How Kenya and Azerbaijan Are Forging a Strategic Partnership Across the Global South
PHOTO: President Ruto Holding talks with SOCAR President Rovshan Najaf on the sidelines of the World Urban Forum (WUF13) in Baku, May 2026 NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 8 – In the second half of 2026, diplomatic and economic relations between East Africa and the South Caucasus are undergoing a major transformation. Though formal ties between Kenya…
Public Health Officers Demand Action from Government as Ebola Response Intensifies
NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 7 – The official confirmation of Kenya’s first Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) case by the Ministry of Health has sparked an urgent response from public health officials and trade union leaders, who caution that systemic vulnerabilities could severely undermine containment efforts. Kenya Environmental Health and Public Health Practitioners Union (KEHPHPU) the legally…
Uchaguzi Bila Noma: NCIC Takes 2027 Electoral Peace Drive to Counties
NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 6 – The National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC), in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), convened a two-day sensitization forum in Nairobi for the second edition of the Roadmap to a Peaceful 2027 General Election. Dubbed “Uchaguzi Bila Noma” (Elections Without Trouble),…
Kenya Counts Its Seedlings. Who Counts the Forests That Vanish?
Each year Kenya reports bigger tree-planting numbers: more seedlings in the ground, more volunteers turning out, more restoration goals declared. Environmental defenders now want to know what the national tally leaves out: how much standing forest is being lost while the planting is celebrated? More than 200 Kenyans took that question to the Ministry of…
Kenyans Deliver 60,000-Signature Petition to Environment Ministry, Demand Forest Protection Plan Ahead of Mazingira Day
NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 6 – More than 200 Kenyans marched to the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry on Tuesday and handed over a petition with over 60,000 signatures demanding that the government halt the destruction of public forests and present a forest protection plan on Mazingira Day this Saturday. The march was led…
Kenya Veterinary Association asks Parliament to address veterinary doctors’ pay disparities and government-paid internships after 19 years of lobbying
NAIROBI, Kenya,Oct 6 – Kenya’s veterinary doctors are asking Parliament to intervene in what they describe as a 19-year pay and internship disparity, warning that continued neglect of the profession could undermine the country’s ability to control zoonotic diseases and protect food security. The Kenya Veterinary Association (KVA) wants veterinary doctors to be accorded remuneration…
Kenya confirms first imported Ebola case; patient dies in Nairobi
Health ministry traces 28 contacts and 27 fellow air passengers and crew after Bundibugyo virus case arrives from DRC via Kampala NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 6 – Kenya has confirmed its first imported case of Ebola (Bundibugyo virus disease), and the patient has died, Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale announced on Tuesday. The patient was a…
ICRISAT Governing Board Commits to Sustainable Food Security in Africa
NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 6 – The Governing Board of the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening agricultural research, higher education, and strategic partnerships to bolster food and nutrition security across Africa, with a targeted focus on the continent’s drylands. The partners dinner held at Kenyatta International…
From Welfare to Rights: How Kenya’s First Older Persons Conference Is Reshaping Ageing with Dignity
NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 3 – Kenya has marked a monumental breakthrough in the advocacy for the rights and well-being of its senior citizens. For the first time in the country’s history, a national conference dedicated entirely to older persons was convened. Graced by the Principal Secretary for the State Department for Social Protection and Senior…
The Moth Returns to Nairobi for Seventh Mainstage with ‘Now or Never’ Storytelling Event
NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 1 – The Moth, the world-renowned nonprofit dedicated to the art of live personal storytelling, returns to Nairobi on Saturday, 7 November 2026, for its seventh Mainstage event in the city, once again hosted by Kenyan media entrepreneur and women’s rights advocate Adelle Onyango. Staged at the Catholic University of Eastern Africa’s…
