S&P Global doesn’t expect recent protests in Kenya to derail IMF plans, will make rating call in August
Under pressure, Kenyan President William Ruto’s government took a step on Monday to try and keep the IMF on side, saying it would cut 2024-25 spending by 1.9 per cent to claw back some of the money that it had hoped to bring in from the now-scrapped tax hikes.
Kenyan police arrest 33-year old man suspected of killing 42 women, dumping bodies in quarry
Collins Jumaisi confessed that he lured and killed 42 women and dumped their remains at the quarry, Mohamed said. The murders stretch back to 2022, starting with Jumaisi’s wife, with the most recent on July 11, Mohamed said in the televised statement.
Hard times fall on Kenyans as treasury cuts spending in revised budget after tax-hike rollback
Public demonstrations began last month against the now-binned tax hikes, but went on to demand Ruto’s resignation and deep-rooted political changes to tackle corruption and poor governance.
Why Kenya police chief was forced to resign by president in wake of fallout from deadly protests
President William Ruto has sought to respond to the social outcry with a series of steps. He withdrew the tax hike proposal and on Thursday he followed up by dismissing almost all of his Cabinet ministers. He vowed to form a new government that will be lean and efficient.
‘You ain’t seen nothin’ yet, revolutionary Gen-Z are ready to storm State House and uproot Kenya’s corrupt president’
The opposition, meanwhile, has been surprised by its newfound irrelevance. Like the 19th century French politician Alexandre Ledru-Rollin, who during the French revolution is said to have declared, “There go the people. I must follow them, for I am their leader”, opposition leaders are belatedly rushing to hitch their wagon to the movement. How far their light has dimmed is illustrated by contrasting today’s movement with their attempt last year to capitalise on popular discontent over tax hikes, which failed to generate much lasting political pressure.
Kenya’s youth cause President Ruto to fire entire cabinet, country braces new appointments
The sweeping cabinet changes were what Kenyans have been asking for, veteran anti-corruption activist John Githongo said
Moody’s pushes Kenya’s credit rating deeper into junk upon withdrawal of planned tax hikes
Moody’s said that while the spending cuts should narrow fiscal deficit, it would be at a more gradual pace than previously assumed, and as a result expect Kenya’s debt affordability to remain weaker for longer.
New report says Kenyan police force and their Haitian hosts retake largest public hospital from gangs
Rameau Normil, the new head of the Haiti National Police, says police took control of the Hospital of the State University of Haiti, also known as the General Hospital, on Sunday night. In their effort to topple Haiti’s previous governments, armed groups have torched and looted more than 30 private and public health facilities in metropolitan Port-au-Prince since February 29.
Kenyan police force in Haiti promises ‘no room for failure’ against powerful gangs
The UN-backed mission, to which the United States has pledged over $300 million in support, has been questioned from the start. At home, Kenyan police have long been accused by watchdogs and witnesses of human rights abuses, including in recent protests.
Under pressure Kenya president apologises for arrogant government officials, police brutality
The president said the police are independent and not controlled by the executive branch of government but promised to ensure that those responsible would be prosecuted. “I am ultimately responsible because I am president, and that is why I said it was regrettable,” Ruto said.
