phase 3 (Crisis) through September, improvin
9 Aug 2026
Uganda MPs and KPA push to cut non-tariff barriers on Northern Corridor
Energy & Transport · Uganda’s Tourism and Trade committee pledged to help remove non-tariff barriers after talks with Ken
9 Aug 2026
Samsung opens Kenya online brand store as electronics go direct-to-consumer
Business · Samsung Electronics East Africa launched an online brand store with Housewives Paradise, expanding d
9 Aug 2026
EACC and FBI open modern interview suite at Isiolo anti-graft office
Kenya News · EACC opened a refurbished, technology-enabled interview facility at its Isiolo office with FBI suppo
9 Aug 2026
IEBC gazettes 2026 campaign finance rules and 2027 spending limits
Kenya News · IEBC has gazetted the Election Campaign Financing Regulations, 2026 and contribution/spending limits
9 Aug 2026
Eastleigh security pact urges body cameras, CCTV and DCI crime unit
Crime · A GI-TOC Shared Security Pact for Eastleigh, built from five roundtables and UK FCDO funding, propos
9 Aug 2026
Linda Mwananchi threatens daily ORPP protests over party name block
Politics · Vihiga Senator Godfrey Osotsi said Linda Mwananchi will hold daily protests outside the Registrar of
9 Aug 2026
High Court awards retired NPSC commissioner Sh45.8m over stopped salary
Kenya News · Justice Patricia Nyaundi awarded Dr Maj (Rtd) Shadrack Mutia Muiu Sh35.784m withheld salary and Sh10
9 Aug 2026
MPs open nationwide inquiry into rising Kenyan lakes and dam levels
Environment · The National Assembly Environment Committee will expand a Baringo South statement request into a nat
9 Aug 2026
Kwale flags off first 43-tonne seaweed export consignment to Chile
Agriculture · Deputy Governor Chirema Kombo flagged off 43 tonnes of seaweed from Kibuyuni Seaweed Farmers Coopera
9 Aug 2026
KOAN study: tomatoes lead Kenyan market vegetables over EU pesticide limits
Health & Fitness · A KOAN lab study of 45 tomato, kale, spinach and onion samples from Nairobi and Nakuru markets found
9 Aug 2026
Kenya presses new BATUK terms after Haraka Storm licence standoff
Kenya News · After Kenya briefly withheld Laikipia training licences for Exercise Haraka Storm in July 2026, talk
9 Aug 2026
DPP charges NCBA, KCB and Co-op Bank CEOs over Sh363m fraud reporting failure
Finance · DPP Renson Ingonga approved POCAMLA charges against the CEOs of NCBA, KCB and Co-operative Bank over
9 Aug 2026