Coming to Kenya: Freedom fighters demand King Charles apologises for crimes against humanity
More than 10,000 people died in the Mau Mau uprising, a figure some historians claim is a low estimate. Tens of thousands of Kenyans – many with no links to the Mau Mau – endured harrowing treatment including torture and appalling sexual mutilation at the hands of security forces.
Kenyan court extends orders barring deployment of police to Haiti for two more weeks
The UN Security Council resolution, drafted by the United States and Ecuador, authorises the force to deploy for one year, with a review after nine months.
Kenya locally builds 1,800 tonne freighter and refits two navy vessels within budget
KSL operates the Kisumu Shipyard and Mombasa Shipyard. While Kisumu was constructing the MV Uhuru II wagon ferry, Mombasa was busy refitting the Kenyan Navy vessel KNS Shupavu. This was re-dedicated in a July 29 ceremony at Mtongwe Naval Base in Mombasa.
Kenya ends unpopular swap deal with Cuba for doctors citing cost of the six-year programme
Under the deal signed in 2017, 50 Kenyans were sent to Cuba to undergo specialised training, while 100 Cubans were dispatched to county level hospitals in Kenya to help improve services.
Kenyan and South African women lead Africa in largest all-women voyage to Antarctica
Departing on two voyages from Argentina, the cohort comprises women from 25 countries. The local cohort are already using their positions to pioneer change for a more sustainable future, and to increase gender equality in STEMM field.
Decent work, decent pay: Facebook staff in Kenya accuse Meta of piddling in pay talks
Meta and Sama lawyers told the court they thought the mediation was making good progress, with long hours involved, until the moderators’ lawyer wrote to them in protest. Justice Nduma Nderi said the failed talks were a “missed opportunity” to find a balance between the parties involved as opposed to the court issuing an order.
400,000 passport backlog headlines Kenyan minister’s acrimonious falling out with juniors
The cabinet secretary and the NIS senior have in the past been adversely named in the Westgate and Dusit terrorist attacks, but were cleared of criminal offences. The other official said to be behind the parallel passports office was tapped from the diplomatic world and is reportedly building a war-chest to run for a gubernatorial seat in 2027.
How Nairobi’s upmarket Kilimani estate became world’s alluring host of contraband ‘gold embassies’
Police have red-flagged Kilimani and its environs as a sprawling crime scene that also hosts State House and the city’s “honourable” police stations – Kilimani, Kileleshwa, Muthangari and Upper Hill – where white collar criminals, international drug traffickers and gold smugglers prefer to be detained during arrest.
Kenya walks tightrope as finance minister allays fears over foreign debts, shrinking hard currency reserves
Njuguna Ndung’u was responding to a research note by US investment bank JPMorgan which said on Tuesday that the East African nation was “walking a tightrope” to avoid a crisis due to a maturing dollar bond and persistent currency weakness.
It’s not just the economy, stupid! What was off-key about the Africa Climate Summit in Kenya
The fact that Africa suffers disproportionately from the crisis – 17 of the 20 worst-hit countries are located on the continent even though it accounts for less than 4 per cent of global emissions – was prominently repeated at the conference.
