Violence erupts at disputed Samburet estate as motorcycles burn, youths injured

Audio By Vocalize File Tension flared once again at the disputed 1,200-acre Samburet Estate along the Kericho–Nakuru border on Friday after rival groups claiming ownership of the land clashed, leaving several... Read more »

Kenya: Ruku Defends Mt Kenya East’s Call for Political Independence

Nairobi — Public Service Cabinet Secretary Geoffrey Ruku has defended his call for Mt Kenya East to chart its own political course, insisting that every region has the right to make independent... Read more »

Zimbabwe: Kenya Denies Awarding $1.2-Billion Airport Expansion Contract to Controversial Businessman Chivayo

Kenya has denied that a company linked to controversial Zimbabwean businessman Wicknell Chivayo has won a multi-billion-US-dollar contract to expand the country’s main airport, Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), in the capital... Read more »

The quiet revolution reshaping Africa’s venture capital ecosystem

Audio By Vocalize Hiruy Amanuel, Managing Director, Gullit VC. [Courtesy] Something is changing inside African venture capital, but it is not the kind of change that announces itself loudly. There are... Read more »

Go for individual suspects in South C building collapse, surveyors tell DPP

Audio By Vocalize File image of collapsed building in South C Nairobi  Surveyors have opposed plans by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) to charge all members of... Read more »

Finance Bill 2026 ‘rushed’ through Second Reading without our input – Opposition MPs

Members of Parliament drawn from the united Opposition have intensified their criticism of the Finance Bill 2026 process, alleging that the Majority side pushed the legislation through its second reading without adequate... Read more »

Graduates to get access to start-up capital under new programme

Audio By Vocalize Co-operative Bank Director Youth Financial Services Joel Kaba, Acorn CEO Edward Kirathe and Absa Bank CEO Abdi Mohamed during the launch of Zinduka Graduate Programme at Qwetu... Read more »

Kagwe launches $11.4B Agriconnect Compact for 2.4M jobs

Agriculture and Livestock Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has officially unveiled the Kenya AgriConnect Compact (2025–2030), a bold national agricultural transformation initiative engineered to shift the sector from subsistence farming into a modern,... Read more »

G7 leaders pledge joint action on Ebola outbreak, cancer fight

G7 leaders have committed to a coordinated global health response to contain the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda while accelerating efforts to tackle the growing burden... Read more »

Tech firms launch country first sovereign cloud to protect sensitive data

Audio By Vocalize Tech industry leaders launch a platform in Nairobi to advance data sovereignty and AI capacity. [File,Standard] For decades, African governments and businesses have had little choice but to send... Read more »