Former Chief Justice David Kenani Maraga has strongly criticised the state of healthcare in Kiambu County following reports by the Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) alleging 136 infant deaths within four months. In a statement shared on his X handle on Friday, October 3, 2025, Maraga described…
The Kiambu County Government has challenged recent figures released by the Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU), which alleged that 136 infants died due to maternal-related complications in the past four months. Speaking on Thursday, October 2, 2025, Health Chief Officer Patrick Nyagah clarified that official county records…
The Kiambu County Government has dismissed reports suggesting that health services have been crippled by an ongoing doctors’ strike. Chief Officer for Health, Patrick Nyagah, speaking on Friday, October 3, 2025, clarified that all hospitals across the county remain operational despite disputes with the Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists…
The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) has rescheduled its 20th anniversary celebrations in Mombasa, originally set for October 10–12, 2025, to November 14–16, 2025. In a statement issued on Friday, October 3, ODM explained that the postponement followed a consultative meeting chaired by party leader Raila Odinga at the Serena Hotel.…
A Thai criminal court has sentenced Ekkalak Paenoi, a 41-year-old former Thai marine, to life imprisonment for the murder of Cambodian opposition figure Lim Kimya in Bangkok earlier this year. Lim, 74, a joint Cambodian and French citizen and former member of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), was gunned…
The Nairobi High Court has dismissed a bid to strike out a petition calling for the suspension of Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Eliud Lagat over alleged links to the death of blogger and teacher Albert Ojwang. Delivering his ruling on Friday, October 3, 2025, Justice Chacha Mwita held that the…
A key witness in the ongoing murder trial of John Matara has told the court that the accused sought medical services under a false name. Rahma Abdul Muthoni, a receptionist at South B Hospital, testified virtually before Milimani High Court Judge Alexander Muteti on Thursday, October 2, 2025. She recounted…
President and Chief Executive of the Africa Policy Institute, Prof. Peter Kagwanja, has firmly stated that the Jubilee Party is part of Kenya’s broad-based government, not the opposition. In a brief message on his official X account on Friday, October 3, 2025, Kagwanja wrote: “Jubilee is squarely in the broad-based…
Embakasi East MP Babu Owino has expressed heartfelt gratitude after receiving what he described as a warm and dignified welcome in Migori County during the funeral of former MP Dalmas Otieno on Wednesday, October 2, 2025. In a Facebook post shared on Friday, October 3, Babu praised Migori residents for…
South Korean President Lee Jae-myung has formally apologized for the country’s notorious foreign adoption program, which sent tens of thousands of children abroad following the Korean War and left many adoptees grappling with lifelong identity struggles. In a Facebook post on Thursday, October 2, 2025, President Lee expressed a “heartfelt…