Today is Sat, 19 Sep 2026
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Medium-Term Budget Harmonisation and Bilateral Trade Alignment
Heading into the week of 21–25 September, the Executive’s primary focus shifts to bilateral budget harmonisation sessions following the recent submission of the FY2026/27 Sector Budget Working Group reports. Cabinet sub-committees and senior policy advisors will align Ministerial Expenditure Frameworks with medium-term fiscal priorities, establishing executive consensus on government spending and public-private partnership (PPP) pipelines before President Ruto convenes the full Cabinet. Concurrently, the administration is preparing high-level policy briefs for upcoming regional trade and energy summits and monitoring the legal strategy for the National Treasury’s appeal against the recent High Court ruling on the Safaricom stake divestiture.
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Senate Heads to Kilifi for Senate Mashinani Ahead of Assembly Resumption
As the National Assembly prepares to end its long recess on 28 September 2026, the Senate will hold plenary proceedings in Kilifi County for its annual Senate Mashinani week. Priority sittings will include First and Second Readings of key legislative proposals, including Sen. Fatuma Dullo’s Street Naming and Property Addressing System Bill and Sen. Kathuri Murungi’s NTSA (Amendment) Bill. Additionally, the House will move into the Committee of the Whole House to debate crucial devolved and social-sector legislation, with the County Governments Additional Allocations Bill to unlock conditional grants and the Community Health Promoters Bill to formalise frontline healthcare stipends.
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Court of Appeal to Receive Government Appeal on Safaricom Stake Sale as High Courts Tackle Constitutional Petitions
Following the High Court’s landmark judgment on 15 September 2026 declaring the State’s divestiture of its 15% stake in Safaricom PLC unconstitutional, the legal focus for the week of 21–25 September shifts to the Court of Appeal after the formal filing of a Notice of Appeal by Attorney General Dorcas Oduor. The Appellate Court is set to address priority applications for a stay of execution as the National Treasury seeks to safeguard the completed transaction. Concurrently, across High Court divisions in Nairobi, multi-judge benches and constitutional courts will continue proceedings on active petitions, including cases concerning protest policing standards, executive appointments, and public finance compliance, alongside regular cause list hearings, directions, and scheduled rulings across commercial, land, and criminal divisions nationwide.
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8th African Conference of Agricultural Economists
The 8th ACAE summit opens on Tuesday, 22 September 2026, and runs through 25 September at the Mövenpick Hotel in Westlands, Nairobi. Co-organised by the African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE) and IFPRI under the theme “Smart Agriculture: Innovation, Digital Transformation, and Trade for a Climate-Challenged Africa,” the flagship conference brings together more than 500 economists, policy strategists, and agribusiness leaders to discuss food systems integration and AfCFTA trade frameworks.
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WSO2Con Africa 2026
Running from 22nd to 24th September 2026 at the JW Marriott Hotel in Westlands, Nairobi, this flagship regional technology summit brings together enterprise software architects, digital transformation directors, and IT leaders across East Africa. Co-hosted by open-source technology leader WSO2 under the theme “Building the Agentic Enterprise,” the summit focuses on enterprise AI integration, API management middleware, identity and access management (IAM), and scaling digital public infrastructure (DPI) across African markets.
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Ambassador Martin Kimani Appointed UN Assistant Secretary-General for Africa
Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Ambassador Martin Kimani as the UN Assistant Secretary-General for Africa within the Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations (DPPA-DPO). Succeeding Ghana’s Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee, Kimani assumes the high-level continental portfolio, leading UN political engagements, conflict prevention, and peace operations in close collaboration with regional bodies such as the African Union and IGAD. The appointment caps more than 25 years of senior multilateral and diplomatic leadership across national, regional, and international institutions. Most recently, Kimani served as President and CEO of The Africa Center in New York. He previously served as Kenya’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations (2020–2024), where he represented Kenya on the UN Security Council, served as Council President in October 2021, and presided over the Executive Board of the UNDP, UNFPA, and UNOPS in 2023. His distinguished public service record also includes roles as Director of Kenya’s National Counter Terrorism Centre and Special Envoy for Countering Violent Extremism (2015–2020), Kenya’s Permanent Representative to UNEP and UN-Habitat (2012–2015), and Director of IGAD’s Conflict Early Warning and Response Mechanism. Kimani holds a PhD and a Master’s degree in War Studies from King’s College London, alongside a Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy from the University of New Hampshire.