- Developers in the specialised construction sector will now have to up their game and deliver more projects if they are to continue enjoying tax incentives provided to them by the government. This comes after legislators scrapped a bill that was seeking to repeal the current provision, which…
- The United States (US) President Donald Trump said on Wednesday, June 25, 2025, he would likely seek a commitment from Iran to end its nuclear ambitions at talks next week and credited U.S. strikes on Iran with bringing a swift end to the war between Israel and Tehran. Trump said his decision to…
- A new report has made specific proposals for legal and institutional reform to maximise the intricately linked synergies between climate and biodiversity, since impacts on one significantly affect the other. Climate change, driven by human activities, is a major cause of biodiversity loss, while…
- Here is what you need to know to keep up to speed with today’s happenings. Protest postmortem Discussions surrounding the bloody Gen Z-led protests held across the country yesterday are expected to dominate conversations today across various platforms. The June 25, 2025, demonstrations were staged…
- Since June last year, Kenya has witnessed an extraordinary wave of public outrage – an uprising that has not only shaken the political establishment but also sent a clear, unmistakable message to President William Ruto: something is deeply broken. From the widespread rejection of the 2025 Finance…
- The final Football Kenya Federation (FKF) Premier League ticket for the 2025/26 season will be decided in a high-stakes two-legged playoff between FKF-Premier League side Posta Rangers and National Super League contenders Naivas FC. Having finished 16th with 35 points in the FKF Premier League…
- Kenya’s leather industry, despite its significant potential, remains largely trapped in low-value segments of the global market. Experts now say that this is not a problem of raw material scarcity or lack of infrastructure, but a deeper structural flaw: Kenya has focused too much on supply chains…
- Over the past few years, hiking has increasingly become a sought-after adventure as nomads in sneakers craving something raw, rugged and a little outside the comfort zone will not flinch, but jump into every opportunity that promises them the chance to commune with nature. Whether it is the…
- Nyakach Girls reigned supreme at the Kisumu County Secondary Schools Term Two ball games after clinching five gold medals across different sports disciplines, while Onjiko High School cemented their dominance in boys’ 3×3 basketball by winning the title for a third consecutive year. According to…
- Machakos Deputy Governor Francis Mwangangi has compared the ongoing women and youth empowerment program spearheaded by Deputy President Prof Kithure Kindiki to the YK 92 movement that eventually shattered the country’s economy. He said the program being undertaken across the country by Prof Kindiki…
- Kenyan businesses came to a near-complete halt across major cities yesterday as thousands of young protestors flooded the streets to mark the anniversary of Gen-Z demonstrators who lost their lives during last year’s unrest. The commemorative protests, driven predominantly by youth, paralysed…
- Despite the growing awareness around retirement planning, new data from the Retirement Benefits Authority (RBA) paints a troubling picture of how Kenyan retirees use their final pension payouts. According to recent RBA data, the top uses of retirement benefits include paying school fees and…
- There is no doubt that Mining, Blue Economy and Maritime Affairs Cabinet Secretary and former Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho remains a political heavyweight. Long before his appointment to the Cabinet, Joho had cemented his stature as a dominant force at the Coast and beyond. His recent political…
- In early 2000, Kenya was taking a new curve of appetite for revolution. Young Kenyans had fought President Moi to repeal section 2A in the 90s, opening Kenya’s democratic space for freedom and liberty. When President Kibaki came to power, most of today’s Gen Z were very young or born thereafter.…
- The Nairobi County Assembly is pushing for a ground-breaking Bill aimed at decentralising the management of public hospitals. Minority Whip Moses Ogeto highlighted the need for reform, citing challenges faced by patients and medical facilities. Ogeto painted a grim picture of the current state,…
- At least eight people were shot dead and scores of others left with gunshot wounds on a day that the government shut down major television stations as youthful protesters engaged police in day-long running battles in various towns. The Law Society of Kenya, in a statement on June 25, 2025, said…
- Railaspeak is often a head scratcher. The ODM leader routinely makes sweeping statements, as though he expects never to be challenged or fact-checked. When he speaks off the cuff, in his typical halting, wise-elder style, he tries to force-connect dots that are unconnectable, and he’s cheered for…
