By the Idler-in-Chief Here in Nyagenke, Njaanuary creeps in chewing loudly, crunching leaf by leaf, like a determined goat that has discovered an unattended kitchen garden. After weeks of December merrymaking; when meat flowed like rumours in Nyagenke Intervillage Open Air Market and plates bent under the weight of nyama, pilau, and other festive declarations […]

By Ongaga Ongaga A quiet Friday morning in South C quickly turned into a scene of heartbreak, fear and frantic rescue efforts after a multi-storey building under construction collapsed, killing at least two people. The building was coming up along Muhoho Avenue, near the South C Shopping Centre and Nairobi South Hospital. The National Construction […]

By Mandere Onyinkwa The Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) has moved to reassure smallholder tea farmers that factories under its management remain financially stable, dismissing social media claims suggesting financial distress and delayed payments as false and misleading. In a statement issued on Friday, KTDA said all factories continue to meet their obligations to farmers […]

By Kurian Musa A legal challenge filed in Kenya this week is drawing international attention to the policy tensions facing heavily indebted countries navigating IMF-backed economic reforms. At the centre of the case is the proposed privatisation of the Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC), a strategic state-owned enterprise that underpins fuel security in East Africa. Busia […]

By Courtesy/ Speaker’s Press Unit (SPU) National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang’ula has pledged that Parliament will prioritise people-centred legislation, fiscal discipline and robust oversight as the country enters 2026 amid economic and political pressures. In his New Year message to the nation, the Speaker said the House remains firmly focused on its constitutional mandate of […]

By Mandere Onyinkwa The Ministry of Education has dismissed claims circulating on social media that school fees for public secondary schools have been increased by KSh 9,374, calling them “false and misleading.” In a press statement, Cabinet Secretary Julius Migos Ogamba reaffirmed that learners in public day secondary schools continue to pay zero tuition fees […]

By Courtesy/ Speaker’s Press Unit (SPU) National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang’ula has announced a joint political initiative with Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi and Cabinet Secretary Wycliffe Oparanya aimed at uniting the Luhya community ahead of the 2027 General Election. Mr. Wetang’ula said the three senior leaders had agreed to close ranks and offer collective […]

They tell the childchoose earlyname your talent at tenand carry it like a passport. They saythe West did it this wayas if history were a templateand hunger a choice. They forgetthose countries built safety netsbefore they taught children to walk the wire.There, falling is survivable. Here, the ground is hard. Our engineers steer motorcycles,their degrees […]

By Courtesy/ Speaker’s Press Unit (SPU) National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang’ula has renewed calls for stricter enforcement of traffic rules to stem the rising cases of road carnage across the country. The Speaker lamented that the increasing number of fatal road accidents was alarming and required firm action against motorists who flout traffic regulations. He […]

By Kurian Musa The Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC), now Competency-Based Education (CBE) was sold to Kenyans as a bold departure from the exam-driven culture that had defined our education system for decades. It promised to end the tyranny of ranking, reduce pressure on learners, and focus on skills, values, and individual growth. For many parents and […]