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A dusty settlement in Turkana County, once only marked by manyattas, is rapidly transforming into a commercial hub, complete with hotels, fuel stations and new businesses, all powered by the gold economy. https://nation.africa/kenya/counties/turkana/gold-rush-mining-turns-remote-turkana-villages-into-booming-frontier-town-5547938#story
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Aug 6, 2026 🗞️ 📷

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The billion-shilling budgets, three-letter acronyms that succeed their names in official documents, chase cars and attention they draw in public spaces have created an impression of invincibility on the part of many Kenyan politicians.

But it is just an impression, going by recent actions by lenders who have placed on auction properties owned by some of Kenya’s top politicians.

Read more: https://nation.africa/kenya/business/rough-season-for-top-politicians-facing-auction-5548032#story
The battle over the registration of the proposed Linda Mwananchi Party has escalated into a legal and political showdown after lawyers acting for promoter Charles Wanyonyi accused the Office of the Registrar of Political Parties (ORPP) of reopening a decision on the party name without involving the original applicant.

The latest development comes barely a day after Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna and a team of politicians aligned to the Linda Mwananchi movement held a closed-door meeting with Registrar of Political Parties John Cox Lorionokou and later announced that the office had agreed to review an earlier decision rejecting reservation of the party name.

Read more: https://nation.africa/kenya/news/politics/linda-mwananchi-party-registrar-s-u-turn-sparks-fresh-legal-storm-5548164#story
President William Ruto and ODM leader Oburu Oginga have summoned governors, deputy governors and Members of Parliament aligned to the broad-based arrangement for a three-day retreat in Naivasha as the two parties seek to strengthen their working relationship and prepare for the political battles ahead of the 2027 General Election.

Read more: https://nation.africa/kenya/news/politics/ruto-and-oburu-summon-odm-uda-allied-governors-mps-to-plan-for-2027-polls-5548178#story