Kenya tops Africa on organised crime index, having overtaken Nigeria and rest of West Africa
Resilience is measured according to the mechanisms countries have in place to combat organised crime, and their effectiveness. Resilience capacity and effectiveness are evaluated to assess the level at which states have established appropriate legal, political and strategic frameworks to address organised crime.
Police block airing grievances against British army abuses in Kenya hours before King Charles landed
A British soldier seemed to claim credit in 2021 on social media for starting the wildfire, which destroyed thousands of acres of a nature conservancy. The British High Commissioner at the time said she was “appalled” by the post and promised the royal military police would investigate.
Digital IDs: Human rights groups in Kenya want stronger legislative basis to eliminate bias and erosion of privacy
Dr Ngare said that Gates’ involvement with Maisha Namba is just one of his many interests in Africa, having previously been involved with “The clandestine administration of fertility regulating Tetatus vaccines to Kenyan women in 2014-2015, facilitated by Gavi and the WHO,” which he says “is still fresh in our minds.”
Surveillance fears emerge over why Bill Gates is pushing President Ruto to endorse digital IDs for newborns in Kenya
Some experts said they believe the Maisha Namba programme has other, unannounced, aims. Dr Wahome Ngare, chairman of the Kenya Catholic Doctors Association, told The Defender that Maisha Namba will operate as a vaccination tracking programme.
Take-it-leave-it: Somalia’s ‘IDP economy’ thrives by ruthless clan networks imposing tax on aid
People displaced to Mogadishu, the capital, predominantly come from within the Digil and Mirifle clan family, the Somali Bantu community, and other smaller minority communities – all of whom are structurally marginalised in Somalia.
Kenya: Stellantis invest $1.58 billion to acquire 20 per cent shares in Leapmotor to bolster latter’s EV business
Leapmotor was the world’s first pure-play EV company to implement Cell-to-Chassis technology on a largescale, and its ‘Four-Leaf Clover’ Leap 3.0 central-controlled new electric and electronic architecture achieves seamless and efficient collaboration within the core components of smart EVs. Its unique vertical integration model maximizes scalability, enabling Leapmotor to quickly respond to customer needs.
Coming to Kenya: Freedom fighters demand King Charles apologises for crimes against humanity
More than 10,000 people died in the Mau Mau uprising, a figure some historians claim is a low estimate. Tens of thousands of Kenyans – many with no links to the Mau Mau – endured harrowing treatment including torture and appalling sexual mutilation at the hands of security forces.
London court finds woman guilty of abetting genital mutilation of a girl in Kenya 17 years later
Mr Justice Bryan thanked jurors for sitting on a case which they may have found “emotional”. He granted Noor conditional bail ahead of her sentencing at the same court on December 20.
Transdisciplinarity: Why Ugandan scholars are keen on chucking ‘academic tribes’ for alternative knowledge systems
Although the world is today more integrated than in the 20th century, thanks to the World Wide Web, which does not respect the rigid walls of the disciplines and the territoriality in universities, disciplinarity continues to be the dominant knowledge culture or system in most universities of the world just as was the case during the 20th century.
Kenyan court extends orders barring deployment of police to Haiti for two more weeks
The UN Security Council resolution, drafted by the United States and Ecuador, authorises the force to deploy for one year, with a review after nine months.
