Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja has left the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) and joined the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM). He will seek a second term in the 2027 General Election on an ODM ticket. Sakaja announced the move on Monday, November 2, 2026, at ODM’s Chungwa House headquarters in Lavington, Nairobi, where he was received by ODM Deputy Party Leader Simba Arati, National Chairperson Gladys Wanga and other senior party officials. He said the late former Prime Minister Raila Odinga had personally urged him to join the party. “If Baba was here today, and he is the one who told me…
Author: Davin Muthoni
The Environment and Land Court has ordered a fresh assessment of a Sh3.37 billion bill submitted by three law firms to the estate of the late former Starehe MP Gerishon Kamau Kirima. In a ruling delivered in late October 2026, the court set aside a Sh37.3 million award after finding errors in the original assessment. Justice Charles Mbogo ruled that the taxation of the bill by Deputy Registrar Judith Omollo could not stand because she had recorded the size of two disputed parcels of land incorrectly and appeared to have deducted Sh12 million twice. He directed that another taxing officer…
Kenya has rejected travel restrictions imposed on its citizens by Saudi Arabia over the Ebola outbreak, describing them as excessive and unsupported by scientific evidence, and has asked Riyadh to review and lift them. Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale said on Saturday, October 31, 2026, that the measures were “not only excessive but not backed by the current epidemiological situation.” In a diplomatic note dated October 30, the Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs said that while Kenya respected Saudi Arabia’s right to protect its people, the restrictions went too far. “The measures against Kenya are disproportionate and not supported…
Attorney-General Dorcas Oduor has asked the Court of Appeal to suspend a High Court judgment requiring President William Ruto to reconstitute his Cabinet to meet the constitutional two-thirds gender rule, saying that implementing it before the appeal is heard could disrupt the running of government. In an application filed as the 120-day deadline for compliance expired on October 28, 2026, the AG is seeking an urgent hearing and a stay of the June 30 judgment, delivered by a three-judge bench divided on some of the issues, until the intended appeal is decided. “The matter raises questions of grave public interest…
The Employment and Labour Relations Court on Thursday, October 29, 2026, threw out a petition challenging the appointment of Adan Mohamed as Commissioner-General of the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), ruling that it lacked jurisdiction to hear the case. Justice Monica Mbaru said the dispute, which questioned whether Mohamed was eligible for the job because he was over the public service retirement age of 60, should have been filed in the High Court. She upheld a preliminary objection raised by the KRA Board and supported by the National Treasury, and struck out the petition filed by activist Francis Awino. The judge…
The High Court has ordered former Nairobi County Finance Executive Charles Kerich to appear in person on December 7, 2026, at 2.30pm over the county’s failure to clear a Sh76.7 million legal fees bill owed to Kwengu & Company Advocates. In directions issued on Thursday, October 29, 2026, Justice Francis Gikonyo also gave Governor Johnson Sakaja, Finance County Executive Ibrahim Auma Nyangoya and Chief Officer for Finance Asha Abdi 14 days to respond to applications seeking to have them cited for contempt of court over the unpaid sum. Kerich has asked the court to remove him from the contempt proceedings,…
A former student of the United States International University-Africa (USIU-Africa) has been sentenced to death for abducting and killing a fellow student 14 years ago. High Court Judge Kanyi Kimondo sentenced Duncan Livingstone Kimathi, 37, on Thursday, October 29, 2026. Kimathi was convicted of murdering Sarah Akello Aruwa, a final-year International Relations student, between June 30 and July 1, 2012, in the Kwamaiko area of Githunguri, Kiambu County. The judge ruled that the killing was planned. He found that Kimathi had acted with malice aforethought because Akello had been deliberately drawn into a trap, abducted and held for ransom before…
University lecturers are set to return to lecture halls on Monday, November 2, 2026, after the government and their unions reached a Sh20 billion deal to end a strike that has disrupted learning in public universities for nearly four weeks. The Universities Academic Staff Union (UASU) Secretary-General, Constantine Wasonga, announced the breakthrough on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, after talks with the government. He said the two sides had reached a verbal agreement on the financial terms. Technical teams will put the deal in writing before it is formally signed on Friday, October 30. “We have a deal on the financials,”…
German champions Bayern Munich will play Dutch giants Ajax Amsterdam in the first match at the newly built Raila Odinga International Stadium in Nairobi on Tuesday, January 5, 2027. President William Ruto announced the match on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, at the stadium. He described it as a historic occasion that will showcase Kenya’s ability to host world-class sporting events. “This is more than the opening of a stadium. It is a statement of who we are, and most importantly, who we are becoming,” he said. “Kenya is ready to welcome the world, and Africa is ready for greatness.” The…
President William Ruto is expected to break ground on the proposed Nairobi-Thika Expressway within the next two months, Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has said. The elevated road is intended to ease congestion along Thika Road. Speaking in Kiambu County on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, during the launch of works on the Kimbo-Matangi road, Kindiki said preparations for the project were at an advanced stage. “Between one and two months, the President will come here for the groundbreaking of the road’s construction,” he said. The expressway will run for about 60 kilometres, linking Thika town to Museum Hill in Nairobi, and…
