President William Ruto‘s decision to pick Rigathi Gachagua as his running mate in the 2022 presidential election followed an unusually tense selection process in which Kithure Kindiki secured more votes but ultimately lost the nomination, according to a fresh account by Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro. Nyoro, who supported Gachagua during the contest, said Kindiki received…
Kenyan motorists will not face a new fuel price increase this month after the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) retained the maximum retail prices for the September 15–October 14, 2026 pricing cycle. The maximum prices for each location remain unchanged from the previous review. However, motorists will continue to pay different maximum prices depending…
Mandera has the highest maximum pump prices among the towns listed in the latest Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) schedule, with diesel reaching Ksh240.04 per litre and petrol Ksh234.68. The prices take effect from September 15 to October 14, 2026, according to the EPRA notice. Kerosene is also the most expensive in Mandera among…
Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has accused Deputy President Kithure Kindiki of using money to drive political mobilisation in Mt Kenya, days after violence disrupted a UDA meeting in Nembure, Embu County. In a statement responding to Saturday’s chaos, Gachagua claimed residents had turned up at the meeting expecting financial assistance and challenged Kindiki to…
Every night at 11 p.m., President William Ruto says a report lands on his phone telling him how many Kenyan women have given birth, how many mothers have died and how many newborns survived or were lost. It is a grim daily scorecard of Kenya’s maternal-health crisis. But the President’s own description of the report…
Sotik Member of Parliament (MP) Francis Sigei has apologised to President William Ruto and clarified remarks he made during a political rally in Bomet that appeared to suggest support for calls for the President to serve only one term. Sigei said he misspoke while addressing the crowd and insisted that his intended message was to…
For more than three decades, Samuel Yida Kingiri worked as a driver for Surtech Limited. Then his pay stopped. What followed became a legal dispute over a deceptively simple question: when an employee stops turning up for work after going without wages, has the worker abandoned the job, or has the employer already broken the…
Kisumu Women Representative Ruth Odinga has raised the political temperature around preparations for the first anniversary of Raila Odinga’s death, warning that the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) “vultures” are already circling as the October 15 commemoration approaches. “We are heading for 15th October and already vultures…” Ruth said, without publicly identifying who or what she…
The death of a police officer who was expected to testify in the murder trial of Albert Ojwang has created a new evidentiary question for the prosecution: whether the matters he was expected to address can be established through other evidence, or through a statement he made before his death. Stephen Maina Nderitu, a police…
Kenya has announced a Ksh2.1 billion preparedness plan to protect livestock farmers and pastoral communities from flooding, disease outbreaks and other risks associated with possible El Niño-related weather disruptions. Agriculture and Livestock Development Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe launched the National Livestock Sector El Niño Preparedness and Anticipatory Action Plan in Isiolo County, saying the government…
