As the 2027 General Election approaches, President William Ruto’s re-election strategy is taking shape. National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang’ula has already begun rallying women in Bungoma County to spearhead voter registration and support for the Head of State. But if the President truly wants to lock down the women’s vote—a constituency of over 11.5 million registered voters—he needs a bold, unexpected policy move. That move? Allow the Social Health Authority (SHA) to cover Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL) surgeries. The Numbers Don’t Lie: Women Are the Deciding Vote With over 11.5 million registered female voters in Kenya, women represent nearly half…
Author: Oki Bin Oki
The bus fare cap in England will revert to £2 from January, new prime minister Andy Burnham has announced. The government says the policy, which is expected to cost more than £500m, will “help with the cost of living and give people the breathing space they need”. The previous Conservative government capped single bus fares in England at £2 in January 2023. It was initially only due to last three months, but was extended. As Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham brought in a £2 cap in September 2022, at that point funded by money from central government. In January…
France’s parliament has approved a law to ban social media for under-15s from January 2027, making it the first European country to block young people from the platforms. The law will mean everyone in France must verify their age to access social media and comes as the UK and EU are developing their own limits in response to concerns for children’s mental health. French President Emmanuel Macron has welcomed the move, which he had pledged to introduce to mark the end of his decade in office. While sceptics have questioned the law’s viability, the government has insisted the online tools…
Rebel Wilson has been cleared of accusations that she defamed a young Australian actress, a Sydney court has found. Charlotte MacInnes, who starred in Wilson’s film The Deb, sued the Bridesmaids and Pitch Perfect actress for allegedly harming her reputation in Instagram posts in 2024 and 2025. In the posts, Wilson accused MacInnes of retracting her complaint of sexual harassment against a film producer so she could further her career – a claim MacInnes denied. In court on Wednesday, Justice Elizabeth Raper dismissed the case, saying the imputation that MacInnes had changed her story about the incident was not defamatory.…
At least 12 workers were killed after a portion of an under-construction tunnel collapsed following a gas explosion in India’s north-eastern Sikkim state, officials said. Rescue operations are continuing to locate 13 others who are reported to be trapped in the tunnel since Monday’s collapse. The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) said the incident happened about 1.5km (0.9 miles) inside the tunnel. The under-construction tunnel, designed to carry water from the nearby Teesta River to a hydropower plant’s turbines, is part of a larger project in the Himalayan state being developed by the state-owned National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC). The…
An autopsy confirmed that hotel intern Margaret Wambui died from multiple severe fractures sustained after falling from a 34-storey building in Nairobi. The post-mortem examination, conducted at the Nairobi Funeral Home, established that Wambui died instantly from injuries suffered in the fall. According to investigators, Wambui spent more than 40 minutes on the rooftop of the building taking photographs before the incident. Detectives who reviewed CCTV footage from the Altura Canaan Building premises have ruled out any third-party involvement in her death, saying the footage does not show anyone else with her on the rooftop at the time of the…
Former police spokesman Charles Owino was Tuesday appointed Government Spokesman in the Executive Office of the President. President William Ruto moved former government spokesman Isaac Mwaura and named him as the Head of the Office of Diversity,Inclusion and Disability Rights, Executive Office of the President. The president also nominated Dr. Duncan Oburu Ojwang as the chairman of Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA). Ruto also nominated former Kenya National Union of Teachers boss Wilson Sossion, Antonina Lentoijoni, Flora Mutua nominated as Teachers Service Commission (TSC) commissioners. Ruto nominated Mary Kilobi Atwoli to the Intergovernmental Relations Technical Committee together with Wilson Thuita,…
