Angry Kenyan engineers question why state trains them but hires Chinese for mega infrastructure projects
Currently, women make up only about 14 per cent of engineers in Kenya, a figure Kiteme described as alarmingly low, especially given the volume of ongoing and upcoming development projects.
Police reservists lay bare hitherto unknown illicit narcotics trafficking in northern Kenya after netting 72 bales of marijuana
The government has of late heightened surveillance and patrols along the porous border with Ethiopia as efforts are redoubled to get rid of criminals and illegal trade including human trafficking.
Fighting between South Sudanese military and local militias kills scores of civilians
The fighting has led to UN warnings that South Sudan is again on the brink of civil war. Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump’s administration is seeking to send to South Sudan a group of eight deportees from Cuba, Vietnam and elsewhere who have been convicted in the US of serious crimes, sparking a legal fight that has reached the Supreme Court.
South Korean presidential poll winner faces uphill task of healing polarised nation, economy bartered by US tariffs
Leading candidates ended three weeks of official campaigning late on Monday, crisscrossing the country before converging on Seoul for final rallies, as they vowed to put months of turmoil behind them and breathe new life into an ailing economy.
Tittle tootle: Embu governor pleads with Kenya’s president not downlist intoxicant herb from crops schedule
Speaking on Sunday during Madaraka Days celebrations held at Makima Primary School grounds in Mbeere South Constituency, the governor said the move will deal a big blow to the economy of the county and hurt thousands of families that rely on it for survival.
Man who secured conviction of terrorist involved in Kenya, Tanzania bombings to be deputy attorney in Manhattan in US
While a prosecutor, Sean Buckley brought charges against a Vietnamese man who pleaded guilty in 2016 to plotting to detonate an explosive in London’s Heathrow Airport, and secured the 2015 trial conviction of a top Osama bin Laden deputy in connection with the 1998 bombings of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.
Police admit Nakuru City in Kenya’s Rift Valley region has evolved into playground for foreign criminals
Police in Nakuru have arrested seven members of a dangerous gang, among them Tanzanian nationals from Tarime Region, which last night gunned down a police officer and seriously injured two others in a fierce gun-battle. In the past six months, Nakuru, which was elevated to city in 2021, has evolved...
Civil society exposes FDA and CDC failure to monitor, report Covid vaccine safety signals as millions died
Evans said that for any potential safety signals detected through either method of data mining, the FDA and CDC “promised to investigate whether the adverse events associated with the signals were caused by the shots.”
Procurement laws are violated with impunity in Kenya, Supplies Management Institute says it raises red flags
John Karani, the chairman of the institute said professionals who are licensed but are flouting procurement laws risk being debarred and stopped from practicing. Karani said the institute with over 25,000 members is geared towards enhancing professionalism in the sector noting that tens of members are already facing disciplinary and administrative sanctions.
Ukrainian drone attack on Russia’s nuclear-capable strategic bombers cast shadow on ceasefire talks
Ukraine and Russia have issued starkly different assessments of the damage done to Russia’s fleet of strategic bombers – a key element in its nuclear arsenal – but it was clear from publicly available satellite imagery that Moscow had suffered some serious equipment losses.
