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Kenya football community continue to mourn Raila Odinga in solemn weekend
NAIROBI, Kenya, October 20, 2025 – The Kenyan football community continued to pay tribute to former Prime Minister Raila Odinga who passed away in India, on Wednesday last week. Despite Football Kenya Federation (FKF) postponing league action over...
Nakuru: Heartbreak as baby missing for 2 weeks is found dead in drainage channel
Masanga and his wife Celestine Anyona have been thrown into deep mourning following the death of their baby, Isaac Francis. The baby had been missing for weeks, and his mother shared how she suspected that a quarrel with a neighbor may have led to...
Raila Odinga: Aspiring politician recalls walking from Lang'ata to CBD after ODM leader's death
Raila Odinga died on Wednesday, October 15, in India, and his death threw the nation and Africa at large into mourning Dommy Arek, an aspiring politician who admired the departed ODM leader, walked from his home in Lang'ata to parliament,...
Advocate cautions South Sudanese: Kenya’s cyber law applies to all residents
Author: Michael Daniel | Published: 5 hours ago JUBA, South Sudan (Eye Radio) — As Kenya’s new Cyber Crimes Act officially becomes law, a South Sudanese advocate has strongly urged citizens residing in Kenya to familiarize themselves with the new...
Four ex-police officers arrested over violent robbery, abduction in Nairobi
Audio By Vocalize Detectives in Nairobi have arrested four suspects linked to armed robberies and kidnapping in Nairobi City. The suspects include former and current police officers. In what they termed a major breakthrough in combating crime...
Kisumu: Robbers posing as Raila mourners drug driver, steal matatu
Audio By Vocalize Police in Muhoroni, Kisumu County, are pursuing a gang of eight people who carjacked a public service vehicle they hired while posing as mourners from Sunday’s burial of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga. The five men and three...
Kenya's Mitchelle Otieno crowned Miss Tourism Global 2025 in Malaysia
Kenya’s Mitchelle Otieno crowned Miss Tourism Global 2025 in Malaysia (Photo: mishahspage/Instagram) Kenya’s Mitchelle Otieno has brought immense pride to her country after being crowned Miss Tourism Global 2025 at a glittering ceremony held over...
Kenyan mushrooms give hope for sustainable building
NAIROBI, Kenya — A large mushroom farm near the Kenyan capital of Nairobi is one of a kind: It grows fungi on an industrial scale — not as food for restaurants but as a building material that some Kenyans say could make more people homeowners. The...
UM helps keep HIV program in Kenya running following U.S. funding cuts
October 22, 2025 — Joyce Adhiambo has lived with HIV for the past 24 years, and she depends on antiretroviral (ARV) drugs to keep her alive. She was shocked when she found out that United States President Donald Trump’s administration was cutting...
Kimani Mbugua’s body airlifted to Nairobi from Mombasa ahead of burial
October 15 was a dark day for Kenyans; after learning of the death of former prime minister Raila Odinga, Kimani Mbugua’s death story also surfaced Former Nairobi governor Mike Sonko informed Kenyans of the passing of journalist Kimani, who was in...
Andiego restores hope in Kenyan camp at Africa Zone Three Boxing Championships
Kenya’s Elizabeth Andiego (left) in action against Joelle Marie Mwika of Democratic Republic of Congo last year. [File, Standard] Captain Elizabeth Adhiambo Andiego restored hope in the Kenyan camp after romping into the finals of the ongoing...
From Ghana to Kenya: How A Borrowed Innovation Is Empowering Farmers And Promoting Safer Food
By: Gloria Anderson When Anastasia Ngarama , a retired financial manager turned farmer, attended a workshop organized by Crop life Kenya on the Sustainable Pesticide Management Framework last year, she did not expect that a single idea would...
Kenyan shilling holds as US dollar reserves hit over KSh 1.5 trillion
The Kenyan shilling remained stable against major global and regional currencies The Central Bank of Kenya reported that the country’s foreign exchange reserves remained sufficient to cover 5.3 months of imports Diaspora remittances rose slightly...
Kenya's capital markets upgraded from restricted to pass on FTSE Russell index
The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) has been upgraded from “restricted” to “pass” on the Efficient Trading Mechanism criterion NSE CEO Frank Mwiti described the upgrade as a historic milestone that underscores the commitment to building a...
Relief for Kenyans as court halts implementation of controversial cybercrime law
President William Ruto signs a Bill into law at State House, Nairobi.[PCS] President William Ruto’s administration has suffered a major legal setback after the High Court in Nairobi suspended the implementation of key provisions of the...
Kenya to create infrastructure fund to implement capital projects
President William Ruto has announced plans by his administration to set up a special fund which will be used to finance major projects currently in the pipeline. Speaking at Ithookwe Stadium in Kitui County during the marking of this year’s...
How “Kuinama” (skipping meals) is becoming Kenya’s boldest health revolution
In Kenya, missing a meal is officially called “kuinama!” But what if kuinama wasn’t a sign of suffering or being broke? To justify this national rebrand from hunger to high science, let’s unpack what happens when someone declares, “Nimeinama.” In...
Fight Nights: Kenya seeks to tap into cultural phenomena taking over the world
Audio By Vocalize What started as a curious novelty softly morphed into a clash of worlds where YouTube stars traded cameras for boxing gloves and rappers swapped mics for mouthguards. Welcome to the world of celebrity fight nights - a bona fide...
Kenyans urge Larry Madowo to wed Edith Kimani after sharing couple-goals-worthy snap: "Oaneni sasa"
Larry Madowo and Edith Kimani have often sparked relationship rumours, especially from the posts they share online Larry’s latest snap of them while on duty sparked reactions online, particularly because of his cheeky caption Many Kenyans flooded...