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A resident pointing to the heart of River Yala [File, TheStandard] A suspected serial killer linked to the murder…
Mining shaft collapse in Rarieda Sub-County [TheStandard] One person has lost his life while six others escaped unhurt in a…
Moi Teachers College [TheStandard] The High Court has paused the planned relocation of students from Moi Teachers College to Talai…
Governor Kimani Wamatangi [Nairobi Leo] A court in Nairobi has declined to unfreeze accounts of a company linked to Kiambu…
When Kiambu Governor Kimani Wamatangi appeared before the Senate CPAC committee at the Bunge Towers, Nairobi, on July 29, 2024.…
Isiolo Women Rep Mumina Bonaya addresses hundreds of residents. [Bruno Mutunga, Standard] A recent visit to State House by a…
A photo of suspected narcotics. [KRA] Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) officers stationed at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) on Saturday…
Detectives exhume bodies during the phase five exhumation inside the Shakahola forest, Kilifi county. [Marion Kithi, Standrd] Authorities from the…
(L-R) Gilgil MP Martha Wangari, Nyeri Women Rep Rahab Mukami and her Baringo counterpart Florence Jematiah during a public hearing…
Court gavel. [Courtesy] Imagine presiding over a case where the verdict is subject to a threat that someone might die…
Court gavel. [Courtesy] Imagine presiding over a case where the verdict is subject to a threat that someone might die…
Kindiki also announced the ongoing construction of the Sh9.4 billion Taveta – Ilasit Road, that links Taita Taveta to Kajiado…
Interior Principal Secretary Dr. Raymond Omollo during the signing of the accord. [Interior, X] In a historic move that signals…
Deputy President Kithure Kindiki. [File, Standard] Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has torn into “tribalists” while defending his economic empowerment tours…
Some crypto startups are raising red flags over the Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASP) Bill, warning that a Binance-linked lobby…
The Cabinet has approved two bills-Government-Owned Enterprises Bill, 2025 and the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal (Amendment) Bill, 2025- seeking to modernize and…
The euro climbed to KSh 150.20 on June 25, 2025—its highest level against the Kenyan shilling in over 15 months—according to…
Global tech giant Google has selected 15 startups from across Africa for the ninth cohort of its ‘Google for Startups…
Isiolo Governor Abdi Guyo when he appeared before the Senate County Public Accounts Committee at Bunge Towers, Parliament. May 19, 2024. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]…
AAR Insurance has announced its entry into Kenya’s private motor insurance space, as it targets cross-bundling of services with its…
Court gavel. [File] A Nyeri court has today ordered the reinstatement of Isiolo County Assembly Clerk, Salad Boru Guracha, following…
A team that was conducting anti-HIV strategies review exercise in Homa Bay Town. (James Omoro, Standard). New cases of HIV-Aids infections in the…
Parliament is seeking to curb the importation of substandard goods by traders and to plug tax losses from foreign betting companies…
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has raised KSh 71.64 billion in a reopened Treasury bond auction dated June 23,…
The Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK), an anti-trust regulator domiciled within the Treasury, has locked horns with the Ministry of…
Mama Tekla Yano, 38, wife of Lab technologist Edward Kipchumba Terer (centre), accompanied by her family members, reacts while speaking…
More than four in five Kenyans surveyed by TransUnion in late 2024 said they were targeted by fraud via email,…
Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru with Business Investors during the official launch of Nice Extra Premium Miller’s Mwea. June 6, 2025. [File Courtesy] Kirinyaga Governor…
One of the beneficiaries of the 180 wheelchairs that were donated by the Kenya Devolution Support Program Phase II. Michael…
The epicenter of the Mai Mahiu dam tragedy which left over 60 people dead. [Photo, Antony Gitonga] One year after…
Isiolo Governor Abdi Guyo when he appeared before the Senate County Public Accounts Committee (CPAC) at Bunge Tower, Parliament, May…
The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) is on a record-breaking run with all major indices now posting double-digit returns so far…
