Trump touts peace deal after leaving Alaska without ceasefire pact » Capital News

Donald Trump has said he, along with the presidents of Russia and Ukraine, have determined that a peace agreement was preferable to a ceasefire in the conflict between the two warring nations.... Read more »

Agency intercepts pests-infested ship in Mombasa

Kephis MD Theophilus Mutui. [File, Standard] The national plant safety agency has intercepted a ship at the port of Mombasa infested with highly destructive pests to forests and crops. The Kenya Plant Health... Read more »

Kenya: Gachagua Cuts Short Us Trip to Lead Anti-Uda Offensive Ahead of Mini Polls

Nairobi — Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has announced he will cut short his visit to the United States to return home and join his Democracy for the Citizens Party (DCP) in... Read more »

Why counties should rethink their infrastructure financing

  Some of the products that were displayed in exhbition stands during the Devolution Conference 2025. [CoG X] Our 47 counties stand at a crossroads in how they finance and deliver critical infrastructure. For years, overreliance... Read more »

Moi Girls shine as curtain falls on rip-roaring music festival in Meru

Moi Girls Nairobi performing Gospel Zilizopendwa at the Kenya Music Festival at Meru School. [Phares Mutembei, Standard] Nairobi’s Moi Girls put up an enthralling show with their gospel crooner Rose Muhando’s... Read more »

Disjointed ‘united’ opposition – The Standard

DCP party leader Rigathi Gachagua. [Mose Sammy, Standard] Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua returns next week to an opposition that has seemed deflated by his absence. Previously roaring at President William Ruto at... Read more »

Kenya: Mudavadi – Local Missteps Harm and Scare Foreign Investors At Counties

Homa Bay — Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi has warned against harming foreign investors at county levels saying it damages bilateral relations and erodes investor confidence. Mudavadi, also the Cabinet Secretary for... Read more »

Kenya: CS Ruku Urges Northern Kenya Residents to Register for National IDs in Large Numbers

Nairobi — Public Service, Human Capital Development, and Special Programmes Cabinet Secretary Geoffrey Ruku has called on residents of the North Eastern region to to take advantage of the President’s directive and... Read more »

Explosive kills Kenyan as fighting intensifies in Somalia

People crossing the vandalised Kenya–Somalia border from Border Point One to Mandera town customs area. [Photo, Standard] Tension is boiling over in Mandera County as fighting factions across the border in... Read more »

Babu Owino seeks law to clear reformed offenders’ criminal records in draft bill » Capital News

NAIROBI, Kenya Aug 14 – Embakasi East Member of Parliamebt Babu Owino has tabled a legislative proposal seeking to allow certain criminal records to be expunged once offenders have served their sentences,... Read more »