A 44-year-old senator, Edwin Sifuna, has emerged as a rising challenger to Kenya's President William Ruto ahead of next ...

Kenya has repeatedly used treason charges to frame dissent as a threat, from the June 2024 parliament storming to activist ...

President William Ruto is consolidating his Nairobi base ahead of the 2027 election while opposition leaders test their ...

The death of Raila Odinga on 15 October has left a void not just in Kenya’s opposition politics but in the country’s collective political memory. For more than four decades, Raila embodied defiance, ...

Kenya has held a state funeral for revered opposition leader Raila Odinga, a day after security forces killed several people after opening fire to disperse crowds of mourners at a stadium hosting a ...

A sustained campaign by environmentalists and resistance from local communities threaten Kenya’s plan to break ground on its first nuclear power plant next year. Does the government have the political ...

Criminal gangs have carried out a spate of violent attacks targeting civil society and opposition gatherings ahead of the ...

Deputy President Kithure Kindiki during a church service at Gaichanjiru Catholic Church in Kandara, Murang’a County, on August 9, 2026. [DPCS] Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has urged the Mt Kenya ...

Kirinyaga County has in recent months witnessed a flurry of political activity, with several state-aligned leaders stepping up engagements with residents, religious groups and local leaders.The ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s political word of the moment is “goonism,” frequently uttered by national leaders to convey annoyance at the gangs that intimidate those whose political activities they ...

Kenyans have bid a final farewell to esteemed opposition leader Raila Odinga, days after several people were killed as mourners gathered to pay their respects in the capital Nairobi. Odinga, a ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Raila Odinga, a former prime minister of Kenya and perennial presidential candidate whose populist campaigns rattled authorities and gave him an outsized influence on political ...