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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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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Where Kenya’s super-rich are migrating to for investments

      Wealthy Kenyans are seeking second homes in St Kitts and Nevis, a two-island county in North America. Its education system is better, it is affordable to get citizenship because the investment requirement is fairer than in other countries and it is crypto-friendly hence attractive to technology investors […]

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Raila says he will not run again if he loses poll

PHOTO: COURTESY   Azimio-One Kenya presidential candidate Raila Odinga says this year’s election will be the last he will ever contest.   The former prime minister is 77 years old and is giving the presidency a fifth stab. Raila says that at his age, he does not intend to vie […]

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president Kenyatta halves the cost of maize flour

photo: courtesy   The cost of maize flour, used to make Kenya's staple food, has been cut in half less than three weeks before general elections. The measure aims to deal with the rising cost of living that has seen prices of basic commodities soar. A 2kg (70 oz) packet […]

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Keroche tax row headed back to court

PHOTO: COURTESY   The cash crisis facing Kenya’s second-largest beer maker Keroche Breweries has deepened after it defaulted on a tax repayment plan and ran into salary arrears by more than two months. Trouble at the Naivasha-based brewer became apparent in December when it was shut down by officials of […]

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