Kenya’s 2029 World Athletics Championships: A Historic Win with Opportunities Beyond the Track

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Kenya’s 2029 World Athletics Championships: A Historic Win with Opportunities Beyond the Track

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 […]

Communities Already Have the Ideas. They Just Need the Right Partners.

Circular Economy

Communities Already Have the Ideas. They Just Need the Right Partners.

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 […]

Kenya’s Political Recycling Problem: Why the Same Faces Can’t Deliver a Different Future

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Kenya’s Political Recycling Problem: Why the Same Faces Can’t Deliver a Different Future

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 […]

Circular Economy

A Vision for a Stronger Coast: Icon Radio Kenya’s Partnership with the Coast Development Authority

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) […]

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Politics

Ol Kalou Has Spoken: What a By-Election in Nyandarua Just Told Kenya About 2027

By Ronny Choge Last Thursday, 41,656 people out of 73,480 registered voters in Ol Kalou walked into 144 polling stations and did what by-elections rarely get credit for doing — they gave the whole country a preview of the road to 2027. On paper, this was a simple mini-poll. A seat fell vacant after the death of MP David Kiaraho in March, and the constituency needed a new representative. In […]

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Dapper Brother and Miss Gachie Tie The Knot

Kenyan influencers Miss Gachie and The Dapper Brother tied the knot on Saturday, October 7, 2023, in a spectacular and earth-themed wedding that left social media abuzz with admiration and well-wishes. The couple, who have been together for years, had also recently celebrated their ruracio (traditional dowry payment ceremony), sharing […]

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Parliament to have no say on privatization of state corporations

President William Ruto has signed into law the Privatisation Bill, 2023 after being passed by the National Assembly in September. The bill, sponsored by Majority Leader Kimani Ichung’wah, entails a revised regulatory framework for the privatisation of public entities aiming to improve the efficiency and competitiveness of Kenya’s productive resources. […]

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Alfred Mutua’s 2015 Letter on Athi River Land Grabbing Resurfaces

Families with houses built on contested East African Portland Company (EAPCC) land are counting losses after the government moved in to demolish residences in line with a directive issued by President William Ruto. The Head of State had earlier raised concerns that the wealthy families residing on the land had […]

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MY LAND IS KENYA HITMAKER – ROGER WHITTAKER – DIES AT AGE 87

Roger Whittaker, a British singer whose easy-listening ballads and folk songs caught the sentiments of perfect summer days and last farewells, touching the hearts of mainly older fans across Europe and America for four decades, died on Sep. 12 in a hospital near Toulouse, in the south of France. He […]

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QUINCY TIMBERLAKE PLEADS GUILTY TO MANSLAUGHTER

Quincy Zuma Wambitta Timberlake, a former Kenyan presidential candidate, has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of his three-year-old son, Sinclair, at his Kallangur home north of Brisbane, Australia. Timberlake, who was scheduled to face trial in the Brisbane Supreme Court this week, stunned the court by entering a guilty plea […]

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