Why the revolutionary germ in Kenya’s Gen-Z tax protests is growing but political tribe has buried head in sand
You either die or accept to acquiesce in suffering to your grave. Gen-Zs elected the former and many of them were felled by what they perceived as the butchers gunshots. The stress were full of blood. The spirit, though, was not felled, just as was the case in the germinal revolutions in the far-away lands.
How climate change and counterfeits are hurting Kenyan farmers and raising concerns about who can share seeds
Kenya is not alone facing food security pressures. According to a UN Food and Agriculture and Organization (FAO) report in 2023, over a billion people across the African continent are unable to afford healthy diets, and the number of hungry people is increasing.
Kenya’s health minister warns Africa must prepare for aftershocks of US’ exit from WHO, funding pause
Health Cabinet Secretary Deborah Barasa pointed out that achieving this goal requires strengthening components of health security and ensuring the implementation of Universal Health Coverage that guarantees affordable, accessible, and quality care for all.
Judiciary on trial as Supreme Court of Kenya and lawyers’ body tough it out over planned chamber protests
Judiciary spokesman Paul Ndemo says it is imperative that lawyers seek a lawful and peaceful means to address the matters at hand.
Analysts: M23 capture of Goma in eastern Congo likely to open floodgates for illicit gold exports to Dubai via Rwanda and Kenya
A lightning advance in Congo’s mineral-rich eastern borderlands is set to boost the M23 rebellion’s illegal mining revenues, with analysts predicting a further surge in illicit trade in minerals including coltan and gold through neighbouring Rwanda. The Rwanda-backed insurgency entered Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s largest city, this week,...
Official: Incidents of gender-based violence in rural Kenya on the rise as little is done to protect women
GBV activists in Elgeyo Marakwet County led by Jackline Koech called for the enactment of a GBV policy in the county saying its lack has affected the fight against the rising cases of GBV. Ms Koech further said the lack of policy has made it impossible to get financial allocation from the county government as there were no guidelines put in place for the same.
Used and dumped by power wielders, Kenyan youth finding relief in farming as executive and legislature wreck economy
During the anti-tax protests last year, there was unanimity among the youth – referred to as Gen-Z or Young Generation – that the country’s wobbly economy was s an outcome of a thieving executive and a compliant parliament.
How erratic healthcare has enabled herbalist in rural Kenya to rake in profits treating whooping cough, syphilis, diarrhoea and toothaches
Despite his humble beginnings, Lemaiyian is now a permanent fixture in Kericho town and its environs, where he administers traditional herbs on the streets, where has as established a business with high prospects, by prescribing cures for a stubborn diseases such as whooping cough, syphilis, diarrhoea and toothaches.
Interpol links increased activity of ISIS in Kenya, Tanzania and DRC to political instability and socioeconomic challenges
Thirty-seven suspected terrorists, including suspected members of Islamic State, have been arrested across East Africa over the past two months, the global police body Interpol said on Monday. Interpol, which is headquartered in France, said the arrests had been made during November and December during operations conducted jointly with the...
Kenya’s youth protests is a groundswell to rid the country of the whims of a despot and hollow benevolence of the West
The ability of the Kenyan state to maintain this level of violence against its populace has always been contingent on the acquiescence and support of the Western world, which in the years between independence and the US-USSR détente that led to the fall of the Berlin Wall, propped up Kenya as a bulwark against communism and valorised “stability” over justice.
