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  Activists, led by Julius Kamau, chained themselves to the gate of Jogoo House in Nairobi on Monday, August 17, 2026, demanding the resignation of Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja. The group of about six activists carried white mock coffins marked “Why kill Kenyans?”, along with placards and crosses.  They highlighted alleged police brutality, abductions, deaths in custody, extrajudicial killings and what they described as the police’s failure to protect Kenyans.  Some reports also linked the protest to recent insecurity and chaos in Homa Bay County. They threw the coffins over the gate into the compound before chaining themselves. Kamau remained attached to the gate for a while, addressing those present and calling for freedom, justice, and equality. He stated: “Siogopi bana, niko tayari kufa nikigania Kenya” (“I’m not afraid, I’m ready to die fighting for Kenya”) and led chants of “We shall overcome.” He also criticized the grabbing of public land and urged Ke...

Kenya government has come up with various financial inclusion measures to benefit workers in the informal sector. Just like formal employees, players in the informal sector are currently able to secure their future through pension schemes.  In the mobile financial inclusive platform, Kenyans are able to join the NSSF Haba Haba, KNEST, Women Enterprise Fund and the Hustler Fund. However, if you want to grow your money, build your financial security and secure your future it's prudent to join the NSSF Haba Haba or KNEST. NSSF Haba Haba NSSF Haba Haba can be accessed through the mobile app or by dialing *254#. It's a voluntary savings and pension scheme meant to help the informal sector workers save consistently for retirement and long-term financial security. It targets the informal sector such as boda boda operators, mama mbogas, farmers, casual labourers and professionals with or without a formal pension scheme. Products available under NSSF Haba Haba include long-term voluntar...

Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna who doubles vas Linda Mwananchi leader successfully held a rally in Homa Bay County on Sunday, August 16 2026, despite roadblocks and disruptions. Roads leading into Homa Bay town were blocked early in the morning by large stones and groups of youths. This forced Sifuna and his team to hire a boat to reach the area via Lake Victoria. He posted casually about it, writing something along the lines of “Top of the morning from the beautiful Homa Bay! Ati wameblock barabara? Tuonane shortly." Police escorted the convoy. There was a confrontation in Ndhiwa where officers used teargas to disperse youths who pelted vehicles with stones, briefly delaying the group.  The team pressed on and held the main event in Nyandiwa, where residents gave them a warm reception that brought parts of the area to a standstill. Sifuna was joined by Embakasi East MP Babu Owino and other Linda Mwananchi leaders. He thanked the crowd, pledged to return, “We will be bac...

  President William Ruto has faced sharp public and online backlash over remarks made during the August 12, 2026, launch of a national conversation on Kenya’s future beyond Vision 2030. At the event at the KICC in Nairobi, Ruto contrasted Vision 2030, developed under the pre-2010 constitutional order, with the current process under the 2010 Constitution.  Clips circulating widely online captured him saying something to the effect of: it is important to engage the exercise “in the context of a new constitution that does not request us to consult the people… No, it is mandatory to consult the people. Background of the remarks Supporters and some clarifications, including from accounts reviewing fuller context, argue Ruto was referring to the 2010 Constitution itself as the “new” framework that makes public participation mandatory (unlike the older order under which Vision 2030 was crafted, where consultation was more discretionary).  He has repeatedly emphasized...

Kenya has launched a national conversation to shape a new long-term development framework beyond Vision 2030, aimed at guiding the country toward becoming a high-income, “first-world”  President William Ruto opened the process at Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) in Nairobi.  It is hosted by the Vision 2030 Delivery Secretariat and framed as a citizen-driven exercise rather than a top-down government plan. Officials emphasized that the government will facilitate, but Kenyans will define the content and direction of what is intended to become a National Development Charter, oftenly referred to in connection with a Vision 2060 horizon.  The charter is meant to outlast individual administrations, political parties, election cycles and to be constitutionally anchored. Background of Vision 2060 Vision 2030, launched in 2008 under President Mwai Kibaki, aimed to transform Kenya into a newly industrialized, middle-income country providing a high quality...

 Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua who is the Leader of Democracy for the Citizens Party has publicly demanded a public inquest into several high-profile deaths during President William Ruto’s administration, raising specific questions he says remain unanswered. On Tuesday, August 11, 2026, during a national statement assessing the Kenya Kwanza government’s four years in office (delivered at DCP headquarters in Nairobi), Gachagua focused on the deaths of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga (October 2025 in India), former Chief of Defence Forces General Francis Ogolla (helicopter crash in 2024), and Emurua Dikirr MP Johana Ng’eno (helicopter crash).  He framed these as part of a broader pattern of unresolved high-profile cases and urged the Director of Public Prosecutions to use constitutional powers to establish a public inquest. Key questions Gachagua raised on Raila Odinga’s death He questioned medical care in the final hours, travel arrangements, lack of a...