The government is tipping the national Women’s Volleyball team the Malkia Strikers to win and retain the 2026 African Volleyball Championships in Nairobi this month. The 2026 CAVB Women’s National Volleyball Championship is set to be staged at Kasarani Indoor Arena and Ulinzi Sports Complex, Lang’ata and will serve off from Tuesday August 25 to September 5, 2026. This is the first time in 11 years Kenya is hosting this event. Speaking during the official flag-off at the Talanta Plaza on Monday afternoon, the Cabinet Secretary for Sports Salim Mvuyra has tipped the reigning Africa champions, Malkia Strikers, to electrify…
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The government is focusing on improving the welfare of prison officers who have suffered decades of neglect, President William Ruto has said. He said the administration is rolling out highly transformative policies entailing improved salaries, provision of better healthcare and dignified houses in a bid to make correctional services better working places for the officers. In a speech read on his behalf by Deputy President Kithure Kindiki on Monday during the 27th Pass-Out Parade for Kenya Prisons Service Cadets at the Prisons Staff Training College in Ruiru, Kiambu County, the President revealed that the officers’ salaries have already been raised…
The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Monday informed the court of his decision to charge three suspects with the murder of Dr. Victoria Nthunya Mutiso. Dr Mutiso was a psychiatrist and former Director of the African Institute of Mental and Brain Health. Prosecution, led by Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Jalson Makori informed the court that the DPP had registered a murder case at the Nairobi High Court against politician Rose Mbithe, alias Rose Mbithe Ndeti, and her children, advocates Chris Mulwa and Angela Mulwa. Following the decision to charge the suspects, the DPP withdrew an application seeking additional days…
Senior Principal Magistrate Martin Kinyua Mutegi, attached to Kangema Law Courts, was Monday charged with receiving a bribe. This follows a favourable High Court ruling that paved the way for his arraignment and plea-taking. Mutegi, who had recently been suspended by his employer, was arraigned before the Anti-Corruption Magistrate’s Court alongside his co-accused, a Senior Probation Officer based at Kangema. Mutegi was charged with receiving a bribe contrary to Section 6(1) as read with Section 18(1) of the Anti-Bribery Act, among other charges. He denied the charges The court granted him a bond of Sh800,000 with a surety of a…
Nigeria’s huge film industry, Nollywood, is in mourning after the death at 66 of veteran actor and star of Yoruba-language cinema Taiwo Hassan, popularly known as Ogogo. His daughter, Kira Hassan, confirmed the news during an emotional Instagram live broadcast on Sunday, where she struggled to come to terms with her father’s death. Ogogo, who had been suffering from cancer, is due to be buried on Monday in his hometown in Ogun state, south-west Nigeria, in line with Muslim tradition, according to fellow actor Prince Jide Kosoko. Colleagues and fans have been paying tribute to a man who became one…
Four people have been arrested in South Africa in connection with the murder of boxing champion Zolani Tete, who was shot dead outside his home on Friday. Tete, 38, was gunned down in what has been described as an ambush in Mdantsane, Eastern Cape. A young woman who was with him was also shot and is in hospital. One of the men being held, a 22-year-old who was arrested on Saturday, will make an initial appearance in court on Monday, and faces murder and attempted murder charges. Tete held the WBO bantamweight title from 2017 to 2019, as well as…
Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has lauded the National Treasury for timely disbursement of funds to counties saying the government is keeping its promise of no delayed payments to ensure the counties serve the people without financial challenges. Prof. Kindiki stated that the government has released all the monthly payments up to August leaving no pending allocations thus enabling the 47 devolved units to fund their activities. “I am happy to note that, despite the fiscal constraints we are facing as a country, the National Treasury disbursed all the amounts due to County Governments as part of the equitable share by…
Tens of thousands of people have been told to evacuate from an area close to Reno, Nevada, as a large wildfire reached the outskirts of the city. Around 42,000 people have been ordered to leave their homes immediately, with a further 45,000 people urged to get ready to leave. The fire, which was first reported on Saturday morning, had so far injured six people, officials said. Windy and unpredictable weather conditions have contributed to its spread. Nevada’s Governor Joe Lombardo has declared a state of emergency in Washoe County and ordered the National Guard to join firefighting and law enforcement…
Is Liberia an American dumping ground — or a place where a new generation of arrivals can build a new life? That’s the question Liberians are asking themselves after the first people to be deported to the West African country from the United States arrived in the capital, Monrovia. The 20 people on the flight from Louisiana were the first to be sent under an agreement that could see up to 1,200 people transferred to Liberia, a country of less than 6 million people, many of them descendants of formerly enslaved Black Americans. Liberian officials said the new arrivals were…
Minimalistic door handles became a signature feature of electric vehicles (EVs), but the controversial designs are now at the centre of China’s biggest car recall, affecting more than 4 million vehicles. The recall, which includes 2.98 million Chinese-made Teslas, follows safety concerns that the hidden door handles are difficult to locate and open in emergency situations. Other brands affected by the recall include Chinese carmakers XPeng, Xiaomi and Geely. The recalled vehicles will have a warning label stuck on the interior door and receive a software update to automatically lower the windows in a crash. The designs have come under…
The football with which Diego Maradona scored his famous ‘hand of God’ goal at the 1986 World Cup has sold at auction for £2.5m. Maradona famously punched the ball past goalkeeper Peter Shilton in Argentina’s 2-1 quarter-final win over England. After the game, he told reporters it had been scored “a little with the head of Maradona and a little with the hand of God”. Maradona later scored what became known as the ‘goal of the century’ in the same game, dribbling past five England outfield players before slotting the ball past Shilton. Though it sold for $3.3m (£2.5m) at…
Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja clarified that charges contained in the Nairobi City County Finance Act, 2026, do not target ordinary content creators, influencers or small-scale digital creators, following concerns and misinformation over new fees introduced under the Act. The Governor says the charges appearing under the “Tourism Levy and Entertainment Tax” schedule were intended to cover commercial film production and organised filming activities, rather than ordinary content creation. “These charges were never intended to target ordinary content creators, influencers or young people creating digital content. Our intention is to regulate professional and commercial film productions that require significant use of…
Interior and National Administration Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has criticised former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua over what he termed personal attacks targeting the families of political leaders. Murkomen accused Gachagua of shifting focus from substantive political issues to attacks on the spouses of leaders associated with the Kenya Kwanza administration. “The other day he was talking about MP Wamumbi’s wife, the next day he was talking about CS Ruku’s wife, and yesterday he woke up to talk about my wife. Let him look for an agenda,” Murkomen said. The CS also took aim at the United Opposition and the Linda…
A woman who has worn a different fancy dress outfit every day for 200 days is aiming to complete a full year in costume. For most people fancy dress is reserved for Halloween or parties, but for Lisa Hughes, 52, from Farnworth, in Bolton, dressing up has become a part of her everyday routine. After having the idea at the end of December, Lisa entered 2026 with a goal of dressing up in a different costume everyday, to raise money for charity. So far she has dressed up as Tommy Shelby from Peaky Blinders, Marge Simpson and Cupid. “I am…
US President Donald Trump has said Canada wants “the benefits of being a State, without being one” after trade talks between the two countries collapsed late on Friday. In his first comments since negotiations broke down, triggering new 50% US tariffs on a range of Canadian goods, Trump also said American farmers had been charged “massive amounts of Tariffs” for years. It comes after Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney called the fresh tariffs a “miscalculation” designed to “hurt and divide us”. Carney confirmed he would match Trump’s tariffs “dollar-for-dollar” from 8 September, including levies on steel, dairy, appliances and electronics.…