Published on October 4, 2026
NAIROBI, Kenya Oct 4 -Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna has been unveiled as the interim leader and presidential candidate of The Equitable Party ahead of the 2027 elections. TEP was fully registered on on March 25th, 2022 as a model party according to Office of Registrar of the Political Parties. The outgoing party leader said the move is part of a…
Image: Citizen DigitalPublished on October 4, 2026
Indian police launched an investigation on Sunday into allegations of sexual harassment against officers during protests in the capital against the country's election commission. Protests began on Friday demanding the Election Commission of India (ECI) chief Gyanesh Kumar step down, alleging wrongdoing during a large-scale voter-roll revision that has struck millions of names from the lists. The ECI has rejected…
Published on October 4, 2026
Kenya’s 2027 political contest is opening a new chapter in the country’s long-running struggle for gender equality in elective politics, with an increasing number of women positioning themselves for powerful seats traditionally dominated by men. From the presidency to governorships and parliamentary positions, women are increasingly stepping beyond affirmative-action seats and seeking political power through […]
Published on October 4, 2026
Democracy for Citizens Party (DCP) leader Rigathi Gachagua has declared that his party is the most popular political outfit in Kenya as he stepped up his push for opposition unity ahead of the 2027 General Election. Speaking during an engagement with the clergy in Boston, United States, Gachagua said DCP expected to secure a majority […]
Published on October 3, 2026
NAIROBI, Kenya – The Public Petitions Committee has received a petition challenging Safaricom PLC’s compliance with statutory and constitutional obligations governing the deactivation and reassignment of SIM cards and mobile numbers. The petitioners, Thomson Kerongo and Asiago Stephen, allege that Safaricom deactivates SIM cards after a specified period of inactivity, ordinarily six months, before subsequently reallocating the corresponding mobile numbers…
Published on October 3, 2026
Carlos Baleba has taken another step towards his Manchester United debut after featuring in a private friendly against
Published on October 3, 2026
Wiper Patriotic Front (WPF) Chairman Jamleck Kamau is set to address the media on Saturday amid growing speculation surrounding party leader Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka. In a media advisory issued on Friday, October 2, 2026, the party has noted that Kamau will hold the press briefing at the SKM Command Centre in Nairobi on Saturday, October […]
Published on October 3, 2026
The Kenya Electricity Transmission Company Limited (KETRACO) has energised the 86.4-kilometre, 132kV Nanyuki-Rumuruti Transmission Line, marking a major step towards strengthening electricity supply and transmission network resilience in Laikipia County and the wider Mount Kenya region. Writing on X on Friday, October 2, 2026, KETRACO noted that the transmission line was energised at 4:04 pm […]
Published on October 2, 2026
Pioneering historian who transformed the study of Africa by seeking out the testimonies of Africans When John Iliffe, who has died aged 87, wrote his book The African Poor: A History (1987), the continent was readily dismissed by many academics as a home of problems and poverty, with no intellectual depth. But Iliffe acknowledged no such limitations, and it came…
