Kenya’s doomsday cult leader to appeal 12 months jail sentence for illegal film production
Mackenzie’s lawyer James Mouko said he would appeal against the ruling. Local media reported Mackenzie was convicted and fined for a similar offence in 2017.
Crossdisciplinarity: Kenya’s bungling and bumbling minister needs hands-on-the-deck to drive new education curriculum
The prevailing confusion is so much so that even Education Cabinet Secretary, Prof Ezekiel Machogu, does not seem to understand the aims and objectives of the new education curriculum and how it should be midwifed to producing an all-round professionals capable of fitting in any work environment. CBC lays emphasis on versatility.
Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia among countries targeted by multilaterals for debt relief for nature conservation
Institutions have until Friday to confirm they will join, but those expected to do so also include the World Bank, European Investment Bank (EIB), Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Beijing-headquartered Asian Infrastructure Development Bank and a number of others, the sources added.
While in other countries environment is the centre-bolt of the economy and governance, it’s peripheral in Uganda
We know that it is the craze for industrialisation, simultaneously with the resurgence and proliferation of the nomadic-pastoral human energy system, that jointly pose the greatest danger to our diverse ecologies and agroecological systems of Uganda. In effect diverse ecologies and agroecological systems of Uganda constitute its environmental governance. If we enhance environmental governance, we automatically enhance the staying power of the diverse ecologies and agroecological systems of Uganda.
Washington tells UN to respond to peacekeeper abuse in DRC as MONUSCO winds down
South Africa first provided peacekeepers to the United Nations in 1999 and by December 2022, over 1,100 peacekeepers served in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Somali bandits break decade of maritime piracy lull after hijacking an Iranian fishing vessel
Reports from the US Pentagon say that the men who boarded the tanker Central Park last week may have been Somalis, and not Houthis from Yemen.
Surge in piracy in Gulf of Aden prompts Somali maritime police to beef up patrols in Indian Ocean
Yemeni Houthi rebels have conducted recent attacks on commercial vessels on the Gulf of Eden, seen as part of a rise in violence in the region due to the Israel-Hamas war. But the Pentagon said this latest attempt was carried out by Somali nationals.
Ugandans who draw similarities between Museveni and Idi Amin want the fallen bloodhound memorialised
An Amin memorial lecture, the first of its kind, failed to happen as planned in September this year, because the event didn’t receive approval from the education ministry. Hassan Kaps Fungaroo, the former lawmaker leading the effort, later wrote to education officials asking for support in the creation of an Idi Amin Memorial Institute.
African Development Bank commits more than $110 million to boost Kenya’s access to electricity
The project entails strengthening the electricity network by constructing 13 substations of 33/11 kV, including the associated grid extensions and distribution network in 45 of the 47 administrative counties to connect a total of 139,480 households to the grid, meaning that some 543,972 Kenyans will gain access to electricity.
Kenya’s President Ruto and co-accused let off the hook after ICC 13-year criminal investigations
The International Criminal Court prosecutor’s office announced on Monday it is halting its long-running investigation into deadly violence that broke out in Kenya after the African nation’s 2007 presidential election. The decision was announced at a time when the prosecutor’s office is appealing for extra resources as it investigates ongoing...