- Lawmakers were forced to prematurely adjourn House sittings due to a lack of quorum as most members kept away from Parliament following the countrywide Generation Z protests. On June 25, 2025, sittings adjourned early, despite the lawmakers commencing late, after the intervention of session…
- The Nyanza region experienced mixed reactions yesterday as Gen Z protesters marked the anniversary of the June 25, 2024, demonstrations that left scores killed by police during anti-government protests. Unlike previous demonstrations characterised by chaos and police battles, Kisumu and Homa Bay…
- President William Ruto and ODM leader Raila Odinga shared a platform in Kilifi County, where they called for national unity. The two spoke during the funeral of Governor Gideon Mung’aro’s father, Mzee Gideon Baya Mung’aro, in Kilifi. In a message urging Kenyans to shun tribalism and political…
- Kenya’s urban centres on June 25, 2025, witnessed a wave of Gen Z-led protests that were marked by heightened security, road closures, and a heavy police presence. In the morning, unlike in previous protests when police used force to prevent demonstrations, security personnel appeared calm, only…
- Media houses, lawyers, lobby groups and human rights defenders yesterday protested the order by the government to ban live broadcasts of Gen Z protests. In separate statements sent to newsrooms, the groups termed the order which led to a number of media houses being shut down as retrogressive and…
- England Under-21s are one match away from winning back-to-back Euros as Harvey Elliott’s brilliant double sent them into the final. The defending champions set up a showdown against either France or Germany on Saturday in Bratislava by overcoming the Netherlands. England won the tournament for the…
- Iran’s parliament has unanimously agreed to suspend all cooperation with the UN nuclear inspectorate the IAEA, making it harder for an independent expert assessment to be made about the degree of damage inflicted on Iran’s three key nuclear sites by the joint US and Israeli bombing. It also makes…
- The Law Society of Kenya (LSK) has confirmed that at least eight people have died and hundreds injured during the first anniversary of the June 25 protests witnessed in the country on Wednesday, June 25, 2025. In a joint statement shared via its X page on Wednesday evening, June 25, 2025, Faith…
- The High Court has issued an order suspending, with immediate effect, a directive by the Communications Authority of Kenya to all television and radio stations, restraining them from covering the June 25, 2025, Gen-Z demonstrations. In his ruling on June 25, 2025, Judge Chacha Mwita stated that he…
- Senate Speaker Amason Kingi has assured President William Ruto of full backing from the political class in the coastal region. Speaking during the burial of Governor Gideon Mung’aro’s father in Dabaso in Kilifi County on Wednesday, June 25, 2025, Kingi opined that the coastal region cannot afford…
- Principal Secretary in the state department of youth and creative economy, Fikirini Jacobs, has appealed to the protesting youth to exercise restraint, urging the preservation of the nation. Speaking during the burial ceremony of the father of Kilifi Governor Gideon Mung’aro at Dabaso on Wednesday…
- The Former Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i has issued a powerful statement in support of the nationwide Gen Z-led protests, calling on the government to listen to the voices of young Kenyans and urging security forces to exercise restraint. Matiang’i’s statement adds to the growing chorus…
- Saboti MP Caleb Amisi has criticised the Communications Authority of Kenya (CAK) following its controversial directive banning live coverage of the ongoing Gen Z memorial protests across the country. In a strongly worded message shared on his official X account on Wednesday, June 25, 2025, Amisi…
- President William Ruto has called on Kenyans, particularly protesters, to uphold peace and the rule of law as demonstrations continue to spread across the country. Ruto’s remarks come amid heightened tensions nationwide, with thousands of young Kenyans taking to the streets demanding greater…
- Former Attorney General Justin Muturi has issued a strong rebuke against the government’s directive banning live broadcast coverage of the ongoing Gen Z-led protests, calling it unacceptable and unconstitutional. His remarks add to the growing chorus of condemnation from legal experts, civil…
- The Kenya Media Sector Working Group (KMSWG), a powerful coalition of media organisations, has issued a joint statement calling on media houses across the country to defy the government’s directive to suspend live coverage of the ongoing Gen Z-led protests. The strongly worded statement, released…
- Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka has castigated a directive by the Communications Authority of Kenya to all mainstream media stations to cease the live broadcast of the protests. Speaking in Karen on Wednesday, June 25, 2025, Kalonzo indicated that his team and that of the Law Society of Kenya…
- The Kenya Editors’ Guild (KEG) has issued a sharp condemnation of the government’s directive banning live coverage of the ongoing Gen Z protests, warning that the move is unconstitutional and amounts to state censorship. In a strongly worded press statement released on Wednesday, June 25, 2025, KEG…
- The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leader, Raila Odinga, has renewed his call for the full implementation of the National Dialogue Committee (NADCO) report, claiming it offers the best pathway to resolving Kenya’s political and governance crises. Speaking at a public consultation forum in Jomvu,…
- The government has directed all media houses to stop the live coverage of demonstrations commemorating the victims of the June 25, 2024 protests. In a statement on Wednesday, June 25, 2025, the Communications Authority of Kenya (CAK) stated that the coverage is contrary to the Constitution. “The…
- Embakasi East MP Babu Owino arrived for the protests in Nairobi’s Central Business District on Wednesday, June 25, 2025, where he was met with thunderous jubilation from hundreds of youth who had gathered in anticipation. The youthful crowd erupted in cheers as they began chanting “Babu! Babu!”…
- It is now a running battle as police use tear gas canisters to disperse protestors along major streets in the Nairobi Central Business District. Protesters are seen fleeing to avoid the wrath of anti-riot police officers. Business activities along the street have also been crippled, with police…
- Protests began to gather momentum on Wednesday, June 25, 2025, as groups of youths streamed into the city centres of Mombasa, Kisii, Kitengela, Nakuru, and Nairobi, holding placards and chanting slogans demanding to be allowed space to mourn their fellows who died during the 2024 anti-finance bill…
- The police have blocked key access roads to the Nairobi Central Business District (CBD) ahead of planned protests to honour the victims of the 2024 anti-government protests. The blockage witnessed on Wednesday, June 25, 2025, has disrupted transport for commuters to alight at designated drop-off…
- With the June 25 protests now gearing up in Nairobi’s Central Business District (CBD), major roads have been cordoned off with razor wire mesh. Roads affected include Parliament Road and State House Road, which have been blocked with tape as the protests are expected to escalate. Anti-riot officers…
- Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka has stated that President William Ruto’s administration has been marred by police brutality. Speaking after arriving with wreaths at Holy Family Basilica in commemoration of the victims of the June 25, 2024, anti-government protests on Wednesday, June 25, 2025,…
- Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka, accompanied by fellow opposition figure Eugene Wamalwa, arrived at the Holy Family Basilica in Nairobi on Wednesday, June 25, 2025, carrying flowers and draped in Kenyan flags ahead of what is expected to be a major escalation in the nationwide protests. Kathiani…
- The United Nations expects climate negotiators in Bonn, Germany, to clearly define a roadmap to boost climate finance for developing countries, so that it can be finalised at the climate summit (COP30) in Belém, Brazil. However, there is still a wide gulf between governments, multilateral…
- The distance between Czechia and Africa – nearly 10,000km – seems impossibly far. However, the country’s prosperity is inseparably linked to Africa. The first Czechoslovak representation in Sub-Saharan Africa opened in 1926 in Cape Town, just eight years after Czechoslovakia’s independence in 1918…
- Taxpayers will start paying for peacekeeping missions such as the one in Haiti after the government, for the first time, made provisions in the 2025 Budget. This follows the gazettment of The Public Finance Management (National Police Service Peace Support Fund) Regulations, 2025 under Legal…
- As Kenya advances the implementation of the Competency-Based Education (CBE) at the senior school level, the role of school managers/principals will become increasingly demanding and central. These individuals are no longer just administrators; they are pivotal change agents driving a…
- Nearly 15 years after the advent of devolution under a new Constitution, counties have made remarkable progress establishing themselves as distinct political units. However, significant challenges continue hampering their service delivery capacity. Core struggles include delayed national treasury…
- Mogotio Member of Parliament (MP) Reuben Kiborek has dismissed the Gen Z-led commemorations and protests, terming them as lacking a genuine cause. Speaking during a podcast on the night of Tuesday, June 24, the MP expressed concerns over what he described as a lack of discipline in the ongoing…
