… Once they arrived in Juja, the duo stopped at a Shell petrol station, and Wairimu decided to walk over to the nearby Senate Hotel to inquire about joining a gym. …
… The Tanzania gas project, which aims to establish East Africa as an emerging LNG export hub to Asia, will be jointly operated by Equinor, Shell, and Exxon Mobil. …
Shell clashes with climate activists in Dutch Supreme Court By AFP May 23, 2026 05:11 (EAT) Add as a Preferred Source on Google Follow us Follow on Whatsapp Follow on Google Follow on Twitter The logo of British multinational oil and gas company Shell is displayed during the LNG …
Shell faces lawsuits seeking compensation for extreme weather events: Brazilian prosecutors and an NGO filed suit for $108 million over catastrophic 2024 flooding that killed nearly 200 people and displaced half a million, and separately over a typhoon in the Philippines. The cases represent a new legal strategy to hold polluters liable for specific climate disasters.
Shell faces lawsuits seeking compensation for extreme weather events: Brazilian prosecutors and an NGO filed suit for $108 million over catastrophic 2024 flooding that killed nearly 200 people and displaced half a million, and separately over a typhoon in the Philippines. The cases represent a new legal strategy to hold polluters liable for specific climate disasters.
Activist Boniface Muteti Mulinge, missing since his alleged arrest during a Nairobi protest on September 21, was found alive and injured in Lukenya, Machakos County, early Friday after being allegedly dumped there. He had walked to a Shell petrol station for help and was hospitalized for medical attention.
Activist Boniface Mulinge Muteti, who disappeared after protests in Nairobi over Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye's detention, was found dumped in the Lukenya area early Friday and walked to a Shell petrol station to seek help. He was taken to Lifecare Hospital in Mlolongo, where he is receiving treatment and described as disoriented, weak, and injured.
Absa Bank Kenya and Vivo Energy Kenya have partnered to provide tailored financing to Shell service station dealers for advance rent payments and construction of new sites, allowing operators to preserve working capital for daily operations. Vivo Energy operates about 350 Shell service stations across Kenya.
Michuki Hinga won the 2WD Non-Turbo Senior Car category at Round Five of the 2026 Shell Autocross Rally at Stoni Athi, clocking 10:39 minutes ahead of Adriano Varese (11:45) and Tariq Rashid (12:11). Tinashe Gatimu finished third in the 4WD Turbo Car Restrictor class with 20:46 minutes.
Ukraine said Russian missile strikes on the Turkish-owned cargo ship Golden Leo carrying grain killed six crew members, with four more missing and eight rescued, hours after Moscow fired two dozen ballistic missiles at Kyiv killing one person and wounding 16.
Vivo Energy Kenya has opened its 350th Shell service station, Shell Basic 58 in Nakuru, marking the company's continued expansion in Kenya's fuel retail sector and its 11th outlet in the town.
During a state visit to Beijing, Namibian President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah secured commitments from Chinese leader Xi Jinping to step up cooperation in energy, farming, infrastructure, and minerals sectors. Nandi-Ndaitwah is seeking investment to implement election pledges to create jobs and diversify the Namibian economy.
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations has revealed that the probe into the death of Kenya Forest Service Legal Services Manager Esther Wairimu Keige remains active, with homicide not ruled out despite an inconclusive post-mortem examination. Keige's body was recovered at a coffee plantation in Juja, Kiambu County, weeks after her disappearance on June 10, 2026, after she was dropped at a Shell petrol station in Juja to inquire about gym services and did not return.
A French court has ordered TotalEnergies to account for its clients' emissions and outline measures to address them in a climate case, though it stopped short of imposing specific measures like halting new fossil fuel projects or cutting oil and gas production that plaintiffs demanded.
A family in Juja is appealing for public help to find Esther Wairimu Keige, who went missing on Wednesday afternoon after leaving a Shell petrol station to visit a nearby hotel. She was last seen in the Gachororo area wearing a black dress and black shoes.
An opinion piece argues that recent deadly protests over fuel prices in Kenya, Comoros and Mozambique underscore Africa's vulnerability to global oil price shocks, particularly as major East African economies import nearly all their refined petroleum; the writer urges the region to shift to clean energy solutions.
Shell and pressure group Milieudefensie faced off in the Dutch Supreme Court over whether Shell should be forced to cut carbon emissions. The case marks the latest hearing in a long-running legal battle; Milieudefensie won a lower court ruling in 2021 requiring Shell to reduce emissions by 45 per cent by 2030, but an appeals court struck that down in 2024.
Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi has appointed former Industrialisation Cabinet Secretary Adan Abdulla Mohamed as Commissioner General of the Kenya Revenue Authority for a three-year term, effective May 18, 2026. Mohamed previously served as Chief of Strategy Execution at State House and held senior roles at Barclays Kenya.