The County Diary

Law Society of Kenya (LSK) Gentlemen’s Breakfast Addresses Legal Profession's Private Cost Speakers and guests pose at the LSK Gentlemen’s Breakfast during the 2026 Annual Conference in Kwale County. Kwale, Kenya — Members of the legal fraternity convened today at the Leisure Golf Club during the LSK Annual Conference 2026 for a Gentlemen’s Breakfast discussion themed “Winning Cases, Losing Homes? A Conversation on Modern Responsibility, Provision & Masculine Leadership.” Delivering key perspectives during the moderated session, Prof. Githu Muigai, SC, challenged male advocates to re-examine the balance between professional success and domestic presence. The conversation addressed the paradox facing many practitioners: securing victories in courtrooms while experiencing breakdown in personal and family life. Prof. Muigai noted that the skills defining effective advocacy—relentless argument, cross-examination, and refusal to concede—are often destructive when importe...

Wiper Leader Kalonzo Musyoka leaves Muthaiga Police Station after securing the release of activist Urbanus Wambua on Friday evening. By Maximilla Wafula, Sub-Editor, The County Diary News Friday, August 7, 2026 NAIROBI, KENYA - Wiper Patriotic Front and Azimio la Umoja Coalition Party Leader, H.E. Dr. Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka, on Friday evening led a delegation of opposition leaders to Muthaiga Police Station in Nairobi, successfully securing the immediate release of political activist Urbanus Wambua, popularly known as Kanzala Kana . The intervention followed what leaders termed an arbitrary crackdown on political opponents. Wambua was reportedly abducted on Thursday night in Matiliku by unidentified individuals operating six unmarked Subaru vehicles a operational tactic that opposition figures have repeatedly raised alarms over. Despite being presented in court earlier on Friday, authorities failed to bring formal charges against Wambua, prompting his subsequent detention a...

Wiper Party Leader Kalonzo Musyoka addresses the press in Nairobi after announcing major party leadership realignments ahead of 2027. By Maximilla Wafula, Sub-Editor , The County Diary News NAIROBI, KENYA - Wiper Patriotic Front (WPF) Party Leader H.E. Dr. Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka has unveiled a major restructuring of the party’s leadership while taking a firm stance on the state of the nation and the country's readiness for the 2027 General Election. Speaking during a media briefing in Nairobi, Dr. Musyoka announced four strategic appointments pursuant to the mandate granted to him by the WPF National Delegates Congress in October 2025. In the new line-up, former Cabinet Minister and two-term Kigumo MP Hon. Jamleck Irungu Kamau steps in as WPF Chairman, while seasoned diplomat and veteran administrator Ambassador Siyat Osman Ibrahim takes up the role of Deputy Chairperson. Nyali MP Hon. Mohamed Ali, CBS, HSC, has been appointed Deputy Party Leader Designate under Article 1...

Former VP Kalonzo Musyoka hosts Rigathi Gachagua and Eugene Wamalwa for consultative talks on opposition unity and 2027 strategy. By Maximilla Wafula, Sub-Editor August 4, 2026 NAIROBI, KENYA - Wiper Patriotic Front and Azimio la Umoja Coalition leader Kalonzo Musyoka on Tuesday hosted Democracy for the Citizens Party (DCP) leader Rigathi Gachagua and Democratic Action Party–Kenya (DAP-K) chief Eugene Wamalwa for high-level consultative talks in Nairobi, signaling an accelerated push to consolidate opposition forces ahead of the 2027 General Election. The consultative meeting comes barely twenty-four hours after the Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Coalition Party’s Joint Council and National Executive Committee (NEC) officially conferred a mandate upon Kalonzo to spearhead unity initiatives and expand the coalition's umbrella. Speaking following the closed-door session, Kalonzo noted that the talks form a critical component of his ongoing engagements with like-minded political f...

By Maximilla Wafula Sub-Editor, The County Diary NAIROBI, Kenya - The Health Union Caucus held an urgent press briefing today at Upper hill Gardens Apartments on 3rd Avenue, Ngong Road, addressing the ongoing nationwide strike that has crippled public health facilities across Kenya. Addressing the media behind a wall of microphones from major news outlets including KTN and Hope TV union officials underscored that industrial action remains active and will continue until county governments and statutory authorities meet their core labor demands. The briefing highlighted growing frustration over the non-implementation of the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), delayed absorption of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and Global Fund staff into permanent and pensionable terms, and unfulfilled return-to-work commitments. Speaking on behalf of the caucus, the primary spokesperson emphasized that the decision to maintain the strike was taken after administrative avenues failed to prod...