Members of Parliament have demanded urgent action over rising water levels at Lake Nakuru National Park, warning that flooding could worsen sewage pollution, displace more families and intensify human-wildlife conflict as endangered rhinos lose parts of their habitat. Legislators from the National Assembly’s Departmental Committee on Environment, Forestry and Mining raised the concerns during an…
President William Ruto says Kenya has become Africa’s largest milk producer, with annual output rising to about 5.6 billion litres. Yet consumers in Nairobi and other urban centres have recently faced poorly stocked supermarket shelves, purchase limits and rising prices for available milk brands. The contrast has placed the government’s agricultural transformation agenda under scrutiny,…
Kenya Power planned power maintenance on Sunday, October 11, 2026, will affect parts of Mombasa Road in Nairobi, Lumama and Mugumu in Uasin Gishu, and Gathigiriri and Karira in Kirinyaga County. Kenya Power has announced scheduled electricity interruptions in parts of Nairobi, Uasin Gishu and Kirinyaga counties on Sunday, October 11, 2026, with affected customers…
The Pentagon’s plan to livestream the scheduled execution of former US Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan has triggered a growing legal and human rights debate, with the United Nations warning that broadcasting the killing could violate international protections against torture and inhumane punishment. Hasan, who was convicted of killing 13 people and injuring 32 others…
Christa Pike’s return to prison after surviving two doses of a lethal injection drug has raised a difficult legal question in the United States: can Tennessee attempt to execute the death row inmate again after the first attempt left her critically ill? The 50-year-old was discharged from the hospital and returned to the Debra K….
Public Health Principal Secretary Mary Muthoni has maintained that Kenya has no active Ebola outbreak even as the Ministry of Health enforces a suspension of hotel-based meetings, seminars and conferences, placing the government’s risk communication and emergency preparedness under scrutiny. In a statement posted on her official X account on Saturday, October 10, 2026, Muthoni…
The Ministry of Health has suspended all meetings, seminars and conferences scheduled to take place in hotels following the confirmation of Kenya’s first imported case of Bundibugyo Ebola virus disease. In a memo dated Wednesday, October 7, 2026, Public Health Principal Secretary Mary Muthoni directed all heads of directorates, divisions and programmes to suspend the…
Githunguri Member of Parliament Gathoni Wamuchomba faces a defining political test after abandoning President William Ruto’s United Democratic Alliance (UDA), with her decision to seek a third term now raising questions about the party, alliances and campaign strategy she will rely on in the 2027 General Election. Wamuchomba announced her departure on Thursday, October 8,…
Kenya Power has announced a planned electricity interruption in parts of Uasin Gishu County on Saturday, October 10, 2026, to facilitate scheduled power maintenance. The planned outage will run from 9.00 am to 5.00 pm, affecting customers in the Pan Paper Market, Nzoia Quarry and Lwanda areas in the North Rift region. In a public…
Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna has outlined his approach to opposition unity ahead of Kenya’s 2027 General Election, placing party reorganisation ahead of coalition negotiations as he pushes for a single candidate to challenge President William Ruto. Sifuna said his immediate priority was to complete his political party’s rebranding, establish grassroots structures and prepare for candidate…
