KENYA NEWS

Night running, once treated as a dangerous rural taboo, has been reworked in Kenya’s media and urban culture into a symbolic way of describing life and work after dark. In parts of Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, reports persist of people who move through communities at night without clothing, alarming…

Kenyan schools will reopen on 5 January 2026 for the first term of the academic year, according to the Ministry of Education’s official calendar. The first term will run for 13 weeks and end on 2 April, followed by a three-week holiday. A mid-term break is scheduled from 25 February to 1 March. The…

Kenya will roll out a nationwide strategy in 2026 to tackle alcohol and drug abuse, with President William Ruto placing the crisis at the centre of the government’s security and development agenda. In his New Year’s address at the Eldoret State Lodge, President Ruto said substance abuse had reached…

Residents of Mathare in Nairobi began planting trees in August 2017 to honour people killed during police operations, linking memorialisation with demands for environmental and social justice. The effort was organised by the Mathare Green Movement (MGM), a community-led group that uses tree…

Embakasi East MP Paul Ongili, known as Babu Owino, has been admitted as an advocate of the High Court. Owino has been one of Kenya’s most controversial politicians, facing several high-profile criminal cases over more than a decade. None of these cases has resulted in a lasting conviction, allowing…

A constitutional petition has been filed at the High Court in Nairobi seeking to ban the playing of loud music in public service vehicles, arguing that the practice violates commuters’ constitutional rights. The petition was lodged by lawyer Samuel Borongo Nyamari, who says excessive noise in…

Kenya’s security agencies seized 149,565 units of contraband and counterfeit goods between September 2024 and August 2025, a drop of more than 50 percent from the previous year, according to a report tabled in Parliament. The Annual Report on the State of National Security, presented by President…

National Assembly Majority Leader Kimani Ichung’wah has said that calls for a constitutional referendum by Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi do not reflect the official position of the Kenya Kwanza administration. Speaking on 30 December, Ichung’wah said Mudavadi’s remarks on constitutional…

Suna East MP Junet Mohamed has publicly embraced the label “washenzi” after ODM Secretary General Edwin Sifuna criticised party members who support President William Ruto’s Broad-Based Government, deepening divisions within the Orange Democratic Movement. The disagreement centres on ODM’s…

Retired President Uhuru Kenyatta has rejected claims that he is seeking to take control of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) and warned the government against weakening Kenya’s multiparty system. Speaking on 30 December at the funeral of former Lugari MP Cyrus Jirongo in Kakamega County, Mr…