News, public services, opportunities and accountability reporting from Nairobi.
Police fired tear gas in Nairobi’s central business district on Friday as traders protested a recent Kenya Revenue Authority customs benchmark increase on consolidated imports, a move the tax agency says is meant to curb under-declaration a...
At the Africa Forward Summit in Nairobi, President Emmanuel Macron is trying to recast France’s role in Africa after a sharp retreat from its military footprint in the continent’s west. The message, delivered alongside President William Rut...
Nairobi is backing a continent-scale push for health data sharing as African institutions and partners move to improve disease surveillance, service planning and real-time decision-making.
President William Ruto’s call for a new long-term development plan beyond Vision 2030 has opened a fresh political and economic debate in Kenya, with supporters casting it as a generational reset and critics warning that the country’s recor...
From Nairobi to other urban centres, a growing number of Kenyans are treating the gym less like a hobby and more like a personal creed. The shift reflects changing health concerns, social media influence and a broader wellness economy, but...
Sixteen years after Kenyans approved a new constitutional order, the document still stands as one of the country’s most important reforms. But recurring gaps in county accountability, service delivery, public participation and institutional...
European Commission data show more than 25,000 Schengen visa applications lodged in Kenya were rejected in 2025, with Norway’s Nairobi consulate recording the highest non-issuance rate among the missions operating there.
Nairobi Wire’s latest roundup fits a bigger pattern: Kenya’s online humour is no longer just filler entertainment, but a fast-moving public language shaped by slang, music, politics, and everyday frustration. Recent coverage from Kenyan pub...
Huawei’s latest women-in-tech training push comes amid a broader Kenyan drive to close the gender gap in digital skills, with new programmes from public and private partners placing women and underserved communities at the center of the cou...
The government says it is combining more frontline police support with mobile public-service desks in Nairobi North, in a move officials describe as an attempt to bring administration, security and civil services closer to residents in fast...
Kenya’s government is urging counties, farmers, and urban planners to move from climate information to early action after meteorologists projected above-average rainfall across most of the country during the October-December 2026 short-rain...
Kenya has set aside Sh784.5 billion for education in the 2026/27 financial year, with officials pitching the record allocation as a wager on teachers, data systems, equity and skills. The bigger question is whether the money can close long-...
Embakasi East MP Babu Owino has dismissed claims of a falling-out with Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna, saying the chatter is meant to weaken their camp as the Linda Mwananchi movement expands its national reach ahead of the 2027 election.
Former Cabinet Secretary Raphael Tuju engaged in a heated exchange with auctioneers in Karen on Tuesday, August 25, 2026, after attempting to address the press outside an auctioneering firm’s premises. The confrontation began when auction p...
Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna hit back at President William Ruto after the Head of State criticized the opposition for relying on political slogans rather than presenting a clear agenda. Addressing aspirants at Ufungamano House on Tuesday, A...
The National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA) has confiscated 868 assorted alcoholic beverages and arrested two suspects during a multi-agency crackdown on the illicit alcohol trade in Eastleigh, Nairobi. T...
NAIROBI, Kenya Aug 26 – Agriculture and Livestock Development Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has challenged Kenya to unlock the full potential of its Sh397 billion meat industry by investing in value addition, processing, technology and pre...
NAIROBI, Kenya Aug 26 – Members of Parliament have called for a probe into the deactivation and subsequent reassignment of dormant Safaricom numbers, warning that the practice could leave customers exposed to fraud, loss of funds and unauth...
