Senate Should Reject Misguided Bill That Blocks Smokers’ Path to Safer Alternatives » Capital News

As the Tobacco Control (Amendment) Bill 2024 proceeds to its second reading in the Senate, lawmakers face a clear and urgent choice: support evidence-based harm reduction strategies that can save lives —... Read more »

Kenya: What the UN Plastic Treaty Means to a Garbage Collector in Kisii Amid Global Push to End Pollution

Kisii — At dawn, before Kisii town stirs to life, Brian Makori a street boy used to bend over heaps of garbage at Nyambera dumping site on the outskirts of Kisii town,... Read more »

Kenya: Bribe Demands Nearly Half As Frequent in Makueni Compared to Kwale – EACC

Nairobi — Makueni County has emerged as the least bribery-prone county in Kenya with the 2024 National Ethics and Corruption Survey (NECS) reporting the likelihood of county officials asking for a bribe... Read more »

Matiang’i: Healing the nation will be my first priority as president

Former Interior CS Fred Matiang’i addressing the press during the unveiling of the new registration plates in GSU Recce Squad Unit headquarters on 30th August 2022. [File, Standard] Former Cabinet Secretary,... Read more »

Empowerment or political goodwill? Kenya Kwanza’s cash handouts under scrutiny

Senators Joe Nyutu (Murang’a) and Samson Cherargei (Nandi) on Spice FM. [Screengrab] A dramatic exchange between Senators Joe Nyutu (Murang’a) and Samson Cherargei (Nandi) on Spice FM has exposed growing tensions over... Read more »

5 ingenious things trees do that human designers can learn from » Capital News

Stanislav Roudavski, The University of Melbourne Tasmania’s mountain ash (Eucalyptus regnans) is the world’s tallest flowering plant. It can grow 100 metres tall and live for more than 600 years. These trees... Read more »

KEBS on the spot over plans to engage firm to validate vehicle importation papers

Kenya Bureau of Standards has engaged the Quality Inspection Services Inc. Japan (QISJ) to carry out validation of import documents. [File, Standard] The decision by Kenya Bureau of Standards (Kebs) to issue... Read more »

Kenya: Pastoralism Gets a Reboot in Drying Kenya

Young, educated and Internet savvy, a new generation of WFP-supported farmer-herders is fighting hunger and upending an ancient profession Hassan Ali Jare still remembers the crippling drought more than two decades ago... Read more »

Opposition rift widens as Malala urges Panyako to step down from Malava by-elections

DCP Deputy Party Leader Cleophas Malala and Lawyer Edgar Busiega, the DCP candidate for Malava Constituency, during the campaign at Ingavira market. [ Benard Lusigi, Standard] The Democracy for... Read more »

Govt orders biometric SHA listing to replace OTP-based authorization » Capital News

NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 4 — The Ministry of Health has launched nationwide biometric registration through which patients seeking Social Health Authority (SHA) services will be identified, President William Ruto has announced. The... Read more »