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Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Public Policy

Tomatoes, Oranges and Power Bills Push Up Cost of Living in October

The cost of living in Kenya edged up slightly in October as prices of key household items and electricity rose, even though staple foods like maize flour became cheaper.

Fred Obura

5 days ago

Unpaid wages, Mounting Liabilities: Is Posta Kenya Salvagable?

Postal services in the country remain hobbled as a standoff between the Postal Corporation of Kenya and the Communication Workers Union of Kenya drags on

Brian Nzomo

5 days ago

Kajiado County Set to Take Over Full Management of Amboseli Park by 2029

Officials say the Amboseli model, balancing local control with national oversight, could become a template for future park devolution.

Fred Obura

7 days ago

Bold Targets, Thin Pockets- Kenya’s Clean Energy Funding Gap

Kenya already sources 83% of its electricity from renewables, one of the highest ratios globally, and the push toward 100% clean energy reinforces that leadership. But the gap between vision and viability remains wide.

Chelsy Maina

8 days ago

Kenya's New Sovereign Wealth Fund Bill Builds Election-Year Firewall for Public Finances

The Sovereign Wealth Fund will operate as a special government fund owned by the Treasury in trust for the country.

Fred Obura

8 days ago

The Privatization Act 2025 is Set to Overhaul Kenya’s State Asset Sale Rules

President William Ruto signed the Privatization Act 2025, replacing the 2005 law and creating a new framework for the sale of state-owned enterprises. For real time market updates and [...]

Harry Njuguna

9 days ago

Stolen Childhoods: Confronting Child Marriage in Somalia

Every year in Somalia, childhoods are quietly stolen. Thousands of girls- many still in primary school- are married off before they turn eighteen. Some are barely teenagers; others, shockingly, as [...]

Chelsy Maina

11 days ago

Eastern Africa Plots Unified Spectrum Strategy to Boost Broadband Access

The East African Community (EAC) and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Secretariats are set to develop a joint regional roadmap to translate new commitments on spectrum management into concrete policy, regulatory, [...]

Fred Obura

12 days ago

Lawmakers Grill SHA CEO Mercy Mwangangi Over Legal Fees, Audit Irregularities

The Social Health Authority (SHA) paid nearly KSh 92 million in legal fees to recover claims worth only KSh 13.9 million, a disparity at the center of a parliamentary probe [...]

Brian Nzomo

13 days ago

Kenya Increases its Air Passenger Service Levy

The Cabinet Secretary for Transport now holds the authority to vary air passenger service charges from time to time through official gazette notices, following the enactment of the Air Passenger [...]

Fred Obura

14 days ago

Kenyan Court Rules ‘Internet Access Not A Human Right’

The High Court has ruled that access to the internet is not a fundamental human right, rejecting a public interest petition that sought to compel the government to guarantee universal [...]

Brian Nzomo

14 days ago

Kenya Moves to Commercialise Genetically Modified Cassava

The National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) has invited public comments on a proposal by the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) to commercialise genetically modified (GM) cassava across 18 counties. According to [...]

Fred Obura

15 days ago

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