President William Ruto has said that Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote’s purchase of a stake in Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) will raise the value of the company and the shares held by the government and Kenyan investors. He added that KPC shares could double or triple in value within four to five years. Speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Sh70 billion Devki cement plant in Kitui County on Tuesday, October 27, 2026, the President said the shares had already gained in value after the deal was announced. “In just one week of Dangote investing in KPC, the share price had…
Author: Davin Muthoni
Jailed Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu has ended a hunger strike he began to protest the denial of confidential access to his lawyers after prison authorities allowed him a private meeting with them. Lissu, who chairs the Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (CHADEMA) party and is on trial for treason, started refusing food on Monday, October 26, 2026. He stopped on Tuesday, October 27, after lunchtime, following a meeting with his brother, according to the party’s chief legal counsel, Rugemeleza Nshala. “Lissu did not take his tea, breakfast or lunch,” Nshala said, adding that he was worried about Lissu’s health…
The High Court in Machakos on Tuesday, October 27, 2026, suspended the 0.8 per cent export levy on tea until it hears a petition challenging the Tea Levy Regulations, 2026. Justice Josephine Mongare issued conservatory orders that temporarily halt the enforcement of the regulations. She also barred the authorities from refusing export or import permits to traders solely because they had not paid the disputed levy. The court stressed that the orders are temporary and do not decide the case. In its words, they are “conservatory orders that temporarily stop the enforcement of the Tea Levy Regulations, 2026” and “not…
Former Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu and businessman Charles Mbuthia Chege have asked the court to spare their wives from punishment in the Sh588 million road tender case, arguing that the women were silent partners who played no real part in the deals. In mitigation before Chief Magistrate Harrison Barasa at the Milimani Anti-Corruption Court on Tuesday, October 27, 2026, the two men said Susan Wangari Ndung’u and Beth Wangechi Mburu had no meaningful role in the transactions that led to their convictions for money laundering. Waititu also apologised and asked for leniency as a first offender. “I apologise for the…
The High Court has ruled that displaying the names, images or slogans of politicians on projects funded by taxpayers is unconstitutional, in a decision expected to have far-reaching effects on how leaders publicise public works ahead of the 2027 General Election. In a judgment delivered on Tuesday, October 27, 2026, the High Court in Kajiado declared that the personal branding of publicly funded projects violates the constitutional principles governing the use of public resources. It ordered the removal of personal name branding from such projects in Kajiado North Constituency. The case was filed by Shadrack Wambui, acting through the legal…
Former Roots Party running mate Justina Wamae has declared that she will run for President in the 2027 General Election and has launched a new party, the Imarisha Uchumi Party (IUP), to spearhead her campaign. Wamae made the announcement on Sunday, October 25, 2026, at a hotel in Nairobi, where she unveiled the party under the slogan “Inatuhusu”, meaning “It concerns us”. “I, Justina Wamae, officially declare my bid for the presidency under the IUP,” she said. Wamae said she formed her own party after her past political experience left her without a real voice. “I was a member of…
The National Assembly has removed proposed provisions from the Elections (Amendment) Bill, 2024, that would have given the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) ownership of the intellectual property rights to its election technology and required suppliers to host election servers in Kenya. The changes reopen the debate over who controls the systems used to manage and transmit results ahead of the 2027 General Election. MPs adopted the amendments, moved by Homa Bay Town MP Peter Kaluma, without opposition as the House considered the Bill last week. The Bill, which originated in the Senate, now returns to the Senate, where…
Public health officers have suspended their nationwide strike for 30 days to allow negotiations with the government, ending a 94-day work stoppage that had disrupted disease surveillance and public health services across the country. The Kenya Environmental Health and Public Health Practitioners Union (KEPHUPU) announced the decision in Kitui County on Sunday, October 25, 2026, after Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale agreed to facilitate talks on the officers’ grievances. Union Secretary-General Brown Ashira directed all members, including those stationed at border points, to report back to work within 24 hours. “We want to ask all our members at the border…
Former Alego Usonga Member of Parliament Otieno Mak’Onyango, a veteran journalist who was detained without trial after the failed 1982 coup attempt, has died. He passed away on the night of Sunday, October 25, 2026, while receiving treatment at Nairobi Hospital, where he had been admitted after suffering a stroke earlier this month. His death was announced by the current Alego Usonga MP, Samuel Atandi. “We have this evening lost Hon. Otieno Makonyango, the fourth Member of Parliament for Alego Usonga Constituency, who served from 1992 to 1997, while undergoing treatment at a Nairobi hospital,” Atandi said. Mak’Onyango suffered a…
At least 22 people were killed when a bus and a truck collided head-on on the Nairobi-Mombasa Highway on Sunday, October 25, 2026, in one of the deadliest road crashes this year. The tragedy has prompted motorists and road safety agencies to renew calls for the highway to be expanded into a dual carriageway and for road accidents to be declared a national disaster. The crash happened at about 7am at Kanga, just past Mtito Andei in Kibwezi East Sub-County, Makueni County. The bus, which was travelling from Mombasa towards Nairobi, was reportedly carrying passengers returning from a burial. Several…
