Marionette or president? How United Arab Emirates funds Ruto’s pork barrel politics to gain easy access East African natural resources

Marionette or president? How United Arab Emirates funds Ruto’s pork barrel politics to gain easy access East African natural resources

In Nairobi, security and international diplomacy experts aver that Kenya’s credibility is headed for the headwinds following US’ Africa policy switch that signals disengagement with the continent. US aid freeze leaves African countries at the mercy of Middle East kingdoms that have become influential as alternative lenders to World Bank, International Monetary Fund and the US.

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Nailing a Pharaoh: Egyptian striker Mo Salah was on verge joining Saudi Arabia before Liverpool sent out news: he’s ‘more in than out’

Nailing a Pharaoh: Egyptian striker Mo Salah was on verge joining Saudi Arabia before Liverpool sent out news: he’s ‘more in than out’

When Liverpool signed Salah in the summer of 2017, their sporting director at the time, Michael Edwards and chief scout Dave Fallows flew to Dubai out of respect for Abbas. They wanted to show him how keen they were to sign Salah from Roma.

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Bukhungu: Parliamentary committee assures country ‘Football Cathedral’ in Kakamega will be ready in time for Africa Nations Cup

Bukhungu: Parliamentary committee assures country ‘Football Cathedral’ in Kakamega will be ready in time for Africa Nations Cup

On Friday, the National Assembly on sports assured the county government that there was enough funds to complete the construction of the edifice – fondly referred to at the Kenya’s Football Cathedral – that lies adjacent to Masinde Muliro University in Kakamega town.

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Girls at War: Rattled Kenya regime fires bullets and teargas at unarmed schoolgirls to stop Echoes of War play as world filmmakers zoom in

Girls at War: Rattled Kenya regime fires bullets and teargas at unarmed schoolgirls to stop Echoes of War play as world filmmakers zoom in

The inconsistencies in government position on creative have at times been hilarious, even ridiculous, the kind of flip-flopping that has now attracted the likes of Hollywood to inquire about playwright’s willingness to turn the play into a film on Kenya’s outrageously corrupt Ruto administration.

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Study: Americans are dying younger than Europeans, richest living longer than poorest

Study: Americans are dying younger than Europeans, richest living longer than poorest

The wealthiest 25 per cent of people in Northern and Western Europe had mortality rates that were about 35 per cent lower than participants in the wealthiest quartile in the US for those from Southern Europe, during the study period, this value ranged from 24 per cent to 33 per cent.

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Legions of Uganda’s wolves in sheep’s manger is widening as conscience is exchanged for political largesse

Legions of Uganda’s wolves in sheep’s manger is widening as conscience is exchanged for political largesse

However, it should be mentioned that the president of Uganda has consistently and persistently used public money to buy the conscience of people across all social strata, including youth, women and men for political gain and at the expense of institutional growth, development, stability and integrity.

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No love lost: In Hollywood movies vultures are evil and in Africa they’re harbingers of death not treasured for gift of ‘killing’ diseases

No love lost: In Hollywood movies vultures are evil and in Africa they’re harbingers of death not treasured for gift of ‘killing’ diseases

Vultures also have extremely strong stomach acid, don’t get food poisoning and are able to consume and neutralise anthrax, botulism and other bacteria and toxins in carcasses that would kill other animals, removing deadly threats from the environment. Just this week, more than 50 hippos died from suspected anthrax poisoning in a reserve in Congo.

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Revelations that CDC Vaccine safety office deleted or hid Covid vaccine injury records raises serious ethical questions about US drugs industry

Revelations that CDC Vaccine safety office deleted or hid Covid vaccine injury records raises serious ethical questions about US drugs industry

California attorney Rick Jaffe said Johnson’s allegations are “troubling, but not surprising, given longstanding concerns about transparency at the CDC.”

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How Kenya plans to raise police efficiency by hiring 10,000 officers, purchase 5,000 vehicles

How Kenya plans to raise police efficiency by hiring 10,000 officers, purchase 5,000 vehicles

Murkomen attributed the need to increase the number of vehicles to the fact that almost half of police stations in the country do not have vehicles while 40 per cent of NGAO officers do not have mobility, which has in turn derailed the implementation of the rotation policy amongst police officers leading to overstaying in one station

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Unbeknown to world, Ethiopia is war again and the rebellion in one of its most powerful regions is devastating

Unbeknown to world, Ethiopia is war again and the rebellion in one of its most powerful regions is devastating

Amhara’s large population has long created pressure to expand, and the ethnic group has claimed the western part of Tigray. The Fano and Amhara regional forces seized it during the Tigray conflict, but they were left out of peace negotiations. They were angered to learn that western Tigray’s fate might be left up to a referendum, which has not been held.

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