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Caption for the landscape image: In the days leading up to Ms Mary Wambui’s ouster as chair of the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA), whispers of a looming shake-up circulated through the authority’s corridors. Few, however, anticipated that her tenure at the helm of one of the public sector’s wealthiest and most liquid agencies was…
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Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen addresses the media in Nakuru on August 12, 2025. Proliferation of illicit drugs, political gangs and human trafficking are among the top security concerns in Kenya, Interior and National Administration Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has said. Land disputes have also contributed to the challenge of insecurity, said Murkomen, who spoke in…
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An efficient and highly motivated national police service is essential in ensuring law and order. Therefore, the looming power struggle between Inspector-General of Police Douglas Kenya and the National Police Service Commission (NPSC) over the hiring of 10,000 new officers does not augur well for the country. It is likely to derail the recruitment with…
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Caption for the landscape image: When President William Ruto re-launched the stalled upgrade of a 75-kilometre road in Bomet East to bitumen standards two and a half years ago, he directed the contractor and the Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA) to complete it within two years. Residents celebrated, confident that the presidential intervention would finally see completion of the…
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Caption for the landscape image: The man Murang’a police say hanged himself inside the operations room of Kenol Police Station on August 5 has been identified as 35-year-old Stephen Mwangi. On Tuesday, Mwangi’s father, John Muiruri dismissed the police account after identifying the body at the Murang’a Level Five Hospital mortuary. “I do not buy…
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Caption for the landscape image: Union leaders have protested against an advertisement for 24,000 interns by the Teachers Service Commission (TSC). They accuse the commission of exploiting the desperation of jobless tutors, and resorting to stop-gap measures to address the teacher shortage crisis. The leaders said the TSC has failed to meet their long-standing demands…
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Caption for the landscape image: As Kenyans scrambled to buy tickets for Harambee Stars’ final Chan 2024 Group ‘A’ match against Zambia scheduled for Sunday, August 17, at the Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani, Nation Sport has established that only about 13,500 tickets out of 27,000 were available for Kenyans to purchase online through the…
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Alcohol ads will also be prohibited during children’s TV programs, school events and public holidays. Lying politicians • Ever since he became old enough to follow political developments, Mwangi Wanjohi says, politicians have always spoken about uniting fellow Kenyans. “Can they now tell us what percentage of this has been achieved?” His conclusion, even before…
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Most African families are embracing cremation at the individual family level though most Christian faiths view this as alien. The Daily Nation of July 28 carried an article by David Kigo on why we need to rethink cremation as a way of human body disposal. Many people may avoid this route due to reservations because…
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All eyes are on the new Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) as it prepares to conduct a good number of by-elections on November 27. This will be new chairperson Erastus Edung Ethekon’s first real test since taking over the running of the electoral agency. He and the other six new commissioners are aware that…