Starlink just helped a dictator pull the plug. The American satellite firm blocked all service in Uganda after a direct request from that country's communications commission. This shutdown arrives right before critical national elections. Opposition leader Bobi Wine publicly begged Starlink owner Elon Musk to reverse the decision, arguing that citizens need the internet to organize against a forty-year dictatorship.
A company director explained that Starlink has never been licensed or sold officially in Uganda. Any terminals that were bought abroad and imported illegally, violating the terms of service. He confirmed new technical restrictions are now active for the entire country.
Bobi Wine warned that the move enables President...
The ODM's fratricidal cage match gets a formal ejection request. Migori senator Eddy Oketch has filed a formal motion to remove the party's secretary general, Nairobi senator Edwin Sifuna. Oketch accuses Sifuna of gross misconduct and blatantly violating the party constitution. He claims Sifuna's actions amount to a resignation, citing his promotion of another party's ideology, which breaks political party laws.
The motion specifically points to Sifuna dumping confidential party business into the public arena. This references his ugly public fight with Suna East MP Junet Mohamed over the handling of 2022 presidential campaign funds. Oketch argues that airing this internal drama badly damages the party's image. He also states Sifuna...
ODM is eating itself alive after Raila's death. Seven party lawmakers led by Rarieda legislator Otiende Amollo are begging the leader's brother, Oburu Oginga, to stop the internal bleeding. They warn that these public fights will wreck the party before the 2027 general election. The politicians specifically point to a nasty war of words between Nairobi senator Edwin Sifuna and National Assembly minority leader Junet Mohamed. That clash involves accusations about mishandled campaign funds from the last presidential race.
The group also highlighted a serious incident where Kileleshwa representative Robert Alai allegedly threatened to shoot Embakasi East MP Babu Owino. Owino says the threat came after Alai blamed him for online attacks...
That highway slaughter spot just claimed more lives. An early morning head-on collision between a Grenline bus and a Nanyuki Cabs shuttle near Karai on the Nairobi-Nakuru highway killed nine people immediately. Naivasha police commander Wilson Sigei confirmed the bus driver was overtaking when the crash occurred. Eight victims were in the shuttle, while a small child on the bus also died.
This specific stretch of road was where politician Cyrus Jirongo died weeks prior. Sigei cited speeding as a persistent issue there. Witnesses saw a salon car abruptly enter the highway from Eagol Petrol station, causing the bus to swerve into the oncoming lane.
Bus passengers later reported the driver had appeared drowsy since leaving Nakuru, with...
Civil servants are getting a pay overhaul tied directly to their zip code. The Salaries and Remuneration Commission approved a new structure, retroactive to July, that sorts housing allowances into three clusters based on local living costs. Nairobi sits alone in the top tier, with major cities like Mombasa and Kisumu in a second group, and all other areas in a third.
This means a high-grade officer in the capital can receive a housing allowance up to one hundred forty thousand shillings, while someone in a rural town with the same job gets far less. Salaries across seventeen job grades have been set, with higher grades seeing monthly pay approaching four hundred thousand shillings. Lower-grade employees will see more modest rises...
A former deputy president just accused the president of sheltering drug lords in his cabinet. Rigathi Gachagua launched a fiery critique, demanding that William Ruto start his anti-drug crackdown by firing two allegedly corrupt ministers. He challenged the president to prove his sincerity by purging his own government first.
Gachagua escalated matters by bizarrely calling for US intervention, referencing Venezuela's political capture. He tied this to unresolved corruption scandals involving state contracts that hurt local farmers. The DCP leader also slammed the administration's governance, citing delayed school funds and biased student placements favoring certain regions over others.
He dismissed recent opinion polls showing Ruto...
Doctors are getting investigated for backing a prophet's magic heals. Kenya's Ministry of Health has ordered the medical council to probe practitioners who testified about miraculous cures at a Nakuru crusade led by Prophet Owuor. Health CS Aden Duale said while faith is respected, medical claims must be backed by science and evidence, not pulpit testimonials.
The directive forces those doctors to provide full clinical records and scientific proof for any healing claims they promote. Failure to comply means facing disciplinary action under professional guidelines. The ministry warned that unsubstantiated statements from licensed professionals become dangerous medical misinformation, threatening public safety.
The Kenya Medical...
A politician says a colleague pulled a gun on him during a restaurant argument. Embakasi East MP Babu Owino reported an attack by Kileleshwa MCA Robert Alai at a Kilimani establishment. According to Owino, Alai confronted him over alleged social media attacks against the MCA's wife, a claim the MP denies.
Owino stated the encounter turned physical, with Alai shoving him, displaying a firearm, and striking him. The MP alleges Alai later threw a glass of water at him before he left the scene. Owino filed a formal complaint at Kilimani Police Station, framing the incident as a serious threat to his life. He connected it to a pattern of harassment he claims to have faced since the death of ODM leader Raila Odinga.
Police confirmed both...
The government is calling booze and drugs a national emergency, promising a major crackdown. Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen declared 2026 a pivotal year for freeing youth from substance abuse, vowing to dismantle trafficking networks. This follows President Ruto's directive to massively expand the police Anti-Narcotics Unit.
Plans include boosting the unit's officers from two hundred to seven hundred, with better surveillance and financial investigation tools. Murkomen emphasized that a country cannot develop if its productive population is addicted. He also pushed county governments to each build at least one rehabilitation center for treatment and reintegration.
Ruto labeled the crisis a threat to public health and security, citing...
