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The Standard
… The report draws on 205 respondents through key informant interviews and eight focus group discussions across nine counties, including Machakos, Kajiado, Mombasa, Embu, Kitui, Nakuru, Narok, Turkana and Kiambu. …
Inside Kenya's deadly donkey skin trade fuelled by global demandCitizen Digital
… After Kisumu, the circuit will move to Kabeberi Sevens in Nairobi (August 15–16), Driftwood Sevens in Mombasa (August 22–23), Embu Sevens (September 5–6) before concluding with the Christie Sevens in Nairobi on September 12–13.
National Sevens Circuit heads to Kisumu as Tusker boosts Dala SevensThe Standard
… A recent partnership between the counties of Meru, Embu and Tharaka Nithi has brought renewed attention to the untapped potential of agricultural waste. …
Turning farm waste into wealth: Counties bet on agricultural recyclingCitizen Digital
… He named Meru, Isiolo, Tharaka-Nithi, Embu and Kirinyaga among the counties he said carried unique challenges that required separate political negotiation to resolve. …
CS Ruku says Mt. Kenya East shortchanged, rejects claims he is dividing regionCitizen Digital
… Speaking on Saturday in Embu during DCP’s ‘Meet the People’ tour, Gachagua defended young people from the Mt. …
‘Kama wewe ni mwanaume niweke kwa cell!’ Gachagua dares Murkomen to arrest him over Mungiki claimsCitizen Digital
… Kenya region through its network of frequencies, including Nairobi (98.9 FM), Murang'a (96.9 FM), Nyeri (97.8 FM), Embu (102.0 FM), and Meru (95.1 FM). …
Pomp and Colour as Inooro FM celebrates 23rd anniversaryThe Standard
… "I want to travel to the US next month but before I go, I want us to do rallies here and there," Gachagua announced.Part of the places he has said he will be doing rallies in are Embu and Meru next week, together with Kiambaa and Laikipia. …
Gachagua set to depart for US next monthCapital News
… These are GPO, City Square, Eastleigh, Kibra and Makadara in Nairobi; Kiambu (Thika), Nyeri, Embu, Meru, Laikipia (Nanyuki), Nakuru, Kericho, Uasin Gishu (Eldoret), Kitale, Kakamega, Bungoma, Kisumu, Kisii, Migori and Mombasa Huduma Centres. …
Government Extends Operating Hours at 21 Huduma CentresCitizen Digital
… "Mkinipea wajumbe 100 wale loyal, mtakuwa mmenisaidia." Gachagua added that he would take his message across the wider Mt Kenya region once he wrapped up his current engagements, naming Meru and Embu among his next stops. …
'Stay away from Kenya,' Gachagua tells tourists, investors over insecurityCitizen Digital
… "President William Ruto has said that he has constructed the road from Maikutano to Mwea, then to Embu, through Runyenjes, Tharaka, up to Meru and Isiolo," he added. …
CS Ruku pushes for Mt Kenya East autonomy, cites decades of marginalisationA Senate report shows that only six counties—Kwale, Embu, Kericho, Mandera, Siaya, and Uasin Gishu—met the legal requirement to allocate at least 30 per cent of their budgets to development expenditure in the 2024/25 financial year, revealing widespread failure by devolved units to channel public funds into projects that directly improve residents' lives.
19 hours ago · Capital News →
A Senate report shows that only six counties—Kwale, Embu, Kericho, Mandera, Siaya, and Uasin Gishu—met the legal requirement to allocate at least 30 per cent of their budgets to development expenditure in the 2024/25 financial year, revealing widespread failure by devolved units to channel public funds into projects that directly improve residents' lives.
19 hours ago · Capital News →
Five counties—Embu, Narok, Wajir, Kitui, and Kilifi—are the best performing in fiscal discipline, according to a Parliamentary Budget Office report released yesterday, showing improved county fiscal performance compared to the previous financial year, while Kisumu and Nairobi are among the worst users of development funds.
