SIAYA TODAY

Efforts to reduce preventable newborn deaths and strengthen maternal and neonatal healthcare in Nyanza have received a significant boost following the handover of 11 neonatal incubators to six counties under…

The County Government of Siaya is moving to Institutionalize public participation through a comprehensive draft policy designed to shift citizen engagement from routine public meetings to a more structured system…

The arrival of MT Sea Wolf carrying Rwanda’s first 40,000-tonne bulk consignment of refined petroleum products through Mombasa is more than a fuel delivery. It is a test of whether…

Siaya Deputy Governor CPA Dr William Oduol Denge has categorically dismissed reports that he intends to contest the Siaya Senate seat in the 2027 General Election, describing the claims as…

A senior police officer in Kakamega County has been arrested and detained over allegations that he defiled a 16-year-old girl after allegedly using a fabricated security alert to lure her…

The political chessboard around Kenya’s 2027 presidential contest has shifted decisively, and Siaya Governor James Aggrey Bob Orengo now faces perhaps the most consequential strategic decision of his long political…

JOHANNESBURG/CAPE TOWN — South Africa is grappling with a fresh wave of deadly gun violence after two separate mass shootings killed at least 27 people and wounded more than 25…

Siaya County has recorded a significant rise in family planning uptake, climbing from about 42 per cent to 62 per cent, as health officials renewed calls for greater access to…

The planned Nuclear Energy Town Hall Debate at Maseno University presents an important opportunity for Kenya to deepen public understanding of nuclear energy and to strengthen the quality of national…

Human rights activist Boniface Mulinge Muteti is recovering in hospital after emerging alive from a four-day ordeal in which he says he was tortured, starved, blindfolded and subjected to physical…

There is a haunting lesson in the biblical story of King Saul: political authority can survive the loss of political grace, but commanding respect after the centre of power has…

James Aggrey Bob Orengo may have entered one of the strangest phases of his long political career. Whether the Siaya governor ultimately seeks a second term at the county level…

A petition has been filed at the Milimani Law Courts seeking urgent judicial intervention over the reported disappearance of activist Boniface Mulinge Muteti, amid claims that he was arrested during…

Madiany Trading Centre in Rarieda Constituency is set for a major security facelift following the launch of construction of a Sh7 million police station, in a project that could also…

Two weeks ago, a quiet procession passed through the streets of Siaya. There were no politicians at its head. No powerful professional body was behind it. No convoy of expensive…

More than 2,000 traders at Aram Market in North Asembo have dug in against the payment of county levies, turning a dispute over revenue collection into a wider confrontation over…

Siaya County has intensified preparations for the anticipated October-November-December (OND) 2026 rains, with Governor James Orengo directing county departments and national government agencies to strengthen early-warning systems and coordinate measures…

Siaya County is stepping up efforts to strengthen the fishing sector and unlock the economic potential of Lake Victoria, with the county government placing fisher folk cooperatives at the centre…

The decision by Siaya Governor James Orengo to publicly support the proposed nuclear power plant in his county, even as a prominent opposition figure, marks an important moment in Kenya’s…

A decade may have passed since Kenya lost two remarkable members of its technology and creative communities, but the memories of Idd Salim and Rajan Solanki remain deeply etched in…

Dr David Oremo’s ACACIA community organisation has renewed calls for a comprehensive overhaul of the Siaya County Equitable Development Act, 2019, arguing that the law must be strengthened and its…

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has inadvertently added an extraordinary twist to the widening controversy over Kenya’s Government-to-Government petroleum importation arrangement after revealing that he only recently learnt that the Kenyan…

There are moments in public life when a motor vehicle ceases to be merely a means of transport and becomes a political statement. The brand-new vehicle gifted to Luo Council…

There are moments in politics that are carefully choreographed, and there are others that acquire a meaning far beyond the immediate political theatre. President William Ruto leading residents of Siaya…

Kenya’s controversy over foreign nationals operating small businesses has moved beyond the dramatic headlines that greeted President William Ruto’s September directive. What began as a five-day compliance ultimatum has evolved…

The Masengeli-USIU dispute offers Kenya a timely opportunity to examine a fundamental principle of higher education: academic qualifications and honours must be insulated from influence, status and considerations unrelated to…

The message delivered by Cabinet Secretary for Energy and Petroleum Opiyo Wandayi alongside President William Ruto at Kisumu’s Jua Kali Grounds was deceptively simple: electricity is not merely about lighting…

The Energy CS is no longer appearing merely as the man in charge of electricity, fuel and power policy. The intensity of national scrutiny around him suggests that his political…

President William Ruto’s development tour of Siaya on Tuesday offered something more revealing than the official speeches, project inspections and carefully choreographed political optics. Beneath the public spectacle was a…

Stanbic Bank Kenya has formally appointed Michael Mutiga as its Chief Executive Officer, following the completion of all required regulatory approvals by the Central Bank of Kenya. Mutiga’s appointment comes…