Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna has announced a five-stop United States tour under the Linda Mwananchi movement, targeting Kenyans living in the diaspora ahead of the 2027 General Election. The tour, scheduled to run from November 20 to December 4, 2026, will take Sifuna and his team to five destinations across the United States. According to the itinerary released by the movement, the first engagement will take place in Allentown, Pennsylvania, from November 20 to November 22. Sifuna will then proceed to the Washington DC metropolitan area, commonly referred to as DMV, covering Washington DC, Maryland and Virginia, for engagements scheduled…
Author: Nia Mwikali
Former Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu has been handed a 13-year prison sentence following his conviction in a Ksh588.7 million money laundering case linked to a road construction tender awarded during his tenure. Milimani Anti-Corruption Chief Magistrate Harrison Barasa delivered the sentence on Monday, November 2, 2026, imposing separate prison terms on Waititu for three money laundering offences. According to the sentencing decision, Waititu was sentenced to five years in prison on the first count, four years on the second count and another four years on the third count. The court also gave him the option of paying fines totalling Ksh21…
Democracy for the Citizens Party (DCP) Deputy Party Leader Cleophas Malala has outlined conditions he would want President William Ruto to meet before considering working with him in the future. Speaking on Sunday, November 1, Malala said any possible political cooperation with the Head of State would depend on changes in the administration’s governance style, accusing the government of presiding over police killings, accumulating public debt and failing to listen to Kenyans. The former Kakamega Senator said he would want Ruto to stop what he described as the killing of young people in police cells and pay attention to the…
A Learjet 60 business jet carrying nine people crashed into a roadway in Palm Beach County on Sunday afternoon, erupting into a massive fireball and leaving a crater in the pavement. All nine people aboard were killed, authorities said. The crash occurred shortly before 12:50 p.m. near Military Trail, between Cresthaven Boulevard and 10th Avenue North, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office. The aircraft had departed from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas and was headed to the Bahamas, the Federal Aviation Administration said. US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy confirmed the fatalities in a post on X, describing the…
Sweden’s Andreas Almgren delivered one of the most remarkable debut performances in modern marathon history on Sunday, winning the New York City Marathon at his first attempt, while Kenya’s Sheila Chepkirui surged late to reclaim the women’s title in a dramatic all-Kenyan duel. Almgren, a former half-marathon specialist, crossed the line in 2 hours, 6 minutes and 1 second – the third-fastest time in the race’s 50-year history – after breaking away from Italy’s Yemaneberhan Crippa in the final mile. Crippa finished 13 seconds back, with Kamohelo Mofolo of Lesotho third, edging out defending champion Benson Kipruto. The 31-year-old’s victory…
Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, said it had replenished approximately 90% of the digital assets stolen in a record-breaking $6.3 billion security breach, assuring customers that they would not bear the financial losses. The disclosure came in a statement posted on X over the weekend, in which the exchange said it had increased the replacement of affected assets from an earlier estimate of 80% to 90%. Binance explained that the remaining 10% consisted of less liquid tokens that were taking longer to source in the required quantities. The company said it was continuing to purchase the assets through market…
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has killed more than 5,000 people, making it the deadliest epidemic in the country’s history and the second-deadliest worldwide. Data published by the DRC’s National Institute of Public Health on October 30 recorded 5,026 deaths from 10,351 confirmed cases, representing a case fatality rate of nearly 49 per cent. The outbreak, which was declared on May 15, 2026, is caused by the Bundibugyo species of the Ebola virus, a strain for which no approved vaccines or therapeutics currently exist. The epidemic has spread across eight of the country’s 26…
Airtel Kenya has paid Ksh8.4 billion (US$65 million) for a 25-year licence to use 100 MHz of spectrum in the 3500 MHz band, expanding its capacity to roll out 5G services and intensify competition with market leader Safaricom. The acquisition, disclosed in parent company Airtel Africa’s half-year financial results released on October 30, 2026, was approved by the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA), subject to standard conditions. The 3500 MHz band, commonly known as the C-band, is one of the principal frequency ranges used globally for commercial 5G deployments. It offers a balance between network capacity and coverage, making it…
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has summoned two commercial banks that failed to meet their capital-raising targets for 2026, demanding that they explain how they intend to strengthen their financial positions. CBK Governor Kamau Thugge disclosed that the two lenders had fallen short of the expected targets, even as other institutions made progress towards complying with the regulator’s capital requirements. Thugge said the banks would be required to appear before CBK and present plans outlining how they intended to mobilise additional funds. However, he did not reveal the identities of the affected institutions. The governor made the disclosure on…
Tanzania expects the private sector to contribute Tsh62.3 trillion towards financing its Tsh89.3 trillion National Development Plan for the 2027/2028 financial year, placing businesses and investors at the centre of the country’s economic transformation agenda. The government plans to contribute Tsh20.7 trillion through the national budget, while commercially operated public corporations are expected to invest Tsh6.3 trillion. Presenting the proposed plan in Parliament on Thursday, October 29, 2026, the Minister of State in the President’s Office for Planning and Investment, Prof Kitila Mkumbo, said private investment would be critical to achieving the country’s long-term ambitions under Dira 2050. “The private…
