… Speaking at KALRO Seeds in Thika on Wednesday after a stakeholders’ meeting convened by the Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA), Mt Kenya Macadamia Cooperative Society chairman Gitonga Gathua said farmers are facing serious hardships due to a backlog of unsold produce.Gathua sai …
… We have 23 other facilities set up in Kenyatta Hospital, the Police Hospital in Nairobi, Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret, the Kenyatta Hospital in Thika, Alupe Hospital in Busia and many others," Ruto added. …
… He said 23 other facilities set up in Kenyatta Hospital, in the police hospital in Nairobi, in Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret, in Kenyatta Hospital in Thika, in Alupe Hospital in Busia, and in many other areas. …
NAIROBI, Kenya, May 31 — The ODM Linda Mwananchi faction is set to take its consultative rally to Thika as it seeks to expand its influence ahead of the 2027 General Election. …
Fuel protests paralyse transport in Embu, Chuka and Thika By Citizen Team May 25, 2026 12:38 (EAT) Add as a Preferred Source on Google Follow us Follow on Whatsapp Follow on Google Follow on Twitter Businesses in Embu Town were brought to a standstill after protesters lit bonfire …
NAIROBI, Kenya May 25 – Chaos erupted in parts of Central Kenya, including Nyeri, Thika and Nyahururu, after residents took to the streets to protest against increased transport fares linked to rising fuel prices. …
… Other high-profile cases include the murder of college student Seth Nyakio Njeri at Biafra Estate in Thika and the killing of 20-year-old university student Rita Waeni in January 2024. …
Residents of Munyu Village in Thika raise alarm over salty, unsafe borehole water By Moses Ngige May 22, 2026 10:17 (EAT) Add as a Preferred Source on Google Follow us Follow on Whatsapp Follow on Google Follow on Twitter Wambui wa Mburu, Resident Munyu, Thika. …
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Ruthimitu Secondary School won the Nairobi regional volleyball championship and will compete for another Kenya Secondary Schools Sports Association national title when the Term Two Games begin August 2 at the M-PESA Academy in Thika. Head coach Gideon Njine says the 2023 champions will go all out for the title and warns rivals against underrating them.
Ruthimitu Secondary School won the Nairobi regional volleyball championship and will compete for another Kenya Secondary Schools Sports Association national title when the Term Two Games begin August 2 at the M-PESA Academy in Thika. Head coach Gideon Njine says the 2023 champions will go all out for the title and warns rivals against underrating them.
Upper Hill, the current national rugby 15s champions, are competing in the 2026 KSSSA National Term Two games beginning Sunday at Mpesa Foundation Academy, Thika, aiming to excel in rugby sevens with a squad featuring Grade 10 learners including national Under-16 players.
Kakamega High School's football team, known as Green Commandos, are returning to the KSSSA National Term Two Games after eight years away, aiming to add a record-extending 15th national football title. The Western Region champions will compete starting Sunday at Mpesa Academy in Thika.
Western Region silver medalists Cardinal Otunga Girls High School, Bungoma County champions, are confident for their second straight appearance at the KSSSA National Term Two Games 3x3 basketball championships starting next week at Mpesa Academy in Thika.
St Mary's School Yala, the Nyanza Region football boys' champions, will make their national debut at the 2026 KSSSA National Games in Thika next month after completing a regional campaign without a loss. Yala won the regional final 1-0 over Kisumu Boys after previous champions Agai High School were eliminated at the county stage for fielding ineligible players.
St Mary's School Yala, Nyanza Region football champions, will make their national debut at the 2026 Kenya Secondary Schools Sports Association (KSSSA) National Games next month in Thika after completing an unbeaten regional campaign with a 1-0 final victory over Kisumu Boys.
First-time Vihiga Woman Representative aspirant Amakove Wala has highlighted the physical, emotional and gender-specific challenges women face while campaigning, including managing menstruation and personal safety during high-speed political convoys, speaking from her experience at rallies across multiple counties.
Kenya Secondary Schools Sports Association National Term Two volleyball games begin Sunday at Mpesa Foundation Academy, Thika, with the national throne vacant following the elimination of defending champions Cheptil Senior School. Malava Boys Seniors School, 2023 runner-up seeking to reclaim their 2018 title, faces competition from 2023 national winners Ruthimitu Senior School and North Eastern champions Furaha Mixed Senior School.
Bernard Chege Waruinge, who died at 79, was an educator and business figure who helped advance USIU-A and turned a rocky hill in Kisamis into a popular international destination. He studied in the US, lectured at the University of Nairobi, advised corporate entities, and served on boards including Magadi Soda.
Weightlifter Joshua Amunga secured Kenya's opening medal at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, taking bronze in the men's 60kg category with a combined lift of 260kg. His podium finish marked Kenya's first medal of the Games.
Rift Valley Junior Schools qualified for national games in Thika after regional competitions in Nakuru, with Trans Nzoia schools Nabunga and Kisawai winning handball and netball titles respectively. A dispute has emerged in girls football after Hill School protested Totum's 4-2 penalty victory, alleging player ineligibility.
