NAIROBI, Kenya Jul 15 – More than 100,000 university students have been left without government financial support in the 2024/2025 academic year, as the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) battles a Sh49.8 billion funding shortfall that now threatens the future…
A second whale was found dead on the shores of the Río de la Plata, off the North Coast of Buenos Aires, on Wednesday. The specimen is a young Sei whale, an endangered species, and the discovery comes less than…
Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted sex offender had befriended numerous politicians and celebrities over the years. He had faced up to 45 years in prison — effectively the rest of his life — if convicted. His death quickly raised questions about…
NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 16 – The Maasai Mara National Reserve has been included in the World Book of Records, UK as the World’s Greatest Annual Terrestrial Wildlife Migration. According to Tourism Cabinet Secretary Rebecca Miano, the recognition is a historic…
NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 16 – Over 5.18 million children have been vaccinated against Measles and Rubella (MR) in the just-concluded national immunization campaign, with 74,000 previously unvaccinated (zero-dose) children receiving protection for the first time. The Ministry of Health said…
NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 16 – The Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine (TCV) will now be available free of charge at all immunizing health facilities across Kenya, the Ministry of Health has announced. MoH confirmed the retention of the jab following a landmark…
Residents of Migadini in Changamwe, Mombasa County, are living in fear after a mysterious disease has claimed four lives under unclear circumstances. According to locals, the victims’ bodies were found swollen, with peeling skin, a condition that has raised alarm…
NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 15 – The Police Reforms Working Group (PRWG), a coalition of civil society organizations and legal watchdogs, has called on the Executive to “unequivocally uphold the Constitution, halt the use of live ammunition in residential areas, and…
Three Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) soldiers have been killed following a deadly Improvised Explosive Device (IED) attack in Sankuri, Lamu County. A statement from KDF said the device went off along the Sankuri-Kiunga Main Supply Route (MSR) while the troops…
Eight key suspects linked to the July 3, 2025, arson attack on Mawego Police Station, Rachuonyo North Sub-County were on Tuesday arraigned at the Kahawa Law Courts. The suspects: Kennedy Oluoch Oluoch, Nicholas Otieno, Tofiq Owiti Mohamed, Michael Omondi Opiyo,…