Charles Onyango-Obbo

Caption for the landscape image: The July 16, 2026, Ol Kalou parliamentary by-election in Kenya's Nyandarua County was the most watched in the last 20 years.

One of the reasons for it is that it has produced a remarkable number of other crises.

On June 28, 2026, the operations of Nation Media Group in Uganda, including Daily Monitor, NTV Uganda, Spark TV, KFM, and Nation Couriers, were suspended, and soldiers took over their premises.

Scroll down to read the article Kenyatta Memorial Funeral Home in Nairobi on February 3, 2026. Photo credit: Evans Habil | Nation Media Group

An airline is a margin business that lives or dies on operational discipline and long-term planning.

Artificial intelligence tools are giving cybercriminals skills they never had, and several recent reports show how fast the danger is growing.

Two hubs may prove sturdier than one, and the competition could push both to move faster and price fuel more keenly.

Scroll down to read the article Participants compete in the 21km race during the Nairobi City Marathon on July 6, 2025.

A few days ago, a story sent a shiver down the spine of many an East African sports fan: the era of Ethiopian, Kenyan, and (to a lesser extent) Ugandan marathon dominance might be drawing to a close.

In some countries, research institutions pay health authorities for controlled access to anonymised medical statistics. Now this is being piloted in Kenya.