Newly crowned Western Region rugby sevens champions Friends School Bokoli aim to win the KSSSA national title when games begin next month in Thika, after defeating defending regional champions St Peter's Mumias 14-0 in the regional final.
Weightlifter Joshua Amunga Mboya, 20, claimed bronze for Kenya in the Men's 60kg category at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, lifting a combined total of 260kg. Malaysia's Mohamad Aniq Kasdan won gold with a Commonwealth Games record of 273kg, while India's Rishikanta Singh took silver.
Kakamega High School head coach Enock Lucheveli says the 13-time national champions can reclaim the national football title in the KSSSA Term Two School Games scheduled for August 4–8, 2026 at M-Pesa Academy in Thika, after returning to the national fold following seven years away.
Archbishop Njenga Girls, newly-crowned Western region champions, qualified for the KSSSA national football championship for the first time since 2019 after defeating reigning national champions Butere Girls 2-1. Head coach Fred Serenge says the team is focused on winning the national title at the Term Two School Games scheduled for August 4-8, 2026 at M-Pesa Academy in Thika.
Nyakach Girls, Nyanza Region champions, will compete in the Kenya Secondary Schools Sports Association national girls' football championship in Thika next month after defeating St Mary's Lwak Girls 1-0 in the regional final. The squad has been boosted by the return of three players—Valarie Achieng, Beryl Awuor, and Emily Adhiambo—who recently helped Kenya's Under-17 women's team qualify for the Fifa U17 Women's World Cup.
Former national and East Africa rugby 7s champions Laiser Hill Academy finished 10th at last year's nationals and are now competing among 16 teams at the Kenya Secondary Schools Sports Association National Term Two games (August 2–6, Mpesa Foundation Academy, Thika), aiming to secure qualification for the 2026 East Africa games in Morogoro, Tanzania.
Juma Abdallah, a veteran football coach who shaped several Kenyan clubs and generations of players, has died after a prolonged illness involving diabetes, pancreatic disease, and kidney dysfunction. He coached AFC Leopards, Murang'a SEAL, Thika United, KCB FC, Bidco United, Western Stima, Chemelil Sugar and Vihiga Bullets during his decades-long career.
Nairobi Region girls' volleyball champions Soweto Academy, consistent national participants since 2016, are seeking their first KSSSA national title at the August 2–6 games in Thika, having survived regional eliminations that removed most competing teams.
A visitor to Giatutu in Murang'a's Location One describes the area as a quiet, green place where residents grow coffee, bananas, maize, tubers, avocados and mangoes, with limited employment opportunities mainly in coffee farms and greenhouses, and little evidence of new development or devolution benefits reaching the community.
A multi-agency team led by Public Health PS Mary Muthoni seized more than 17,000 packets of suspected counterfeit cigarettes during an operation in Thika, Kiambu County. Authorities expressed concern about illicit tobacco products allegedly being smuggled into Kenya through neighbouring countries, and said the seized products will be destroyed if laboratory tests confirm they are counterfeit.
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.
Kenya's Senate Standing Committee on Devolution has endorsed Thika's elevation to city status, which would make it Kenya's sixth city and the first urban centre in the Mount Kenya region to attain the designation. The committee found that the Kiambu municipality met constitutional and statutory thresholds, demonstrating sufficient institutional capacity, urban development indicators, infrastructure, public utilities, and critical social services.
The Senate Standing Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations recommended that Thika Municipality be elevated to a smart industrial city, finding it meets all legal requirements under the Urban Areas and Cities Act and has adequate infrastructure, public amenities and essential services.
Bokoli Boys' rugby coach Eliud Okwemba is confident the school can win the national rugby 7s title at the KSSSA Term Two Games in Thika, after the team won the Western regional title by defeating Butula Boys 14-0 in the final.
Bokoli Boys Rugby 7s, Western region champions, will compete at the Kenya Secondary Schools Sports Association national games scheduled for July 28 to August 1 at M-Pesa Academy in Thika. Head coach Eliud Okwemba says the team has the tools to win the national title after defeating Butula Boys 14-0 and St. Peters Mumias 12-7 in the regional tournament.
Growing numbers of upper and middle-class retirees across Africa are settling in gated estates, satellite towns and master-planned suburbs rather than returning to ancestral villages, with infrastructure replacing kinship as a retirement safety net. By 2050, Africa's urban population is projected to double from 700 million to 1.4 billion, with six out of ten Africans expected to live in cities.
Githunguri MP Gathoni wa Muchomba has criticised Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen for failing to decisively tackle the problem of organised goonism in politics, warning it could harm the country ahead of the 2027 General Election and demanding action rather than statements from the Interior Ministry.
Soweto Academy and Ruthimitu Secondary School won the girls' and boys' regional volleyball titles respectively at the Kenya Secondary School Sports Association Nairobi region school games held at Jamhuri High School, defeating Brown Hill Secondary School and Hospital Hill High School.
Highway Secondary School defeated Upper Hill 4-3 on penalties after a goalless draw to win the KSSSA Nairobi Regional Games final, securing their third consecutive regional title and a place at the national championships in Thika.