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The trouble it took, including personal calls by President Ruto, for KAWU to call off strike
The 2-day strike brought travel to a halt at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and other key airports in Mombasa, Kisumu and Eldoret. Move led to massive flight bookkng cancellations

Kamal out of Kenya Airways as board turns to legal chief Waswani
Company Secretary Habil Waswani takes charge, in temporary capacity, as MD & CEO at Kenya Airways

Another day, another complaint on Carrefour Supermarket delivery challenges
At no point was I informed that the order would be cancelled. My order was cancelled without adequate notice, reasonable effort to contact me, or fair communication. This is particularly concerning given that I had already paid in full for the goods, courier service, and M-Pesa transaction charges. I had also applied a discount voucher to the purchase.

How Maraga Report Exposes President Ruto for Stalling Police Reforms, 3 Years Later
“Independence of the NPS” — reduced to a slogan, while police escort goons at by-elections and take “operational instructions” straight from the Interior CS Murkomen, in plain violation of Art. 245, CoK

COFEK calls on the Ministry of Agriculture, Treasury and the Dairy Board to to Restore Milk Supply and Stabilize Prices
Formal sector milk intake fell from 88.89 million litres in May 2026 to 84.44 million litres in June 2026 — a month-on-month decline of 5.0 per cent [KNBS, Leading Economic Indicators, June 2026, Table 17(f)]. The June 2026 intake was 6.4 per cent below the 90.24 million litres recorded in June 2025. February 2026 (74.43 million litres) was in fact the lowest month so far this year, pointing to a volatile and weakening supply trend through H1 2026
Pain for Travellers and the Economy as Kenya Is Shut Off From the World
Departures have faced delays of two to three hours, with Kenya Airways reporting that as of mid-afternoon only a fraction of its scheduled flights had departed.
Ruth Muthoni Kamau: Did her Equity Bank Heist of Sh1.5B in 2025 Earn her a Microfinance Bank?
Fresh court filings show she allegedly used a proxy, Joel Mwangi Wainaina, to buy his way into Fanikisha Microfinance Bank with a 49% stake worth Sh478M — funded, investigators suspect, by the stolen cash.

KPC’s “Successful” IPO: What the State-Firm Coercion Story Reveals About Public Fund Risk
Uganda’s last-minute intervention — buying roughly 20 percent of KPC in exchange for board seats and a veto over the CEO’s hiring and firing — further underscores how far the deal drifted from its original design once the market signalled it did not want in at the offered terms.

Health Interns’ Strike Threat Exposes Kenya’s Broken Promise Machine on Salaries
The Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) now says full payment is expected by September 2.

Reasons why you must #BoycottQueensGardenHotel in Eldoret: The owner is threatening to forcefully evict those who won’t vote for his choice
The hotel is situated in Eldoret. The owner is a nominated MP called Ngeria

Convicted Dutch Paedophile Back Under Investigation — This Time for What He Did to Kenyan Children
A pattern spanning three decades and two countries Vriens, now 74, was first convicted in the Netherlands in the early 1990s for abusing six children and served part of a three-year sentence.

New Police Uniforms Unveiling Deeply Muddied in Procurement Scandal
If NPS wants this controversy to actually die rather than simply go quiet, the remedy is straightforward: publish the tender advertisement, the technical evaluation scores for Bedi Investments and Rivatex East Africa, the professional opinion of the procurement committee, and the signed contract with Bedi Investments, including value and delivery timelines.