Raucous nominated senator with skin disability axed from Kenya parliament
Troubled ruling party in Kenya, Jubilee, moved with speed to replace axed Nominated MP Isaac Mwaura with Sammy Leshore for Special Seat for people with disability in the Senate. The latest change happens on the back of a flurry of similar actions in parliamentary leadership that has seen a number...
Did Kenya’s ‘education delocalisation’ adversely affect exam performance?
Just hours after the Kenya Cabinet Secretary for Education George Magoha released examinations results for the delayed Kenya Certificate of Secondary, questions have already been raised about “education de-localisation” that seems to have adversely affected region that have traditionally performed well in national examinations. Conversely, schools in regions that had...
Kenya opposition leader Raila to allies: You can leave, ‘it’s time for a different path’
Cracks that at first looked fleeting when Kenya’s opposition boycotted repeat presidential election in 2017, when the National Super Alliance began to experience turbulence leading up to late filing of the petition that cancelled the result, are widening. Consequently, there are concerns that the disintegration of Nasa and his party...
How Kenya helped terrorism thrive in East Africa through illicit ivory exports – report
Pummelled on multiple fronts around the world, terrorist organisations and insurgent groups in eastern Africa have been finding it difficult to keep alive their militia activities. After the funding taps running dry, the groups resorted tapping natural resources to fund insurgencies, says Earth League International, a conservation organisation, in a...
Choice of Koome to head judiciary renews ethnic concerns in Kenya’s public service
The independence and integrity of the Kenyan judiciary is once again under intense scrutiny following the nomination of the Court of Appeal Judge Martha Koome to replace David Maraga, who retired at the beginning of this year as chief justice and president of the Supreme Court. To gender activists, the...
My! A social media platform for Africans by Africans set for launch next month
MyCountry MyWorld is set to launch MY! a social media platform for Africans by Africans that provides limitless possibilities in world exploration by giving users the opportunity to bring their country and world to each other. MY! A social media platform will be launched on May 10, 2021. “Having developed...
Is British supermodel Naomi Campbell preparing to resettle in Kenya?
Away from the madding bigotry in what should be their native countries, Black people in diaspora are gradually but determinedly retracing their ancestors’ footsteps back to Africa. In the words of African-America film actress Mia Speight, there is a growing desire to live among people who look like them. Is...
World journalists’ body wants Kenya to hasten probe into murder of editor
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) wants the Kenya government to hasten investigations into the brutal murder of a senior video editor and television producer with the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) Betty Mutekhele Barasa. Ms Batty Barasa was assaulted and shot dead at her home on the outskirts of the...
Memoirs: How different would Kenya be today had Mboya not been assassinated?
To Tom Wolf, a pollster who arrived in Kenya as a US Peace Corps Volunteer soon after independence in 1963, the current volatile political atmosphere in Kenya evokes memories of the lead up to the assassination of the astute minister for Economic Planning in founding President Jomo Kenyatta government, Tom...
Tale of Kilkenny cats: How Kenya opposition was captured by the state
Often hurriedly assembled to the sole purpose of winning elections, political coalitions in Kenya have never had a façade of ideology, but regional or ethnic conglomerations that come off the hinges as rapidly as they were crafted once elections are over. As the row among former National Super Alliance (Nasa)...
