March 2025

NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 26 – The Court of Appeal has stayed the High Court order that declared the government’s Higher Education Funding Model unconstitutional, allowing its implementation to continue pending the determination of an appeal. In its ruling, the appellate court directed the Attorney General, the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB), and the Kenya Universities […]

NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 26 – Lawyer Wanjiku Manegene has proposed the country considers a legal amendment to allow dissenting IEBC commissioners to formally register their opposition in a bid to contain dramatic boardroom fallouts. Speaking before the Selection Panel tasked to recruit new commissioners, Manegene, who is seeking to chair the electoral commission, emphasized the […]

NAIROBI, Kenya – March 26 – Ruling UDA Secretary General Hassan Omar has announced that Stephen Munyakho, the Kenyan who was on death row in Saudi Arabia, is set to return home after the Muslim World League intervened and paid a $1 million settlement. He made the revelation at State House, Nairobi, where President William […]

NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 26 – Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei has launched a scathing attack on Interior Cabinet Secretary Samson Cherargei accusing him of incompetence in handling the country’s security crises. In a statement on Wednesday, Cherargei criticized Murkomen for failing to address the rising cases of banditry, terrorist attacks, and violent crimes across the country. […]

NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 26—A disturbing video has surfaced showing a Kenyan police officer, believed to be a member of the Multinational Security Support (MSS) Mission in Haiti, in the hands of suspected gang members. The amateur footage, seemingly recorded on a mobile phone, shows the officer motionless on the ground as one of the assailants […]

NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 26 – Public Service Cabinet Secretary Justin Muturi has denied claims of incompetence during his tenure as Attorney General after President William Ruto singled him out for delayed creation of a Muslim Endowment Fund. Muturi, who has been at loggerheads of Ruto following the abduction of his son by the National Intelligence […]

NAIROBI, Kenya March 26 – A Kenyan officer deployed under the Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission in Haiti remains unaccounted for after gangs ambushed a rescue team in the Artibonite Department, MSS spokesperson Jack Ombaka confirmed in a statement. The attack occurred on Tuesday, at around 4:30 p.m. when a Haitian National Police (HNP) armored […]

NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 26 – Former Nairobi County Assembly Clerk Jacob Ngwele has said he would petition for the removal of errant commissioners if wrangles arise within the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), should he be appointed Chairperson. Defending his bid for the IEBC Chair position before the selection panel on Tuesday, Ngwele stated […]

March 26 – Burundi’s president has told the BBC he has seen “credible intelligence” that Rwanda plans to attack his country. Évariste Ndayishimiye also said that Rwanda had tried to launch a coup a decade ago in Burundi, akin to “what it’s doing in the Democratic Republic of Congo” now. Rwanda has already hit back, […]

KISUMU, Kenya, Mar 25 — Three people have died in a suspected cholera outbreak in Nyando Sub-County, Kisumu County, prompting an investigation by health authorities. Samuel Orage, the Assistant Chief of Kobongo, confirmed that the deaths occurred within a week, raising concerns over the spread of the acute diarrheal infection. Among the deceased is a […]