Kenyans in diaspora to get health cover

An insurance claim form. [Courtesy/GettyImages] For years, medical emergencies have been a major source of financial and emotional strain for Kenyans abroad, often necessitating urgent fundraising efforts within the diaspora. This could soon...

Trump just threatened to invade a new country

The big Donald Trump foreign policy question heading into this week looked like it was going to be when and if the US was going to launch military strikes against Venezuela. That’s still a live question, but in the meantime, the president has...

First Lady Rachel Ruto Hands Over Sh120mn Cochlear Implants to Restore Hearing for Kenyan Children

NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 31 — First Lady Rachel Ruto on Thursday presided over the handover of cochlear implant devices worth Sh120 million, a donation that promises to restore hearing—and hope—to dozens of Kenyan children living with hearing...

Human rights group ask EU to intervene release of two Kenyans abducted in Uganda

Activists Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo. [File, Standard] Civil society groups in Kenya have now asked the European Union to intervene in the case of two Kenyans activists who were allegedly abducted in Uganda about a month ago. In a joint petition...

Quakers at a glance: A look at the faith's beliefs and the tradition of activism and silent worship

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Do Quakers quake? Do Quakers eat Quaker Oats? Are Quakers still around today? These are some of the questions that visitors often ask at the Arch Street Meeting House in Old City Philadelphia. Many visitors don't know about the...

Nelly Muluka Appointed Acting CEO of Kenya Film Classification Board

NAIROBI — The Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB) has appointed Nelly Muluka as its new Acting Chief Executive Officer, who assumed office on 29th October 2025. Her appointment follows the completion of the term of outgoing Acting CEO, CPA...

Safaricom Announces a KSh 30 Billion Initiative to Transform Education in Kenya

Safaricom, through the M-PESA Foundation, has unveiled a massive KES 30 billion education initiative aimed at revolutionizing learning and training outcomes across Kenya over the next five years. Dubbed “Citizens of the Future,” the ambitious...

Camels replace cattle as Kenya’s drought forces herders to adapt

Published on: October 31, 2025 2:23 PM SAMBURU, KENYA — In the parched landscapes of northern Kenya, herders are turning to camels for survival as the region battles its worst drought in four decades. With little rainfall since April and repeated...

Ghana tops AGRA’s gender mainstreaming in Agriculture scorecard

By; Gloria Andérson Ghana has ranked highest among Kenya and Malawi in a research study assessing how African governments are mainstreaming gender in the agricultural sector. The study, conducted by the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa...

The Advent Of The Arbantone Music Genre In Kenya

In the ever-evolving Kenyan entertainment landscape, a relatively new music genre has been at the centerstage of it all. Albeit fast-rising and with quite the dynamic fanbase, Arbantone has shown no signs of slowing down, with hits being churned...

Glamour names nine trans activists as 'Women of the Year' - including a model who was fired by L'Oreal for calling 'all white people racist'

Glamour Magazine has named nine transgender activists as their Women of the Year. The honourees include a mix of relatively unknown models, actors and musicians, with the most famous face being Munroe Bergdorf - a controversial activist who once...

Diamond Platnumz deletes pro-Samia Suluhu, CCM posts as claims emerge he's fled to Kenya

Tanzanian music star Diamond Platnumz has deleted all Instagram posts praising President Samia Suluhu Hassan, following intense public criticism and threats from furious fans who accused him of siding with power over the people. The celebrated...

What is sandalwood, and why Kenya banned its harvesting?

Sandalwood is a tree indigenous to Eastern Africa, prized for its heavy, yellow, fine-grained wood and its remarkable ability to retain fragrance for decades. Beyond Africa, various species of sandalwood are also native to India, Nepal,...

Kenya launches second Cohort of LEAPS program to improve public finance sector

Kenya has launched the second cohort of the Leadership Excellence in Africa’s Public Sector (LEAPS) program, an initiative aimed at improving leadership and accountability in public finance management. The move is part of the government efforts to...

Kenyan creates first sign language app

Elly Savatia when he won the 2025 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation, which comes with a £50,000 cash award. A Kenyan engineer has won a major prize for developing an AI-powered app that translates speech into sign language using lifelike 3D...

When love, cows and laws collide: Ogolla, Cebbie dowry drama stirs cultural storm

When flamboyant lawyer Steve Ogolla wedded Elseba K’Okeyo, popularly known as Cebbie Koks, in December 2022, the internet went wild. Theirs was a grand celebration of love; one that seemed to bring together not just two people, but two worlds....

The last woman of Churchill’s Secret Army: The spy who outsmarted the Reich and kept her secret for 50 years

The male spies kept getting killed, so they dressed a 23-year-old woman as a child, taught her to kill, and dropped her into Nazi-occupied France, where she outsmarted the Third Reich for 135 days/ Photo: Facebook Phyllis “Pippa” Latour Doyle died...

Kenya underscores cybersecurity as pillar of national sovereignty, economic growth at Cyber Week Africa 2025

Government has underscored the centrality of cybersecurity to Kenya’s national and economic agenda. Speaking during the Cyber Week Africa 2025 , the Cabinet Secretary for Information, Communications and the Digital Economy, William Kabogo Gitau...

Camels replace cows as Kenya battles drought

"God, God, God, protect them," chanted two herders, their eyes following a dozen camels rushing toward acacia trees, oblivious to the dry riverbed in northern Kenya where it hasn't rained since April. Sitting on the edge of a nearby well, Chapan...

Vision 2030: What Kenya has achieved, and what’s still a dream

File image of the Nairobi Expressway. | REUTERS Audio By Vocalize When President William Ruto announced his new long-term plan, Vision 2055, which aims to transform Kenya into a first-world nation within the next 30 years, it sparked a familiar...