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@kahawatungu Thu, 23 Jul 2026 15:10:05
Rich nation, poor people? Millie Odhiambo says inequality is Kenya's real crisis
Suba North MP Millie Odhiambo has challenged the perception that Kenya is a poor country, arguing that the nation's greatest problem is not a lack of wealth but the widening gap between the rich and the poor. Speaking in Nakuru on Wednesday during a dinner hosted by Women Engineers of Kenya, the outspoken legislator said [...] The post Rich nation, poor people? Millie Odhiambo says inequality is Kenya's real crisis appeared first on Kahawatungu.
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standardmedia.co.ke
@standard Thu, 23 Jul 2026 13:40:19
Murkomen: Police no longer rely on Gachagua's 'gossip'
Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen accuses former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua of spreading falsehoods, saying technology-driven policing has replaced gossip-based investigations.
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@kna Thu, 23 Jul 2026 14:25:48
Relief as Voi Oncology Centre nears operation
Hundreds of cancer patients in Taita Taveta County are set to benefit from specialized treatment closer to home, as the Moi County Referral Hospital-Voi Oncology Centre moved a step closer to becoming fully operational following an assessment by national health regulators. Officials from the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council (KMPDC) and the National Cancer...
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@kna Thu, 23 Jul 2026 14:35:09
Residents urged to collaborate with security agencies to curb crime
Residents of Isiolo have been urged to work closely with security agencies by sharing information that can help curb crime and enhance public safety in the town. Speaking during a security meeting convened in Isiolo on Thursday, following the killing of a businesswoman by unknown assailants on Monday evening, Isiolo Senator Fatuma Dullo called on...
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@kna Thu, 23 Jul 2026 14:42:31
Africa set to manufacture own drugs, reduce dependence on imports
Health experts drawn from 11 East and Southern African countries have called for the acceleration of regional drug production to reduce overreliance on imports. The experts have converged in Mombasa for a three-day forum aimed at reducing Africas heavy dependence on imported health products, vaccines, and technologies, with officials setting an ambitious target of producing...
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taifaleo.nation.co.ke
@taifaleo Thu, 23 Jul 2026 14:27:11
Hofu Cameroon Rais Biya akikosa kuonekana hadharani kwa siku 45
YOUNDE, Cameroon: CHAMA tawala nchini Cameroon, CPDM (Cameroon People's Democratic Movement), Jumatano kiliitisha mkutano usio wa kawaida wa viongozi wake wakuu huku shinikizo ikiongezeka kuhusu kutoonekana hadharani kwa Rais Paul Biya, 93. Biya amekuwa nje ya nchi kwa siku 45 na uvumi umetanda kotekote kuhusu hali yake ya afya. Biya, anashikilia rekodi ya kuwa kiongozi wa taifa mwenye umri mkubwa zaidi duniani. Rais huyo aliondoka Cameroon Juni 7 kwa kile kilichoelezwa na Ikulu kuwa ziara fupi ya kibinafsi barani Ulaya. Tangu wakati huo hajarejea nyumbani, huku serikali ikikosa kutoa taarifa kuhusu tarehe anayotarajiwa kurejea. Katibu Mkuu wa Kamati Kuu ya CPDM, Jean Nkuete, aliyeitisha mkutano huo, hakufichua ajenda yake. Katika taarifa, alisema tu kuwa kitakuwa "kikao muhimu cha kazi". Haikubainika mara moja iwapo mkutano huo unahusiana na kutokuwepo kwa Biya kwa muda mrefu. Biya amekuwa madarakani tangu 1982 na kwa miaka mingi amekuwa akiishi Uswizi na mataifa mengine ya Ulaya. Hata hivyo, kutokana na umri wake mkubwa, safari zake zimeendelea kuzua maswali kuhusu afya yake, mahali aliko na uwezo wake wa kuendelea kuongoza taifa hilo. Safari ya sasa ndiyo ya muda mrefu zaidi ambayo amewahi kufanya akiwa nje ya nchi. Baada ya kutoweka kwa muda mnamo 2024, serikali ilipiga marufuku mijadala kuhusu afya ya rais huyo. Hata hivyo, hatua hiyo haijawazuia viongozi wa upinzani kuhoji hali hiyo. Mnamo Julai 18, chama cha upinzani cha Cameroon Democratic Union kilitaka mamlaka "kuwapa wananchi maelezo ya kutosha kuhusu uongozi wa taifa". Mbunge wa upinzani Jean Michel Nintcheu naye aliandika katika ukurasa wake wa Facebook Julai 17 akitaka Mahakama ya Kikatiba kutangaza kuwa nafasi ya urais i wazi. Serikali imekuwa ikikanusha ripoti kwamba Biya anapatiwa matibabu nje ya nchi, ikisisitiza kuwa ana uwezo wa kuendelea kuongoza Cameroon akiwa ughaibuni. Mnamo Aprili, wabunge waliidhinisha kurejeshwa kwa wadhifa wa makamu wa rais ambaye angekuwa wa kwanza kumrithi Biya iwapo nafasi ya urais ingebaki wazi. Hata hivyo, nafasi hiyo bado haijajazwa. Licha ya kushinda uchaguzi wa urais uliofanyika Oktoba mwaka jana, Biya bado hajateua baraza jipya la mawaziri akifanya kazi na wale waliokuwepo.
