Kenya unveils its ‘bold’ clean energy and mobility plans at nation’s EPRA innovation conference
With discussions underway on regulatory resilience, energy financing and youth led innovation, the conference is expected to produce actionable outcomes that will shape Kenya’s energy policies and investments for years to come.
Consumers grapple with soaring goat prices in Mombasa ahead of Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday
Despite the losses, traders say they are determined to ensure quality livestock reaches customers during this festive season. Injured animals, often affected during transit, are retained for personal consumption, while healthy goats are offered for sale.
Uganda hurtling to self-annihilation for ignoring environmental pluralism
In Uganda we are witnessing environmental pluralism reduced by encouraging the spread of the grass-cow culture of the nomadic pastoral human energy system. Through what appeared to be tolerated by the National Resistance Movement Regime (NRM), members of this human energy system, some coming from as far as Rwanda, Tanzania and the Mulenge area of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are grabbing land everywhere, destroying our agroecological systems and natural ecosystems to establish gazing systems where nature supported settled peoples in relation to the natural environments
Kenya’s Syndemic Disease Control Council taps People Who Inject Drugs as key players in HIV prevention
According to the NSDCC, Mombasa County has made notable progress in curbing new infections, recording a 65 per cent reduction in new HIV cases-from 1,778 in 2013 to 631 (515 adults and 117 children) in 2023.
Male teacher in central Kenya handed 30 years in jail for lewdly stroking private parts of his pupils
The victims told the court that the offense occurred multiple times. One of the boy’s parents was tipped off by his neighbour and interrogated her son. After confirming the incident, she reported the matter at Nyakihai Police Post.
Africa’s biggest flower expo opens in Kenya with calls for export reforms in trade, logistics
Meanwhile, as the global demand for organically produced flowers continues to rise, this year’s IFTEX showcases Kenya’s commitment to innovation, digital transformation, and environmentally conscious trade practices.
ICC sets precedent after it resolves to try fugitive Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony in absentia
The LRA began its attacks in Uganda in the 1980s, when Kony sought to overthrow the government. After being pushed out of Uganda, the militia terrorized villages in Congo, Central African Republic and South Sudan. It was notorious for using child soldiers, mutilating civilians and enslaving women.
Suspected terrorists blown up by explosive in Ugandan capital by device intended for Christian martyrs event
Uganda is marking a holiday on Tuesday to remember a group of Christian martyrs who were killed between 1885 and 1887 on the orders of a local king.
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.
