•Kenyan police Kenyan police have arrested a key figure in a network that sent more than 1,000 Kenyans to Russia, where many were forcibly conscripted into the army and sent to Ukraine. Festus Omwamba, 33, was caught Moyale, a border town with Ethiopia, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) said on X late yesterday. He […]
•Protesters in Nairobi on August 8, 2024 Marches in Kenya to mark a year since massive anti-government demos turned violent today as protesters engaged in running battles with police, who flooded the streets with tear gas and sealed off government buildings with barbed wire. At least 60 people were killed last year by security forces […...
•Embattled Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua A Kenyan high court has issued a temporary suspension of the Senate’s decision to impeach Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, following a petition citing “monumental constitutional issues.” Earlier today, Gachagua approached the court to halt the implementation of his impeachment, reports AFP. Presid...
•President William Ruto Kenyan President William Ruto today named four heavyweight opposition politicians to join a “broad-based” cabinet in the wake of more than a month of anti-government protests. Ruto announced the names of 10 ministers to be part of a reformed cabinet, including four who are close to veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga...
•Kenya’s President William Ruto Embattled Kenya’s President William Ruto today named a partial new cabinet as he starts a process to form a “broad-based” government, after a month of widespread and sometimes deadly protests against his administration. In a televised address, Ruto unveiled the names of 11 proposed ministers, after last week sac...
•President Ruto addresses the press today in Nairobi Kenyan President William Ruto said today that a bill containing tax hikes would “be withdrawn”, dramatically reversing course after more than 20 people died and parliament was ransacked in protests. “I concede and therefore I will not sign the 2024 finance bill and it shall subsequently be [...
•Kenyan Police officer fires tear gas canister towards protesters during a demonstration against tax hikes A man died after mass demonstrations against proposed tax hikes in the Kenyan capital yesterday, police said, with Amnesty International saying it was a protester who had been shot. Led largely by Gen-Z Kenyans, the protests began in Nair...
•Metropolitan Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya A nationwide doctors’ strike in Kenya on Thursday paralysed health services at some government-run hospitals which are already suffering due to a lack of medicines and equipment. The medics are taking the action, now in its second week, to demand an increase in pay and better working conditions, their uni...
•Late Kelvin Kiptum Tributes flowed today for Kenyan running sensation Kelvin Kiptum after the marathon world record-holder was killed in a car crash at the age of 24 in his home country. The favourite for the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics was driving from Kaptagat to Eldoret in western Kenya around 11 pm (2000 GMT) yesterday […]
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