January 2025

A High Court in Garissa has nullified the 2019 Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) census results for Wajir, Garissa, and Mandera counties, citing glaring irregularities. The court on Tuesday found that the KNBS failed to uphold fundamental data integrity standards, leading to inaccurate population figures for the affected regions. Justice John Onyiego, in his […]

President Ruto’s decision to merge at least 42 state corporations has encountered its first hurdle as the Pastoralists Parliamentary Group (PPG) openly opposed the move. In a statement on Wednesday, January 29, the group expressed concern over the government’s inclusion of the National Council for Nomadic Education in Kenya (NACONEK) as one of the entities […]

Senior Counsel PLO Lumumba on Tuesday penned a letter to Chief Justice Martha Koome concerning the ban imposed on Senior Counsel Ahmednasir Abdullahi by the Supreme Court. In the letter dated January 28, Lumumba urged CJ Koome to grant Ahmednasir an audience to defend himself, terming the decision to ban him and advocates from his […]

The government has moved to allay concerns about a potential crisis among HIV/AIDS patients following US President Donald Trump’s recent directive. In one of his first executive orders in his second term as President, Trump suspended the supply of HIV drugs to countries supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). During a […]

NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 29 – The Kenya Meteorological Department has forecast a poor to fair distribution of rainfall across most parts of the country during the March to May (MAM) 2025 season, with the peak expected in April. However, the Coastal region is expected to experience the heaviest rains in May. David Gikungu, Director of […]