Heavy security mounted in Kisumu city as thousands mourners turn out to mourn Kenya’s former Odinga prime minister

Heavy security mounted in Kisumu city as thousands mourners turn out to mourn Kenya’s former Odinga prime minister

Raila Odinga’s widow, Ida, had appealed during the service for Kenyans to mourn peacefully. His brother, Oburu, called on mourners not to give police any reason to use teargas or force.

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‘Truce is not peace’: In the media, truce means bombing has stopped, in Gaza it’s a frightened breath and an ache of survival

‘Truce is not peace’: In the media, truce means bombing has stopped, in Gaza it’s a frightened breath and an ache of survival

The truce there is a short breath between two suffocations. And here, the calm feels like betrayal. Words lose meaning when you know the distance between language and reality is measured in pain. I saw a short video of a woman still searching for her son’s body under the rubble – even after the truce. She said: “The war didn’t stop inside me.”

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Big profits, big pollution: study finds top-earning companies release the most toxic waste

Big profits, big pollution: study finds top-earning companies release the most toxic waste

A 1986 federal law requires companies that are in certain industries employ more than 10 people, and make, use or process significant amounts of certain toxic or dangerous chemicals to tell the government where those chemicals go after the company is done with them.

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Malindi environment and land court upholds tribunal cancellation of Lamu Coal Plant Licence

Malindi environment and land court upholds tribunal cancellation of Lamu Coal Plant Licence

Speaking immediately after the landmark ruling, representatives of the environmental advocacy groups, hailed the ruling as a major victory for the people of Lamu and a milestone in Kenya’s climate justice movement.

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Nairobi bids goodbye to Kenya’s most resilient and consequential reformist Raila Odinga who tore down country’s institutions of oppression

Nairobi bids goodbye to Kenya’s most resilient and consequential reformist Raila Odinga who tore down country’s institutions of oppression

President William Ruto said Odinga deserved the honour for having been a legislator for 15 years, a role he used to play “a pivotal role in shaping some of the most consequential laws in our Republic’s history.”

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Finally, former Kenya’s PM Raila Odinga makes ‘last journey’ to Parliament Buildings after chaos

Finally, former Kenya’s PM Raila Odinga makes ‘last journey’ to Parliament Buildings after chaos

A funeral procession is scheduled for on October 18, 2025 in Kisumu and Siaya counties, followed by a state burial on Sunday, October 19, 2025, at the Kan’go Ka Jaramogi family home in Bondo, Siaya County

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US senator kicks up storm with claims of ‘Christian mass murder’ in Nigeria, but data says otherwise

US senator kicks up storm with claims of ‘Christian mass murder’ in Nigeria, but data says otherwise

Analysts say Nigeria’s complex security dynamics do not meet the legal definition of a genocide. The UN convention on preventing genocide calls it acts “committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group.”

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Scholars: Joblessness is a ticking time bomb Africa must address to avert social and economic chaos

Scholars: Joblessness is a ticking time bomb Africa must address to avert social and economic chaos

The report further indicates that over 800,000 young Kenyans enter the job market annually, yet only a fraction secures formal employment, leaving a majority to turn to informal or gig work to make ends meet.

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EABC Investment Summit and Expo postponed as EAC bloc mourns former Kenya PM Odinga

EABC Investment Summit and Expo postponed as EAC bloc mourns former Kenya PM Odinga

Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, who died on Wednesday morning in India, will be accorded a state funeral with full of military honours, while Kenya’s flag will fly half-mast in Kenya and all diplomatic missions, public buildings and public grounds.

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Mourners flood Kenya’s main airport as Odinga’s body arrives from India, prompt two-hour flights suspension

Mourners flood Kenya’s main airport as Odinga’s body arrives from India, prompt two-hour flights suspension

Although mainly known as an opposition figure, Odinga did become prime minister in 2008 and also struck a political pact with President William Ruto last year in a career of shifting alliances.

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