Newly sworn in IEBC team kicks off tenure with a warning to political class against sensationalism
In a press release sent to news rooms, the commission that was sworn in last week said such utterances, are unacceptable and reckless in a democratic society like Kenya.
Former Barcelona and Manchester stars tour Vihiga, sign partnerships with county’s women’s football club Madira Soccer Assassins
The governor also underscored the need to commercialise the local sports sector, encouraging other clubs to emulate Madira Soccer Assassins in seeking impactful partnerships and innovative funding models.
Steep slide in President Ruto’s support kicks off national ID registration in earnest in his Rift Valley stronghold in readiness for 2027 polls
The exercise, initiated by the State Department for Immigration and Citizen Services through the National Registration Bureau (NRB), seeks to ensure timely documentation for students transitioning from secondary education to tertiary institutions, job markets and other government services that require proof of legal identity.
Elders in terror-prone northeastern Kenya meet to evaluate ethnic relations in fragile region rocked by clan hostilities
In the coming days, the elders plan to launch a community sensitisation campaign and a peace caravan led by religious leaders (ulamaa) to spread messages of reconciliation and unity. There will also be a coordinated effort to mobilize support for the safe return of displaced persons to their homes and villages.
Health workers blast Nairobi Governor Sakaja as a joker, carefree and ignorant after failing to end three-month-long clinical officers’ strike
Speaking during a press briefing in Nairobi, KUCO National Chair Peterson Wachira expressed deep concern over what he termed as the ‘carefree attitude’ of the county government in addressing the ongoing healthcare inactivity.
Fate and future of public intellectuals in Uganda: Country needs literati capable of critical thinking, not the current ‘intellectually modified’ frauds
In most, if not all universities in Uganda in particular and Africa in general not is the field of Futures Studies absent, but the new systems of knowledge production are decades away to be accepted on the campuses.
Museveni beware: Public distrust in authority has led to significant rise of charlatans as ‘thought leaders’ in Uganda
The marketplace of ideas model remains faithfully wedded to a neoclassical view that depends on a perfectly costless and efficient exchange of ideas, but also remains vulnerable. Blocher, by addressing the “economic” objections to the marketplace metaphor, attempted to better describe, explain God and rehabilitate the marketplace of ideas.
Homa Bay County in Lake Victoria Basin launches half marathon to promote Ruma National Park tourism, protect rare antelope
The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS)’s official Kennedy Ochieng said the event will enhance conservation of the roan antelope. He said the roan antelopes sometimes suffer environmental challenges that are being addressed.
How digital democratisation of intellectualism makes it easier for Ugandan thought leaders to ventilate in face of repression and subjugation
Winick has recently explained the difference between a thought leaders and Philosophers. Philosophers think deep thoughts about ideas. Thought leaders lead in converting an idea into reality. The ability to take your ideas, create content and shape products that help others solve their toughest problems is at the heart of thought leadership – and so is market viability.
Senior government officials say Kenya has pumped $5.42 billion in education sector to prepare job market-ready workforce
Dr Beatrice Inyangala called on parents to embrace technical training for children who did not qualify to join university.
