Wanjira Mathai: Make firewood sustainable, not taboo
https://nation.africa/kenya/blogs-opinion/opinion/make-firewood-sustainable-not-taboo--5550104

Lewis Ngunyi: Where did Kenya’s missing Sh6 trillion go?
https://nation.africa/kenya/blogs-opinion/opinion/where-did-kenya-missing-sh6-trillion-go--5550106

Wanjiru Gikonyo: Stop using the police to muzzle political dissent
https://nation.africa/kenya/blogs-opinion/blogs/stop-using-the-police-to-muzzle-political-dissent--5550114

Editorial: Counties must up game to clear financial mess
https://nation.africa/kenya/blogs-opinion/editorials/counties-must-up-game-to-clear-financial-mess-5550496

Editorial: Tap school sports talent
https://nation.africa/kenya/blogs-opinion/editorials/tap-school-sports-talent--5550498

Clashing politics of persuasion: Of Shakespeare, Ruto and Gachagua
https://nation.africa/kenya/life-and-style/weekend/clashing-politics-persuasion-shakespeare-ruto-gachagua-5549850

The killing of clinical psychologist Dr Victoria Mutiso, wife of respected doctor and scholar Prof David Musyimi Ndetei, has drawn detectives into alleged land disputes, family tensions, suspected rogue police officers and a possible link to the killing of lawyer Mathews Kyalo Mbobu on September 9, 2025.

CCTV, ballistic tests and court filings reveal how detectives traced the suspected hitmen.

Read more: https://nation.africa/kenya/news/police-gone-rogue-plot-to-kill-dr-mutiso-and-officers-for-hire-5550492

The path to motherhood is not always marked by baby showers and birth announcements. For many women, it is defined by fertility investigations: blood tests, transvaginal scans that strip away privacy, and painful procedures. Of all these tests, there is one many women never seem to forget. The hysterosalpingogram, commonly known as the HSG.

It takes only minutes to perform, yet many women say it is one of the most painful and emotionally charged moments in their fertility journey.

Read more: https://nation.africa/kenya/life-and-style/saturday-magazine/hsg-inside-the-fertility-test-that-many-women-dread--5550170

Zimbabwean writer Sue Nyathi is in Nairobi for her first-ever visit to Kenya as the Netflix series The Polygamist, based on her 2012 book, continues to awe local fans.

Despite approaching roughly 10 different publishers who all passed on the project, Nyathi refused to internalise the rejections as a definitive statement on her writing talent.

Read more: https://nation.africa/kenya/life-and-style/-polygamist-author-sue-nyathi-visit-kenya-turning-book-to-film-5550406

Treasury CS John Mbadi revealed to a Senate Committee that private universities are choking under a Sh40 billion debt incurred during President Uhuru Kenyatta’s tenure.

Mt Kenya University was owed the largest amount, at Sh12.9 billion, followed by Catholic University of East Africa at Sh4.3 billion.

Read more: https://nation.africa/kenya/news/education/how-uhuru-government-left-private-universities-in-sh40bn-debt-hole-5550520

Secondary school sport championships were largely regarded as an opportunity for teenagers to play, compete and enjoy themselves. The games have since evolved into fierce contests where winning a national title can have consequences that extend far beyond the school field.

They enhance schools' reputations, open pathways to the East African stage, and showcase players to scouts looking for talent.

Read more: https://nation.africa/kenya/sports/why-school-games-are-fiercely-contested-today--5550604

The frequency of sex in long-term relationships worries many couples. It was therefore not surprising when Doris accompanied her husband, Johnson, to the Sexology Clinic in search of answers.

The couple had been arguing about how often they should be intimate. Johnson insisted that Doris was behaving abnormally and needed help. Doris, on the other hand, believed her husband was simply ignorant and needed some education.

Read more: https://nation.africa/kenya/life-and-style/saturday-magazine/you-need-to-be-intimate-at-least-twice-a-week-for-a-healthy-marriage-5550056

In 2010, Phyllis Wangui was on a fast track to success as a legal officer in the banking industry. A top student, she scored an A-minus before pursuing a Bachelor of Laws at the University of Nairobi, where she consistently appeared on the Dean’s List.

A health crisis then forced her to leave her thriving corporate career.

Read more: https://nation.africa/kenya/life-and-style/saturday-magazine/she-quit-high-paying-jobs-because-of-endometriosis-5550408

Experts divided over elections date, president’s term after High Court bombshell
https://nation.africa/kenya/news/experts-divided-over-elections-date-president-s-term-after-high-court-bombshell--5549530

HIV therapy under threat as drug resistance emerges #HealthyNation
https://nation.africa/kenya/health/hiv-therapy-under-threat-as-drug-resistance-emerges-5550582

The High Court has declined a request by Kenya Railways Corporation and its managing director, Philip Mainga, to suspend orders requiring investigations into possible criminal responsibility over the 2024 Maai Mahiu floods that killed 76 people.

The court had ruled that the disaster stemmed from preventable failure by state agencies.

Read more: https://nation.africa/kenya/business/kenya-railways-loses-bid-to-freeze-maai-mahiu-flood-probe-5550622

"I am 39, married with two children aged 11 and 9. I have an outstanding debt of Sh2.1 million. At my age, the only thing I can point to as an achievement is my rental property, which is not paying itself off. I have nothing else to speak of. I feel stuck and don't know what I'm doing wrong. Please advise me."

Read more: https://nation.africa/kenya/life-and-style/saturday-magazine/i-earn-over-sh100-000-but-little-to-show-for-it-where-is-the-leak--5550260

In the battle between Gachagua and President William Ruto, Gachagua is closest to Brutus and President Ruto to Mark Antony. In Julius Caesar, Antony — a soldier, a charmer, and a lover of feasts — understands something different. He knows that politics is theatre (spectacle, in fact) and that crowds are moved not by “truthful” words but by emotion.

In ancient Rome, as in Kenya, the crowd decides who wins the current debate; but history decides who was right.

Read more: https://nation.africa/kenya/life-and-style/weekend/clashing-politics-persuasion-shakespeare-ruto-gachagua-5549850

Congolese superstars tuning up for mega home reunion concert
https://nation.africa/kenya/life-and-style/weekend/congolese-superstars-tuning-up-mega-home-reunion-concert-5550124

'We are hurting so much, but I forgive her killers’: Dr Mutiso's husband Prof Ndetei speaks
https://nation.africa/kenya/counties/makueni/-we-are-hurting-so-much-but-i-forgive-her-killers-dr-mutiso-s-husband-prof-ndetei-speaks--5550674

In the public imagination, firewood is often associated with deforestation, environmental degradation and poverty. While these concerns are real, they tell only part of the story. For millions of rural households, the story is far more nuanced than that.

The challenge is not the existence of firewood itself, but whether it is produced and collected sustainably and burnt efficiently.

Read more: https://nation.africa/kenya/blogs-opinion/opinion/make-firewood-sustainable-not-taboo--5550104