Category: Politics
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Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen speaks to media in Homa Bay, Sept 16, 2025. (Photo: Courtesy). More than one million Kenyans aged 30 years and above are living without national identification cards, Interior Cabinet Secretary Onesmus Kipchumba Murkomen has revealed. Speaking Tuesday in Homa Bay, Murkomen warned that the lack of identification documents has locked many…
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A heated debate broke out in Siaya County on Wednesday, September 17, 2025, after Maliera sub-location Assistant Chief Nicholas Awuor asked Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen to consider legalising chang’aa. Speaking during the Jukwaa la Usalama forum, Awuor argued that legalising and regulating the production of the traditional brew could yield better results than continued crackdowns. He…
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Githurai Ward Member of County Assembly (MCA) Deonysias Mwangi Waithira has tendered his resignation. In a letter to the Speaker of the Nairobi City County Assembly on Wednesday, September 17, 2025, Mwangi said his exit from office will take effect on November 1, 2025. He cited persistent frustration with the Nairobi County Executive’s failure to…
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Githunguri Member of Parliament Gathoni Wamuchomba has denied allegations that she betrayed allies after visiting the family of the leader of the Majority in the National Assembly, Kimani Ichung’wah, following the death of his father. In a statement on Thursday, September 18, Wamuchomba explained that she went to visit the family to offer her condolences,…
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The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) on Wednesday, September 17, conducted raids targeting senior officials of the Garissa County Government over alleged procurement irregularities. In a statement, EACC said the operation targeted the Head of County Treasury, Abdi Ali Nuriye and Mohamed Daud Korow, the Chief Finance Officer. Residences and offices of Mohamed Abdi Hassan,…
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(Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’s internal watchdog office is investigating whether people caught up in President Donald Trump’s Washington crime crackdown are improperly enrolled in some federal benefits, according to a government document and three people familiar with the matter. The department’s inspector general’s office is looking to see if…
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Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga. PHOTO/ODM Kenya will soon launch the ‘Kenya Token’, a new digital token that will strengthen the government’s financial system and support economic growth. The announcement was made by former Prime Minister Raila Odinga on Thursday, September 18. Odinga explained that the token will run on the Solana blockchain, describing it…
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(Reuters) – The U.S. embassy in New Delhi has revoked or denied visas for certain Indian business executives and corporate leaders due to their involvement in trafficking fentanyl precursors, the embassy said in a statement on Thursday. Fentanyl precursors refer to the basic or parent chemicals that form fentanyl.
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The Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among, has come under criticism following remarks she made about King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV of Tooro during his 30th coronation anniversary celebrations. Among, who represented President Yoweri Museveni at the event, told the gathering that the 33-year-old monarch should marry soon. Her comments quickly went viral on…
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John Katumba. Out of the 220 individuals who picked presidential nomination forms in August, only 20 have so far submitted supporters’ signatures to the Electoral Commission (EC) for verification ahead of the 2026 general elections. EC spokesperson Julius Mucunguzi confirmed that of the 20 submissions, nine are from political party candidates while 11 are from…