Vihiga Senator and the Chairperson County Public Investments and Special Funds Committee Godfrey Osotsi during the Committee meeting at Bunge…
A section view of IFO 2 refugee camp in Dadaab. [File, Standard] Four people, including a 12-year-old boy, are nursing…
The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) recorded a 16% increase in VAT collections, topping KSh 32.141 billion as at the close…
Crime Scene. [Courtesy] Police in Lodwar have launched investigations following the discovery of the body of an American national in…
A locust on a cotton crop in Kerio Valley in Elgeyo Marakwet county in January 2021. [File, Standard] A new…
A Farm in Mau Narok, Njoro, on March 25, 2025, [Kipsang Joseph, Standard] Three people have been confirmed dead and…
Wingu Africa has raised $60 million in financing from Rand Merchant Bank to accelerate the development of digital infrastructure across…
Isiolo Governor Abdi Guyo before the Senate National Cohesion, and Regional Integration Committee at Bunge Towers. November 14, 2024. [Boniface…
Mombasa Governor Abdulswamad Nassir before the Senate’s Committee on Roads, Housing and Transportation in regards to evictions arising from the…
The total number of reported online crimes almost doubled to 3.5 billion in 2024, the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics…
Kanyenya-ini Ward MCA Grace Nduta Wairimu. [X] The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has confirmed the arrest of Grace Nduta…
The Tax Appeals Tribunal has dismissed a suit by media company, MultiChoice Africa Holdings BV, in a dispute with the…
NACADA Chief Executive Officer Anthony Omerikwa.[File, Standard] The National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA) has…
Out of over 60,000 Kenyans who applied for Schengen Visas in 2024, 18,899 faced rejection and lost an estimated KSh…
Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission. [File, Standard] The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has arrested two suspects in connection with a…
The government has moved to protect interest of members in the Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies (SACCOS) following growing cases…
Members of Ndoinet Beekeepers inspecting a beehive during a training session at Ndoinet Forest. [Courtesy] Beekeeping counties have been called…
Listed lender Standard Chartered Bank Kenya has posted a 13.5% decline in net profit to KSh 4.86 billion in Q1…
The Ministry of Education has released Ksh 22 billion in capitation funds for Term 2 after school heads and principals…
The government is estimating it will need KSh2.5 trillion to implement 2023-2027 energy strategy, which is heavy on expanding exploration…
Crime Scene. [Courtesy] A post-mortem conducted on the body of Catholic priest Father John Maina Ndegwa on Monday revealed inconclusive…
Global fintech firm Cross Switch has expanded into Kenya, teaming up with local payment provider ‘Pesawise’ in a move aimed…
President William Ruto meet St.Marys School Yata disabled pupils during his Ukambani Tour as Depiuty President in 2016. [Boniface Okendo] The postponement of President William Ruto’s tour of the Ukambani region…
The High Court has issued temporary orders barring government agencies and telecom providers from interfering with internet access, in advance…
Women extract gold nuggets at Kaoron area along Turkana -West Pokot border. Photo taken on July 30, 2020. [LUCAS NGASIKE/STANDARD]…
Listed power generating company KenGen is set to build a KSh 17bn, 100MW green hydrogen plant, funded through concessional financing…
Members of the Maasai community hold a peaceful demonstration on 12/5/25 in support of an incoming 58mw geothermal plant in…
Deputy Chief of Staff Eliud Owalo (L) is taken through various development plans when he toured the Special Economic Zone in Mai Mahiu…
TPS Eastern Africa PLC, which operates Serena Hotels, has reinstated its dividend payout after a five-year hiatus, declaring a KSh…
Religious leaders visit farms in Mai Mahiu where over 60 people wee killed by flash floods and property worth millions…
President William Ruto accompanied by Deputy President Prof Kindiki Kithure inspect the Mariakani 400/220kV Substation, a critical infrastructure project enhancing power supply…
Former Turkana county Attorney Mr Erastus Edung Ethekon when he appeared before the selection panel in Nairobi on March 25th…
Residents during the official launch of the erection of a beacon at Sururu in Eastern Mau on April 28, 2025.…
