Coast youth and women groups defend former Nairobi Governor Sonko after act of philanthropy touches off furore
Evans Momanyi, Joseph Onamu and Faith Munaa, youth leaders in Mombasa said attempts to turn a humanitarian intervention into a public controversy risk discouraging well-wishers from helping needy Kenyans.
First batch Nigerians airlifted from South Africa after xenophobic attacks arrives home
Authorities in South Africa said the returnees were found to be in the country illegally, contradicting Nigerian officials that they were fleeing xenophobic attacks.
Nairobi’s tag ‘Africa’s abductions city’ was tested again after South Sudanese whistle-blower was grabbed from his house, spirited to Juba
South Sudan’s government spokesperson Aten Wek Ateny and Korir Sing’oei, a top official at Kenya’s foreign affairs ministry, both said they were not aware of the incident. A Kenyan police spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment.
Ebola virus infections rise to nearly 600 as DRC’s health system is crumbles over lack of tools, overworked staff
CARE (DRC) personnel handling Ebola response and covering 22 health areas, each serving approximately 10,000 people is strained in its service delivery as health care workers and medical practitioners unable to handle the surging numbers due to lack of underfunding of the medical supplies.
North-eastern Africa warned to brace for weather whiplash with heat, floods, droughts, fires as El Nino builds up in Pacific Ocean
Experts said the El Nino, a natural warming cycle, should further heat a globe already warming from fossil fuel pollution and will likely turbocharge extreme weather across the planet. Meteorologists forecast it will rival – or exceed – a record El Nino that began in 1997 and helped trigger billions of dollars in damage from heat waves, floods, droughts, tornadoes and wildfires.
Bill Gates tells US Congress disgraced Epstein tried many times to blackmail him over extramarital affairs
According to US media reports, Gates first met Epstein in 2011, three years after Epstein pleaded guilty to a state charge of soliciting a minor for prostitution. The two met multiple times through 2014.
China to protect rights and interests of ethnic minorities, women, children, elderly and people with disabilities
China will further refine the institutions, standards and procedures for whole-process people’s democracy, expand orderly public participation in political affairs and guarantee that the people engage in democratic elections, consultations, decision-making, management and oversight in accordance with the law.
Joy of owning boda boda taxi: How county loan facility is opening doors to financial freedom for taximen in Homa Bay County
With more than 7,000 boda boda riders operating in Homa Bay town Sub-County alone, demand for affordable credit exceeds available resources. Many operators are still waiting for opportunities to access financing that could help them grow.
Kenyan university students told to shun corruption and academic fraud as the vice becomes endemic
The EACC chair said the commission’s surveys reveal many young people do not see harm in dishonesty. He added that EACC is witnessing an upsurge in plagiarism among university students and sometimes overwhelmed by investigations involving fake certificates, including cases of people holding very senior positions.
Senator Khalwale wants President Ruto and Governor Barasa to come clean on ‘clandestine’ sale of state-owned Kakamega Golf Hotel
Dr Boni Khalwale’s concerns arise from unqualified fears that Kakamega County Governor Fernandez Barasa is a stooge of President Ruto and is his errands-boy in the transfer of public utilities into private hands.
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