Kenya-born Man Charged Over Visa Breach In Queensland

A Kenya-born man appeared before the Brisbane Magistrates Court on Friday (10 October, 2025) charged after allegedly failing to comply with his visa-mandated curfew conditions. The AFP charged the man, 28, on Friday (10 October, 2025), after he...

Stampede At The Funeral Of Kenya’s Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga Kills 2

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A stampede at a soccer stadium Friday during the state funeral service for Kenya’s former Prime Minister Raila Odinga killed two people and injured more than 100 others. Kenyans had turned out in large numbers to mourn Odinga...

Kenya vs Ivory Coast: Okwemba backs Harambee Stars to frustrate The Elephants

Harambee Stars team pictured after CHAN quarter finals match against Madagascar. Photo| Harambee Stars/X Audio By Vocalize Former AFC Leopards attacking midfielder Charles Okwemba is confident Harambee Stars are capable of going toe-to-toe with...

Two people killed in Kenya’s stampede at Odinga funeral- aid group

NAIROBI (Reuters) -Two people were killed and almost 200 people were injured in a stampede at a stadium in Kenya’s capital Nairobi where a state funeral for former opposition leader and prime minister Raila Odinga was underway on Friday, Doctors...

Kenya Red Cross Set for 12th Annual Charity Golf Tournament Showdown in Nairobi

The Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS) Nairobi County Branch is set to host its 12th Annual Charity Golf Tournament on Friday, 17th October 2025, at the Royal Nairobi Golf Club. This year’s event, also marking KRCS at 60 celebration, carries the theme...

Raila Odinga: The relentless pan-Africanist who dominated Kenya’s politics

Firebrand philosopher: Kenyan politician Raila Odinga, who died in India this week at the age of 80, was as complex as the country he sought to transform, the writer says. Photo: The Standard When Nigerian scholar Babafemi Badejo published Raila...

Kenya parliament passes crypto asset law to boost investments

PS Rono orders audit of loans obtained by tea factories

Agriculture PS Paul Rono launches the FINAS 2025 Summit at Serena Hotel, Nairobi. [David Gichuru, Standard] All loans obtained by tea factories under the Kenya Tea Development Authority (KTDA) will be audited in the next 14 days to determine their...

Somalia’s President Attends State Funeral of Raila Odinga in Nairobi

NAIROBI, Kenya – Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud attended the state funeral of former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Amolo Odinga, joining regional leaders and foreign dignitaries in Nairobi to honour the late veteran politician and African...

Madaxweynaha Soomaaliya oo Ka Qaybgalaya Aaska Qaran ee Raila Odinga ee Nairobi

Nairobi, Kenya – Madaxweynaha Jamhuuriyadda Federaalka Soomaaliya, Mudane Xasan Sheekh Maxamuud, ayaa haatan ku sugan magaalada Nairobi ee dalka Kenya, halkaas oo uu kaga qaybgalayo aaska qaran ee Ra’iisul Wasaarihii hore ee Kenya Raila Amolo...

The BoF Podcast | Kenya’s Katungulu Mwendwa on Building a Made-in-Africa Brand

From Nairobi to the BoF 500, designer Katungulu Mwendwa explains why making locally matters, how to design ‘everyday armour’ people will keep for years and what global buyers must change to unlock the potential of African fashion.

Kenya stumble again as ruthless South Africa extend ACN reign

Kenya’s national men’s hockey team, Chui, suffered a second consecutive defeat at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations (ACN) after losing 3-1 to defending champions South Africa on Sunday in Ismailia, Egypt. The result followed their narrow 2-1 loss...

KMPDU boss Davji Atellah's father dies after battle with chronic disease, union announces

KMPDU Secretary General Davji Atellah lost his father, Moses Atellah Abonyo, on Sunday evening while receiving treatment in Homa Bay county The 77-year-old had been managing chronic health conditions but passed away suddenly, leaving his family in...

Hand and foot fossil of ancient human found in Kenya

Researchers have unearthed fossils of hand and foot bones belonging to an extinct human relative dating to 1.52 million years ago. The discovery, near Lake Turkana in northern Kenya, reveals that this species would have been able to grasp and...

Fintech firm lauds Kenya’s approach to crypto regulation

Kenya’s newly passed law to regulate crypto assets is one of “the most comprehensive” of its kind in the world, said the co-founder and CEO of Yellow Card, a cryptocurrency startup. Speaking at Semafor’s World Economy Summit in Washington, DC,...

Analysts celebrate Indo-Kenya relations championed by Raila

NAIROBI, Kenya Oct 17 — Economic policy and political risk analysts have paid a glowing tribute to former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, describing him as a Pan-Africanist who immensely shaped Indo-Kenya relations. Speaking at the first Mentoria...

Stampede at funeral of Kenya’s ex-PM Raila

Eighteen people have been injured during a stampede at a soccer stadium during the state funeral service Friday for Kenya’s former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, the democratic reformer who died this week in India at the age of 80. Kenyans had...

Raila Odinga: Tanzania joins Kenya in funeral of the former PM

Home/World/Africa/Raila Odinga: Tanzania joins Kenya in funeral of the former PM DAR ES SALAAM: THE Tanzanian government has extended its condolences to the government and people of Kenya following the bereavement in the family of opposition...

Seventeen hospitalised in Kenya after stampede at Odinga funeral - source

NAIROBI (Reuters) -Seventeen people were treated for injuries at Nairobi’s Kenyatta Hospital on Friday after a stampede at the state funeral of opposition leader Raila Odinga, a source at the hospital told Reuters. (Reporting by Giulia Paravicini,...

Hand and foot fossils found in Kenya for ancient human relative

Researchers have unearthed near Lake Turkana in northern Kenya fossils of hand and foot bones belonging to an extinct human relative dating to 1.52 million years ago, revealing that this species would have been able to grasp and manipulate objects...