Kenya earns $116 million in foreign exchange as industry players disparage police harassment
Francis Mugo revealed that the industry earned the country over Ksh15 billion ($116 million) in foreign exchange in 2024 alone, Ksh8 billion ($62 million) in 2023 and Ksh2 billion ($15.5 million) in 2022, and therefore needed support.
Somali, Sudanese refugees in Kenya face ‘lowest ever’ emergency food rations as US funding cuts bite
At the weekend, Secretary-General António Guterres recommended that the Security Council ensure financing for the African Union’s Support and Stabilisation Mission there (UNSOM), as the country continues to battle insecurity and attacks from Al-Shabaab militants.
Farmers in central Kenya propose state-funded wildlife feeding plan to curb losses from human-wildlife conflict
To further control the increasing cases of farm invasions by birds and monkeys, the farmers have also challenged the Ministry of Wildlife and Tourism to consider classifying monkey meat as bush-meat. They argued that since the government doesn’t compensate farmers for damages caused when monkeys destroy their crops, farmers should be allowed to trap and eat monkeys after seeking approval from county veterinary doctors.
Court finds two Somalis with links to al Shabaab terrorists guilty of abetting 2019 Nairobi hotel attack
Authorities arrested Hussein Mohammed Abdile and Mohamed Abdi Ali later that year for providing logistical support to the attackers. A third suspect, Mire Abdullahi, was earlier convicted following a plea bargain. Abdile and Ali pleaded not guilty.
Detention and release of Kenyan rights activist spotlights Tanzania’s vicious crackdown on President Suluhu Hassan’s rivals
Khalid said Mwangi had been severely tortured by Tanzanian security agents and could barely walk: “His body is broken but his spirit remains strong.”
Anti-corruption agency reveals Kenya’s civil service from presidency to junior cadre is fraught with fake degrees
Kenya is grappling with fake academic certificate crisis. Allegations of fake certificate in public service cascade from president’s office to the junior cadre in the civil service. Since the promulgation of the current constitution in 2010, Kenya has been experiencing something akin to a rat race for degrees as virtually...
US accused of quietly dumping migrants in South Sudan that is teetering on the brink of civil war
Some people in the capital, Juba, are worried their country would become a kind of dumping ground. “Those people who are deported, some of them are criminals, they have been involved in crimes. So once they are brought to South Sudan, that means that criminal activities will also increase,” said Martin Mawut Ochalla, 28.
Tanzania blocks access to X after it says hackers targeted government accounts
Many politicians, intellectuals and critics in Tanzania express their opinions freely on X. But the government of Hassan, who is up for re-election in October, has sought to suppress online dissent.
Beekeeping earns Kenya $149 million to rank it sixth in agricultural sector
Dr Monica Olala disclosed that 2024 verified data show beekeeping alone contributed to approximately Ksh19.23 billion ($148.6 million) to agricultural gross domestic product, which ranked it sixth behind beef, dairy, poultry, goats and sheep.
Kenya, Zimbabwe set benchmark for testing and quarantine systems to check maize lethal necrosis
Dr Suresh said that their Mine Countermeasures Vessel (MCMV) seed treatment prototype has sanitised more than 8,000 germplasm lines.
