ICON RADIO KE

Wednesday, September 16, 2026 — Kenya’s selection as host of the 2029 World Athletics Championships is more than a sporting triumph. It is a historic moment for Kenya, a breakthrough for Africa and an opportunity to generate economic and social benefits across industries—from tourism and media to transport, technology and the creative economy. World Athletics announced on September 15, 2026, that Nairobi had been selected ahead of competing bids from […]

Inside Kisauni, more than 30 grassroots organisations are building a circular economy from waste, water and fish — one partnership at a time. By Ronny Choge At the coast, the biggest ideas rarely come from boardrooms. They come from the ground — from people who live with a problem long enough to understand exactly how to solve it. That was the lesson our directors carried home last weekend after attending […]

By Ronny Choge Kenya's political dysfunction isn't the product of any single bad leader. It's structural. The same small circle of political figures has dominated the national stage for decades, and that continuity — not any one administration — is what keeps producing the same toxic patterns election after election. Look at the current field of heavyweights: William Ruto, Kalonzo Musyoka, Musalia Mudavadi, Martha Karua, Rigathi Gachagua, Charity Ngilu, along […]

By Ronny Choge Building Pathways from Community Needs to Opportunity As part of Icon Radio Kenya's engagement with Coast development initiatives, facilitated by the Coast Development Authority (CDA) under Chairman Mzee Mwinyi Mzee, our team recently visited the Kisauni Vocational Training Centre — an institution with a 58-year history of community-led achievement and resilience. The visit offered a close look at the realities facing many communities and Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) […]

By Ronny Choge Do you remember the XYZ Show? The one that premiered on Kenyan TV screens and served us political satire in concentrated humor, week after week? For those who lived through it, the latex puppets and their razor-sharp send-ups of the political class weren't just entertainment — they were a cultural fixture, arriving well ahead of their time. So when the show quietly went out of production, it […]