‘MPs black spot’ at which Kenyan lawmaker was murdered by gunmen is has been scene of three previous assassinations
Political tensions in Kenya have simmered down since last year when the country saw a series of opposition-backed anti-government protests during which dozens of people died. Ruto later appointed members of Odinga’s party to the cabinet.
Black Pope: Three African cardinals emerge as possible successors of Pope Francis in Vatican
Before the 2005 conclave that elected Pope Benedict XVI, there was much media attention around Francis Arinze, a highly respected cardinal born in Nigeria, raising questions even then about whether the world was ready for a Black pope from Africa.
Organised crime: Gangs of robbers on the prowl in central Kenya’s Murang’a town; they pounce in broad daylight
Murang’a County Police Commander Benjamin Kimwele cautioned the public against withdrawing huge amounts of money without security back up as this exposes them to such attacks. The police commander also said cases of business people being defrauded of their money have been rampant in the area and stated that four suspects have been arrested and arraigned in court.
Kenya’s police oversight agency calls for a review on policing to address extrajudicial killings
Issack Hassan says his office is willing to work closely with the Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja to ensure such incidents do not occur again in the future.
Trigger-happy Museveni cannot use guns to ‘silence’ Uganda’s burgeoning environmental ruins, only brains will
When the socio-cultural dimension of the environment is corrupted, all these can be and have been corrupted. The Uganda Constitution 1995 engineered an artificial indigenous group called Banyarwanda and many indigenous groups such as Hehe and Nubi hither to known to be indigenous elsewhere. Cultural pollution has led to the erosion of our languages, thereby compromising conservation
Property prices in Nairobi’s satellite towns inch up fastest since September 2022, demand in city’s suburbs thins
The global economic uncertainty is influencing property markets worldwide, and Kenya is no exception. Geopolitical tensions, interest rate shifts and policy changes have prompted more cautious investor behaviour. For instance, the US commercial real estate sentiment dropped by 30.5 per cent in Q1 2025, while in Australia, investment lending rose by 18 per cent amid expectations of rate cuts and market volatility.
Danger in your hands: Study finds cellphone radiation causes abnormal blood clumping in just five minutes
For the data in this study, Brown and his colleague, Barbara Biebrich, an ultrasound technician, did an initial experiment including an ultrasound scan of the leg vein of a 62-year-old asymptomatic woman with no history of allergy, blood disorder or systemic disease.
UN humanitarian agencies plan worldwide job cuts as US funding reduction bites
UN World Food Programme is expected to cut up to 30 per cent of its staff. The head of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees said it would downsize its headquarters and regional offices to reduce costs by 30 per cent and cut senior-level positions by 50 per cent.
Five killed, two injured by Al-Shabaab in Mandera as Trans Nzoia Governor Natembeya’s stark ID warning to Ruto comes to pass
The dead, described as non-local quarry workers, were forced to lie down before they were summarily executed as locals fled.
Raila ally accuses former Kenya president of incitement, defends incumbent Ruto and tells ex-deputy president to go back to school
Odhiambo at the same time called out former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua for expending energy on attacking the government, saying that this was a pointer that Gachagua was very idle.
