Local derbies light up Enterprise Cup quarters

Clinton Odhiambo (Centre) of Menengai Oilers challenges Nakuru RFC players during a Kenya Cup match in Nakuru on January 11, 2025. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard] The 2026 Enterprise Cup moves into the in-country quarter-final stage this weekend, giving Kenyan rugby fans a break from league action as the Kenya Cup takes a two-week rest. …

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Kenya pushes digital skills and last-mile connectivity to close the digital divide – Kenya News Agency

Kenya is scaling up digital skills development and expanding sustainable last-mile internet connectivity as part of efforts to bridge the digital divide, government officials, development partners, civil society, and community representatives heard at a peer learning event held in Nairobi. Principal Secretary for Broadcasting and Telecommunications, Stephen Isaboke, told the forum when he moderated a session…

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Tafrani ODM: Oburu Oginga Teaches Edwin Sifuna After Raising Serious Issues On TV Interview

ODM leader Oburu Odinga has publicly reprimanded Secretary General Edwin Sifuna for allegedly questioning his leadership Oburu accused Sifuna of mixing his personal views with party policy and insisted that all officials are legally authorized The dispute reflects a deep divide over ODM’s political direction amid talks of a coalition with the ruling UDA party….

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Two more Kenyans killed in Russia-Ukraine war

Denis Bagaka and Simon Gititu were lured into the war while working in Qatar for private security firms. [ Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence] Two more Kenyans, Denis Bagaka and Simon Gititu, have been found dead in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, raising the number of Kenyan casualties in the Russia-Ukraine war to three in two…

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Oburu fires back at Sifuna over ODM leadership dispute

Orange Democratic Movement ODM party leader Oburu Oginga and SG Edwin Sifuna. [File, Standard] Confusion continues to rock the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Party. It has now emerged that Party Leader Oburu Oginga and Secretary-General Edwin Sifuna may not be reading from the same page. In a carefully-worded statement on Friday, February 6,…

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World Athletics Decision to Reject Jacob Kiplimo’s World Record Questioned: ‘THE COMMON SENSE’

World Athletics’ decision to reject Jacob Kiplimo’s half-marathon world record has sparked debate, with questions raised over whether the ruling was fair. Piergiuseppe Picotti, an athlete representative with Federico Rosa, has shared his disappointment following the verdict on Jacob Kiplimo’s world record in the half-marathon. Competing at the 2025 Barcelona Half Marathon, Jacob Kiplimo obliterated…

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‘No Individual is Bigger Than The Club’ – Saudi League Fires Back at Sulking Cristiano Ronaldo

The Saudi Pro League has warned Cristiano Ronaldo against exerting powers that he does not have amid an ongoing strike from the star forward over ‘limited support’ for Al Nassr. The Saudi Pro League has issued a firm statement emphasising that “no individual—however significant—determines decisions beyond their own club,” as speculation mounts over Cristiano Ronaldo’s…

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Ruto names ex-Fafi MP Bare, redeploys Warui in new envoy shake-up

Caption President William Ruto has named new envoys to missions aboard in fresh changes in his administration’s Foreign Service. “The president has instituted further changes within the nation’s Foreign Service, whose diplomatic footprint now extends to seventy-two countries/territories,” said a statement by Chief of Staff Felix Koskei. Frank Ole Kibelekenya has been nominated as…

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