By Barrack Onyango Across Sub-Saharan Africa, access to air conditioning (A/C) remains strikingly low, with only about 5% of households owning units, compared with more than 85% in advanced economies such as Japan, South Korea, and the United States, according to World Bank data. Kenya sits slightly ahead of this curve, with residential penetration at 15% and commercial…
President William Ruto has accused the united opposition of Lying to Tuju. Speaking for the fdirst time on the fiasco surrounding former Cabinet Secretary Raphael Tuju’s disappearance, Ruto claimed that Tuju’s friends lied to him to allegedly stage his abduction. He stated that Tuju’s friends would benefit from the former CS’s perceived abduction, gaining political clout…
Galaxy S26 Ultra won Best in Show at the Global Mobile Awards (GLOMO Awards) during Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2026 held in Barcelona, Spain. The Global Mobile Communications Association (GSMA) holds the GLOMO Awards annually during MWC to recognize outstanding innovations in the mobile industry. The Best in Show category celebrates consumer-focused products that set…
Two former senior county officials and a sitting Member of the County Assembly of Garissa County were yesterday arraigned over the alleged fraudulent loss of Sh51,495,253 from the Garissa County Government. Bambala MCA Abdi Ibrahim Daar, former Director of Accounting Services Mohamud Dubow Korane, and former Senior Principal Economist Yussuf Bethe Ali were charged alongside…
A trailer donated to Nairobi Senator and embattled ODM Secretary General Edwin Sifuna’s Linda Mwananchi campaign has been stoned after an attack in Kisumu. This has been revealed by the embattled SG who disclosed that the trailer was pelted with stones and suffered damage to its windshield. The trailer donated by those in support of Sifuna’s…
Senior Counsel Charles Kanjama will lead the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) for the next two years. This after he garnered 3,728 votes being elected as the new President of LSK. Kanjama beat Peter Wanyama, who came second with 2,616 votes in the election held on Thursday, February 19 as the current LSK Vice President came…
Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) Anti-Narcotics Unit in Mombasa have arrested two suspected traffickers and recovered 250 grammes of heroin during a targeted raid in Nyali. The suspects, identified as Amir Latf and Ruhman Abubakar, were nabbed in an intelligence-led operation conducted at Maweni Estate, where officers raided a house believed to…
Democracy for the Citizens Party (DCP) leader Rigathi Gachagua has once again accused President William Ruto of orchestrating a scheme to silence him following violent scenes that disrupted a church service in Othaya, Nyeri County, on Sunday. Speaking after the incident, Gachagua claimed that the chaos was politically motivated and aimed at intimidating him and…
