Protests in the Kenyan capital Nairobi intensified on Thursday, with vehicles set ablaze and police firing teargas to disperse crowds angered by the death in custody of a political blogger last week,

A second legal petition has been filed seeking the immediate suspension of Kenya’s Deputy Inspector General of Police, Eliud Lagat, over the death of blogger and teacher Albert Omondi Ojwang, who died in police custody just one week ago.

The public feud between Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei and Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen escalated again with Cherargei demanding Murkomen’s demotion.

Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua coined the word “Cuzo” while addressing crowds during a campaign blitz along the Coast with other opposition leaders. The term, a playful twist on “cousin,” is now trending on X (formerly Twitter).

President William Ruto and his former deputy, Rigathi Gachagua, delivered sharply contrasting sermons from separate pulpits on Sunday, laying bare growing political tensions over the country's direction.

Kenya has cancelled the planned opening of a new Somaliland liaison office in Nairobi. In an official notice dated Monday, May 26, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs directed that the event that had been scheduled for Tuesday, May 27, be abandoned as it had not received necessary approval.

Gachagua and Kalonzo are banking on solid support from Western Kenya to strengthen their coalition and mount a serious challenge to make President Ruto a one-term president.

Albert Ojwang’s death in Kenya marks a regional crackdown aiming to crush youth-led protests before they re-emerge.