Kenya at the G7: Ruto Takes Africa’s Voice to Évian

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Kenya at the G7: Ruto Takes Africa’s Voice to Évian

By Ronny Choge | June 18, 2026 A Seat at the World's Most Exclusive Table In a small Alpine town on the French shores of Lake Geneva, Kenya made history this week. The 52nd G7 Leaders' Summit was held from June 15 to 17, 2026, in Évian-les-Bains, Haute-Savoie, France — and President William Ruto was in the room. State House confirmed that President Ruto received a personal invitation from French […]

War’s End in Sight: U.S. and Iran Ink Preliminary Peace Deal — but Key Disputes Already Loom

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War’s End in Sight: U.S. and Iran Ink Preliminary Peace Deal — but Key Disputes Already Loom

Tuesday, June 16, 2026 | Washington | Tehran |8 min read By Ronny Choge   The United States and Iran have agreed to a preliminary Memorandum of Understanding that formally ends more than 100 days of war — a fragile but significant breakthrough brokered primarily by Pakistan and Qatar, and set to be signed in a formal ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland on Friday, June 19, 2026. Both sides signed the […]

Kenya’s Biggest Budget Yet: CS John Mbadi Unveils Ksh 4.84 Trillion Spending Plan for 2026/2027

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Kenya’s Biggest Budget Yet: CS John Mbadi Unveils Ksh 4.84 Trillion Spending Plan for 2026/2027

By Ronny Choge | June 12, 2026   On the afternoon of Thursday, June 11, 2026, Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi walked into the National Assembly carrying the traditional black briefcase emblazoned with Kenya's coat of arms and the word Harambee. What followed was a more than three-hour address that laid out the most ambitious spending plan in Kenya's history— and instantly split the country down familiar political fault lines. […]

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The Man Nobody Checks On.

By Ronny Choge | 11TH JUNE, 2026. Picture a 28-year-old man in Nairobi. He has a degree. He has hustle. He scrolls through job listings every morning over black tea because there's nothing else in the kitchen shelves. His girlfriend earns more than he does. His mother calls asking when he will "settle down." He hasn't told anyone that for the past three months, he has felt a heaviness he […]

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Education

When Schools Burn and Silence Grows Loud: Kenya’s Recurring Student Unrest and the Search for Lasting Solutions

Kenya’s education sector is once again under the spotlight following the tragic fire at Utumishi Girls Academy in Gilgil. The incident, which claimed lives and left many injured, has not only shocked the nation but also triggered a wave of anxiety, precautionary closures, and disturbances in secondary schools across the country. In the days after the Utumishi tragedy, several institutions reported unrest, threats of arson, or took the difficult decision […]

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Kisumu County rocked with violence during MCAs swearing in

  PHOTO:COURTESY An interruption was experienced during the swearing in of the 47 Members of County Assembly (MCAs) at the Kisumu County Assembly where chaos broke out when the Clerk Owen Ojuok announced that he had a communication from the Court barring 4 nominated MCAs from swearing in. Amid chaos, […]

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Kyiv McDonalds reopens but for deliveries only

McDonald’s in Kyiv re-opened on Tuesday for the first time since Russia’s invasion, a sign life was returning to normal in the capital after nearly seven months of protracted war with Russia. The US-based burger chain said in a statement earlier that after talks with Ukrainian officials, security specialists and […]

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UN General Assembly returns for first full in-person meeting in two years

  The United Nations General Assembly is set to return to an in-person meeting for the first time in two years amid general division in the world instigated by the war in Ukraine. After two years of pandemic restrictions and video addresses, the UN General Assembly has asked leaders to […]

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Grand Theft Auto Video Game suffers leak months before release

  The developer, Rockstar Games, has confirmed that its confidential information was illegally downloaded after an unprecedented and unexpected leak revealed early footage of its next video game in action. Named as the biggest leak in gaming history, gameplay footage of Grand Theft Auto VI was posted online on Sunday. […]

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