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Topic: Broke

Broken promise: How Ruto's budget will starve hustlers

By Brian Ngugi   2026-06-13 12:15:39

Kenya’s Sh4.82T budget deepens debt concerns as domestic borrowing surges, raising fiscal deficit fears and pressure on private sector credit.

Brokers ramp up lobbying for lifting of macadamia export ban

By Bernard Sanga   2026-06-12 19:40:50

Kenya’s macadamia industry faces turmoil as factories scale down, quality concerns rise, and renewed lobbying to lift the raw nut export ban sparks fears.

Ruto's broken promise as record Sh1 trillion local debt looms

By Brian Ngugi   2026-06-12 18:14:36

Kenya’s 2026/27 budget relies heavily on domestic borrowing as public debt nears Sh13 trillion, raising concerns over fiscal sustainability and growth.

Every drop counts: Africa's fight to fix its broken blood systems

By Ida Mbuthia   2026-06-07 19:26:51

Blood supply should be treated as a public health emergency and a core part of healthcare infrastructure in Africa, requiring greater investment, stronger policies, and public awareness to save lives.

How Session Paper Number 10 of 1965 broke camel's back

By Abdullahi Alas   2026-06-07 17:35:02

Sessional Paper No. 10 is a psychological scar, a sense that Kenya’s northern half was always meant to be a catchment zone for security threats, not a frontier of prosperity.

Bullets, broken dreams: Final moments of men killed during fuel protests in Thika, Ruiru

By Gitau Wanyoike   2026-05-26 20:00:12

The postmortems of three young men killed during fuel protests in Thika and Ruiru revealed fatal gunshot wounds.