Identity cards are a big deal in Kenya. Without them you cannot marry, register to vote or get salaried jobs. Nor can you open a bank account, go to university or legally buy a SIM card. Walking ...

Protests have erupted in parts of Kenya, with hundreds detained by police as citizens rejected planned tax hikes in the East African nation already grappling with escalating living costs. Civil ...

Diaspora and Foreign Affairs PS Roseline Njogu. [Elvis Ogina, Standard] Foreign and Diaspora Affairs Principal Secretary Roseline Njogu now says the Ministry erred in the Sh1,000,000 charges for ...

Immigration and Citizen Services Principal Secretary Julius Bitok and other government officials at the registration exercise of the Pemba community as citizens at Karisa Maitha grounds in Kilifi on ...

(CNN) — Kenyan President William Ruto denounced protests on Tuesday that saw parliament stormed and at least five people shot dead as “treasonous” – but did not address the swelling outrage against a ...

The Kenyan government plans to roll out its digital identification system in December 2023 after the testing period, which will take a couple of months. The Kenyan government plans to roll out its ...

Nairobi, 13 July 2025 — In a significant endorsement of private sector innovation, the Cabinet Secretary for the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Digital Economy (MICDE), Hon. William ...

A gentle breeze fans a row of colourful clothes drying on a line behind Barke Hamisi, 29, and her two younger sisters, Sharifa and Nuru, as they sit outside their stone house preparing ‘sambusas’ - a ...

A Kenyan woman identified as Damaris Ndungu is celebratinf her US citizenship after a challenging journey filled with delays, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Nana Ama Sarfo covers current international tax news and transparency. In the wake of Kenya’s failed finance bill, several think ...