From agonising pain and dwindling milk supply to workplace pressures and societal scrutiny, three women share their deeply personal journeys, and reveal what they wish they had known before. #HealthyNation https://nation.africa/kenya/health/from-bleeding-nipples-to-workplace-pressure-why-many-mothers-abandon-exclusive-breastfeeding-5552834

New payment data shows that the shift to Universal Health Coverage through the Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF) is producing measurable results, with the financing system growing sharply in both scale and reach over the past year.
That growth comes even as a number of Kenyans continue to complain about not getting services in hospitals across the country. #HealthyNation https://nation.africa/kenya/health/more-sha-money-is-flowing-are-patients-getting-better-care--5553442

Training in design, quality and value addition has helped Turkana women move from low-paying local markets to a growing international customer base. #NationGender https://nation.africa/kenya/news/gender/how-turkana-women-turned-traditional-weaving-into-a-sh3m-business-5553112

From farm to fork: Inside a corporate food supply business https://nation.africa/kenya/business/enterprise/from-farm-to-fork-inside-a-corporate-food-supply-business-5553328

Just like in the Roysambu constituency game plan in the year 2022, Mr Wanjohi has now shifted his political base to Kabete Constituency, Kiambu County, where he has been running high-level campaigns using the Democracy for Citizens Party (DCP) as his preferred political vehicle.

Read more: https://nation.africa/kenya/counties/nairobi/james-wanjohi-sh600m-jobs-scam-suspect-sets-his-eyes-on-kabete-seat-5553754#story

Fewer mothers and babies died during childbirth last year, according to a new report on the State of Devolution released by the Council of Governors. The report shows maternal deaths declined by 6.8 per cent in the 2025/2026 financial year, dropping to 2,656 from 2,851 recorded in 2024/2025. Neonatal deaths (infants aged 0 to 28 days) also fell sharply, from 6,909 to 5,777 over the same period. Additionally, teenage pregnancies declined by nearly 20 per cent nationwide. #HealthyNation https://nation.africa/kenya/health/maternal-deaths-drop-by-6-8pc-but-home-births-surge-as-sha-replaces-linda-mama-5553740

Decision 2027: How Sifuna’s Linda Mwananchi team dropped its guard in party registration
https://nation.africa/kenya/news/politics/decision-2027-how-sifuna-s-linda-mwananchi-team-dropped-its-guard-in-party-registration-5553854

Eldoret’s big moment: Chinese investors eye Ruto’s home county
https://nation.africa/kenya/counties/uasin-gishu/eldoret-s-big-moment-chinese-investors-eye-ruto-s-home-county-5553868#story

Why governors’ bid to force Treasury to release county funds monthly failed
https://nation.africa/kenya/counties/why-governors-bid-to-force-treasury-to-release-county-funds-monthly-failed-5553806

COURT BLOCKS NTSA from scraping physical logbooks, pending the determination of a petition challenging the rollout of eLogbook.

Kiambu Governor Kimani Wamatangi has ruled out seeking re-election on a UDA ticket, citing frustrations and political persecution by the state since he was elected governor in 2022. https://nation.africa/kenya/news/politics/wamatangi-mulls-ditching-uda-after-fallout-5553986#story

Court orders Sh105m compensation kitty for abduction victims https://nation.africa/kenya/news/-court-orders-sh105m-compensation-kitty-for-abduction-victims-5553978

MKU tops national music festival special composition category https://nation.africa/kenya/life-and-style/art-culture/mku-tops-national-music-festival-special-composition-category-5554014

Zilizopendwa classics steal the show at Kenya Music Festival https://nation.africa/kenya/life-and-style/art-culture/zilizopendwa-classics-steal-the-show-at-kenya-music-festival--5554050

The High Court has cleared the way for a petition challenging the government’s latest duty-free rice import programme amid concerns over its impact on local farmers and the transparency and legality of the 490,000-tonne import quota. https://nation.africa/kenya/news/why-court-extended-freeze-on-rice-imports-5553988#story

Syria sentences absent Bashar al-Assad to death over killings and torture https://nation.africa/kenya/news/world/syria-sentences-absent-bashar-al-assad-to-death-over-killings-and-torture-5554078

Court temporarily blocks NTSA from scrapping physical logbooks https://nation.africa/kenya/news/court-temporarily-blocks-ntsa-from-scrapping-physical-logbooks-5554206

Njoroge overcomes cracked club to win Nakuru leg, lead road to Magical Kenya Open https://nation.africa/kenya/sports/golf/njoroge-overcomes-cracked-club-to-win-nakuru-leg-lead-road-to-magical-kenya-open-5554212

Court stops appointment of TVETA director-general https://nation.africa/kenya/news/court-stops-appointment-of-tveta-director-general-5554298

President Ruto will on Wednesday, August 12, 2026 throw open the doors to a national conversation on Kenya’s future, inviting experts and citizens to help shape a long-term blueprint at a politically charged moment when the country is already looking beyond the 2027 elections. https://nation.africa/kenya/news/road-to-singapore-prof-hino-says-human-capital-not-just-big-projects-will-drive-take-off-5554422#story

For generations, churches have been places of worship, refuge and community life.

But behind some of the walls where Kenyans gather to pray lies another reality, a battle over who owns the ground beneath their feet.
https://nation.africa/kenya/news/church-land-wars-escalate-as-families-agencies-and-developers-clash-5554460#story