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By Michael Nyamai - Nairobi, Kenya, Sept 30, 2026 —  Kenya must accelerate the shift to a circular economy to create jobs, strengthen livelihoods and unlock economic value from waste, experts said at the 11th Annual Circular Economy Conference held in Nairobi on Wednesday. Karine Boomsma, Project Director, Sustainable and Inclusive Business Kenya, addresses the media during the 11th Annual Circular Economy Conference in Nairobi on Wednesday, September 30, 2026.//PHOTO COURTESY: Sustainable and Inclusive Business Kenya Project Director Karine Boomsma said Kenya had made progress in advancing circularity but continued to face policy, compliance and financial challenges. She said the country needed coordinated action across sectors to make the transition economically viable. “We see that still there are barriers but there's also great developments and we're slowly progressing,” Boomsma said, pointing to Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) as a regulation supporting the circular...

By Michael Nyamai - Yatta, Machakos, Sept 29, 2026 - Yatta parliamentary aspirant Kivuva Mulwa, popularly known as Kasanza, has vowed to spearhead an ambitious development agenda aimed at transforming the constituency if elected in the 2027 General Election. Yatta parliamentary aspirant Kivuva Mulwa, popularly known as Kasanza, addresses residents at Kakumini sub-location in Matuu, Yatta, where he outlined his development agenda and called for youth empowerment through SACCOs and cooperatives.// PHOTO COURTESY: Speaking at Kakumini sub-location in Matuu, Yatta, Mulwa called for unity and collaboration among residents, saying sustainable development can only be achieved when leaders and citizens work together towards a common goal. "We must come together and collaborate for the prosperity and development of Yatta. Transformation cannot be achieved by one person; it requires the collective effort of the people and their leaders." Mulwa challenged Yatta residents to carefully co...

By Michael Nyamai - Nairobi, Kenya, September 16, 2026 - Wiper Patriotic Front and Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Coalition Party leader Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka has declared that Kenyans have reclaimed a strategic national asset after the High Court nullified the Government’s sale of a 15 per cent stake in Safaricom PLC. Wiper Patriotic Front and Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Coalition Party leader Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka, alongside DP Party leader JB Muturi, DAP-K leader Eugene Wamalwa and other opposition leaders, addresses the media at the SKM Command Centre in Nairobi. //Photo courtesy . Kalonzo, who served as lead counsel in the constitutional petition challenging the transaction, spoke in Nairobi alongside Democratic Party leader JB Muturi, DAP-K leader Eugene Wamalwa and other opposition leaders following the landmark judgment delivered by the High Court on Tuesday. “The people have won. Safaricom is coming home,” Kalonzo declared. The three-judge bench of the Constitutional and Human Ri...

By Michael Nyamai - Nairobi, Kenya, September 10 ,2026 - Azimio la Umoja has accused President William Ruto’s administration of undermining Kenya’s regional integration agenda and investor confidence, as the opposition coalition moves to reposition itself as a broader political alliance ahead of the 2027 General Election. Azimio principals, led by Wiper Patriotic Front party leader Kalonzo Musyoka and Secretary General Caroli Omondi, during a media briefing at the SKM Command Centre in Karen, Nairobi. //Photo courtesy: Kalonzo Musyoka FB. Speaking at a media conference at the SKM Command Centre in Karen, Nairobi, after Azimio La Umoja One Kenya joint council and NEC Meeting, Azimio Secretary General Caroli Omondi said the coalition had held a housekeeping meeting to evaluate options for rebranding Azimio into an all-uniting opposition coalition. The meeting also considered applications from political parties seeking to join the coalition, with Omondi confirming that several parties ha...

By Michael Nyamai - Nairobi, Kenya, September 10, 2026 - The Government has sounded the alarm over a possible El Nino event expected to bring above-average and potentially very heavy rainfall across Kenya from October 2026 into early 2027, urging Kenyans to prepare early but avoid panic. Government Spokesperson Charles Owino addresses the media on the anticipated El Niño rains expected from October 2026, urging Kenyans to prepare early and remain alert. //Photo Courtesy: Charles Owino FB Government Spokesperson Charles Owino said Kenya has a 90 per cent chance of experiencing above-average or very high rainfall as sea surface temperatures in the Pacific Ocean continue to rise. According to Owino, the current sea surface temperature anomaly stands at positive 2.7, a threshold the Meteorological Department expects to be surpassed, potentially triggering significantly warmer ocean temperatures and enhanced rainfall across the country. “For this rainfall to possess high intensity and great...

