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HELB Opens 2026/27 Loan Applications, Offering Up To Ksh600,000

Kenyans in formal employment who want to further their education can now apply for the Higher Education Loans Board’s Jielimishe

Getrude Mathayo · Aug 6, 2026
KNEC Opens Digital KCSE Certificate Portal For 2025 Candidates, How To Download

The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) has officially launched its electronic certificate platform, allowing candidates who sat the 2025 Kenya

Getrude Mathayo · Aug 5, 2026
KNEC Announces KCSE Examiners’ Payment Dates Following Protest Threats

Examination invigilators, supervisors and other support staff who worked on last year’s national exams will finally start getting paid this

Getrude Mathayo · Aug 5, 2026
What Parents Need to Know As KUCCPS, HELB Deadlines Loom

With deadlines fast approaching, thousands of students and parents across the country are being told to stop dragging their feet

Getrude Mathayo · Aug 4, 2026
The cyanide questions Kenya must answer in the Amboseli–Chyulu ecosystem

Fifteen elephants are dead. Cyanide exposure is now part of the official investigation. The next task is not to rush

Steve Biko Wafula · Aug 3, 2026
The law is already there. Where is the relief?

Kenya must end the regulatory delay blocking tax relief for parents and guardians caring for persons with severe disabilities  

Steve Biko Wafula · Aug 3, 2026
Edwin Sifuna, The Man, The Myth, The Beast, The Stereotype Breaker

There are moments in a nation’s life when one person becomes larger than his own biography. He becomes a vessel

Steve Biko · Aug 1, 2026
Education Ministry Sets Dates For Grade 10 School Selection

Grade 9 learners across the country will begin selecting their preferred senior schools, learning pathways and subject combinations starting August

Getrude Mathayo · Jul 31, 2026
Teachers Threaten To Boycott National Exams Over Unpaid Dues, KUPPET Warns

Teachers are losing patience with the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC), and many are now threatening to sit out this

Getrude Mathayo · Jul 31, 2026
How To Replace Lost ID Even If You Don’t Remember Your ID Number

It’s a problem more Kenyans run into than you’d expect: your national ID goes missing, you never made a photocopy,

Getrude Mathayo · Jul 30, 2026
HELB Opens Postgraduate Scholarship Applications, Qualifications, Charges And How To Apply

Kenyan students hoping to fund their postgraduate studies now have a fresh window to apply, with the Higher Education Loans

Getrude Mathayo · Jul 30, 2026
KNEC issues Fresh Guidelines To schools As Grade 10 registration Continues

The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) has sent schools a new set of instructions on subject selection under the Competency-Based

Getrude Mathayo · Jul 29, 2026