In the summer of 2024, protests in Kenya against an unpopular tax-raising proposal led to at least 60 deaths, mostly at the hands of police, according to a local watchdog group. Undeterred, scores of ...

Vic West, a music producer from Kenya, whose real name is Victor Amani, says he is a “shy genius”, even though he publicly confessed in a podcast last year that he has a massive ego. In an interview ...

Spotify is bringing a new way to share audio to Kenya: Messages, a simple in-app chat for swapping songs and podcasts with the people who shape your taste. Rolling out this week to Free and Premium ...

Kenyan musician Idd Aziz has emerged as the most internationally streamed artist from Kenya in the first half of 2025, according to Spotify’s newly released Global Impact List. The list, unveiled on ...

President William Ruto and First Lady Rachel Ruto host the 97th Kenya Music Festival State Concert, at Sagana State Lodge, Nyeri County on Aug 16, 2025. [PCS] Winners of this year’s Kenya Music ...

Kenya is marking 60 years since its independence from British colonial rule on December 12, 1963. Each year, the country celebrates the occasion with a national holiday, Jamhuri Day. And for much of ...

When John Ouko walks the green, leafy paths of the Nairobi Arboretum, he sees thousands of tiny signs of hope for a tree that had been cut to the point that Kenyans feared they might lose it—the ...