Since coming to power in September 2022, Kenyan President William Ruto has sought to make good on his pledge to upend his adversaries' political "dynasties". Ruto is working to unravel their political and business networks, all while weaving his own.
Rigathi Gachagua is unlikely to remain Kenya's second-in-command for much longer and several ruling coalition heavyweights are vying to take his place. As has always been the case in this country's political dramas, geography is a primordial factor in the race.
With its new administrative status, the city is hoping for new infrastructure as well as more visits from President William Ruto, who has called on Beijing to help develop the region.
Kenya's president has appointed dismissed government heavyweight Moses Kuria to his council of economists, preserving the loyalty of a long-standing ally who had been edging towards the opposition.
Faced with a deepening energy crisis, the Kenyan government may review its priorities and seek to source more of its electricity from neighbouring countries. Geothermal production is likely to bear the brunt of this U-turn.
State House is compiling a list of representatives to sit on a new 'tea tribunal'. Multinational trading houses are watching nervously from the sidelines.
The Kenyan president, who is a big landowner, ran into a media storm in March after he was accused of having acquired agricultural land from someone who had obtained it illegally. He is trying to show he is being open about the affair.
The Kenyan president wants to revamp his cabinet in a bid to end the myriad crises affecting his government. But this will be no easy task because several threatened ministers are long-standing allies.
National Assembly majority leader Kimani Ichung'wah was persuaded by a number of officials from central Kenya to withdraw, on 9 April, his proposed Land Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2023.
After years of bad blood, Kenya's head of state has made peace with a son of the country's late second president. Business is picking up for the Moi family as a result, while President William Ruto is managing to weaken the opposition.
The Kenya Revenue Authority has collected considerably fewer shillings than expected, greatly irking President William Ruto's economic advisers and prompting a dressing down from the Treasury.
The Kenyan president is soon due to meet King Mohammed VI of Morocco, with whom Nairobi has been strengthening relations for several years. At the same time, it maintains strong ties with the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
Kenya's anti-corruption agencies are irked by the chief prosecutor's decisions to drop legal proceedings into people close to the government. Having received no satisfactory explanation from President William Ruto, they are turning to parliamentarians for help.
The former vice president may have declined to throw in his lot with the current government, but the Kenyan leader is still hoping the opposition's new leader will tone down his hostile rhetoric.
The national carrier's woes are putting off potential private sector buyers. As the government mulls reviving a different kind of sell-off scheme for its stake, the airline has put some of its own plans on hold.
Kenya's leading media group is facing a wave of targeted attacks on social networks, while the government is clipping its financial wings.
Dozens of the president's supporters reckon they merit government posts, far more than the number available. Only the most powerful are likely to prevail.
Faced with inter-community tensions in north-eastern Kenya, the Kenyan leader is calling for a more regulated sharing of power between the region's Swahili and Kikuyu populations. His Kikuyu deputy is displeased.
Tension is mounting between Kenya's government and judiciary. The president reckons judges are trying to sabotage his policies and has called on his allies to draft a bill that curbs their autonomy.