Prosecution in the murder trial of the late Albert Ojwang continued its case after calling the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) Head of Forensics, Joshua Mutua, whose testimony provided detailed forensic analysis of CCTV evidence and the alleged tampering of surveillance systems at Central Police Station. The hearing before the Kibera High Court was led by Senior Assistant Directors of Public Prosecutions (SADPP) Jalson Makori and Wangui Gichuhi, alongside Assistant Director of Public Prosecutions (ADPP) Dancun Ondimu. Prosecution first recalled Prosecution Witness Three (PW3), an officer attached to the records office at Central Police Station, who continued her testimony on…
Detectives from the DCI Headquarters’ Land Fraud Investigations Unit (LFIU) apprehended Abdulahi Musdaf Hussein, a lawyer based in Nairobi, for his involvement in a land fraud scheme to deprive a rightful owner of her property. The complainant, who purchased her parcel of land in 2025, had been enjoying peaceful possession of the property, investigators said. However, in November 2025, she was shocked to receive court documents indicating that Musdaf was claiming ownership of her land. Upon receiving the complaint, LFIU detectives launched investigations into the matter. Once complete, the findings were submitted to the Office of the Director of Public…
While social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate remain in custody in Florida as they challenge an extradition request from the United Kingdom, newly unsealed court documents reveal more details from prosecutors about the latest sex-crime charges the two are facing, including rape and sex trafficking. The federal filings, released Monday night, detail complaints made by women to British officials against both brothers about sexual and physical abuse, including claims the women were choked, sometimes to the point of passing out, and raped. The brothers, who appeared in federal court in Miami on Monday, have denied all allegations against them…
Four Nigerian policeman, accused of setting up an illegal checkpoint to extort money from drivers, picked on the wrong man: the head of one of the country’s anti-corruption agencies. Musa Aliyu, who leads the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, has alleged that he was stopped while driving in the capital , Abuja, on Saturday, and forced to withdraw 53,000 naira (£45, $38) from a cash machine. Police Commissioner Ahmed Sanusi accused the men of abandoning their official posts to set up the unauthorised roadblock. They now face a police disciplinary procedure that could result in their sacking.…
Ann Widdecombe died after being hit on the head with a hammer 21 times at her Devon home as she ate lunch, prosecutors have told Westminster Magistrates’ Court. Prosecutor Kashif Malik said the man accused of her murder, Joshua Kerry, arrived at her house on 8 July in a red Vauxhall Corsa and entered through the front door. Kerry, who prosecutors say was only in the property for two minutes and was wearing black gloves, then allegedly hit Widdecombe repeatedly with a hammer, tipped her from her chair and took her wallet before driving off, the court heard. The 28-year-old…
The Police Reforms Working Group Kenya (PRWG-K) has strongly condemned what it describes as widespread state violence, police brutality, voter intimidation and targeted attacks on journalists during the Ol Kalou parliamentary by-election, warning that the incidents pose a serious threat to Kenya’s democracy. In a statement, the coalition of civil society organisations alleged that heavily armed, hooded and masked individuals operating alongside suspected plainclothes police officers disrupted polling stations by firing live bullets into the air, lobbing tear gas, arresting human rights observers and assaulting journalists. Despite the violence, PRWG-K commended Ol Kalou residents for turning out in large numbers…
A total of 22 pedestrians have been arraigned in court for allegedly willfully obstructing the free flow of traffic at the Allsops footbridge in Nairobi off Thika Road. The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA), working in collaboration with the National Police Service (NPS) and the Nairobi City County Government, said it will continue conducting public education campaigns to promote safe road use and encourage compliance with traffic regulations. The Authority expressed concern over the high number of pedestrian-related road crashes, noting that as of June 30, 2026, pedestrians accounted for 38 per cent of all road traffic crash victims.…
Lebanon’s army says its troops have begun deploying to a “pilot zone” in the south of the country following the withdrawal of Israeli forces under a US-brokered agreement reached last month. A statement from the army command said units had entered the village of Zawtar al-Gharbiyeh in Nabatieh district on Tuesday morning. On Monday night, Israel’s military confirmed the start of the pilot zone plan, which should see Israeli troops pulling out of a small part of the territory occupied during their conflict with Hezbollah as well as the disarmament of the Iran-backed group. It comes ahead of a meeting…