By KPC Sports Reporter Defending champion Maureen Chebor successfully retained her women’s 10,000m crown at the Betika BingwaFest National Finals in Meru, while Robert Kiprop won the men’s title at Kinoru Stadium on Saturday, April 03. Chebor crossed the line in 32:17.2 to claim back-to-back titles, holding off Phanuel Yego, who finished second in 32:20.7, […]

By Nyang’au Araka If you ever attended a political rally when Kiraitu Murungi was at his energetic peak, you’d remember his booming laugh. His was an uproarious, contagious sound that could slice through any tension and leave crowds clutching their sides. The former Meru Governor’s cracking jokes about life, leadership, and the absurdities of politics […]

By Nyang’au Araka Former Meru Governor Kiraitu Murungi has announced his retirement from active politics, saying the shock of losing the 2022 gubernatorial race nearly pushed him into depression and forced him to reimagine life beyond the ballot. Speaking on Tuesday morning after receiving an honorary doctorate from Laikipia University in recognition of his distinguished […]

By Gitile Naituli After spending the better part of this week at the Devolution Conference in Homa Bay County, I left with a sobering realization: thirteen years into Kenya’s devolved governance experiment, most counties have little to show for the powers and resources they’ve been entrusted with since 2013. I walked through nearly every booth, […]

By KPC Reporter The Kenyan government is committed to ensure co-existence between communities and wildlife as firmly embodied in the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) Strategic Plan 2024–2028. In line to this target, KWS teams managed 3,857 incidents of human-wildlife conflict, which tragically included 40 human deaths and 77 serious injuries. “We also responded to 1,532 […]