Audio By Vocalize Home-made peanut butter. [iStock photo] The government has ordered a nationwide crackdown on four peanut butter brands after laboratory analysis revealed aflatoxin contamination levels that pose a serious public health risk. In a letter to County Public Health Officers, Ministry of Health Director General Patrick Amoth directed counties to immediately halt the…
Audio By Vocalize Albert Korir of Kenya poses after receiving a third place medal for his finish in the Professional Men’s Open Division during the 2024 TCS New York City Marathon on November 03, 2024 in New York City. [Sarah Stier/Getty Images/AFP] Kenyan long-distance runner Albert Korir has been handed a five-year ban after admitting…
Audio By Vocalize Home-made peanut butter. [iStock photo] The government has ordered a nationwide crackdown on four peanut butter brands after laboratory analysis revealed aflatoxin contamination levels that pose a serious public health risk. In a letter to County Public Health Officers, Ministry of Health Director General Patrick Amoth directed counties to immediately halt the…
Audio By Vocalize Kenya Sevens in action against Uruguay at Sao Paulo Sevens in Brazil. [World Rugby] Kenya Sevens are through to the SVNS World Championship Series. The national men’s rugby sevens outfit booked their spot in the season finale championship Division 1 promotion and relegation playoffs after winning silver at the Sao Paulo Sevens…
Audio By Vocalize Austin Odhiambo leads Harambee Stars players during a training session in Kigali. [Harambee Stars, Facebook] Harambee Stars will be aiming to end their FIFA Series campaign on a high when they take on the Grenada national football team in the third-place playoff on Monday evening at Amahoro Stadium. The match, set for…
The National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA) has seized 810 litres of illicit ethanol worth Ksh1.2 million during a multi-agency operation along the Kapseret-Kapsabet Road in Nandi County. Two suspects were arrested in the operation and are set to be arraigned in court on March 30, 2026. According to NACADA,…
Audio By Vocalize St Mary’s Yala rugby team prepares for the national KSSSA games in Kisumu. [File, Standard] After eight years in the cold, St Mary’s School Yala are back where they believe they belong, and this time, they are not just making up the numbers. The 2003 national rugby 15s champions are heading to…
Audio By Vocalize Tottenham Hotspur’s Croatian head coach Igor Tudor looks on during the English Premier League football match between Tottenham Hotspur and Nottingham Forest at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, on March 22, 2026. [AFP] Tottenham parted company with coach Igor Tudor by mutual consent on Sunday after just seven games…
Audio By Vocalize Sadio Mane of Senegal Patrice Motsepe gestures during the AFCON final between Morocco and Senegal at Complexe Sportif Prince Moulay Abdellah, Rabat, Morocco on January 19, 2026. [AFP] The Confederation of African Football (CAF) president Patrice Motsepe said on Sunday he will “respect” the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) decision on…
Audio By Vocalize South African Olympic champion Caster Semenya (C) gathers with other runners ahead of the Cape Town SPAR Women’s 10km Challenge in Cape Town on March 29, 2026. [AFP] South African Caster Semenya, a two-time Olympic 800 metres champion, said on Sunday that the IOC’s reinstatement of gender verification tests for…
Audio By Vocalize Ol Kalou MP David Kiaraho at a past event. [File, Standard] Ol Kalou MP David Kiaraho is dead. According to the Speaker of the National Assembly Moses Wetangula, the third-term legislator, Kiaraho died while receiving treatment at a Nairobi hospital. ” Kiaraho served the National Assembly with diligence and commitment as a…
Reigning national 200m champion Samuel Chege is all set ahead of his season opening race in Kampala Uganda.Chege is set to compete in the 200m race during the Uganda National Athletics Trials which will be held tomorrow,Sunday at Nelson Mandela Stadium Namboole,Uganda. ‘’I am all set ahead of the championship tomorrow in Uganda which…
Kenya 5× 5 wheelchair men’s basketball national team lost to a physical Senegal 66-30 during the ongoing Africa Wheelchair basketball championship played Saturday at the Pavilaho Multiuso do Kilamba, Luanda, Angola. Speaking right after the match, Kenya’s head coach Nicholas Ngumbi told media that he was unfazed, adding that he started the tournament with Africa’s…
In a powerful demonstration of youth-led peacebuilding, Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light (HWPL) Kenya, in partnership with the Nairobi City County Government, successfully concluded its monthly volunteer cleanup activity on Saturday, along Aga Khan Walk and surrounding streets under the Clean City, Peaceful City Project. The event brought together approximately 80 volunteers from…
Pope Leo XIV has urged Christians and Muslims to be more committed to understanding and working together. He made this statement on Friday when receiving a team from the Nairobi-based Pan-African organisation Programme for Christian–Muslim Relations in Africa (PROCMURA). Speaking to the group at the Vatican, the Holy Father highlighted that interfaith interaction is crucial…