‘Enshittification’ of American power: How US hegemony is sustained by network logic that’s difficult and expensive to break away from
So dollar clearing is an expedient. It’s also the chief enforcement mechanism of US financial policy across the globe. If foreign banks don’t implement US financial sanctions and other measures, they risk losing access to US dollar clearing and going under. This threat is so existentially dire that, when Lam was placed under US sanctions
Sins of honesty: Do culturally dominant Luhyia have to be dragged through shame and ignominy in Kenya’s ethnic power play?
Kakamga Senator Boni Khalwale has on several occasions confirmed to Tell Media that Oparanya was forced to downgrade Luhyias numbers to show the Kikuyu are more. Dr Khalwale points out that national resources distribution drives census politics. “There’s no way the Kikuyu are going to relinquish this advantage to Luhyia,” Khalwale once told Tell Media.
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.
Journalism and democracy are conjoined twins and when they die, they are buried in same grave
Independent journalism is one of the strongest defences we have against polarisation, extremism and authoritarianism. But in many parts of the world, it simply cannot survive without support. Advertising doesn’t work in conflict zones. Subscription models don’t sustain outlets serving rural, low-income communities.
How Nandi in Kenya’s Rift Valley is pivoting agriculture as key driver of economic resurgence
Kabiyet Dairy Factory is a game-changer in the county’s dairy sector, he adds. With a capacity to process over 200,000 litres of milk daily, the state-of-the-art facility has created a structured market for milk from smallholder farmers in Mosop, Aldai and Chesumei sub-counties.
Human organ harvesting and cannibalism rock pastoralist communities in north-western Kenya
In the wake of reports of rise in cannibalism and human organ harvesting security apparatus in the region are now on high alert. Police and administrators have launched a manhunt for perpetrators who are said to be targeting mainly juveniles.
Colonial relics: Slum upgrade in central Kenya lifts 50,000 Nyeri Town residents out of squalor
Besides access to amenities such as piped water, its beneficiaries like Ruth are enjoying murram roads network linking the villages to the main road. But the biggest upgrade yet is her promotion from being a squatter to a holder of the title deed for the 40×80 parcel of land she has been residing in for close to 20 years something she says.
Catholics in Congo honour anti-graft martyr newly beatified by Vatican, his remains moved to Goma
In the conflict-battered city of Goma, where years of war have increased both desperation and corruption, Kositi’s beatification has eased some of the pain caused by his death. UN experts say Rwanda supported rebels in Congo and smuggled minerals at ‘unprecedented levels’
Number of people shot dead by Kenyan police during anti-government protests rises to 31
The death of blogger Albert Ojwang in police custody last month has given the protests fresh impetus, fuelling anger against the authorities and bringing hundreds onto the streets.
Remanded Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye’s new party People’s Front for Freedom launched
Besigye, a physician who retired from Uganda’s military at the rank of colonel, is a former president of the Forum for Democratic Change party, for many years Uganda’s most formidable opposition group. He has long been a fierce critic of Museveni, for whom he once served as a military assistant and personal doctor.