Members of the public at a scene where a wall collapsed in Naivasha injuring one person and damaging a Nissan…
The General Service Unit officer was stationed at the Mokowe Camp, Lamu County. A General Service Unit (GSU) officer shot…
Former Turkana county Attorney Mr Erastus Edung Ethekon when he appeared before the selection panel in Nairobi on March 25th…
Court Gavel. [File] The High Court has ordered the Nyamira County government to pay five former employees it terminated their…
Francis Omondi and Archbishop Jackson Ole Sapit. [ACK] Francis Omondi has been consecrated as the second Bishop of the Anglican…
Man in Handcuff. [File, Standard] Police in Naivasha have arrested a man impersonating a senior military officer and recovered a…
A court ruling has ruled that Brew Bistro’s parent company, Five Breweries Ltd., is the lawful owner of the rooftop…
The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) narrowly missed its revenue target of KSh 2.189 Trillion after collecting KSh 2.112 Trillion as…
Loima MP DR. Protus Akujah addressing Loima residents during NG-CDF public participation in Loima Constituency on May 6, 2025. [Lucas…
Emurua Dikirr Mp Johanna Ngeno, arriving for a meeting with residents of Angata Barikoi. April 29, 2025. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard] Two Members…
Majority of unclaimed assets rest with Kenya’s banking sector at KSh 3.3 billion in 2024, a slight decrease from KSh…
Four arrested in Sh25.8b fake gold scam. [Courtesy] DCI officers in Nairobi have arrested four individuals linked to fake gold…
Kenyan banks scored an average of 43.7% in the WWF’s inaugural 2024 Sustainable Banking Assessment (SUSBA), second only to South…
Photo of Kabunde Airstrip,Homa Bay. [MINA] Homa Bay County is set to benefit from the ongoing refurbishment of Kabunde Airstrip…
Farmers deliver tea leaves to Kebirigo tea factory in Nyamira County on November 2, 2020. [Sammy Omingo, Standard] Tea farmers from Kebirigo Tea Factory in Nyamira County will be…
Grace Nduta Njoki displaying documents of land that she claims was grabbed in Kiambu county by cartels. May 5, 2025.…
Kiambu Senator Karungo Thang’wa Chairing Senate Committee on Roads, Transportation and Housing at Bunge Tower in Nairobi on September 03,…
Kiambu Senator Karungo Thang’wa Chairing Senate Committee on Roads, Transportation and Housing at Bunge Tower in Nairobi on September 03,…
Kenya’s secondary bond market had a great start to 2025, with trading volumes that highlight increased investor interest and better…
Kakamega Governor Fernandes Barasa {left) when he visited beneficial of the ongoing free aye surgery programe at Kakamega county referral…
Airtel Africa has announced that it has inked a deal with SpaceX to bring Starlink’s satellite-based internet services in the…
Swabrina Esmael, one of the students under the Young Conservation Scholarship champions. May 1, 2025. [Caroline Chebet, Standard] When 16-year-old…
President William Ruto will not assent to the Conflict of Interest Bill passed by Parliament after expressing concerns that it…
Elizabeth Mawia, mother of a 13-year-old girl mauled by a lioness in Kajiado holds her daughter’s portrait in Twala village.…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of Nigeria has named four Kenyans suspected of involvement in the collapsed online…
Nyeri nominated MCA Agnes Wanjiru speaking to the press a day after she lost a million shillings in a Murang’a…
Crime scene. [Photo, Standard] Mystery surrounds the whereabouts of a pastor who was abducted alongside his driver along the Kitale-Eldoret…
Implementation Committee Budalangi MP Raphael Wanjala at the Bunge Towers, Nairobi. [Elvis Ogina, Standard] Members of Parliament have raised concerns…
An underage boy drives home flock he was attending to from a rubbish collection zone in Mbita town(File/ Standard) A…
Land prices in Nairobi suburbs remained unchanged in the first quarter of 2025 compared to the previous quarter, as property…
The National Planning & Development Management System (NPDMS), introduced to digitize and streamline building approvals in Nairobi, is facing growing…
A family in Homa Bay County is pleading for justice over mysterious death of their 40-year-old son who died in…
Police in Kitengela, Kajiado County, have arrested a military officer following the alleged death of his girlfriend.[File, Standard] Police in…
Pokot women in their beaded traditional attire. [Irissheel Shanzu] In the heart of West Pokot County, where rugged hills stretch into the…