Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka has accused Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission CEO Hussein Marjan of illegally renewing the Smartmatic contract ahead of the 2027 general election. Kalonzo made the remarks at the funeral of Mzee Jonathan Kiilu Ng’ata in Kyuluni Village, Kathiani Constituency, Machakos County, on Saturday 10 January 2026. “We agreed that the…
Tourism and Wildlife Cabinet Secretary Rebecca Miano on Saturday hailed the United Democratic Alliance grassroots elections as a vital reinforcement of Kenya’s democratic foundations and the government’s flagship Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda. Speaking after casting her vote at Kimaru Primary School in Kiriita Ward, Ndaragwa Constituency, Nyandarua County, Miano described the nationwide exercise as a…
Lady Justice Njoki Ndungu has been elected unopposed as the Supreme Court representative to Kenya’s Judicial Service Commission (JSC), filling the vacancy created by the death of Justice Mohammed Kadhar Ibrahim. The election took place on 9 January 2026 and was presided over by Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission Returning Officer Dr Swalhah Yusuf. It…
Orange Democratic Movement party leader Oburu Oginga has challenged critics questioning the legitimacy of his leadership to confront him directly at the party’s upcoming National Delegates Conference, which he promised to convene soon. Speaking at a funeral in Siaya County on Friday, Oburu dismissed claims that he was not validly elected, asserting that the NDC…
Mbosso’s ‘Pawa’ was one of Kenya’s most searched songs of 2025, a Bongo Flava hit that captured the hearts of East African music lovers across the region.
Former deputy president Rigathi Gachagua launched a fierce campaign in Nairobi on Thursday, urging residents to reject President William Ruto and Governor Johnson Sakaja in the 2027 general election. The former deputy president, now leading the Democracy for Citizens Party after his historic impeachment in October 2024, made an unannounced tour of the capital’s key…
Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja on Thursday launched a Sh170 million secondary school scholarship programme targeting vulnerable households, providing immediate support to 4000 students at risk of dropping out due to financial hardship. The initiative was unveiled during a ceremony at Uhuru Park, where Sakaja presented the first awards to beneficiaries and their families. He stressed…
A cargo lorry packed with about 85 Ethiopian migrants overturned on a highway in the northern Afar region on Tuesday, killing at least 22 people and injuring 65 others, local authorities said. The crash happened early in Semera, several hundred kilometres west of the Djibouti border, as the group — mostly young people seeking work…
Former deputy president Rigathi Gachagua has publicly contradicted Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka on the timing of naming a united opposition presidential candidate for the 2027 elections, underscoring strategic differences in the emerging coalition. Speaking in Githurai, Kiambu County, on 3 January, Gachagua urged opposition allies against haste, warning that an early announcement would invite…
A dramatic confrontation between two outspoken Orange Democratic Movement figures at a popular Lebanese restaurant in Kilimani has sparked a police probe, amid claims of a firearm being brandished in a heated political row. Embakasi East member of parliament Babu Owino has accused Kileleshwa ward member of county assembly Robert Alai of drawing a pistol…
