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Kirinyaga baby-friendly hospitals cut neonatal deaths to 10 per 1,000
Health & Fitness · Kirinyaga reports neonatal mortality down from 26 to 10 per 1,000 live births under Baby-friendly Ho
9 Aug 2026
FEWS NET: Kenya pastoral areas stay in food Crisis through September
Environment · FEWS NET projects most Kenyan pastoral areas remain IPC Phase 3 (Crisis) through September, improvin
9 Aug 2026
Uganda MPs and KPA push to cut non-tariff barriers on Northern Corridor
Energy & Transport · Uganda’s Tourism and Trade committee pledged to help remove non-tariff barriers after talks with Ken
9 Aug 2026
Samsung opens Kenya online brand store as electronics go direct-to-consumer
Business · Samsung Electronics East Africa launched an online brand store with Housewives Paradise, expanding d
9 Aug 2026
EACC and FBI open modern interview suite at Isiolo anti-graft office
Kenya News · EACC opened a refurbished, technology-enabled interview facility at its Isiolo office with FBI suppo
9 Aug 2026
IEBC gazettes 2026 campaign finance rules and 2027 spending limits
Kenya News · IEBC has gazetted the Election Campaign Financing Regulations, 2026 and contribution/spending limits
9 Aug 2026
Eastleigh security pact urges body cameras, CCTV and DCI crime unit
Crime · A GI-TOC Shared Security Pact for Eastleigh, built from five roundtables and UK FCDO funding, propos
9 Aug 2026
Linda Mwananchi threatens daily ORPP protests over party name block
Politics · Vihiga Senator Godfrey Osotsi said Linda Mwananchi will hold daily protests outside the Registrar of
9 Aug 2026
High Court awards retired NPSC commissioner Sh45.8m over stopped salary
Kenya News · Justice Patricia Nyaundi awarded Dr Maj (Rtd) Shadrack Mutia Muiu Sh35.784m withheld salary and Sh10
9 Aug 2026
MPs open nationwide inquiry into rising Kenyan lakes and dam levels
Environment · The National Assembly Environment Committee will expand a Baringo South statement request into a nat
9 Aug 2026
Kwale flags off first 43-tonne seaweed export consignment to Chile
Agriculture · Deputy Governor Chirema Kombo flagged off 43 tonnes of seaweed from Kibuyuni Seaweed Farmers Coopera
9 Aug 2026
KOAN study: tomatoes lead Kenyan market vegetables over EU pesticide limits
Health & Fitness · A KOAN lab study of 45 tomato, kale, spinach and onion samples from Nairobi and Nakuru markets found
9 Aug 2026
Kenya presses new BATUK terms after Haraka Storm licence standoff
Kenya News · After Kenya briefly withheld Laikipia training licences for Exercise Haraka Storm in July 2026, talk
9 Aug 2026
DPP charges NCBA, KCB and Co-op Bank CEOs over Sh363m fraud reporting failure
Finance · DPP Renson Ingonga approved POCAMLA charges against the CEOs of NCBA, KCB and Co-operative Bank over
9 Aug 2026
IPOA takes over probe after Mathare boda rider Erick Otieno dies post-custody
Crime · NPS said DCI handed the death of 19-year-old boda rider Erick Otieno to IPOA after he died at Mama M
9 Aug 2026
Ruku urges Muturi, Munya and Kivuti to back Kindiki against Gachagua
Politics · Public Service CS Geoffrey Ruku asked Justin Muturi, Peter Munya and Lenny Kivuti to work with DP Ki
9 Aug 2026
eSIM providers chase Kenya’s diaspora as smartphones hit 50.1 million
Technology · Providers such as SafSIM pitch multi-country eSIMs for Kenyan workers abroad as CA data show 50.1 mi
9 Aug 2026
UNEP funds Northern Corridor green freight push from Mombasa port
Environment · NCTTCA secured about $200,000 from UNEP toward the Northern Corridor Green Freight Strategy 2030 — e
9 Aug 2026