Kenya’s Chief Justice calls for contextual application of Marriage Act to ensure fairness in divorce, estate administration

Kenya’s Chief Justice calls for contextual application of Marriage Act to ensure fairness in divorce, estate administration

Reflecting on Kenya’s journey in family justice, the chief justice noted that family disputes were once handled as ordinary civil cases, often before judicial officers without specialised training in the psychosocial complexities of custody, domestic violence and matrimonial matters.

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‘If we imagine poor countries can fund own transition while drowning in debt and climate disasters, we’re facing collective collapse’

‘If we imagine poor countries can fund own transition while drowning in debt and climate disasters, we’re facing collective collapse’

A lack of money also affected the humanitarian presence at COP30, with fewer numbers attending than previous recent summits, a consequence of the deep cuts that have rocked the aid sector this year.

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From copycats to innovators: China braces for dominance as West turns into sitting ducks

From copycats to innovators: China braces for dominance as West turns into sitting ducks

Britain’s productivity growth is paltry; the cost of borrowing is too high; and voters are unhappy. In response, the budget, presented on November 26, 2025, by Rachel Reeves, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, should have been a moment of radicalism.

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Lobby raises red flag over rising pollution in Kenya despite ban on single-use plastics

Lobby raises red flag over rising pollution in Kenya despite ban on single-use plastics

According to Greenpeace Africa, an earlier report by the Kenya Plastics Pact (KPP) to ensure all plastic packaging in the country is recyclable in eight years’ time was too ambitious and unattainable. The lobby group claimed the country’s production of plastic materials currently outstrips her ability to recycle the wastes.

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Eastern Congo’s triple tragedy: Pro-state militia in Uvira is as atrocious as M23 rebels and national army

Eastern Congo’s triple tragedy: Pro-state militia in Uvira is as atrocious as M23 rebels and national army

With more than 700,000 inhabitants and sitting on the border with Burundi, Uvira is the last major stronghold of the Congolese government in South Kivu – one of two provinces that the M23 and Rwandan troops are currently occupying.

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After Rwandan Tutsi refugees installed Museveni in Uganda, there’s suspicion they want to reign in Great Lakes Region ‘genetically’

After Rwandan Tutsi refugees installed Museveni in Uganda, there’s suspicion they want to reign in Great Lakes Region ‘genetically’

Perturbed people in East Africa think, believe and are convinced the expanded economic region would be politically dominated by Rwandan nomadic pastoralists in the same fashion they dominated their ancient Kitara Kingdom that spread over Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi and parts of Zambia before the emergence of the Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom of the Babito.

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