Raila Odinga Stadium in Homa Bay ready for Madaraka Day celebrations expected to address plight of fisherman on Lake Victoria

Raila Odinga Stadium in Homa Bay ready for Madaraka Day celebrations expected to address plight of fisherman on Lake Victoria

Principal Secretary Raymond Omollo was accompanied by Governor Gladys Wanga and the national celebrations steering committee on an inspection tour of the stadium. He said local businesses should take advantage of the national event to boost their turnover and profits.

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‘Refugees are Africans like us’, Kenyans say but fear terrorism as state rolls out non-nationals integration plan

‘Refugees are Africans like us’, Kenyans say but fear terrorism as state rolls out non-nationals integration plan

The Shirika Plan has been lauded as a major step forward in securing durable solutions for Kenya’s 800,000 refugees, the majority of whom are from neighbouring Somalia and South Sudan.

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Tales of boats sinking with migrants across the Gulf of Aden are common but Ethiopian youth would rather that than the poverty at home

Tales of boats sinking with migrants across the Gulf of Aden are common but Ethiopian youth would rather that than the poverty at home

Boats carrying migrants across the Gulf of Aden regularly sink. In March, the IOM reported that four boats had capsized off the coast of Yemen, with more than 180 migrants feared dead. Even for those who survive the crossing, traversing war-ravaged Yemen is itself fraught with danger.

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‘I’m going to Saudi Arabia or to my grave: How hope became frustration, then despair among Ethiopia’s Oromo youth under PM Abiy

‘I’m going to Saudi Arabia or to my grave: How hope became frustration, then despair among Ethiopia’s Oromo youth under PM Abiy

The government or its militias “can accuse anyone of being OLA and try to get money from them. If you don’t pay, you’ll be put in prison, and unless you pay you won’t get out,” Østebø says. “There is so much discontent and hopelessness.”

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Divine message: Catholic cleric blasts Kenya president’s reckless borrowing, misuse of loans

Divine message: Catholic cleric blasts Kenya president’s reckless borrowing, misuse of loans

The cleric further termed human organ trafficking as unacceptable saying a person can donate their organ upon demise through a will to be used by patients who want it.

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Row over Governor Orengo’s rejection of Kenya’s so-called broad-based government lifts veil off age-old revulsion of Odinga family in Nyanza

Row over Governor Orengo’s rejection of Kenya’s so-called broad-based government lifts veil off age-old revulsion of Odinga family in Nyanza

James Orengo is alleged to have ferried mourners to the funeral to show his might against the duo and his actions have elicited strong reactions with some terming it as an embarrassment to his party leader Raila Odinga in the presence of President William Ruto.

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Rattled high coffee output by neighbours, Kenya plans to revamp its wobbly industry to produce 500,000 tonnes annually

Rattled high coffee output by neighbours, Kenya plans to revamp its wobbly industry to produce 500,000 tonnes annually

Murang’a governor Irungu Kang’ata said his administration will set aside some funds in the next financial year to support farmers. The funds, he said, will facilitate farmers to increase production, saying from next month, a team from the county government will tour the USA and China to search for a market for Murang’a coffee.

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Long before US brutally sliced international funding there were pointers donors are fatigued

Long before US brutally sliced international funding there were pointers donors are fatigued

Ignoring US funding to focus on the wider base of donors, the numbers show how humanitarian funding reached a peak in 2022, when donor governments gave 52 per cent above their 2015 levels. When including US funding, however, humanitarian aid continued to rise in 2023 before starting its decline.

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Girls at War: Rattled Kenya regime fires bullets and teargas at unarmed schoolgirls to stop Echoes of War play as world filmmakers zoom in

Girls at War: Rattled Kenya regime fires bullets and teargas at unarmed schoolgirls to stop Echoes of War play as world filmmakers zoom in

The inconsistencies in government position on creative have at times been hilarious, even ridiculous, the kind of flip-flopping that has now attracted the likes of Hollywood to inquire about playwright’s willingness to turn the play into a film on Kenya’s outrageously corrupt Ruto administration.

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Unbeknown to world, Ethiopia is war again and the rebellion in one of its most powerful regions is devastating

Unbeknown to world, Ethiopia is war again and the rebellion in one of its most powerful regions is devastating

Amhara’s large population has long created pressure to expand, and the ethnic group has claimed the western part of Tigray. The Fano and Amhara regional forces seized it during the Tigray conflict, but they were left out of peace negotiations. They were angered to learn that western Tigray’s fate might be left up to a referendum, which has not been held.

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