High Court declares Kenya’s next General Election should be held in August 2026, Justice Mugure Thande suspends decision to avoid chaos and disruption.

Willis Otieno: IEBC erroneously moved on the premise that a president is elected to serve a five-year term.

Kenya is in the middle of a June-July-August (JJA) season that is not behaving the way it usually does. This period is normally defined by cool, cloudy skies over the central region, including Kiambu, with morning drizzle and fog even in places that see little direct rain. Instead, large parts of the country have spent June and July unusually dry and unusually warm, and forecasters say the trend is likely to carry into a mostly dry August too. #Earthwise https://nation.africa/kenya/climate/the-climate-drivers-behind-kenya-s-unusually-cold-august-changed-weather-5549984

Health strike: CoG asks workers to obey court order
#HealthyNation https://nation.africa/kenya/health/health-strike-cog-asks-workers-to-obey-court-order-5549520

The High Court has temporarily stopped the prosecution of the chief executives of NCBA Group, KCB Group and Co-operative Bank over their alleged failure to report suspicious transactions linked to a Sh363.3 million fraud involving First Assurance Investment Ltd.

Read more: https://nation.africa/kenya/business/three-bank-ceos-get-court-reprieve-in-sh363m-fraud-case-5550196#story

With a debt now worth Sh1 million after losing his appeal, Kenyan filmmaker David ‘Tosh’ Gitonga is pleading with the courts to allow him to settle the amount owed to a German filmmaker in small instalments. He is proposing to pay Sh10,000 every month.

Read more: https://nation.africa/kenya/life-and-style/-i-can-only-afford-sh10-000-nairobi-half-life-filmmaker-tosh-gitonga-pleads-with-court-5550154#story

Why WNBA star Madina Okot is heading to Australia https://nation.africa/kenya/sports/why-wnba-star-madina-okot-is-heading-to-australia-5550462

Kenyan race walker Stephen Ndangiri suspended for doping https://nation.africa/kenya/sports/athletics/kenyan-race-walker-stephen-ndangiri-suspended-doping-5550420

My one term as senator is enough experience to be president, Sifuna says as he rallies Western https://nation.africa/kenya/news/politics/my-one-term-as-senator-is-enough-experience-to-be-president-sifuna-says-as-he-rallies-western-5550500

How rogue police shot doctor dead

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HSG: Inside the fertility test that many women dread
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How Uhuru government left private universities in Sh40bn debt hole
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Why school games are fiercely contested today
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You need to be intimate at least twice a week for a healthy marriage
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She quit high-paying jobs because of endometriosis
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I earn over Sh100,000 but little to show for it. Where is the leak?
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Kenya Railways loses bid to freeze Maai-Mahiu flood probe
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From varsity computer lab to global impact prize: How Dr Chao Mbogho rose to the top #NationGender
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