YOU WONT BELIEVE: 17 - What They Never Told You

Hankook introduces new WRC tyre at Safari Rally Kenya

Improvements have been made to the Hankook’s tyres ahead of the toughest round of the year

Motorsport · Mar 11

Power cuts are the new normal in Kenya – what went wrong and how to fix it

Millions of Kenyan households and businesses have been subjected to interruptions of electricity supply since late 2024 owing to production shortfalls. President William Ruto acknowledged this, explaining that “daily load-shedding” had become necessary and that power would be switched off in some areas between 5pm and 10pm to stabilise the…

The Conversation · Mar 11

Prison sentences for pair who attacked gay men hailed as sign of hope for Kenya’s LGBTQ+ community

The perpetrators were jailed for 15 years for robbery with violence in the east African country, where homophobic attacks are increasing

The Guardian - UK · Mar 11

Mau Mau: how Kenya’s history of colonial violence speaks through living bodies and graves

Between 1952 and 1963, Kenya experienced one of the most violent chapters in its modern history. The Mau Mau uprising, rooted in land dispossession and political repression under British colonial rule, escalated into a brutal counterinsurgency war.

The Conversation · Mar 9

Substitute teacher wins Los Angeles Marathon in the race’s closest finish ever

Substitute teacher Nathan Martin just beat Kenya’s Michael Kamau to the finish line

The Independent UK · Mar 9

Weather tracker: At least 10 dead in Nairobi after a month’s rain falls in 24 hours

Torrential downpours hit Kenyan capital city which has poor drainage systems

The Guardian - UK · Mar 9

Deadly flash floods devastate Kenyan capital after torrential rain

At least 23 people have been killed in flash flooding in Nairobi, police said Saturday, as search and rescue operations continued amid widespread devastation.

Radio France Internationale · Mar 8

Military deployed after heavy flash flooding hits Nairobi leaving hundreds stranded

Motorists in the Kenyan capital were stranded for hours follow flash flooding

The Independent UK · Mar 7

'Bring our sons home': Kenyan families demand action over Russian war recruitment

Families of young Kenyan men who found themselves fighting in Ukraine after being duped into joining the Russian military are calling on the Kenyan government to provide information on their whereabouts – and for a ban on any future recruitment.

Radio France Internationale · Mar 6

Families of Kenyan recruits duped into fighting in Russia's war on Ukraine demand their sons return

Families of Kenyan recruits duped with promises of work in Russia who ended up on the front lines of the fighting in Ukraine are petitioning the country’s parliament to ban the recruitment of Kenyans for Moscow’s war

The Independent UK · Mar 5