Kenya Power has announced planned electricity maintenance in parts of Nairobi, Machakos, Kakamega and Bungoma counties on Sunday, September 13, 2026. The utility said the scheduled maintenance will result in temporary power interruptions in the affected areas as technicians carry out works on the electricity network. “Good Evening. The listed areas will be under planned…
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…
Police have recovered a pistol after a suspected armed robber was shot dead during a confrontation with officers in Dandora, Nairobi County. The incident happened on Friday, September 11, 2026, along Councillor Opundo Road after police officers from Dandora Police Station responded to reports of a gang of armed men terrorising members of the public….
Wetang’ula says Kenya must protect local businesses as he backs Ruto’s directive on foreign traders and calls for fair competition.
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…
City lawyer Benard Odero Okello has been apprehended after the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) directed police to charge him over forged documents presented before the Employment and Labour Relations Court. The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) said Odero, of Benard Odero & Company Advocates, was apprehended at his office at The…
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 Power has announced planned power interruptions in parts of Nairobi, Migori, Nyeri and Kitui counties on Friday, September 11, 2026, to facilitate maintenance work. The utility company said the interruptions will affect several residential estates, businesses and institutions between morning and evening, depending on the location. In Nairobi County, areas of Donholm, Jacaranda and…
