Nyabari Chache MP Zaheer Jhanda has proposed that political parties nominate candidates for party-list seats after the General Election rather than before voting, arguing the electoral outcome should first determine how many party-list seats each party receives.
22 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Kenya's electric mobility sector has grown sharply, with registered EVs rising to 24,754 in 2025 from 796 in 2022, and electricity consumption for charging jumping 188% in 2025. Regulators have rewritten tariff rules in response to the sector's expanding impact on the national grid.
22 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Kenya's High Court dismissed a petition by Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah challenging the constitutionality of national-level tallying and verification of presidential election results. The court upheld provisions allowing aggregation of results at the national level, finding it necessary because the Constitution requires a presidential candidate to secure more than 50 per cent of all votes cast nationally.
22 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Kenya's High Court has dismissed a challenge by Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah against the national aggregation and verification of presidential election results, ruling that the two-tier constitutional threshold — requiring a candidate to secure more than half of all votes cast and at least 25 per cent in more than half of counties — can only be established through national aggregation.
22 September 2026 · Capital News →
Justice Bahati Mwamuye ruled unconstitutional the law that restricted retired presidents from holding political-party office and allowed Parliament to interfere with their retirement benefits. The judgment conflicts with another High Court ruling by Justice Lawrence Mugambi, issued a week earlier, upholding the same restriction.
22 September 2026 · The Standard →
September is suicide prevention month. According to the World Health Organisation, one person dies by suicide every 40 seconds; in Kenya, about four people die by suicide daily. High suicide rates reflect poor mental health, and while a January 2025 High Court ruling decriminalised attempted suicide, the government has been slow to implement systems to prevent suicide.
22 September 2026 · The Standard →
A High Court judge declared unconstitutional the law restricting retired presidents from holding political-party office and allowing Parliament to interfere with their retirement benefits, creating a conflict with another judge who upheld the same restriction a week earlier.
22 September 2026 · The Standard →
An opinion piece argues that the National Treasury has converted Article 223 of the Constitution—originally intended as a narrow escape valve for urgent crises—into a regular off-budget financing pipeline for highly predictable spending, which Parliament then regularises retroactively after commitments are complete.
22 September 2026 · The Standard →
Kenya and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime have agreed to establish a multi-agency team to develop a national strategy combating cybercrime, maritime crime, drug abuse, and border control weaknesses. President Ruto committed to advancing Kenya's ratification of the UN Convention against Cybercrime and deepening cooperation on law enforcement training and treatment standards.
22 September 2026 · The Standard →