Senior leaders in President William Ruto's government have engaged in bitter exchanges that expose the Kenya Kwanza coalition's internal divisions, with Cabinet Secretaries continuing to trade criticism.
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Senior leaders in President William Ruto's government have engaged in bitter exchanges that expose the Kenya Kwanza coalition's internal divisions, with Cabinet Secretaries continuing to trade criticism.
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Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua's self-imposed 45-day political isolation, nearing its July 31st deadline, has consolidated Mt Kenya regional support and enabled talks with former President Uhuru Kenyatta, but has not resolved disagreement among opposition principals over naming a united flagbearer for 2027 elections.
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Two years after Kenya's Gen Z uprising transformed the country's political landscape, a new poll reveals that the nation's young voters overwhelmingly believe the country and its economy are heading in the wrong direction.
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President William Ruto acknowledged during a church service in Amagoro, Busia County, that securing another five-year mandate in 2027 will not come easily and will require a determined political fight.
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Deputy President Kithure Kindiki, despite being President Ruto's Principal Assistant and UDA Deputy Party leader, faces a serious challenge to his position amid reports that his Intergovernmental Coordination docket has been handed to Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi.
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Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna said he is prepared to work with former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua despite voting for his impeachment, arguing that opposition efforts to unseat President William Ruto take priority. Sifuna stated the Linda Mwananchi movement will collaborate with anyone committed to upholding the Constitution, the rule of law, and removing Ruto from office.
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Bingo Technologies has unveiled the Bingo E2, an AI-powered electric vehicle designed for Africa's ride-hailing industry, featuring a dual-battery system with combined range of up to 440 kilometres. The company launched in Kenya citing the country's supportive electric mobility policies, high fuel prices, and thriving ride-hailing sector.
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KCB Bank Kenya has signed a $100 million financing facility with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development to expand credit access for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises. Under the agreement, 35 per cent of the facility will be directed toward women and youth-led enterprises, while 30 per cent will finance eligible green investments.
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Meru, Embu and Tharaka Nithi counties have signed an MoU to jointly establish a regional waste recycling plant in Tharaka Nithi that will process organic agricultural waste into fertiliser, clean energy and other value-added products, addressing poor waste management in Kenya's agricultural sector.
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Strathmore Blades head coach Tony Ochieng remained positive after his team's 48-42 defeat to Stanbic Shields in the Kenya National Men's Basketball Premier League, praising the players' resilience and second-half comeback despite costly mistakes deciding the match.
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An opinion piece argues that South Africa's xenophobic violence, which has driven close to 30,000 people including tens of Kenyans to be deported as of May 2026, stems from economic inequality and broken post-apartheid promises, undermining the spirit of Ubuntu-inspired regional cooperation.
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Italy recorded 355,000 births in 2025 with a fertility rate of 1.14 children per woman—the lowest since 1945—due to economic pressures, job insecurity, and inadequate support for working mothers. The country needs a fertility rate of 2.1 to maintain a stable population without immigration.
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France views illegal mining along Suriname's border with French Guiana as a critical issue and is pushing for joint action; Suriname signed but never ratified a 2021 border delineation agreement that included measures to combat illicit gold extraction.
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A senior UN official told the Security Council that violence in the occupied West Bank has escalated in the past week, resulting in civilian casualties, displacement, and property damage, with Israeli settler attacks against Palestinian communities persisting at alarming levels.
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Rescuers found an additional 30 people killed in a July 17 landslide that struck Pengshui County in southwestern China's Chongqing, bringing the total death toll to 41. The landslide swept away several residential buildings at the foot of a mountain and along a riverbank.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with US President Donald Trump at the White House, discussing licenses to produce Patriot air-defense interceptors and ways to revive negotiations with Russia. Zelensky said the meeting was "good" and stressed the importance of reinvigorating the diplomatic process.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the White House Tuesday for his first in-person talks with President Donald Trump since the Iran war began in late February. The closed-door meeting, described by the White House as "positive and productive," lasted about an hour and a half and was dominated by discussion of the conflict, which is currently paused as Washington seeks to give negotiations a chance.
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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has called for the EU to reduce its proposed 2028-2034 budget by several hundred billion euros and strengthen competitiveness, arguing that the European Commission's two-trillion-euro spending plan is too high.
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An opinion piece argues that Kenya's affordable housing initiative, like a failed development project that provided water infrastructure without understanding community needs, may be solving the wrong problem by not addressing the actual barriers to housing access.
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An opinion piece warns that Kenya's Ol Kalou by-election—marked by distribution of gas cylinders, mattresses, and other goods timed suspiciously before voting—follows a pattern of electoral misconduct seen across East and Southern Africa. The piece argues that such practices represent slow-motion failures in election conduct that have become recognizable across the region.
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