Category: Politics
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Last Updated on 2 minutes by Agencies for Kenya Online News Former Laikipia North Member of Parliament (MP) Mathew Lempurkel and an ally of ex-Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has passed on a week after he was involved in a road accident, his family confirmed on Sunday. Lempurkel was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of a…
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Last Updated on 5 minutes by Kariuki Mwangi Former Embakasi West Member of Parliament George Theuri is a man on a mission. Theuri, who served as Embakasi West MP for 10 years has kick started his re election bid ahead of the upcoming 2027 general elections. In various social media posts, Theuri went out to…
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Last Updated on 9 minutes by Agencies for Kenya Online News A group of Mt Kenya East Members of Parliament (MPs) have backed Deputy President Kithure Kindiki to run for the presidency in 2032. Led Public Service Cabinet Secretary who is an immediate former Mbeere North Mp Geoffrey Ruku declared support for President William Ruto’s…
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Last Updated on 28 minutes by Kariuki Mwangi With the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) setting Kariobangi North Ward by-elections for November 27, 2025, the race to replace the late MCA Joel Munuve is heating up. The ODM Party has scheduled its party nominations for September 29, 2025 —but already, one aspirant has found…
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NAIROBI, Kenya Apr 15 – The National Assembly is on Tuesday expected to approve the nomination of five individuals selected by President William Ruto to fill various Principal Secretary vacancies in his government. According to business appearing on the Tuesday Afternoon Order Paper, MPs are expected to vote on the report submitted by the Departmental…
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KISUMU, Kenya, Apr 15 — Siaya Governor James Orengo has come under fire from residents of Kisumu, who accuse him of undermining both President William Ruto and ODM party leader Raila Odinga. Speaking under the banner of the Kisumu Progressive Movement, the locals criticized Governor Orengo’s remarks during the burial of George Oduor, a long-serving…
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NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 15 — The National Assembly has summoned Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi to appear before Parliament on Wednesday following a stormy House session in which lawmakers protested persistent delays in the disbursement of National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF) allocations. With less than two weeks before schools reopen, MPs warned that the…
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State House, led by President William Ruto, who has big dreams of turning Kenya into Singapore, has come under sharp scrutiny after a new report by the Controller of Budget (CoB) flagged massive withdrawals amounting to Sh3.6 billion in just 42 days for travel, hospitality, fuel, and vehicle maintenance. The revelations, contained in the CoB’s…
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Today’s headlines are screaming. Raila Odinga saves Johnson Sakaja from being impeached. And this has kept me thinking: Is Raila Odinga the enabler of bad and corrupt governance in Kenya? What if Baba has been hiding in plain sight when all along he is one of the problems we should fix? Let us face it. Raila…
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Prime Cabinet Secretary and Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs Musalia Mudavadi Prime Cabinet Secretary and Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs Musalia Mudavadi has defended Kenya’s engagement with a U.S.-based lobbying firm. He dismissed criticism of the pact and clarified that the deal is both legitimate and transparent. Mudavadi explained that such…