Gambling is increasingly spreading its roots across Kenya. The country ranks third at 79%, after South Africa (90%) and Uganda (87%), in terms of gambling in Sub-Saharan Africa.  The gambling industr...

When President Donald Trump began imposing tariffs and launching a trade war against China around 2018, the United States was reacting to a widening trade deficit with the Asian country and growing co...

In recent weeks, an uncomfortable dissonance has emerged within the country’s fiscal corridors, one that speaks to deeper structural and fiscal tensions in the way the government funds essential ser...

Long before recent calls by Raila Odinga for a national conclave on intergenerational dialogue and the formation of a “broad-based government”, Kenya experienced a similar political arrangement. ...

In July 2010, the East African Community (EAC) took a bold step towards regional integration by launching the Common Market Protocol. This agreement aimed to allow the free movement of goods, services...

President Donald Trump’s One Big, Beautiful Bill was passed on July 4, 2025, becoming the One Big, Beautiful Act. The law is a budget reconciliation act, a special type of legislation used to ex...

On Wednesday, while in Samburu, Public Service Cabinet Secretary Geoffrey Ruku said that civil servants will soon be required to install a government mobile application on their phones to track their ...

The protests that gripped Kenya on June 25 and July 7 this year were not merely a contest between the government and citizens over tax hikes and economic hardship. They also marked a profound moment o...

On Wednesday, Kenya’s Gen Z marked one year since June 25, 2024, when many of their compatriots lost their lives to police brutality while protesting against the Finance Bill, 2024. The protests beg...

The commemoration of the June 25, 2024, protests on Wednesday gripped the nation. The swift and controversial directive from the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA), ordering major media outlets, i...

The much-anticipated acquisition of Bamburi Cement, one of Kenya’s largest cement manufacturers, has taken a dramatic turn. Tanzanian conglomerate Amsons Group emerged the winner in a hotly conteste...

Kenya’s disaster profile is dominated by fires, floods, droughts, technological accidents, diseases and epidemics, as well as terrorism.  All these disrupt livelihoods, destroy infrastructure, dive...