The High Court has now placed the Attorney General under pressure to act after directing that responses be filed within 14 days in the case brought by Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye over his deportation from Kenya late last year. The order was made after it emerged that two months had already passed since the
Members of Parliament are once again pushing laws that many see as direct attacks on free speech and digital freedoms. The proposed Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes (Amendment) Bill, 2024 gives the government sweeping powers to interfere with phones, computers, websites, and entire digital platforms, claiming it is to curb crimes like terrorism, child pornography, and
Tea farmers across Kenya are upset after receiving much smaller bonuses this year. Normally, these payments are given once a year in addition to their monthly earnings, but many farmers say the amounts have dropped sharply. The biggest declines have been reported in the Rift Valley. In Kericho and Bomet, some farmers earned as little
For months, farmers in Embu and Kirinyaga have been dealing with unexplained livestock losses, and now detectives say they have caught three people linked to the thefts. The suspects are believed to be part of a stock theft syndicate that has been ferrying animals across counties under the cover of darkness. The coordinated police operation
The arrival of Corporal Kennedy Mutuku Nzuve’s body at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport marked a painful moment for both his family and the National Police Service. The officer, who lost his life in a road accident on September 1 while serving in Haiti under the Multinational Security Support Mission, was brought home to a solemn
A fresh legal battle is now unfolding over the government’s affordable housing plan after a petition was lodged in court by the Kenya Human Rights Commission and several other civic groups. The matter has drawn attention because it questions the very foundation of one of President William Ruto’s flagship projects. The petition, filed at the
Andrew Kipkirui Rotich’s story paints a grim picture of how institutions treat those who try to protect public resources. As a former internal auditor at the Social Health Authority, he uncovered a serious fraud scheme that bled billions from the health fund. His audit exposed falsified billing records from over 1,000 healthcare providers, where claims
Guy Spencer Elms has for years been associated with questionable land dealings in Kenya, and now the court has finally ordered him to face charges. His name has come up in some of the most controversial land fraud cases, from the coast to Nairobi, and the details reveal a long history of forgery, delay tactics,
Civil society activist Peter Agoro has taken the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) and Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) Chief Executive Officer James Mwaura to court over what he describes as a plot to frame him. In his petition, Agoro accuses the two parties of orchestrating his arrest in 2024 through entrapment and defamation, an
Kenya’s healthcare system has once again been pushed into the spotlight, not because of progress, but due to troubling reports of fraud within the Social Health Authority, commonly known as SHA. What started as a bold promise to provide fair and affordable medical coverage for all Kenyans has now been overshadowed by revelations of ghost