Kenya: Law in the offing to empower minority groups – some ‘naturalised tribes’ – uprooted by political cruelty in their countries

Kenya: Law in the offing to empower minority groups – some ‘naturalised tribes’ – uprooted by political cruelty in their countries

The meeting brought together representatives of the Tallai, Ogiek, Nubian and Nyarwanda communities, alongside government officials and civil society actors to deliberate on the proposed policy, which promotes unity through inclusion, equitable resource allocation and recognition of cultural diversity.

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Football Kenya Federation Chief Hussein Mohammed says the agency is working on Marshall Plan for grassroots football

Football Kenya Federation Chief Hussein Mohammed says the agency is working on Marshall Plan for grassroots football

President of the Grenada Football Association (GFA) and Fifa Technical Development Committee member, Marlon Glean, who attended the summit, praised Kenya’s football leadership and called for stronger collaboration between Africa and the Caribbean in promoting football globally.

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Throat cancer survivors in Kenya call for tough punitive tax on tobacco to reduce spread of the disease

Throat cancer survivors in Kenya call for tough punitive tax on tobacco to reduce spread of the disease

Despite this looming cancer crisis, Kenya’s health financing remains low, at around 3 per cent of GDP, far below the recommended 15 per cent under the Abuja Declaration.

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Baba, while you are away: Kenyan politics remains plural in form, authoritarian in soul and elections wars of conquest

Baba, while you are away: Kenyan politics remains plural in form, authoritarian in soul and elections wars of conquest

Like many of his generation, Raila had inherited a political philosophy that viewed power as the precondition for justice. In his book, Not Yet Uhuru, Raila’s father, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, relates how – during a stand-off between the two main African political parties at the 1962 Lancaster House negotiations over Kenya’s independence constitution – Jomo Kenyatta argued for compromise: “We had to reach a settlement. If we failed, government would be snatched from our hands. If we brought no government back with us, the people would regard it as an arch failure”.

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Kenyan world record holder Chepngetich slapping with four-year ban for doping, she’ll retain her record

Kenyan world record holder Chepngetich slapping with four-year ban for doping, she’ll retain her record

Marathon running has been hit with a spate of high-profile doping cases in recent years, particularly from Kenya, which is world renowned for its middle and long-distance runners.

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Study: East Africa’s event-driven coverage of sexual, gender-based violence and femicide creates room for the vice to fester

Study: East Africa’s event-driven coverage of sexual, gender-based violence and femicide creates room for the vice to fester

A stark three per cent focus on perpetrators means the individuals responsible for violence often remain out of sight in media narratives, especially in follow-up reporting whereas only 11 percent of stories amplified survivor voices, despite survivors being central to the narrative of violence.

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Inquest into Hillside Endarasha Academy fire delayed by state unpreparedness

Inquest into Hillside Endarasha Academy fire delayed by state unpreparedness

Last month, the parents of the deceased boys, together with the Kenya Human Rights Commission and the Elimu Bora Working Group, filed a constitutional petition. The petition seeks to hold the school proprietors, the National Education Board, the Nyeri County Director of Education, the Nyeri County Education Board and the Education Cabinet Secretary accountable for failing to protect and secure the learners’ lives, resulting in the tragic deaths.

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Standard Group science journalist Rosa Agutu bags 2025 biotechnology media award

Standard Group science journalist Rosa Agutu bags 2025 biotechnology media award

The authority will continue to deepen partnerships for media training on biosafety fundamentals so reporters can confidently translate complexity for the public

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End of mourning for Kenya’s political stalwart as son becomes head of family in keeping with Luo cultural rites

End of mourning for Kenya’s political stalwart as son becomes head of family in keeping with Luo cultural rites

Speaking earlier, Siaya Senator Oburu Oginga said the ceremony symbolised the transfer of family power to Raila Junior. Dr Oburu explained that while Raila Junior will be advised by his mother, Ida Odinga.

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Lawyers for Cuban man deported by Trump to Africa demand to know his health condition after going on hunger strike in prison

Lawyers for Cuban man deported by Trump to Africa demand to know his health condition after going on hunger strike in prison

Roberto Mosquera del Peral was one of five men sent to the small kingdom in southern Africa in mid-July as part of the US deportation programme to Africa. It has been criticised by rights groups and lawyers, who say deportees are being denied due process and exposed to rights abuses.

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