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Kenya's water troubles is a crisis of leadership and imagination

Last week, the Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company issued a public notice announcing an immediate 35 per cent reduction in water production at the Ngethu and Kigoro treatment plants.
By Bruno Otiato 2026-11-16 00:30:00
The incident at Nyabisase Mixed Secondary School in Bobasi, Kisii County, raises serious questions about student behaviour, authority and the systems for managing indiscipline.
By Rachel Wanjiku Mwangi 2026-11-16 00:00:00
US midterm elections offer Kenya a lesson ahead of next year's General Election: voters expect governments to deliver, while political parties must present credible alternatives and practical plans.
By Dr Martin Kipchumba 2026-11-15 18:42:46
China, Russia, the United States and Europe have long jostled for her attention, dangling promises of friendship, investment, security and prosperity.
By Ken Bosire 2026-11-14 16:15:54
From its initial blueprint to its steady and substantive implementation, cooperation documents have been signed by over 150 countries and more than 30 international organisations.
By Xinhua 2026-11-14 10:58:31
Mogadishu is back to what it knows best-talking about talks as the year comes to an end without any sign that the country is about to agree on the electoral roadmap.
By David Okwembah 2026-11-14 10:45:29
We have writers whose lives, homes and birthplaces could attract readers, researchers and tourists. Let us not wait until they die.
By Prof Egara Kabaji 2026-11-14 07:30:00
You may begin by reading other writers, but if you read attentively enough, you will eventually learn to read the world. And that is where great writing begins.
By Henry Munene 2026-11-14 07:00:00
For more than six decades, the conditions shaping ordinary Kenyans’ lives have followed an agonising trajectory. Poverty is no longer an accidental socioeconomic condition but a permanent space.
By Dr Ogutu Keroboto B. Za’Ngoti 2026-11-13 10:58:00
As the 2027 elections approach, Kajiado is shaping up for another competitive governor race with prominent figures seeking to succeed Governor Joseph Ole Lenku, who is serving his final term.
By Okech Kendo 2026-11-13 00:00:00
Advocate Abshir Ahmedsadak Abdi's brother, Zakaria Abshir, asked the court to order the State to produce his brother, dead or alive, or explain his whereabouts.
By Ndong Evance 2026-11-13 00:00:00
Let us de-circumcise the toxic masculinity that has been sold as the mark of manhood for far too long.
By Muchiri Karanja 2026-11-13 00:00:00