Kenya’s medical regulator has issued a sweeping new directive on technology-based healthcare, warning practitioners that artificial intelligence is a support tool only and that they bear full professional responsibility for every treatment decision, including those assisted by AI. The Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council (KMPDC) published the public notice outlining professional obligations for telemedicine, e-health, m-health, robotic medicine, wearable devices, and artificial intelligence, issued pursuant to the Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics, 7th Edition (2026). The guidelines arrive at a critical moment. Kenya has rapidly become a testing ground for AI-assisted clinical care in primary settings, even as…
Author: Nia Mwikali
The World Bank has upgraded its economic growth projection for Kenya in 2026, citing stronger-than-expected performance during the first half of the year, even as it warned of mounting risks ahead of the 2027 General Election. In its latest Kenya Economic Update released on Wednesday, November 4, 2026, the lender raised its forecast for the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth to 4.6 per cent, up from the 4.3 per cent projection made in July. The revised outlook follows improved performance in key sectors, particularly manufacturing and construction, which helped offset weaker agricultural growth. According to the report, agriculture expanded…
Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE has appointed Turkish finance executive Betül Sarıkaya as its Chief Financial Officer, following the close of its approximately US$1.6 billion initial public offering on October 27, 2026. Sarıkaya brings over two decades of experience in corporate finance, having begun her career at PwC across the firm’s Ankara, Istanbul, and Houston offices. She later served as CFO of SOCAR Türkiye’s Natural Gas Business Unit, where she led financial management for large-scale energy operations and oversaw finance, audit, and governance processes for strategic projects including the STAR Refinery and TANAP. Sarıkaya currently serves as CFO of…
Sanlam Allianz Holdings (Kenya) PLC is preparing to sell at least 30.9 million shares on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) after receiving regulatory approval to allot more than 100 million shares that had been withheld following its 2025 rights issue. The proposed sale is intended to bring the insurance group’s ownership structure in line with local shareholding requirements under Kenya’s Insurance Act. In a cautionary announcement dated November 2, 2026, the company disclosed that the Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA) had approved the allotment of 100,579,535 fully paid-up shares, which had been held back pending regulatory clearance. The approval was granted…
Kenyan legal scholar Phoebe Okowa has been elected to serve a full nine-year term as a judge of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) after securing the required votes in the United Nations General Assembly and Security Council. Okowa was among five candidates elected on Tuesday, November 3, to serve at the United Nations’ principal judicial organ based in The Hague, Netherlands. The other four successful candidates are Dapo Akande of the United Kingdom, François Alabrune of France, Mahmoud Daifallah Hmoud of Jordan and Rena Lee of Singapore. The five judges will begin their nine-year terms on February 6, 2027,…
The government is set to recruit additional Assistant County Commissioners (ACCs) following approval from the Public Service Commission (PSC), opening up new opportunities for chiefs, assistant chiefs and other qualified Kenyans. Principal Secretary for Internal Security and National Administration Raymond Omollo said the Ministry would advertise the vacancies soon as part of plans to operationalise newly gazetted administrative units across the country. He encouraged serving chiefs and assistant chiefs who meet the requirements to apply for the positions. “As we bring these units into operation, we want qualified Kenyans, including those already serving their communities, to take up these opportunities…
US President Donald Trump has moved to terminate Rwanda and South Africa from the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), threatening their access to preferential trade arrangements with the United States from January 1, 2027. The decision was announced on November 2, 2026, after Trump notified Congress and the governments of the two African countries of his intention to end their participation in the trade preference programme. US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said the decision followed an annual review of sub-Saharan African countries’ eligibility for AGOA, which found that Rwanda and South Africa were engaging in practices that violated the…
A Texas technology entrepreneur, his wife and their two young children were among the nine people killed when a private Learjet 60 plunged almost vertically into a residential neighbourhood in Palm Beach County, Florida, on Sunday, authorities and family members confirmed. The crash also claimed the life of a 20-year-old co-pilot who had earned her pilot’s licence while still in high school. Adam Robinson, 44, founder of the Austin-based tech company Retention, and his wife Helen Sharp, 40, were travelling with their two toddlers, the children’s nanny and two close friends from Austin to the Bahamas when the aircraft went…
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said Monday that a business jet that crashed in South Florida over the weekend, killing all nine people aboard, showed evidence of breaking apart before striking the ground, a development that could significantly expand the debris field and complicate an already difficult recovery effort. NTSB Board Member Tom Chapman told reporters at an afternoon briefing that investigators had found “some indication that the aircraft was breaking up before impact” and warned that parts of the plane could be scattered well beyond the main crash site near Greenacres, roughly seven miles southwest of West Palm…
The Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) has appointed former Infrastructure Principal Secretary Prof. Eng. John Kipngetich Mosonik as the new Chairman of its Board of Directors. Mosonik’s appointment was announced on Monday, November 2, 2026, following a Board meeting held on the same day. In a notice, KenGen said the appointment would see the experienced technocrat provide leadership and strategic direction as the electricity producer advances its long-term development plans. “The Board of Directors of Kenya Electricity Generating Company PLC (KenGen) is pleased to announce the appointment of Prof. Eng. John Kipngetich Mosonik, CBS, EBS, as the Chairman of the…
