The Kenyan government is intensifying its drought response, allocating Sh4 billion monthly to address severe food insecurity affecting 3.3 million people across 23 counties due to failed October-December rains.

• The government is appealing to development partners for an additional Sh2 billion to bolster interventions, including food, water, livestock feed, and medical supplies.
• Deputy President Kithure Kindiki chaired a meeting with relevant agencies to review the country's food and nutrition security.
• The October-December 2025 short rains delivered only 30 to 60 percent of the long-term average, making it the driest season since 1981 in parts of eastern Kenya.

Former Kenyan councillors who served between 1963 and 2013 are appealing to President William Ruto for intervention regarding their unpaid pensions. Many are living in extreme poverty and struggling with health issues, despite their past public service.

• The former councillors are seeking an additional monthly pension of Sh80,000 each.
• Pius Mzee Arap Kauka, former deputy mayor of Kitale, highlights their struggles, stating that many colleagues have died due to frustrations over unpaid dues.
• In April 2023, Treasury CS Prof Njuguna Ndung'u promised to pay the ex-councillors before the financial year ending June 2024, with proposed gratuity payments of Sh2.3 billion for 11,919 councillors and Sh218 million for 328 councillors.
• However, Treasury CS John Mbadi later argued that a Sh200,000 honorarium for those serving less than 20 years is no longer legally possible, proposing the Inua Jamii program (Sh2,000 monthly) as an alternative due to "legal constraints."

Kenya's eCitizen digital platform is now collecting up to Ksh1 billion daily, as revealed by Government Spokesperson Isaac Mwaura on Monday, February 9, 2026. This significant increase is attributed to the digitization of over 23,000 government services, which has reduced revenue leakage and improved transparency.

• The eCitizen platform now integrates over 23,000 government services, significantly reducing revenue loss from manual transactions and corruption.
• Government Spokesperson Isaac Mwaura stated that the platform sometimes collects as much as Ksh1 billion in a single day.
• In the 2023/2024 financial year, revenue collections increased by Ksh100.8 billion to a total of Ksh400 billion due to expanded digital services.