Homa Bay County in Lake Victoria Basin launches half marathon to promote Ruma National Park tourism, protect rare antelope
The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS)’s official Kennedy Ochieng said the event will enhance conservation of the roan antelope. He said the roan antelopes sometimes suffer environmental challenges that are being addressed.
Thomas Partey: How white women in Europe turn African footballers into sexual objects of financial exploitation
There is also a lack of clear guidance for clubs in these circumstances. Lisa Nandy, the UK’s Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, expressed concern this week on the Sports Agents podcast that clubs do not have a “standard approach” when “very, very highly paid” players face claims of sexual assault.
Used and dumped by Arsenal, Ghanaian midfielder Thomas Partey now on his own as he parries sexual offences allegations
Despite the club telling the alleged victim they were taking the matter “extremely seriously”, Partey continued to play for Arsenal – and was promoted via their media channels. In the days following her initial complaint to the club, he appeared prominently on a number of social media posts.
Diminishing interest in President Ruto in Kakamega prods him to deploy military to complete stalled hospital project
The 900-bed Hospital is expected to create 5,000 jobs, promote medical tourism and provide learning and practical exposure to medical students. The completion of the hospital that was intended to take pressure off Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi and Moi Teaching and Referral in Eldoret by specialising in – among other services – the treatment of cancer, dialysis, hypertension and diabetes.
Air India crash investigation report pinpoints pilot confusion that led to the accident that killed 260
The commanding pilot of the Air India plane was Sumeet Sabharwal, 56, who had a total flying experience of 15,638 hours and, according to the Indian government, was also an Air India instructor. His co-pilot was Clive Kunder, 32, who had 3,403 hours of total experience.
Kenya’s ‘Flying Bird’ Wanyonyi destroys strong field of past Olympic finalists to grab 800m Diamond League win
The highly anticipated men’s 800m, which featured all eight Olympic finalists from Paris, was expected to threaten David Rudisha’s world record of 1:40.91, which has stood since 2012.
Boeing settles with a Canada-based Kenyan man whose wife and three children perished in 737 Max crash in Ethiopia
Boeing reached a settlement on Friday with a Canadian man whose wife and three children were killed in a deadly 2019 crash in Ethiopia, averting the first trial connected to a devastating event that led to a worldwide grounding of Max jets. The jury trial at Chicago’s federal court had...
Behind glossy picture of European demographics, it emerges that Covid vaccines may have fixed the power and flair of women to bear children
The drop in natality in the Czech Republic in 2022 could not be explained by demographic factors. Total fertility rate – which is independent of the number of women and their age structure – dropped sharply in 2022 and has been decreasing ever since. The data for 2024 show that the Czech TFR has decreased further to 1.37.
Pressure on Kenya’s president to resign mounts as his kinsmen insist orders to shoot and ‘break the legs’ protesters were ‘legal’
The unrest began when the death of a blogger in police custody last month angered many Kenyans, and tensions heightened after the shooting of the civilian, Boniface Kariuki.
Kenya finally constitutes an electoral agency after a three-year standoff in political class
Chairperson Erastus Ethekon is a human rights lawyer and previously worked as Turkana County’s top legal adviser. He has also worked with the United Nations Development Programme and the UN Resident Coordinator in Kenya.
