The Senate has scheduled a special session for Tuesday to deliberate on the controversial 2024 Finance Bill. The National Assembly Committee on Finance is conducting its final public consultation on the bill at the KICC on Monday. Senate Majority Leader Aaron Cheruiyot has called for the special session to address …

Kenya’s Junior Starlets are on the verge of securing their first-ever berth in the 2024 Fifa U17 Women’s World Cup, following a commanding 3-0 victory over Burundi in Ethiopia last Sunday. Goals by Lorna Faith, Marion Serenge, and Susan Akoth in the 11th, 43rd, and 71st minutes respectively propelled Kenya …

Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro and Embakasi East MP Babu Owino, along with other young MPs, strongly denounce divisive politics and advocate for national unity in Kenya. They criticize leaders who aim to divide the nation along tribal lines, asserting that such tactics are outdated. Emphasizing the equality enshrined in the …

Narendra Modi, leader of the Hindu Nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has taken oath as India’s prime minister for a third time. The ceremony took place at Rashtrapati Bhavan, the official residence of the Indian president. Mr Modi’s BJP-led National Democratic Alliance won the general election with 293 seats, a …

Former police spokesperson Jasper Ombati Nyauma has been appointed as the new Rift Valley Regional police commander in recent announcements made on Friday, replacing Tom Odero, who has been called back to police headquarters in Nairobi. The Inspector General of Police, Japhet Koome, made the announcement. Ombati, who had been …

The Independent Policing Oversight Authority (Ipoa) has strongly denounced an incident wherein a driver assaulted a police officer in Kasarani. According to Ipoa chairperson Anne Makori, the officer, Corporal Jacob Ogendo, was assaulted while on traffic duty along Kamiti Road. Makori emphasized that all involved suspects are currently in police …

Experts anticipate that the Kenyan shilling will reach Sh138 against the US dollar by June, according to financial analysts. These projections come from Stears, a pan-African market insights firm, which observed significant fluctuations in the shilling during May, with a notable 2.09% appreciation between May 2 and 16. Despite this, …

The Kenya Meteorological Department (KMD) has announced the onset of the cold weather season in the Central Highlands and Nairobi area. While releasing the June, July to August weather forecast, the Director of Meteorological Service Dr. David Gikungu said the counties of Laikipia, Meru, Embu, Kirinyaga, Nairobi, Kiambu, Murang’a, Tharaka …

Claudia Sheinbaum has been elected as Mexico’s first female president in a historic victory. Mexico’s official election authority said preliminary results showed the 61-year-old former Mexico City mayor winning between 58% and 60% of the vote in Sunday’s election. That gives him a lead of more than 30 percentage points …

More than 50 people have died in India in the past three days as extreme heat continues to hit parts of the country. At least 33 people died in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh over the weekend due to the heat. In the state of Odisha (Orissa), about 20 …