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At least 26 children in Nairobi County were being violated every day in the year 2025 based on health data from public health facilities across the county.
Questions have emerged over how the building received clearance, with blame shifting between offices mandated to approve and inspect construction projects.
More than 40 hours after a high-rise building collapsed in Nairobi’s South C estate, trapping four people, rescue teams had yet to retrieve a single body.
The architects' group stated that the South C tragedy demands more than sympathy but truth, accountability, and systemic correction.
As investigations into the collapsed building in South C intensify, the project’s architect has exposed a pattern of developer-driven failures that point to impunity and disregard for safety.
Professional associations in the built environment have painted a grim picture of construction safety in Nairobi, warning that only 15 per cent of buildings in the city are structurally safe.
As ODM’s influence shows signs of erosion driven by internal dissent and external influences, the long-standing tradition strains the family’s place in Kenya’s political order.
During his bush war era, Museveni was insistent that Uganda needed a clean break from leaders who mistook the state for themselves and that power belonged to the people.
The National Construction Authority (Amendment) Bill, 2025, seeks to integrate climate change responsiveness, renewable energy use, and environmental sustainability, into construction regulations.
The findings were contained in a review of performance contracting returns for the Financial Year 2025/2026.
At the scamming sites, workers were required to meet strict sales targets, and failure to do so attracted punishment.
With barely a year to the next General Election, churches are emerging as soft targets in Kenya’s simmering political tensions.
Technical working group on gender violence releases latest data and recommendations. It shows that some 34 per cent of women have been physically abused by age of 13.
GBV disproportionately affects women, resulting in severe socio-economic repercussions
A new poll by Infotrak found that about 46 per cent of respondents said that pegging eligibility to 18 to 29 years locks out many Kenyans from the Nyota Fund.
Despite the existence of NDMA, a national drought policy and early warning systems designed to anticipate dry spells and trigger preventive measures, each drought is still treated as a crisis.
Millicent Omanga confirmed she will vie for the Nairobi County Woman Rep seat in 2027 on DCP ticket, acknowledging the backing she has received from the Mt Kenya community.
For decades, the Kamiti area in Nairobi was a place where few dared to live. It was an area where people passed through hurriedly.
The 2018 report indicated that Nairobi has the highest number of streets families wih 15, 337 followed by Mombasa with 7, 529, Kisumu 2,746, Uasin Gishu 2,147 and 2005 in Nakuru.
Hundreds of thousands of Kenyans working and living in the Middle East have been caught up in the war between the United States and Iran.
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