A year after the United States, under President Donald Trump, cut funding to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Malawi’s healthcare system is facing severe setbacks, undoing decades of progress in combating HIV, malaria, tuberculosis, and reproductive health services. The Family Planning Association of Malawi (FPAM), a key…
President William Ruto has called on Kenya’s ambassadors and high commissioners to actively support the government’s mission of transforming the country into a first-world economy. Speaking at State House, Nairobi, on Tuesday during the official dispatch of Kenya’s envoys to their respective postings, President Ruto emphasised the crucial role diplomats…
Lamu Governor Issa Timamy and senior county officials were grilled on Tuesday by a Senate committee over a series of concerning audit reports from key county institutions. The Senate Committee on County Public Investments and Special Funds (CPIPSF) reviewed the Auditor General’s findings for five Lamu entities: Faza Sub-County Hospital,…
A senior police officer in Kericho County was hospitalised on Monday after being found participating in a viral tree-hugging challenge within a police station compound. The unusual incident took place at Sosiot Police Station, where the officer, CI Kennedy Wanjala, was discovered hugging a tree while in full uniform. According…
Kenyan journalist Larry Madowo engaged in a heated online exchange with Uganda’s Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, following controversial remarks about killings linked to Uganda’s opposition politics. The confrontation unfolded on X (formerly Twitter) after Muhoozi, the son of long-serving President Yoweri Museveni, made alarming statements referencing…
Anglican priest Padre Michael Watenga, popularly known as Padre wa Wote, has announced plans to extend his unique outreach mission to university campuses in Kenya, alongside his ongoing ministry in nightclubs across East Africa. Speaking on his official TikTok account, Watenga revealed that his campus mission will focus exclusively on…
Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja has strongly condemned the planned demolitions in Mukuru kwa Njenga informal settlement, terming the evictions illegal and procedurally flawed amid a dispute over land earmarked for the construction of the Catherine Ndereba Road. A heavy security presence descended on the settlement early Tuesday morning, sparking protests…
The government plans to spend at least Ksh.100 million annually to engage social media influencers and bloggers as part of a broader strategy aimed at rebuilding public trust and countering sustained online criticism of President William Ruto’s administration. The proposal is outlined in the Ministry of Information, Communications and the…
A multi-agency security operation has intercepted a Kenya-bound passenger bus from Tanzania carrying a substantial consignment of cannabis valued at approximately Ksh. 2.5 million at the Namanga One-Stop Border Post. According to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), the bus, operated by Kidia One Express, was stopped during a routine…
Patrice Emery Lumumba, one of Africa’s most iconic independence leaders, rose rapidly to prominence after delivering a fiery speech on June 30, 1960, during the Democratic Republic of Congo’s independence ceremony. In front of Belgium’s King Baudouin, the newly appointed prime minister openly condemned the brutality and racism of colonial…