INTERNEWS AFRICA

Nairobi, Kenya – September 29, 2026 — Kenya’s transition toward sustainable energy sources marked a major milestone today as official statistics revealed a 14.62 percent surge in liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) consumption over the past year. According to the latest 2025/2026 Annual Energy and Petroleum Statistics Report published by the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA), total LPG demand reached 475,943 metric tonnes, driving national per capita consumption from 7.9 kilograms up to 8.9 kilograms.    The substantial rise in LPG adoption stems from targeted policy measures and substantial investments in nationwide energy infrastructure. State initiatives encouraging the shift to clean cooking solutions across homes, educational institutions, and vehicular transport have played a crucial role in driving higher usage rates. Expanding the country's importation network, storage capacity, and regional distribution channels has simultaneously made clean fuel ...

  Dr. Tasneem Yamani addressing stakeholders and members of the press on the need for coordinated health and social protection models for Kenya's older persons. Nairobi,Kenya The Ministry of Health, in close collaboration with the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection, hosted an executive media briefing at the Pullman Hotel in Upper Hill, Nairobi. The event marked the launch of public sensitization activities ahead of the national observance of the International Day of Older Persons (IDOP) 2026. Bringing together journalists, sector leaders, non-governmental representatives, and corporate sponsors, the assembly outlined the policy, medical, and social strategies required to guarantee older citizens a dignified quality of life. The media briefing operated under the official 2026 national theme: “Advancing Healthy Ageing and Older Persons' Rights in Kenya: Coordinated Health, Social Protection, and Community Action.” Delegates emphasized that as demographic shifts increas...

  Public university academic operations face complete paralysis after the Universities Academic Staff Union (UASU) issued a seven-day nationwide strike notice today, September 24, 2026. Lecturers in public institutions across the country are set to down their tools starting at midnight on Friday, October 2, 2026.          Secretary General of UASU Dr. Constantine Wasonga       The union stated that the industrial action stems from the persistent failure of university councils, the Ministry of Education, and the National Treasury to honour the Return-to-Work Formula signed on November 5, 2025. Lecturers expressed outrage over the government’s failure to present a financial counter-proposal for the 2025–2029 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), leaving academic staff stranded while other public education sectors concluded their CBAs last year.         A major catalyst for the strike notice was a discl...

 Dr. A. Korir Sing’oei, Principal Secretary for the State Department for Foreign Affairs, speaks to journalists during a media engagement at The Trust Summit 2026 Pre-Summit Roundtable held at Radisson Blu Upperhill, Nairobi, on Wednesday evening NAIROBI, KENYA — The State Department for Foreign Affairs, in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Kenya, hosted The Trust Summit 2026 Pre-Summit Roundtable on Development Partners, International Institutions, and Foreign Missions at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Upper Hill, Nairobi. Convening diplomatic leaders, foreign mission representatives, and heads of international development agencies, the high-level evening gathering served as a precursor to the upcoming main summit slated for October. The discussions focused on creating actionable pathways to rebuild fading institutional confidence, strengthen multilateral ties, and align international support behind sustainable governance initiatives. Opening the dialog...

Green Africa Foundation Chief Steward Dr. Isaac Kalua Green joins partners and youth leaders on stage during the launch of the Come Back and Check book and the Plant Your Age web app at Karen Green, Nairobi .   NAIROBI, KENYA — Environmental advocates, community organizers, and media representatives gathered today at Karen Green in Nairobi to participate in Plant Your Age Day, a national flagship event hosted by the Green Africa Foundation aimed at overhauling tree-planting and conservation models across East Africa . Coinciding with his 57th birthday and marking exactly 50 years of personal tree-planting initiatives, Green Africa Foundation Founder Dr. Isaac Kalua Green officially handed over the leadership of the Plant Your Age movement to youth environmental leaders . The transition signals a intentional shift away from unmonitored, short-term seedling drives toward a tech-enabled, youth-led framework focused on long-term ecological care . Addressing the assembly, Dr. Kalua Gr...

  The government has urged citizens residing along riparian zones and high-risk flood areas to relocate to safer grounds immediately, warning of a 90% chance of above-average rainfall driven by El Niño between October 2026 and early 2027.    Speaking on Thursday, September 10, Government Spokesperson Charles Owino revealed that the Kenya Meteorological Services Authority is monitoring rising sea surface temperatures in the Pacific Ocean. While Pacific anomalies stand at +2.7, indicating a developing El Niño, the Indian Ocean Dipole remains neutral at +0.25—slightly below the +0.4 threshold that typically triggers catastrophic deluge.        Despite the neutral Indian Ocean metrics, Owino emphasized that the probability of unusually heavy downpours remains exceptionally high.           Government Spokesperson Charles Owino                In response, the state has activated a multi-ag...

  NAIROBI, KENYA — Delegates representing 6 umbrella religious institutions, 7 constitutional agencies, 5 professional bodies, and 21 civil society organizations gathered at Ufungamano House on September 2–3, 2026, for the National Stakeholders Convention . The joint assembly convened to evaluate the readiness of constitutional institutions to deliver credible elections and to map strategies to mitigate potential election-related risks ahead of the 2027 General Election . A communique issued at the conclusion of the two-day summit highlighted growing anxiety over election violence, noting that historical general elections involving incumbents—specifically in 1997, 2007, and 2017—were marked by bloodshed and political instability . Five Key Electoral Risks Identified The communique detailed five critical threats facing the upcoming 2027 electoral cycle : Political Violence and Selective Policing: Delegates condemned the normalization of political violence and state-sponsored g...