Kenyan president among world leaders to be taxed for using private jets or first class

Kenyan president among world leaders to be taxed for using private jets or first class

UN chief Antonio Guterres said the Seville meeting aimed “to repair and rev up” a world system where “trust is fraying and multilateralism is strained.”

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Inflation trends show point to 3.8 per cent plateau in June, Kenya’s statistics office says

Inflation trends show point to 3.8 per cent plateau in June, Kenya’s statistics office says

The central bank targets Kenya’s inflation to be within the 2.5 per cent to 7.5 per cent range in the medium term.

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Transition: Vendor shot by police in Kenyan capital dies after weeks in cabbage state

Transition: Vendor shot by police in Kenyan capital dies after weeks in cabbage state

The Kenyan man who was shot at close range by a police officer during recent protests over a blogger’s death in custody has died, his family announced on Monday evening. Family spokesperson Emily Wanjira said Boniface Kariuki died on Monday afternoon, a day after doctors at the national referral hospital...

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Re-imagining Kenya: Political unrest, justice on the streets that fuses fact and fiction to result in Daredevil’s flight from shadows

Re-imagining Kenya: Political unrest, justice on the streets that fuses fact and fiction to result in Daredevil’s flight from shadows

Kenya’s Gen Z, galvanised by social media hashtags and mobile communication, have driven two synchronised waves of resistance – from #OccupyParliament in June 2024 to renewed June 25, 2025 protests.

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Muslims clerics want Interior Minister Murkomen assigned ‘lighter duties’ ahead of planned Saba Saba protests

Muslims clerics want Interior Minister Murkomen assigned ‘lighter duties’ ahead of planned Saba Saba protests

CIPK National Chair Sheikh Abdalla Ateka said the remarks in which Murkomen was quoted as telling police officers to shoot anyone approaching a police station during demonstrations, were inappropriate and unbecoming of a senior government official.

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After clamping down on leading television stations to blackout live broadcast of protests, Kenya now says it’s committed to information access

After clamping down on leading television stations to blackout live broadcast of protests, Kenya now says it’s committed to information access

After an eventful week during which the Communication Authority of Kenya switched off signals of leading television stations to compel them to discontinue live coverage of nationwide anti-government protests, the state now says it is committed to transparency, accountability and citizen empowerment through the implementation of Access to Information Act,...

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Dorper sheep rearing takes root in Nakuru in Rift Valley as Kenya targets expanding meat market in Middle East

Dorper sheep rearing takes root in Nakuru in Rift Valley as Kenya targets expanding meat market in Middle East

Agriculture Chief Officer Newton Mwaura indicates that dorper sheep farming, especially the use of dorper rams, presents a promising opportunity for farmers in Kenya seeking a profitable and resilient livestock venture.

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Experts explain how 2030 is critical to Kenya’s economic lift-off, attainment of UN development goals

Experts explain how 2030 is critical to Kenya’s economic lift-off, attainment of UN development goals

According to Prof Jacqueline McGlade of Strathmore University, TVA is an approach that captures the full range of social, environmental and economic impacts both positive and negative of the food system activities.

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How electoral authoritarianism uses democratic institutions to violate liberal democratic norms, human rights in Uganda

How electoral authoritarianism uses democratic institutions to violate liberal democratic norms, human rights in Uganda

At most university campuses the conspiracy of silence reigns, reflecting the National Resistance Movement’s (NRM’s) success story in separating academicism or scholasticism from intellectualism on university campuses.

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Africa 2025 International Association of Deposits Insurers conference lays emphasis on continent’s financial resilience

Africa 2025 International Association of Deposits Insurers conference lays emphasis on continent’s financial resilience

Speaking on behalf of KDIC, Board Chair Hannah Muriithi said the corporation’s mandate goes beyond mere compensation but encompasses promoting sound risk management, timely intervention, and the resolution of troubled institutions.

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