African Union peacekeepers in Somalia accused of widespread abuse blamed on blanket immunity
AU forces are credited with keeping successive Somali governments in power. In gruelling house-to-house urban warfare in 2011, AMISOM managed to push al-Shabaab out of the capital, Mogadishu, and took significant losses in the process.
Forgotten pioneer trade unionist remembered: Kabarnet Museum hnours ‘uhuru now’ hero Makhan Singh who fought for Kenya’s freedom
Makhan Singh, recognising the apathy of the colonising British, devoted himself to opposing injustice in both the land of his birth and his adopted home. Singh’s determination to lay the basis for a more just politics in India and Kenya is inspiring and encourages us to imagine morally and ethically defensible futures, writes Dasgupta
Kenya reviewing prison laws to establish Correctional Service College, manage intersex and conjugal visits
Speaking in Kakamega town during public a validation forum, Angus Masoro said the proposed Bill on policy and regulatory framework also seeks to merge the Prison Service, Probation and After-care Service to become the Department of Correctional Service.
Business-minded engineering student at Masinde Muliro University invents flexible stall for vendors in Kakamega
The pricing of the stalls ranges from Ksh1,500 ($11.6) to Ksh3,500 ($27) for the small and big ones respectively. Muchina says he started this business with a capital of Ksh100,000 ($771) which he acquired from a seed fund in his former school through a programme known as Aspire, which helped him begin the business.
Demand for trained health workers in US, Canada and Australia offers hope to Kenya’s over 70,000 jobless nurses
Kenya dilemma in the health sector is multifaceted as the numbers graduating from local colleges are not matched with employment openings, which are diminishing. Foreign labour markets are therefore an option local employment agencies are cashing in on.
In Uganda politics and lies are idyllic bedfellows and for President Museveni it is an art that keeps him in power
If Ugandans have suffered anything adversely it is not guns or tear gas but falsehoods, half-truths and lies, especially in the executive, parliament and before, during and after elections. This suffering has gone on for a very long time and there seems to be no end to it.
Meteorology department in Kenya says long rains season in East Africa is on, assures farmers of even distribution
The same applies to East Africa, which generally has uniform weather pattern with marginal regional variations.
EAC and SADC ministers merge Luanda and Nairobi processes under the oversight of African Union to fast-track pacification of Congo
The recent decision by the SADC Summit on March 13 to terminate the SAMIDRC mission added to the complexity of the situation, with ministers recognising the need to ensure an orderly withdrawal process, while preventing a security vacuum, which could lead to further escalation.
