Kenyan diplomat Martin Kimani has been appointed the United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Africa, giving him a senior role in the UN’s political and peacebuilding work across the continent and marking another major milestone in a diplomatic career spanning more than two decades. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced the appointment on Monday, September 14, confirming that Kimani would serve within the Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations (DPPA-DPO). “Kimani brings to the position 25 years of experience in international relations, peace and security, and multilateral diplomacy across government, regional organisations and the private sector,” Guterres said. Kimani…
Author: Davin Muthoni
Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has appointed two new members to the board of the National Cybersecurity Agency (NCA), bringing expertise in artificial intelligence, data-centre infrastructure and cybersecurity research to the newly established body’s governing team. According to Gazette Notice No. 14420, Murkomen appointed Lorna Ogolla Omondi and Dr Jerop Joy Kibor to the NCA board for a three-year term, effective September 11, 2026. The appointments were made under the State Corporations (National Cybersecurity Agency) Order, 2026, the legal instrument that provides the institutional framework for the agency. The Ministry of Interior and National Administration had earlier described the agency’s…
Kajiado Governor Joseph Ole Lenku has demanded that Tata Chemicals Magadi Limited pay Sh13 billion in unpaid land rates before the company is allowed to resume operations at Lake Magadi, deepening a standoff that has already seen President William Ruto order the soda ash producer to leave the country. Speaking during an interview on Citizen TV’s Sunday Live on September 13, Lenku described the company’s decades-long presence in Magadi as a case of historical land injustice, accusing it of being the only company in the country that does not remit land rates to its host county. “We have many concerns…
Five people died on Sunday night after a head-on collision between an Easy Coach bus and a saloon car at Kikopey along the Gilgil-Nakuru highway in Nakuru County, among at least 16 people killed in road accidents reported across the country that same day. Gilgil Sub-County Police Commander Winstone Mwakio confirmed that the crash occurred at around 11pm on September 13, involving a Mercedes-Benz PSV bus travelling from Gilgil towards Nakuru and a Toyota IST saloon car carrying six occupants and heading in the opposite direction towards Nairobi. Police said the bus driver failed to keep to his lane and…
For months now, Kenyans have been hearing the phrase everywhere: on the news, in government briefings, in conversations about the coming short rains. El Nino. It is a word many associate vaguely with floods, but few could explain properly. What actually is it? Why does it keep coming back? And with meteorologists now warning that the version heading Kenya’s way this time could be one of the strongest on record, what should ordinary people actually expect? What El Nino actually is El Nino is not a Kenyan weather event at all, at least not in origin. It begins thousands of…
The High Court has suspended the hearing of a case challenging President William Ruto’s 2022 appointment of 51 Principal Secretaries over alleged failure to meet the constitutional two-thirds gender rule, pending a decision on which court has the authority to determine such disputes. Justice Lawrence Mugambi said he would not proceed with the case, filed by Katiba Institute, until the question of jurisdiction is settled, noting that the Employment and Labour Relations Court (ELRC) could well be the appropriate forum to hear it instead. He pointed to a pending appeal filed by Nakuru-based surgeon Dr Magare Gikenyi before the Court…
Two officers attached to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have been arrested in Kipkelion, Kericho County, after allegedly demanding half a million shillings from a complainant in exchange for terminating a murder case against him. The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) identified the two as Corporal Wesley Korir and Corporal Christopher Maina, both attached to the DCI’s Kipkelion Sub-County offices. According to the anti-graft agency, the pair allegedly solicited Sh500,000 from the complainant with a promise that the murder case facing him would be dropped. EACC detectives mounted an operation following preliminary investigations into the allegations, arresting the two…
Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah has been suspended from the Senate for three consecutive sitting days after refusing to withdraw remarks in which he described President William Ruto’s recent roadside pronouncements as “yapping.” The disagreement first arose during Wednesday’s afternoon sitting, while Omtatah was contributing to a discussion on the President’s comments regarding the closure of small businesses run by foreigners and the Tata Chemicals matter. Omtatah argued that Ruto’s roadside declarations breached the Constitution. “The roadside pronouncements by the President, first of all, violated the Constitution, Article 135, that does not allow the President to go yapping around and saying…
A key prosecution witness in the murder trial over the death of teacher and blogger Albert Ojwang has died before he could testify in court, police have confirmed. Corporal Stephen Maina Nderitu, a police officer attached to the Office of the Officer Commanding Station (OCS) at Nairobi’s Central Police Station at the time of Ojwang’s death, collapsed at his home in Nairobi on Monday, September 7, hours after leaving work, and was later pronounced dead. A post-mortem examination identified acute ulcers, cardiac arrest and depression among the findings cited in relation to his death. His family has said they are…
President William Ruto has signed four Bills into law, introducing new rules covering public finance management, population planning, air passenger charges and trust administration, marking a significant legislative package aimed at strengthening governance and service delivery across the country. Ruto assented to the Bills on Tuesday, September 8, at State House, Nairobi, in a ceremony announced via his official X account. The four pieces of legislation are the National Council for Population and Development Bill, the Air Passenger Service Charge (Amendment) Bill, the Public Finance Management (Amendment) Bill, 2025, and the Trust Administration Bill, all of which had already completed…