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@taifaleo Thu, 23 Jul 2026 14:50:46
Buyu awinda kuweka historia katika pambano la ubingwa la UBO dhidi ya Ramadhani
BONDIA wa Kenya Javan Buyu atamenyana na Mtanzania Idd Ramadhani kuwania taji la Shirika la Universal Boxing Organization (UBO) la Inter-Continental uzani wa lightweigt, katika mashindano ya ndondi yatakayofanyika Jumamosi hii kwenye ukumbi wa Edge Convention Centre jijini Nairobi. Pambano hilo ni mojawapo ya mapambano 11 yaliyoandaliwa na promota Maurice Odera kupitia UFS BXNG (Ultra Fight Series Boxing), waandalizi wakuu wa ndondi za kulipwa nchini Kenya, kwa udhamini wa SportPesa. Buyu, ambaye ni bingwa wa Kenya na Afrika Mashariki, ana nafasi ya kutwaa taji lake la tatu la kulipwa na kuwa miongoni mwa mabondia wachache wa Kenya kushinda mkanda wa ngazi ya mabara. Bondia huyo amesema yuko tayari kwa mtihani huo baada ya kufanya maandalizi ya miezi mitatu bila kuacha jambo lolote kwa bahati. "Nimekuwa nikifanya mazoezi na kumuomba Mungu kwa ajili ya taji hili. Mimi na timu yangu tumefanya kazi kubwa kujiandaa kwa Julai 25 na tuko tayari. Tumeimarisha kila eneo muhimu litakalotupa ushindi," alisema Buyu. Bingwa huyo wa Kenya na wa Pugilist Syndicate of Tanzania (PST) amesema ameboresha uwezo wake wa kutembea ulingoni, kupiga mashambulizi ya kushtukiza na ngumi za mwilini ili kumzidi ujanja mpinzani wake. "Taji hili lina maana kubwa kwangu kwa sababu litawapa motisha vijana wanaoanza mchezo wa ndondi na pia litafungua milango ya kupigana kwenye majukwaa makubwa duniani," alisema. Buyu alitwaa ubingwa wa Kenya Oktoba mwaka jana baada ya kumshinda Christopher Osicho kabla ya kuongeza mkanda wa PST kwa kumcharaza Mtanzania Nasoro Madimba kwa Technical Knockout katika raundi ya tatu mapema mwaka huu. Amesema tayari amemchunguza Ramadhani kupitia video zake. "Ni bondia mzuri, ningempa alama saba kati ya 10, lakini nina kila kitu kinachohitajika kumlazimisha akate tamaa. Namwahidi pambano zuri, lakini aandae moyo wa kukubali kushindwa," alisema. Hata hivyo, Buyu alikataa kutabiri jinsi pambano hilo litakavyomalizika. "Mashabiki waje wajionee jinsi nitakavyoshinda," alisema. Aidha, aliipongeza SportPesa pamoja na UFS BXNG kwa kuendeleza ndondi za kulipwa nchini kwa kuwapa mabondia nafasi ya kupigania mataji makubwa. "Naishukuru SportPesa kwa nafasi hii. Wanasaidia kukuza ndondi nchini Kenya na kuwapa wanamichezo nafasi ya kujionyesha. Najivunia kuiwakilisha Kenya na SportPesa," alisema Buyu, ambaye amesema pia anapigania kutimiza ndoto ya marehemu babake aliyewahi kushiriki ndondi za mashuleni katika Shule ya Upili ya Maranda. Pia alimpongeza promota Maurice Odera kwa mchango wake katika kukuza mchezo huo. Kwa upande wake, Ramadhani amesema amewasili nchini kwa lengo moja tu, kutwaa mkanda huo na kurejea nao Tanzania. "Nataka Buyu ajitayarishe kwa sababu Ramadhani Idd si bondia wa mchezo," alisema. Mtanzania huyo, aliyeshinda mapambano tisa kati ya 10 ya kulipwa, anaamini Buyu hajawahi kukutana na bondia wa kiwango chake. "Buyu alipata shida dhidi ya Martin Shekevuli, lakini mimi nilimwangusha kwa knockout. Hiyo inaonyesha tofauti yetu," alisema. Ramadhani alisema kipigo chake pekee kilitokana na uamuzi wa pointi dhidi ya Mrusi Levan Kasaia nchini Poland, uzoefu ambao amesema umemjengea uwezo wa kukabiliana na pambano hilo. "Nimekuwa kambini kwa karibu miezi mitatu na kila kitu kiko sawa. Nimetumwa kuleta mkanda nyumbani na naamini nitarudi nao Tanzania," alisema. Pia aliwataka waamuzi kuhakikisha haki inatendeka. "Buyu akishinda apewe mkanda. Mimi nikishinda nipewe mkanda. Hicho ndicho ninachoomba," alisema.
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@kna Thu, 23 Jul 2026 13:37:35
Poor governance to blame for decline in coffee production
Co-operatives and Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Development Cabinet Secretary (CS), Wycliffe Oparanya, has blamed governance issues within coffee cooperative societies for the decline of coffee production in the country. Kenya was one of the leading global coffee producers in the 90s, with the highest production recorded in 1990 at 130,000 metric tons, but...
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@kna Thu, 23 Jul 2026 13:45:51
Huduma Kenya extends Service hours in Makueni
Residents of Makueni County will now have greater access to government services following the extension of operating hours at the Makueni Huduma Centre from 7 am to 7 pm, effective July 20, 2026. The service providers will now work in shifts from 7am to 1pm and from 1pm to 7pm from Monday to Friday. The...
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