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IPOA takes over probe after Mathare boda rider Erick Otieno dies post-custody
Crime · NPS said DCI handed the death of 19-year-old boda rider Erick Otieno to IPOA after he died at Mama M
9 Aug 2026
Ruku urges Muturi, Munya and Kivuti to back Kindiki against Gachagua
Politics · Public Service CS Geoffrey Ruku asked Justin Muturi, Peter Munya and Lenny Kivuti to work with DP Ki
9 Aug 2026
eSIM providers chase Kenya’s diaspora as smartphones hit 50.1 million
Technology · Providers such as SafSIM pitch multi-country eSIMs for Kenyan workers abroad as CA data show 50.1 mi
9 Aug 2026
UNEP funds Northern Corridor green freight push from Mombasa port
Environment · NCTTCA secured about $200,000 from UNEP toward the Northern Corridor Green Freight Strategy 2030 — e
9 Aug 2026
MPs demand official Nairobi OCS list after viral fake postings spark uproar
Crime · After a viral document claimed transfers of more than 30 Nairobi OCS posts along ethnic lines, MPs p
9 Aug 2026
KIAMIS dashboards put Nandi’s 168,894 farm households on a live map
Agriculture · Nandi County’s farming base is now visible on Kenya Integrated Agricultural Management Information S
9 Aug 2026
Dongo Kundu SEZ: glass plant plans meet missing roads and utilities
Business · Milly Glass plans Africa’s first pharmaceutical amber-bottle plant on 15 acres at Mombasa’s Dongo Ku
9 Aug 2026
Rerec races September deadline on Sh20bn World Bank off-grid solar push
Energy & Transport · Rerec has weeks to commission 31 solar mini-grids and 316 solar water pumps under the $150m Kenya Of
9 Aug 2026
Ruto launches SHA 922 Lifeline and national ambulance dispatch centre
Health & Fitness · President William Ruto launched the Social Health Authority 922 Lifeline and National Ambulance Disp
9 Aug 2026
Sifuna seeks Senate path for security officers to vote while deployed
Politics · Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna asked the Senate justice committee to set out legal and administrative
9 Aug 2026
KDF Airborne Day: ‘Their Courage. Our Legacy’ marked from Gilgil to Beni
Kenya News · Kenya Defence Forces marked Airborne Day across units under the theme “Their Courage. Our Legacy,” i
8 Aug 2026
Mukuru study: war and drought cut gas cooking days from 19 to 8 a month
Kenya News · Conversation-syndicated research from Mukuru found PayGo LPG households cut gas stove use from 19 to
8 Aug 2026
Kagwe lifts wheat producer price to Sh5,100 per 90kg bag for 2026
Agriculture · Agriculture CS Mutahi Kagwe set the 2026 local wheat producer price at Sh5,100 per 90kg bag, up from
8 Aug 2026
Beijing MoU: Tazama creator platform to base in Kenya with Volcano Engine
Technology · An MoU witnessed by ICT CS William Kabogo in Beijing pairs WAPI Group with ByteDance’s Volcano Engin
8 Aug 2026
GCR keeps Kenya Re at B / AA+(KE) as capital hits Sh59.49bn
Finance · GCR Ratings (Moody’s affiliate) affirmed Kenya Re’s international and national-scale financial stren
8 Aug 2026
El Niño risk spikes as SOI hits -29.1; Kindiki chairs Sh15bn readiness
Environment · Oxford Economics Africa and met services flag a very strong El Niño risk after the Southern Oscillat
8 Aug 2026
Panel awards Sh25.75m to 49 officers among protest-era rights claims
Crime · The Panel of Experts on Compensation of Victims of Human Rights Violations approved Sh25.75 million
8 Aug 2026
Gachagua maps Kiambu–Kajiado–Narok–Nakuru week under DCP for 2027
Politics · Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua announced a week-long Democracy for the Citizens Party tour
8 Aug 2026