KAA steps up El niño preparedness
The Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) has stepped up preparations at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) ahead of the expected El Niño rains, with measures aimed at protecting airport operations and nearby communities from possible flooding and other weather-related disruptions. KAA Managing Director and CEO Moses Wekesa led key stakeholders in a briefing at JKIA, alongside…
Chepalungu roads get fresh boost as Longisa-Sigor, Siongiroi routes enter tender phase
KeRRA has listed the two Chepalungu road packages for completion works, with mandatory site meetings scheduled for October 13 and 14, 2026. Chepalungu residents are set to benefit from renewed efforts to upgrade key roads in the constituency to bitumen standards, with MP Victor Koech announcing that two major road packages have been tendered. Koech…
Kenyan fugitive to face US sentencing after DPP secures extradition order
A Kenyan fugitive wanted in the United States to face sentencing over a fatal drunk-driving conviction is set to be extradited after the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) secured a court order for his surrender. Sancho Kibutu appeared before Senior Principal Magistrate Teresia Nyangena at the Milimani Law Courts, where he surrendered to the extradition…
Former Kilifi land registrar, associates ordered to forfeit Ksh426.8 million in assets
A former Kilifi Principal Land Registrar and his associates have been ordered to forfeit assets worth Sh426.8 million to the Government after a court found that they failed to explain how they acquired wealth disproportionate to their known legitimate income. The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) said the Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Court issued the…
Police destroy 2,600 litres of kangara in Kahawa West crackdown
Police in Nairobi have destroyed more than 2,700 litres of illicit alcohol in a crackdown targeting suspected brewing and drug-selling dens in Kahawa West. The operation, conducted by officers from Kahawa West Police Station, saw police destroy 2,600 litres of kangara and 120 litres of chang’aa in the Soweto and Saa Mbaya areas. The National…
After Raila: 7 battles that will shape Kenya’s opposition vote before 2027
The death of Raila Odinga has changed the calculations inside Kenya’s opposition, but it has not settled the question of who will command the political space he occupied for decades. Instead, a new contest is emerging, not simply over who succeeds Raila, but over who can assemble enough political networks, regional support, young voters and…
Bentley unveils its first fully electric car
Bentley has unveiled its first fully electric car after investing Ksh 59.89 billion (£350m) to upgrade its factory in Cheshire. The Torcal SUV will be built on a brand-new production line at the site, which has been the luxury carmaker’s headquarters since 1946. Business secretary Jonathan Reynolds said the investment would “support 4,000 high-value local…
Mombasa Airport land grab: Parliament orders crackdown on illegal occupants
Principal secretary for aviation and aerospace development Teresia Mbaika during a committee with KAA officials . Photo/KAA/Facebook
UASU gives government 7 days to avert lecturers’ strike
Public universities could shut down from October 2 as lecturers push the government to settle an estimated Sh100 billion debt owed to institutions and commit to funding a new four-year salary agreement. The University Academic Staff Union (UASU) says the financial crisis facing public universities is at the heart of its decision to issue the…
ODM questions Uhuru over claim Raila won 2022 election
The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) has challenged former President Uhuru Kenyatta to explain why his administration facilitated the transfer of power to President William Ruto if he believed the late Raila Odinga had won the 2022 presidential election. ODM Party Leader Senator Oburu Oginga said Uhuru’s remarks, made on Tuesday, September 22, had reopened a…
