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JOOTRH Advances Comprehensive Sickle Cell Care Through Early Diagnosis and Specialised Treatment

By Sandra Blessings Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital has advanced comprehensive sickle cell care through early diagnosis and specialised treatment. Dr Brenda Misore, Paediatric Haematologist and Oncologist at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital (JOOTRH), during her presentation at the ongoing National Health Summit at the Kenyatta International Convention…

Wamunyoro’s volcanic windfall

By Anderson Ojwang From a once quiet and sleepy Wamunyoro, today it is awake, teeming, bursting and speaking loudly and boldly. The once dormant volcano of Mt Kenya, currently Wamunyoro, is volcanically active, threatening to erupt. Just when most people thought that Wamunyoro’s volcano was extinct, it is erupting. The impeached deputy president, Rigathi Gachagua, […]

From the Kisumu’s Obunga slums to the United States of America, God’s favour in young Fidel

By Anderson Ojwang In the sprawling slums of Kisumu’s Obunga, from a humble family background, a son of a fish monger, Fidel Odhiambo, is rising to rewrite his story. Fidel is the talk of the town, not only of his Kakamega Boys High School but also in Obunga slums, where his rising star is giving […]

DPP approves prosecution of Treasury official in Sh1.57B fraud case

By Valentine Omondi A long-running investigation into the alleged misappropriation of Sh1.57 billion from the Programme for Rural Outreach of Financial Innovations and Technologies (PROFIT) has entered a new phase after the Director of Public Prosecutions approved the prosecution of nine suspects, including officials from the National Treasury who were tasked with coordinating the programme. […]

Governor Wanga: Was stopping the rally worth compared to resolving the nurses’ strike?

By Anderson Ojwang The irony of the Governor Gladys Wanga administration. At one point, Wanga is shedding tears over the description of Homa Bay county as Yemen over dilapidated and collapsed road infrastructure. On the other hand, Wanga and her administration have maintained studious silence over the ongoing nurses’ strike which has entered its sixth […]

Maraga gives Ruto seven-day ultimatum to release police reforms report or publish it

By Valentine Omondi Former Chief Justice David Maraga has given President William Ruto a seven-day ultimatum to release the complete and unedited report of the National Taskforce on Police Reforms, warning that he will publish it himself if the President fails to act. In a letter dated August 18, 2026, Maraga, who chaired the taskforce, […]

Another party for Mt Kenya, Ndindi reviving a stalled vehicle as Wiper-DCP plot partnership

By Anderson Ojwang Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro on Monday embarked on a journey to revive the stalled People’s Party of Kenya (PPK) and to reposition it in Mt Kenya. Ndindi, a once close confidant of President William Ruto and an emerging leader in Mt Kenya, ditched United Democratic Alliance (UDA) for one of the country’s […]

THE 2014 PFM AMENDMENT THAT INSTITUTIONALISED THE DEBT BUSINESS

Kenya’s debt crisis did not emerge overnight. In my view, one of the most consequential policy changes was the 2014 amendment to the Public Finance Management Act, particularly Section 50(7)(d), which opened the door for pre-negotiated borrowing expenses to be paid directly at the closing of external loans. “…applied, in part, to pay at closing, […]

Shock as Sony Sugar Company Limited to be auctioned over Bank debt of Sh 862 M

By Andersen Ojwang Even before the dust of the dusty Mbita‑Sindo‑Kiabuya‑Sori corridor settles, telling the sad reality of the dilapidated road networks in Homa Bay county, another shocker: the only publicly owned black smoke in the greater Southern Nyanza, and more specifically Migori county, the Sony Sugar Company Limited, has been placed under the auctioneer’s […]

To Overtake Singapore, Kenya Must Trade Handouts for Radical Discipline

By odiwuor Alala Every generation produces a glossy blueprint destined to gather dust unless someone confronts the uncomfortable truth: strategy documents do not build nations; disciplined citizens do. As the national conversation shifts towards Kenya’s vision beyond 2030, our greatest vulnerability is neither a lack of capital nor an absence of natural endowments. It is […]