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KDF Dominate as Kenya Picks Glasgow Team at Nyayo Trials
Sports · Kenya Defence Forces dominated the national athletics championships at Nyayo Stadium with 59 medals
13 Jun 2026
Kenya Names Powerhouse 52-Athlete Squad for Glasgow 2026
Sports · Athletics Kenya named a 52-athlete squad for the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, featuring sprin
13 Jun 2026
Gor Mahia Clinch Record 22nd League Title With Five-Point Margin
Sports · Gor Mahia FC have won their record-extending 22nd FKF Premier League title, finishing on 69 points w
13 Jun 2026
Kenya Morans Finish Fourth at Rugby Africa Sevens in Mauritius
Sports · The Kenya Morans finished fourth at the 2026 Rugby Africa Men's Sevens in Mauritius after pool-stage
13 Jun 2026
SHA Registers 31 Million Kenyans and Pays Out KES 147 Billion in Claims
Health & Fitness · Kenya's Social Health Authority has enrolled 31.39 million Kenyans and paid out KES 147.37 billion i
13 Jun 2026
Kipchoge Leads Global Push for Nairobi's 2029 Worlds Bid
Sports · Marathon legend Eliud Kipchoge delivered a virtual plea for Nairobi's 2029 World Athletics Champions
13 Jun 2026
Garissa Dengue Outbreak Passes 1,500 Cases as Five Deaths Reported
Health & Fitness · A dengue fever outbreak in Garissa County has reached 1,583 cumulative cases and five suspected deat
13 Jun 2026
Court Halts US-Backed Ebola Facility as Health CS Found in Contempt
Health & Fitness · Kenya's High Court blocked a US-backed Ebola quarantine facility at Laikipia Air Base, then held Hea
12 Jun 2026
Kenya Plans to Make Half Its Essential Medicines Locally by 2028
Health & Fitness · Kenya's new Health Products and Technologies Local Manufacturing Strategy targets 50 percent domesti
12 Jun 2026
Cabinet Secretaries Fill Key Board Vacancies Across State Agencies
Politics · Kenya's Cabinet Secretaries have gazetted new board appointments spanning universities, defence, ene
12 Jun 2026
Kenya Rolls Out Digital System to Track Every Medicine in Supply Chain
Health & Fitness · Kenya has launched three national digital pharmaceutical platforms to track medicines from factory t
12 Jun 2026
Ol Kalou By-Election Tests New IEBC Amid Violence Fears
Politics · Kenya's reconstituted IEBC faces its first major test with the Ol Kalou parliamentary by-election as
12 Jun 2026
6,360 Medical Interns Begin Nationwide Deployment from July 1
Health & Fitness · Kenya's Ministry of Health has deployed 6,360 healthcare interns from July 1, 2026, one of the count
12 Jun 2026
WHO Hands Over KSh 43M in Obstetric Beds and Cancer Gear to Kenya
Health & Fitness · WHO and Kenya's Ministry of Health handed over 108 electric obstetric theatre beds and cancer screen
12 Jun 2026
Kenya Seals $2.5 Billion Health Deal with US, a First for Africa
Health & Fitness · Kenya has signed a five-year, $2.5 billion health cooperation framework with the United States, beco
12 Jun 2026
High Court Orders Ruto to Fix Cabinet Gender Balance in 120 Days
Politics · Kenya's High Court on July 1 declared President Ruto's Cabinet unconstitutional for breaching the tw
11 Jun 2026
Maraga and Matiangi Push for Opposition Unity Ahead of 2027 Poll
Politics · Former Chief Justice David Maraga and Jubilee's Fred Matiangi met on June 19 to accelerate Kenya's U
11 Jun 2026
ODM Fires Sifuna as Secretary General, Deepening Party Rift
Politics · ODM's National Executive Committee unanimously removed Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna as Secretary Gen
11 Jun 2026