Over 44,000 intern teachers in Kenya are demanding permanent employment and a Sh15 billion budget allocation, following a February 2026 Court of Appeal ruling that declared the TSC internship programme unconstitutional. Despite a Supreme Court stay order, protests continue across counties as teachers decry low pay and lack of employment benefits.
Six people were shot dead and others injured after gunmen, suspected to be al-Shabaab militants, ambushed a 14-seater matatu travelling from Mandera town to Arabia town at Beer-Awayon village on Saturday morning. A separate IED blast along the Elwak–Eresuki road also targeted KDF and NPS officers guarding the Horn of Africa Gateway Project.