Kenya’s Ministry of Education plans to notify Grade 10 learners of their senior school placements before Christmas, under a government system that prioritises top performers in the Kenya Junior School Education Assessment (KJSEA) for their chosen institutions. The move aims to allow parents and guardians time to prepare ahead of the Jan. 12, 2026, reporting…
Kenya’s active 5G subscribers surged nearly 20% in the three months to September, reaching 1.5 million, as the country’s two main mobile operators stepped up network rollouts and marketing in urban centres, official data showed on Monday. The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) said the number of users with 5G-capable devices consistently connected to the…
Kenya added 3.3 million active social media accounts between February and October 2025, a 21.9% surge that marks a strong recovery from last year’s slowdown and underscores TikTok’s dominance among the country’s young, mobile-first population. The rebound pushed the total number of active social media identities to 18.4 million by October, equivalent to 31.8% of…
Pressure is mounting on Kenyan President William Ruto to take decisive action against government officials and lawmakers accused of owning rogue recruitment agencies that prey on desperate job seekers with phony promises of lucrative jobs overseas. Senators have blown the lid off these schemes, revealing alleged links to high-level figures in the Ministries of Labour…
Former deputy president Rigathi Gachagua has declared that the opposition will remain united and field a single presidential candidate against President William Ruto in the 2027 elections, dismissing government attempts to divide the coalition. Gachagua made the remarks on 7 December during a church service at Christ Dominion Ministries in Kasarani, Nairobi. He told worshippers…
One year after Kenya scrapped a controversial $1.85 billion airport deal with India’s Adani Group amid strikes and U.S. bribery charges, authorities are pressing ahead with a sweeping government-led revamp of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA). The Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) this week rolled out its long-awaited Integrated Master Plan 2025-2045, crafted with Dubai-based consultancy…
At least four people were killed and dozens injured when a public participation forum on gold mining in Kakamega County turned violent on Thursday, prompting western Kenya leaders to demand an immediate halt to Shanta Gold operations. Deadly clashes at Ikolomani forum Chaos erupted at Emusali Primary School in Ikolomani during a National Environment Management…
Kenya’s Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Migos Ogamba has told universities to speed up the realignment of academic programmes with the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) ahead of the first cohort of CBC learners entering tertiary institutions in 2029. The directive came during Friday’s joint graduation ceremony of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) and the…
Mourners gathered under a heavy December sky at Kang’o ka Jaramogi on Saturday to bid farewell to Beryl Achieng’ Odinga, the elder sister of Kenya’s opposition icon Raila Odinga. Just 42 days after the former prime minister himself was buried at the same family mausoleum, politics once again eclipsed personal grief as senior opposition figures…
Kenya’s National Assembly is in mourning following the sudden death on Saturday of nominated lawmaker Denar Joseph Hamisi. The 56-year-old parliamentarian passed away around 7:00 am, the Speaker of the National Assembly, Moses Wetang’ula, announced in an official statement. The cause of death has not been made public. “His demise is a profound loss to…
