One of world’s most iconic and oldest elephants dies in Kenya’s Amboseli National Park aged 54
In a statement, KWS announced that Craig died on Saturday morning at the age of 54 at Amboseli National park.
World Bank: Africa’s glut of young workers is not a threat but an extraordinary opportunity upon which prosperity of the world depends
The most recent UN estimates project that Africa’s population, driven by both falling mortality and high fertility, will grow from 1.4 billion today to 2.5 billion by 2050. With China, Japan, Korea and European countries all likely to experience a sharp decline in young workers, the world economy is set to slow sharply unless it receives a productivity boost from the billion young people being added to Africa’s population in the next quarter century. The dynamism of Africa’s youth is central to the future of the global economy.
How Kenyan MP outperforms fellow legislators, puts country’s ‘happy-go-lucky’ president to shame
He says Kiharu has 112 public primary schools and 65 secondary schools, many built from scratch in past decade during which he has been a member of parliament. He insists that every public primary school classroom is tiled.
Medic: Apathy following death of Kenyan doctor on official duty abroad exposes state neglect of public servants
According to Dr Khama Rogo, only Ksh3 million has been raised and paid through contributions from the Kenya Medical Association (KMA) with the family also making some payment leaving an outstanding balance of Ksh16.7 million that must be cleared for the body to be released.
New Year agony as elephants raid farms in central Kenya and destroy acres of cropland
Peter Kuria, also a farmer, said they had incurred losses amounting to millions of shillings, following destruction of their crops by straying elephants and other herbivores. However, compensation offered by the government was a tedious bureaucratic process that took long and failed to offer immediate relief.
Museveni dynasty: How 40 years of family misrule silenced Ugandans’ voice, stymied hopes of a people
In Uganda power is no longer just what you acquire through election to a political office, say the office of president of Uganda. Power has become inheritance. There is clear evidence that President Tibuhaburwa Yoweri Museveni has demonstrated, not announced, that his son, General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, is the one he wants to inherit power from him.
MP Obo’s historic Wildlife Compensation Law extends cover to injuries and fatalities caused by sharks, stonefish, whales and stingrays
The historic legislation was sponsored by Lamu East Member of Parliament Ruweida Obo. It explicitly extends compensation to cover injuries and fatalities caused by sharks, stonefish, whales and stingrays – species that had previously been excluded from Kenya’s wildlife compensation regime.
Freedom of Expression: Sudan, Tanzania make macabre list of 128 journalists killed in the world as China named world’s top jailer
The updated list documents 17 additional cases confirmed after December 10, underscoring a particularly deadly year for journalism and the continued prevalence of impunity. The Federation had released a preliminary list on December 9, reporting 111 killings, including one accidental death.
Somalis protests Israel’s recognition of breakaway state Somaliland as Turkey accuses Tel Aviv of stirring conflict in Horn of Africa
In the Somali capital, Mogadishu, crowds gathered at the main stadium for a rally led by prominent religious figures who condemned Israel’s recognition and called for unity in defence of Somalia’s territorial integrity.
Gideon Moi: Day Luhyias will realise the power of numbers they wield, Kenya will sprint to First World
For the record, this argument is premised on the controversial 2009 national population census and the 2012 study on household incomes by the ministry of national treasury and planning. Then minister for national planning Wycliffe Oparanya is on record about how h was arm-twisted to vary the 2009 census data that found the population of Luhyia to be 8,000,000 – 2,000,000 more than the Kikuyu of central Kenya.
