Trump’s ‘America First’ Health Gambit: Outsourcing U.S. Ebola Quarantine to Kenya Raises Alarms A Controversial Health Gambit The Trump administration is quietly rewriting the rules of how the United States cares for its own citizens exposed to a deadly pathogen overseas. According to separate r...
The Unseen Wound: How the Middle East War Is Strangling Africa’s Recovery Mr. Montfort Mlachila, IMF Deputy Director of the African Department ...Just as a fragile dawn began to break over sub-Saharan Africa’s economies, a new storm gathered—not on the savannah, but in the ...
US scraps $15,000 visa requirement for world cup fans For thousands of football faithfuls dreaming of summer 2026, the United States has just cleared a major hurdle. But make no mistake — the border remains a minefield. In a late-breaking policy shift an...
Nigeria ex-power minister Saleh Mamman jailed 75 years for graft Nigeria's anti-corruption agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), said Mamman was found guilty of laundering 33.8 billion naira ($24.6 million). Nigeria is Africa's fourth-largest...
A City Paralysed NAIROBI -The heavy downpour that began late Thursday night and intensified through Friday morning has left Nairobi gasping. Mombasa Road—a vital artery connecting the capital to the Jomo Kenyatta Inte...
Sh550,000 for a Sh3.8 Million Fight: How a Presidential Promise Is Breaking Cancer Patients in Kenya NAIROBI — May 2, 2026 — Margaret Kanini, a 57-year-old lung cancer patient, stares at her phone every morning, hoping for a notification that never arrives. Two months ago, her Social Health Authority...
A Life of Births, A Death in Secrecy: The Tragic Final Chapter of Dr. Job Obwaka NAIROBI — May 2, 2026 — Dr. Job Obwaka had spent more than five decades guiding new life into the world, his steady hands delivering generations of Kenyans in the very city where, ironically, his own ...
Ruto Hands Low‑Paid Workers Up to Sh4,363 in Minimum Wage Boost — But a Complex Reality Lies Beneath the Raise VIHIGA COUNTY – May 1, 2026 – In a historic Labour Day ceremony held for the first time outside the capital, President William Ruto capped weeks of fierce negotiations by announcing a 12 per cent incr...
THE CHEERLEADER WHO REFUSED TO SIT DOWN: Edwin Sifuna’s Hustle from a Mumias Video‑Game Shop to the Eye of Kenya’s Political Storm NAIROBI – The 39‑year‑old father of a little girl leans back on his couch and laughs. “You can be sure I have a stand on anything,” he says. “I don’t sit on the fence or listen to the ground, as some ...
THE MICHUKI DISCIPLE WHO SHOOK TRANS NZOIA TO ITS SENSES: How George Natembeya Went from Squatter’s Son to Kenya’s Most Unconventional Governor KITALE – On a cool morning in late August 2022, a new governor walked into his office at exactly 7:00 am. He wore a black striped suit, a light‑blue shirt, and a striped neck‑tie. Behind him hung thre...
THE GENTLEMAN WHO REFUSES TO QUIT: How Kalonzo Musyoka Survived Betrayal, Kept His Dignity, and Positioned Himself for Kenya’s Top Prize TSEIKURU – In the sun-scorched plains of Mwingi, where the semi-arid earth cracks under relentless heat, a child was born on Christmas Eve 1953 into a family of quiet resilience. Peter Musyoka Mairu, ...
THE AUDITOR WHO REFUSED TO BLINK: How Wycliffe Oparanya Balanced Kenya’s Books, Built a County From Scratch, and Now Holds the Key to a Million MSME Dreams NAIROBI – The phone rang at 2 a.m. It was 1993, and a senior audit manager at Ernst & Young was about to receive a call that would define his life. On the other end was a frantic voice from the Centra...