Safaricom Sh15b bond a boost for turbulent domestic debt market

Safaricom CEO Peter Ndegwa addresses participants during the 2025 sustainable business report launch. [Wilbrforce Okwiri, Standard] Safaricom’s issuance of the first Sh15 billion tranche of its Sh40 billion domestic... Read more »

Kenya: Guterres Urges Global Action As 50 Million People Trapped in Modern Slavery

Nairobi — United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has urged the international community to intensify efforts to protect the “millions of people currently trapped” in modern forms of slavery, warning that the world... Read more »

ICC Closes Kenya Case But Pursuing 2 Fugitives For Witness Tampering » Capital News

NAIROBI, Kenya Dec 1 – The International Criminal Court (ICC) has formally closed its investigation into the 2007–2008 post-election violence in Kenya but is still pursuing two Kenyans accused of interfering with... Read more »

IEBC Gazettes Nov 27 mini-poll Winners, Paving Way for Swearing-In » Capital News

NAIROBI, Kenya Dec 1– Twenty-four leaders elected in the November 27 by-elections are set to be sworn into office after the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) formally gazetted their names in... Read more »

UDA godfathers have the last laugh as opposition cries

Leonard Wamuthende with Deputy President Kithure Kindiki during a previous campaign rally in Mbeere. [File, Standard] President William Ruto’s United Democratic Alliance (UDA) has emerged victorious in the just-concluded November 27 by-elections,... Read more »

Nubians renew push for legal ethnic recognition, cite historical injustices

Members of the Nubian Community. [File, Standard] The Nubian community has renewed its call for formal ethnic recognition, saying decades of administrative ambiguity and historical injustice continue to deny them equal... Read more »

Nairobi Leads in New HIV Infections as Kenya Records Nearly 20,000 Cases in 2024 — Report » Capital News

NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 30 – Nairobi has emerged as the leading hotspot for new HIV infections in Kenya, recording 3,045 cases in 2024, according to the newly released Kenya AIDS Response Progress... Read more »

How ODM trounced Gachagua’s DCP in Magarini by-election

ODM leaders during campaigns for Magarini MP-elect Harrison Garama Kombe in Kilifi county. [File, Standard] The deployment of national and regional political heavyweights propelled immediate former Magarini MP Harrison Garama Kombe... Read more »

Gachagua Strikes Deal With Kalonzo, Targets Nairobi Governor, Senate and Woman Rep Seats in 2027 » Capital News

NAIROBI, Kenya Nov 30 – Democracy for the Citizens Party (DCP) leader Rigathi Gachagua has announced a strategic alliance with Wiper Patriotic Front leader Kalonzo Musyoka, which will see his party take... Read more »

Mega Dam Programme to Strengthen Food Security and Trade

GARISSA, Kenya, Nov 30 – President William Ruto has announced that the ongoing construction of 50 mega dams will irrigate 1.5 million acres of land in northern Kenya and the Coast, positioning... Read more »