The island’s much anticipated Budget statement charting the Government’s fiscal road map for 2026-27 will be heard this morning in the House of Assembly. David Burt, the Premier and finance minister, ...

Feb. 19 (UPI) --More than 1,000 Kenyans and other Africans have been deployed by Russia to fight in Ukraine after being recruited by "rogue" agencies that some accuse of human trafficking, a Kenyan ...

Kenyan President William Ruto has announced plans to begin construction of a new airport at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) before the end of the year. The move to improve upon the current ...

Kenyans are voting in at least 22 areas today to elect new representatives. Polling stations opened at 6am, with some voters queueing as early as 5am. The exercise is expected to close at 5pm. Voters ...

Watch live as BBC Board chairman Samir Shah, board members Robbie Gibb and Caroline Thomson, and former editorial advisers Caroline Danie and Michael Prescott appear before lawmakers in the Culture, ...

Bitcoin ATMs launched across Nairobi malls days after Kenya's crypto law took effect, but regulators say no operators have received licensing approval yet. The installations at Two Rivers Mall, ...

The "Mardan" Stadium in Antalya, Turkey, will host a friendly match this Tuesday evening between the national teams of Senegal and Kenya. This encounter is part of the "Lions of Teranga" preparations ...

A bill to apply Israeli law to the occupied West Bank, a move tantamount to annexation of land which Palestinians want for a state, won preliminary approval from Israel's parliament on Wednesday. The ...

Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) soldiers prepare military carriage vehicle to be used for transporting former Prime Minister Raila Odinga's body on October 16, 2025. [Stafford Ondego, Standard] Kenya is ...

Police in Kenya fired tear gas Thursday at thousands of mourners at a public viewing of the body of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, who died a day earlier in India. The mourners filled a ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Raila Odinga, a former prime minister of Kenya and perennial presidential candidate whose populist campaigns challenged one-party rule, rattled authorities and gave him outsized ...