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Construction has begun on the Greenpark Terminus Pedestrian Underpass, a 500-metre Beijing-inspired walkway at Haile Selassie Avenue and Uhuru Highway designed to protect pedestrians, improve traffic flow and complement other major road projects aimed at easing Nairobi’s congestion.
Senators call the SHA policy that bars treatment until 12 months of premiums are paid “punitive,” urging reforms after patients were reportedly turned away.
Fitch maintains Kenya’s sovereign rating at B- (stable), citing high debt and big deficits even as reserves rise and growth is seen at 4.9 % in 2025.
From neon lights to live DJs, Nairobi’s matatus have morphed into mobile nightclubs—an exuberant, if sometimes controversial, hallmark of city life.
Kenyan rights lobbies condemn the abduction of activist Mwabili Mwagodi and demand a police apology plus an independent investigation into officers involved.
Regulators shut Chiromo Braeside hospital after patient Susan Njoki was strangled, suspecting staff involvement; all patients transferred as police pursue murder charges.
Senator Karen Nyamu’s tongue-in-cheek Instagram jab at ex-lover Samidoh reignited the trio’s love-triangle chatter, splitting Kenyan social-media users between cheers and criticism.
Officials reaffirm Kenya’s free schooling pledge, seek extra capitation funds, roll out new data system, and warn abusers will face severe penalties.
President Ruto replaced chairs of key health agencies, aiming to tighten governance and restore public trust in Kenya’s healthcare services over the next three years.
Attackers exploited an undisclosed SharePoint vulnerability to infiltrate about 100 organisations, prompting Microsoft to rush emergency patches and experts to urge immediate updates.
Alibaba has released Qwen3-Coder, an open-source AI that autonomously writes code and rivals leading Western models, escalating the global AI arms race.
Researchers at startup QuEra demonstrated magic state distillation on logical qubits — a pivotal breakthrough toward powerful, fault-tolerant quantum computers poised to outclass classical machines.
Amazon lofted 24 Kuiper satellites while Vietnam approved a Starlink pilot, signalling fiercer competition to blanket Earth with low-latency satellite broadband.
