An opinion piece argues that young cabinet secretaries in Ruto's government have failed to demonstrate leadership ability, instead focusing on changing wardrobes and adopting the trappings of power, and questions whether inexperienced appointees are exposing the government's vulnerabilities.
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An opinion piece argues that young cabinet secretaries in Ruto's government have failed to demonstrate leadership ability, instead focusing on changing wardrobes and adopting the trappings of power, and questions whether inexperienced appointees are exposing the government's vulnerabilities.
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Political violence, disruption of public gatherings and by-elections have left several people injured or dead, yet independent institutions mandated to prevent and address such incidents have failed to act.
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DCP leader Rigathi Gachagua held talks with Wiper Patriotic Front at his Nyeri residence to forge a working relationship between the two parties, aiming to strengthen the mountain region's voice within the United Opposition and ensure coordinated participation rather than competing interests in negotiations.
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Legal experts warn that Kenya is quickly moving toward becoming a guest of the International Criminal Court due to political violence.
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ODM has declared the 2027 Deputy President running mate slot and a 50/50 state power-sharing deal as "irreducible minimums" for backing President William Ruto's re-election, creating tension within the broad-based government and unsettling Kenya Kwanza affiliate parties and Mt Kenya leaders.
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KICTANet has launched the SheConnects EmpowerHer Digital Accelerator programme, training 100 women in Nairobi, Nyandarua, and Tana River counties in digital skills including literacy, entrepreneurship, financial literacy, social media marketing and cyber hygiene. The 100 trainers will each train 50 women, aiming to reach about 5,000 women through a cascading model.
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A 2026 survey by Usawa Agenda shows that three in every 100 Senior School learners dropped out in the year preceding the survey, raising concerns about the new education structure's ability to retain children beyond Junior School, with dropout rates varying across school categories.
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Investigators are focusing on weather, human and equipment aspects as the probable cause of a helicopter crash at Mt Ololokwe in Samburu County that killed Ecuador's intelligence chief Michele Sensi-Contugi, his wife, four Americans and the pilot.
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An opinion piece argues that land fraud in Kenya is an existential risk to financial institutions and economic growth, driven by unclear Supreme Court rulings on due diligence, increasing scarcity of land especially in urban areas, and a breakdown in society's moral fabric.
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Kenya's universities need to evolve their teaching methods and collaborate with school Boards of Management and the Commission for University Education to accommodate the first cohort of learners under the Competency-Based Curriculum, which emphasizes competence, creativity, and adaptability over memorization and conformity.
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Governments across Africa are investing heavily in surveillance technologies to monitor citizens' communications and online activity under the banner of national security and service delivery, yet most Kenyans remain unaware of how much data is being collected and who has access to it. While Kenya has passed the Data Protection Act and established the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner, implementation remains inconsistent.
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