7 August 2026 · The Standard →
A 29-year-old farmhand, Lawrence Murimi, was found buried in a shallow grave within the compound where he worked in Embu, in a suspected murder. Police say he was killed following a confrontation with a co-worker, identified as Josphat Kamenju, who is now under investigation.
6 August 2026 · Citizen Digital →
The Senate's inaugural County Fiscal Performance Measurement Index ranked Embu as Kenya's best-performing county in the 2024/25 financial year with a score of 0.689, while Kisumu ranked last. The index, which measures counties across seven indicators including development expenditure and audit opinions, found that 35 counties attained a "C" grade, reflecting gradual progress in budget execution despite persistent fiscal management challenges in several counties.
6 August 2026 · Capital News →
Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka has dismissed President William Ruto's proposed Vision 2060 development framework as a political deception meant to divert attention from pressing economic challenges. He argued the government should first uphold constitutionalism and the rule of law, and that immediate interventions on cost of living, unemployment and inflation are needed rather than long-term promises.
2 August 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka has urged President Ruto to prioritise constitutional implementation and address immediate economic challenges like high cost of living, unemployment and inflation, rather than launching Vision 2060. Kalonzo argued that Kenya has yet to achieve Vision 2030 objectives, making Vision 2060 premature and a "political deception."
2 August 2026 · The Standard →
A parcel truck collided head-on with a tuk-tuk at Murubara along the Mwea–Embu Highway in Kirinyaga County at around 6:00 a.m. on Saturday, killing eight people — seven women and one man — who were farm workers heading to the Mwea Irrigation Research area. Residents blamed the poor condition of the Murubara section of the highway.
1 August 2026 · Citizen Digital →
A head-on collision on the Mwea-Embu highway in Kirinyaga County left eight people dead and three injured on Saturday morning, after a speeding parcel delivery truck collided with a tuk-tuk carrying agricultural laborers near Murubara.
1 August 2026 · Citizen Digital →
The Director of Public Prosecutions, Attorney General, and Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission have urged the High Court to strike out a case filed by Kangema Principal Magistrate Martin Kinyua seeking to block arrest and prosecution over a Sh150,000 bribe allegation, arguing he is trying to evade trial without showing his rights were violated.
31 July 2026 · The Standard →
Mt Kenya legislators allied to the government have rejected ODM's demand for a 50-50 share of government and the Deputy President's seat, arguing that ODM joined the administration through a broad-based arrangement and has no moral authority to make such demands.
30 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Criminal networks in Kenya now kill donkeys on the spot for their skins rather than stealing live animals, a shift driven by international demand for donkey skin gelatin used in traditional Chinese medicine. Kenya's donkey population fell from 1.8 million in 2009 to 1.1 million in 2019, prompting researchers to warn the species faces an "extinction stage."
30 July 2026 · The Standard →
The 2026 National Sevens Circuit's second leg, the Dala Sevens, takes place August 1–2 at Jomo Kenyatta Stadium in Mamboleo, with Tusker injecting Ksh.1.5 million and hosting the official after-parties on both days.
29 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
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.
29 July 2026 · The Standard →
Cabinet Secretary Geoffrey Ruku has dismissed accusations from Rigathi Gachagua's camp that he was dispatched by President William Ruto to split the Mt. Kenya region, saying he is only addressing development disparities and accusing Gachagua of political arrogance.
27 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Democracy for Citizens Party leader Rigathi Gachagua challenged Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen to arrest him rather than issue threats, while defending young people from the Mt. Kenya region against allegations linking them to the outlawed Mungiki sect.
25 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Inooro FM, Kenya's premier Kikuyu language radio station, is celebrating its 23rd anniversary since launching in 2003, commanding more than two million daily listeners and accounting for more than five per cent of the country's total radio listenership.
22 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua announced he will travel to the United States next month after conducting rallies in several Kenyan counties. Upon his return from the US, he plans to tour other regions including the Coast and Western areas to expand his political support base beyond Central Kenya.
