Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua and Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro, once political allies who campaigned together for President William Ruto, have reignited a confrontation over political control of the Mt Kenya region as they jostle for influence ahead of 2027.
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Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua and Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro, once political allies who campaigned together for President William Ruto, have reignited a confrontation over political control of the Mt Kenya region as they jostle for influence ahead of 2027.
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President William Ruto's UDA party will receive Sh549,970,254 (approximately 39 per cent) of the Sh1.4 billion Political Parties Fund for the 2026/2027 financial year, topping the allocation list alongside ODM, according to a gazette notice by the Registrar of Political Parties.
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A TIFA Research opinion poll released in September 2026 indicates that more than half of Kenyans oppose the Broad-Based Government arrangement between President William Ruto and the late Prime Minister Raila Odinga, with 76 per cent of respondents feeling the country is moving in the wrong direction and only 15 per cent believing Kenya is moving in the right direction.
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Experts including town planners and valuers are warning that Nairobi's ongoing beautification with cabro stones in the city centre could worsen flooding without adequate drainage infrastructure, particularly as El Niño rains approach. Nairobi County has identified 16 high-risk flood zones, and prior flooding in 2025 left 20 people dead.
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Former UNCTAD Secretary-General Dr Mukhisa Kituyi left the opposition coalition and joined the Edwin Sifuna-led Linda Mwananchi movement, citing disagreements over the coalition's organization and its failure to develop a shared political agenda. Kituyi, who had been designated spokesperson and head of the United Opposition secretariat, said his efforts to establish a joint secretariat collapsed after constituent parties chose to continue operating from their individual party headquarters.
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Former UNCTAD Secretary-General Mukhisa Kituyi alleged on Citizen TV that President William Ruto ordered Tata Chemicals Magadi to leave Kenya not as an expulsion but to pressure the company into renegotiating its government agreement and provide funds ahead of the 2027 General Election.
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Doctors carry lasting psychological burden from patients they could not save, with some deaths affecting them long after their shifts end. The article explores the toll this takes on healthcare workers as the nurses' strike concludes.
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Kenya's public health system was paralysed for 43 days by a nurses' strike, during which 522 deaths occurred. The KNUNM Secretary General signed a return-to-work agreement on September 9, 2026 to end the crisis.
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The proposed Legal Education (Advocates Training Programme) Regulations, 2026, would end the Kenya School of Law's exclusive position in training advocates by allowing accredited public and private institutions that meet Council for Legal Education standards to offer the programme.
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Young mothers, including a 17-year-old Form Four student, have been detained days after giving birth at Makueni Mother and Child Hospital after failing to pay medical bills. One mother said she delivered at a private hospital for Sh12,000 before being referred to the county facility when complications developed.
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Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard scored a late strike to secure a 1-0 Champions League victory over Napoli, continuing the English champions' perfect campaign start.
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Iran's Revolutionary Guards announced a new "prohibited zone" extending miles beyond the Strait of Hormuz into the Sea of Oman and Arabian Sea, warning that vessels entering without coordination will face sanctions. The restriction is part of ongoing tensions since the start of a war with the United States on February 28, amid talks with Oman over a temporary shipping route.
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China rejected US accusations that Chinese AI labs including DeepSeek and Moonshot AI systematically stole American model capabilities through knowledge distillation, calling the allegations "groundless" and a pretext for industrial monopoly.
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Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said his country was "not planning to expel or to deport anyone from Gaza Strip," though he acknowledged that if Palestinians chose to leave voluntarily and another country accepted them, Israel would not oppose it. Several Israeli cabinet members have previously spoken of plans to remove all two million people from Gaza, largely framing the initiative as voluntary.
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A Timbuktu Institute study found that generative AI is increasingly being used to "amplify and accelerate" existing faultlines in Mali's security crisis, with conflict factions mastering the technology to varying degrees and the country serving as an "open-air laboratory" for AI's use in warfare.
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