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Starving basic education: Government reduces budget allocation for free learning, adds for TVETs

Nairobi, May 7 -- The financing problems that have recently plagued the basic education sector are likely to continue after the National Treasury retained almost the same amount of money allocated for... Read More


Kenya's devastating floods expose decades of poor urban planning, bad land management

Nairobi, May 7 -- Floods in Kenya killed at least 169 people between March and April 2024. The most catastrophic of these deaths occurred after a flash flood swept through a rural village killing 42 ... Read More


Tycoon's daughter charged with forging will to disinherit sisters

Nairobi, May 7 -- A daughter of late business tycoon Balkrishna Ramji Haribhai Devani has been charged with forging her father's will to disinherit her two sisters. Dinta Devani, her husband Abhay Si... Read More


Race against time as colleges prepare to admit CBC learners

Nairobi, May 7 -- It is a race against time as tertiary institutions prepare to welcome the first cohort of Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) high school graduates in 2029. However, many of these uni... Read More


Five-storey buildingcollapses in Uthiru

Nairobi, May 7 -- A five-storey building has collapsed in Uthiru, Nairobi, response teams en route to the scene, Kenya Red Cross confirms. An incident report seen by the Nation states that all tenant... Read More


Milestone in mountain bongo conservation efforts

Nairobi, May 7 -- A 20-year campaign to save one of Kenya's critically endangered antelope from extinction, the mountain bongo has made significant progress with the release of 24 animals into the wil... Read More


Kiama saga: Let's revisit appointment formula

Nairobi, May 7 -- The University of Nairobi has been in the news for the wrong reasons in recent times. Leadership wrangles threaten stability. Vice-chancellor Stephen Kiama has been thrust into fight... Read More


Court denies suspended NCPB MD Kimote anticipatory bail

Nairobi, May 7 -- The High Court has declined to grant suspended National Cereals and Produce Board Managing Director Joseph Muna Kimote an anticipatory bail, pending his arrest. Mr Kimote moved to c... Read More


Man under siege: Why restless nurses want Seth Panyako out

Nairobi, May 7 -- Amid his calls for a nationwide nurses' strike, Kenya National Union of Nurses (KNUN) Secretary-General Seth Panyako is a man under siege. The official, who on Sunday issued a one-w... Read More


Countries seek to secure the movement of nuclear material

Nairobi, May 7 -- Representatives of eight countries are meeting in Kenya to discuss safety and security concerns around the transportation of nuclear and radioactive material. The teams, mainly draw... Read More