Treasury CS Mbadi outlines measures for improving Kenya’s economy

The Ministry of Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi on June 12, 2025 disclosed that the Kenyan economy registered an average growth of 5.1 percent per year for the period 2022 to 2024.  This growth is well above the world average growth of 3.4 percent …

Kenya police fire teargas as protests over blogger’s death escalate

Govt Announces SIM Card Changes for Refugees in Kenya

The government has urged all refugees in the country to refrain from registering their SIM cards using borrowed Kenyan IDs and instead use their own Refugee IDs. In a notice on Thursday, June 12, the Department of Refugee Services announced that all …

Binance,Virtual Assets Chamber hail Kenya's crypto bill, urge balanced tax policy

Larry Cooke, legal counsel at Binance Africa when he addressed the press in Nairobi on June 11, 2025. [Courtesy] Global blockchain powerhouse Binance and Kenya’s Virtual Assets Chamber (VAC) have praised the country’s progress on cryptocurrency regulation, …

Kenya hit by protests sparked by blogger’s death in police cell

(CNN) — Outrage over the death of a Kenyan blogger in police custody sparked protests in the capital Nairobi this week after doctors refuted a police claim that the activist died in his cell from a self-inflicted head injury. The protests first erupted on …

“Friendship Italy–Kenya” partnership project launches in Rome

The “Friendship Italy–Kenya” (FIK) project officially launched with the arrival of nine young Kenyan professionals in Rome, aiming to boost skills mobility and foster new training and employment opportunities between the two nations. The trainees, selected …

Kenya protests escalate after death of blogger `at hands of police’

NAIROBI, (Reuters) – Protests in the Kenyan capital Nairobi intensified today, with vehicles set ablaze and police firing teargas to disperse crowds angered by the death in custody of a political blogger last week, Reuters TV footage showed. The death of …

GE Vernova to build National System Control Center to manage Kenya’s national electricity grid

GE Vernova Inc announced that the GE Vernova-Larsen & Toubro (L&T) consortium will build an advanced National System Control Center (NSCC) for Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (KETRACO) to monitor and manage Kenya’s national electricity grid. …

Protests over police killing in Kenya as govt presents budget

Kenyan security forces fired tear gas against protesters angry over a police killing on Thursday, threatening to overshadow the government's attempts to pass a budget without sparking unrest. The government had carefully prepared its new finance bill …

Somali Parliament Staff to Get Attachments in Kenya's National Assembly

National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang'ula has revealed that the government is set to offer attachment opportunities to Somali parliamentary personnel in the Kenyan Parliament. In a statement on his official X account on Thursday, June 12, Wetang' …