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African countries must rethink their healthcare priorities because their overdependence on donor funding for their health dates back decades
For the average worker, payslips tell a painful story. Wages are stagnating or worse, dwindling in real terms while the cost of living hits the roof.
Mr Ogamba’s admission points to a deeper institutional paralysis within the education governance framework.
Kenya’s Education CS lacks sufficient authority to enforce accountability in schools, weakening governance in a sector that requires strong, centralised control.
Illicit brews continue to devastate communities in Central Kenya due to weak enforcement and a lack of political goodwill, despite clear solutions to curb the trade.
Nandi Senator Samson Cherarkey has reportedly filed a motion seeking to strip retired President Uhuru Kenyatta of his pension and retirement benefits
The collapse of a gold mining pit in Romos, West Pokot, that has killed at least 15 people and trapped scores more beneath the debris is not merely a tragic accident.
Across the country, thousands of boda boda riders, taxi operators, mama mboga suppliers, and small transporters wake up every morning fearing police impounding.
Doctors across the country have threatened to call a nationwide strike over unpaid arrears and unfulfilled return-to-work agreements
The planned reopening of the Kenya-Somalia border after years of closure due to insecurity is causing disquiet considering the previous Al-Shabaab terrorists attack.
The expulsion of fifty-four police officers from Kiganjo Police Training College has caused a national debate.
French President Emmanuel Macron interrupted a section of proceedings at the Africa Forward Summit to remind everyone present that it is rude to speak when someone else is talking.
The reported presence of Jubaland troops inside Kenyan territory is a dangerous and unacceptable development that threatens national sovereignty
Kenyans have been pushed to the edge by runaway fuel prices that continue to trigger pain across every sector of the economy.
A growing backlash against the government’s push to force school fee payments through eCitizen argues the system is unconstitutional and impractical for many.
Nationwide fuel protests exposed growing public anger over high taxes and the rising cost of living, with critics accusing the government of ignoring economic hardships facing ordinary Kenyans.
A major Ebola outbreak has been reported in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with a few confirmed cases in neighbouring Uganda.
Plea bargain in the Sh73.5 million graft case involving Okoth Obado reignites debate on whether corruption suspects are escaping justice through asset forfeiture deals.
A young woman was allegedly hunted down, burned, and ultimately killed amid claims that her political choices and public support for President William Ruto made her a target.
For far too long, Kenya has perfected the art of passing progressive laws and then abandoning them at the implementation stage.
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