Why mistrust between warring communities creates an arms race among pastoralists in Kenya
Free movement across the rangelands is central to both the local economy and the pastoral lifestyle. But the creation of county borders following devolution in 2013 has interrupted that mobility and led to boundary disputes – particularly in areas with abundant grazing land, water and minerals, with communities vying for control.
Kenya’s security paradox: Sandwiched between bandit communities citizens in the north query deployment of elite police to Haiti
The North Rift region is made up of five counties: Turkana, Baringo, Samburu, Elgeyo Marakwet and West Pokot. It’s known for its beautiful rugged terrain, arid landscapes and rich cultural heritage. Pastoralist communities – including the Turkana, Pokot, and Samburu – dominate the region.
Kenya’s long distance running evolves into death trap ‘running community’ as turns against one another
Cheptegei Olympic runner Cheptegei’s horrific death after being doused with petrol and set on fire by her boyfriend has again brought to the fore Kenya’s harrowing history of domestic violence against female athletes.
Land dispute, petrol attack and 80 per cent body burn: How Ugandan athlete with roots in Kenya met painful death
Rebecca Cheptegei’s parents said their daughter bought land in Trans Nzoia to be near the county’s many athletic training centres. A report filed by the local chief said the two were heard fighting over the land where her house was built before the attack.
Ugandan marathoner dies while undergoing treatment at Kenyan hospital after petrol attack by boyfriend
Rebecca Cheptegei, who finished 44th in Paris, was admitted to a hospital in the Kenyan Rift Valley city of Eldoret after the attack. She “passed on today morning at 5.30 am after her organs failed,” Owen Menach, senior director of clinical services at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, said, adding that a full report regarding the circumstances of her death would be released on Thursday afternoon.
As Kenyan police in Haiti lament about salaries and equipment, US is planning UN peacekeeping force to fight gangs
The US is mulling a UN peacekeeping operation in Haiti as one way to secure funding and staffing for a Kenya-led mission deployed to quell gang violence in the Caribbean country, a top US diplomat said on Wednesday. Brian A. Nichols, US assistant secretary for Western Hemisphere affairs, spoke hours...
Climate change forces Kenyan Maasai herders, famous for their culture and love for barbequed beef, to embrace fish
Among the Maasai and other pastoralists in Kenya and wider East Africa – like the Samburu, Somali and Borana – cattle are also a status symbol, a source of wealth and part of key cultural events like marriages as part of dowries.
Kenya private sector business picks up as country puts behind impact of tax protests on economy
In June, President William Ruto discarded the government’s finance bill for the year, which contained tax hikes estimated to be 346 billion shillings ($2.69 billion), following deadly street protests.
Demoralised Kenyan police contigent in Haiti questions salary delays, slow equipment delivery
While the United States has contributed $369 million in money, equipment and services, a UN fund only has about $68 million, leaving it over $150 million short of the estimated $589 million needed for the first year’s operations.
Director of Public Prosecutions says Kenya wanted in US for killing girlfriend has been extradited
The preliminary investigation showed Mbitu had left her workplace and travelled with Kang’ethe to Lowell, Massachusetts, where he lived, the prosecution in Kenya said during the extradition case hearing.
