Governance and political expert Prof Fred Ogola addresses the media during a procession to present anti-corruption petition to EACC, demanding measures to prevent corruption and other key issues affecting Kenyans at the Integrity Centre, Nairobi on October 2, 2025/LEAH MUKANGAI Kenya has lost approximately Sh2.3 trillion over the past three years alone, governance expert Fred…

Gen Zs rallying their colleagues to turn up for voter registration ahead of the 2027 general election./AI ILLUSTRATION Kenya’s Generation Z has taken voter mobilisation into its own hands, launching a bold social media campaign under the trending hashtag #SabuniSabuni. The movement aims to rally young people to register as voters ahead of the 2027…

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen during an event on October 2, 2025/MINA Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has appealed to the Judiciary to reconsider a court order that halted the ongoing police recruitment exercise. Murkomen stressed that the country urgently needs more officers to safeguard its security. Speaking during the Jukwaa la Usalama forum in…

Victims and Survivors of the Wagalla Massacre commemorated the 40th anniversary of the four-day atrocities during a memorial event./FILE Wajir West MP Yussuf Mohamed Farah has lodged a formal protest with President William Ruto and former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, challenging the government’s initiative to compensate victims of police brutality only up to the year…

Fake information circulating online on an accident involving Tanzania President Samia Suluhu / Screengrab The Tanzanian government has dismissed as false a viral video circulating on social media purporting to show President Samia Suluhu’s convoy involved in an accident. Government Spokesman and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information, Culture, Arts and Sports, Gerson Msigwa…

President William Ruto’s aide Farouk Kibet addressing Malava residents on Wednesday, October 1, 2025. President William Ruto’s close ally Farouk Kibet has urged Malava residents to rally behind the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) candidate in the forthcoming by-election, warning against what he described as “empty rhetoric and politics of division” from the opposition. Addressing a…

Former CJ David Maraga is unveiled as the United Green Movement presidential candidate on October 2, 2025. /DAVID MARAGA/X Former Chief Justice David Maraga has formally joined the United Green Movement and announced he will vie for the presidency on the party’s ticket in the 2027 general election. Maraga said his decision was informed by…

Morara Kebaso. /FILE Three months after sending shockwaves through Kenya’s political scene by abruptly quitting politics, outspoken activist and lawyer Morara Kebaso has opened up about the deep emotional scars that led to his retreat from the public stage. Kebaso, who had positioned himself as the face of a youthful Gen Z political revolution, stunned…