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28 Nov 2025
China’s Renewed Push into Kenya’s Infrastructure Sector
China will once again play a vital role in Kenya’s infrastructure sector after the government awarded major infrastructure projects to Beijing. On Friday, 28 November, the government and two Chinese...
21 Nov 2025
High-Stakes By-Elections: An Early Test of 2027 Political Battlelines
The November 27 by-elections have emerged as the first showdown between President William Ruto’s broad-based government and the United Opposition, stitched together by his former deputy, Rigathi Gac...
15 Nov 2025
Catholic Bishops Challenge Gov’t Over Restrictive Legislation and Delayed Hospital Funding
Catholic bishops have called on the government to re-examine recently enacted laws that could endanger individual freedoms. The bishops, through their umbrella organisation, the Kenya Conference of Ca...
7 Nov 2025
Kenya Raises Concern Over Citizens’ Safety in Tanzania Following Election Turmoil
Kenya has intensified diplomatic efforts with Tanzania following reports of human rights abuses against its citizens in the neighbouring country. On 6 November, Prime Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and...
7 Nov 2025
Changing Guard at the EAC: What’s Next for Regional Unity?
President William Ruto’s tenure as Chairman of the East African Community (EAC) is drawing to a close. His one-year term ends in November 2025, marking a pivotal moment for the regional bloc. Th...
24 Oct 2025
Battle for Raila’s Legacy as ODM Leaders Clash on Baba’s Political Direction
The death of Hon. Raila Odinga has left Kenya’s politics in a state of transition. For over three decades, Raila, who dominated Kenya’s political landscape, has left the scene in uncertainty. He w...
16 Oct 2025
Baba Is Gone: The Man Who Shaped Kenya’s Democracy Despite Losing Every Election
Raila Odinga, Kenya’s prominent opposition leader and five-time presidential candidate, died on Wednesday, 15 October, at the age of 80, following a heart attack. His demise marks the end of one man...
9 Oct 2025
Power Play in the United Opposition: Gachagua’s Grassroots Push Vs Matiang’i’s Silent Strategy
Two of the leading opposition figures, former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua and former Interior Cabinet Secretary Dr. Fred Matiang’i, are competing for dominance, which risks undermining the vis...
3 Oct 2025
Your Vote Counts: Calls Grow for Youth to Reclaim the Ballot
Kenya’s youth are reshaping political participation. Digital activism, exemplified by Gen Z’s leaderless movements, has prompted national debates on issues such as economic justice and corruption....
19 Sep 2025
Political and Regulatory Affairs Round-Up: Issue No. 36 of 2025
Kenya Court Blocks Ruto From Assenting Bill Seeking To Entrench Three Funds Into The Constitution The High Court has stopped Parliament from forwarding the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill, 2025...
12 Sep 2025
Ruto Adviser Prof. Mutua Defends Compensation Plan as Justice, Not Charity
Prof. Makau Mutua, President William Ruto’s adviser on Constitutional Affairs, has publicly defended the government’s controversial reparation plan, describing it not as a handout but as a crucial...
29 Aug 2025
Rigathi Gachagua: Populist Challenger, Political Spoiler, or Kingmaker?
Ousted Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has repositioned himself as a force to be reckoned with ahead of the 2027 general election. Although sidelined and politically wounded by the impeachment proce...
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