21 July 2026 · The Standard →
Huduma Kenya extended the operating hours of the Makueni Huduma Centre to 7:00am–7:00pm, Monday to Friday, making it the 21st centre across the country to adopt the 12-hour service model to improve access to government services for citizens unable to visit during conventional 8:00am–5:00pm working hours.
20 July 2026 · Capital News →
Opposition Democratic for Citizens Party (DCP) leader Rigathi Gachagua has told tourists and investors to stay away from Kenya, attributing the advice to rising insecurity he blames on government. Speaking at a church service in Kerugoya, he urged visitors to suspend trips and investors to hold off "until next year."
19 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Public Service Cabinet Secretary Geoffrey Ruku is championing a proposal for Mt Kenya East to gain autonomy from the larger Mt Kenya region, arguing that successive governments have neglected the area since independence through unequal distribution of development, leadership opportunities and public resources. Ruku cited road infrastructure disparities—22.3% on the east versus 77.75% on the west—and vowed to push for division of Mt Kenya into eastern and western blocs to secure equitable development.
18 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Hundreds of youths and boda boda operators took to the streets in Embu to celebrate the Democracy for the Citizens Party's victory in the Ol Kalou parliamentary by-election, bringing traffic to a near standstill along the Embu–Meru Highway. DCP candidate Sammy Douglas Kamau Ngotho secured 35,440 votes to defeat UDA candidate Samuel Muchina Nyagah, who received 5,450 votes.
18 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
An opinion piece argues that Africa's growing young population, digitally native and tech-savvy, represents the continent's most valuable resource for competing in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, contrasting this human asset with traditional reliance on mineral wealth.
17 July 2026 · The Standard →
A 30-year-old man from Muthigini village in Gichugu, Kirinyaga County, died after neighbours attacked him when he knocked on his mother's door around 10 p.m. on Monday night. Neighbours who heard the knocking suspected he was a thief, while some claimed they thought he intended to attack his mother; he was pronounced dead on arrival at hospital on Wednesday night.
15 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
President William Ruto coordinated the second tranche of the National Youth Opportunities Towards Advancement (NYOTA) funds programme using a newsroom-style format, directing his Cabinet and senior officials from Ulinzi Complex in Nairobi as they reported on fund disbursements across Kenya.
10 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
President William Ruto criticized leaders using abusive language to stir ethnic divisions and urged Kenyans to judge politicians by their development record rather than divisive rhetoric. Speaking at a church service in Embu, Ruto said his administration will not tolerate tribal politics and ruled out collaborating with leaders who rely on tribalism, insults, and hate speech.
5 July 2026 · The Standard →
Public Service Cabinet Secretary Geoffrey Ruku has called for Mt Kenya East (Meru, Tharaka Nithi, Embu, Mwea and Isiolo counties) to unite and support President William Ruto's re-election bid, saying the region's strength is rooted in backing Ruto and Deputy President Kithure Kindiki.
5 July 2026 · The Standard →
County Assemblies spent Ksh.1.12 billion on MCAs' sitting allowances against an approved budget of Ksh.2.02 billion over nine months, with Embu MCAs averaging Ksh.134,577 above the Salaries and Remuneration Commission limit of Ksh.124,800.
1 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Mercy Murugi Munyi, a 26-year-old artisan known as "Shawry for Wood," transitioned from studying criminology at Chuka University to carpentry in Ruiru after facing Kenya's tough job market. She started selling curved wooden chairs from home in Embakasi and has since built her reputation in the furniture industry.
26 June 2026 · Capital News →
Police deployed officers and erected roadblocks across Embu on Thursday ahead of planned Gen Z anniversary demonstrations commemorating victims of the 2024 anti-Finance Bill protests. The Embu West Sub-County Police Commander said major entry and exit points were under surveillance to prevent weapons and materials that could cause violence from entering the town.
25 June 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Civil society organisations have accused security agencies of violating constitutional rights through roadblocks, movement restrictions and arrests during June 25 Gen Z memorial protests. The Police Reforms Working Group said the blanket restrictions denied millions of Kenyans access to work and services, and violated High Court rulings protecting freedom of movement, association, and peaceful assembly.
25 June 2026 · The Standard →