By Michael Nyamai - NAIROBI,KENYA SEPTEMBER 8, 2026 — Africa does not lack the laws, tools or scientific expertise needed to solve its most pressing challenges, but inadequate funding and political commitment continue to stand in the way of meaningful progress, Matungulu MP Hon. Stephen Mutinda Mule has said. Matungulu MP Hon. Stephen Mutinda Mule poses for a photo with Coalition for Health Research and Development (CHeaD) Chair Mary Muia during the three-day Culture of Science Conference 2026 hosted by Amref Health Africa.//Photo courtesy. Mule, who was the chief guest at the three-day Culture of Science Conference 2026, challenged African governments to move beyond policy pronouncements and commit resources towards research, innovation and home-grown solutions. Speaking during the conference, the MP, who is also Chair of the TB Parliamentary Caucus, said Africa must take greater ownership of its development agenda instead of depending heavily on external support. “African problems r...

By Michael Nyamai - Nairobi,Kenya,September 3, 2026 — Religious leaders have raised the alarm over what they described as the growing normalisation of political violence and alleged “state-sponsored goonism” ahead of the 2027 General Election. Photo Caption: Religious leaders led by Rt Rev Simon Peter Kamomoe, Bishop Dr Calisto Odede, Sheikh Abdullah Salat and Rev Dr Elias Agola address the media at Ufungamano House, Nairobi. //Photo credit NCCK Facebook. The leaders warned that the use of gangs and violence to intimidate political opponents and voters could plunge the country into a repeat of the bloody election cycles witnessed in 1997, 2007 and 2017. Speaking at Ufungamano House in Nairobi on Thursday, the religious leaders said the country was only 11 months away from the next General Election but political anxiety and tension were already rising. The warning followed a two-day National Stakeholders Convention that brought together representatives from six umbrella religious insti...

By Michael Nyamai - Nairobi, Kenya, September 2 2026 - Kenya’s religious leaders have sounded an early warning over the country’s preparedness for the 2027 General Election, demanding that security, justice and constitutional institutions move swiftly to prevent political tensions from degenerating into violence. Religious leaders and representatives of security, justice and human rights institutions during the National Stakeholders’ Convention on Democratic, Credible and Peaceful 2027 Elections at Ufungamano House, Nairobi.// Photo courtesy. NCCK Facebook. The warning came as the Kenya Religious Leaders Forum opened a two-day National Stakeholders’ Convention on Democratic, Credible and Peaceful 2027 Elections at Ufungamano House in Nairobi. Bringing together the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops, Evangelical Alliance of Kenya, Supreme Council of Kenya Muslims (SUPKEM) and the National Council of Churches of Kenya, the forum is placing state institutions under scrutiny over their a...

By Michael Nyamai - Nairobi, Kenya, September 2 2026 - The government is set to roll out three flagship interventions on Monday, 7 September, in a major push to formalise Kenya’s informal workforce, recognise acquired skills and expand access to social security and employment opportunities. Principal Secretary for Labour and Skills Development Shadrack Mwadime (centre), NSSF Managing Trustee and CEO David Koross (Right), and NITA Director General Dr Rukia Atikiya (left) during a press briefing in Nairobi ahead of the Monday, 7 September rollout of three flagship initiatives targeting Kenya’s informal workforce. The initiatives, backed by the World Bank through the NYOTA programme, will bring together the Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) programme, Fundi Locator digital platform and HABAHABA savings programme, targeting millions of Kenyans working in the informal sector. Principal Secretary for the State Department for Labour and Skills Development Shadrack Mwadime said the intervent...

  By Michael Nyamai - NAIROBI, KENYA, SEPTEMBER 1 2026- People Renaissance Movement party leader Caleb Amisi has accused the government of orchestrating a Sh1.89 billion cybersecurity maintenance scheme, alleging that the July hacking incident involving the State House website was deliberately used to pave the way for the controversial expenditure. People Renaissance movement party leader Caleb Amisi with other party officials addresses the media in Nairobi. Photo courtesy. Addressing the media in Nairobi, Amisi claimed that government institutions had been directed to each pay Sh4.7 million for what he described as maintenance of government domain and email security. Amisi termed the alleged expenditure a massive scheme to siphon public resources, demanding answers over how the figure was arrived at. “Today, I inform members of the public of a major scandal within government, overseen by the highest office in the land. It regards a scandal worth over Sh1.89 billion on cyber securi...

By Michael Nyamai - NAIROBI,KENYA, TUESDAY 1 SEPTEMBER, 2026 — Kenya National Union of Nurses (KNUN) Secretary-General Seth Panyako has drawn a hard line in negotiations with the Council of Governors (CoG), warning that nurses will press ahead with industrial action unless a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) is reached. Panyako said although the union and the governors had made progress on some outstanding issues, the contentious CBA remains unresolved. “The main elephant in the house is the issue of the collective bargaining agreement. And this is where we are drawing our lines very, very clear and are making it very clear that we do not have a deal yet,” Panyako said. He said the union had reached tentative progress on the employment of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) staff, with counties expected to begin issuing permanent and pensionable letters. “We can say partially that that issue has been resolved, though we do not have a deal yet. A deal must be signed by the Union and the...