The France Africa Summit 2026 in Nairobi is being widely viewed beyond Kenya’s borders as a defining moment in the evolution of relations between Paris and the African continent. For the first time, the summit is being hosted in a non Francophone country, signaling a deliberate shift away from traditional alliances toward a broader, more…
Kenya’s youth dominate the population, command digital spaces, and shape public debate online, yet when election day arrives a significant share of them do not show up at the ballot box. The numbers from the 2022 General Election tell a sobering story. According to official Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission data, Kenya had 22,120,458 registered…
The race to succeed António Guterres as the next leader of the United Nations is taking shape, marked by a streamlined field of candidates and a more transparent selection process. With Guterres second term set to conclude on 31 December, the global body is deep into identifying its next Secretary-General, who will assume office on…
South Africa has appointed Roelf Meyer, a veteran politician and one of the key negotiators who helped end apartheid, as its new ambassador to the United States. The move by President Cyril Ramaphosa signals a strategic attempt to repair increasingly strained ties between Pretoria and Washington following a turbulent period marked by political disagreements, diplomatic…
On the afternoon of June 25, 2024, something happened inside Kenya’s parliament that no political science textbook had anticipated. Young Kenyans, armed with phones instead of party membership cards and organized by TikTok instead of trade unions, breached the walls of the legislative chamber and walked into a space that had long been the exclusive…
The United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia are increasingly competing for influence across Africa, where strategic investments, political alignments and economic ambitions are reshaping the continent’s future. While both Gulf nations publicly emphasize cooperation, their diverging approaches in Africa reveal a deeper rivalry defined by infrastructure expansion, financial commitments and geopolitical positioning. Africa’s rising global…
Kenya finds itself trapped in a fiscal spiral that no amount of political maneuvering can paper over. The numbers are stark, total public debt has surged past Sh12.29 trillion — roughly $80 billion — by the end of December 2025, representing a 4 percent increase from just six months earlier and standing at approximately 2.6…
For decades, Kenya’s senior judges served under a retirement system critics described as fragmented, unpredictable, and constitutionally inadequate. That era has now come to a formal close. President William Ruto has signed the Judges’ Retirement Benefits Act into law, establishing the country’s first comprehensive statutory framework dedicated exclusively to pension and post-retirement benefits for judges…
Kenya’s ruling United Democratic Alliance has collected more than 25 million shillings in registration fees from thousands of candidates seeking the party’s nomination for the 2027 general elections, underscoring its dominance in the country’s fractured political landscape. Party records show 9,165 aspirants had registered by Feb. 2 across all elective positions, from governor to county…
Kenya’s Supreme Court this week dismissed a series of applications by former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua seeking to halt ongoing High Court proceedings challenging his historic impeachment, allowing the constitutional crisis that has gripped the nation for over three months to move forward in the judiciary. The ruling represents the latest chapter in an unprecedented…
