Turkana First Lady: Kenya needs to retool of politics to empower women in nomadic communities
Ekai Nabenyo, Director of Legal Services, highlighted the legal aspects of gender disparities, emphasising the importance of recognising gender identity, enforcing laws against domestic abuse and protecting workplace rights to advance women’s rights and gender equality.
‘In US healthcare is big business, in Canada it is a right,’ incoming Canada PM warns Trump
Trump’s trade war and his talk of making Canada the 51st US state have infuriated Canadians, who are booing the American anthem at NHL and NBA games. Some are cancelling trips south of the border, and many are avoiding buying American goods when they can.
Trump says US has ‘just about’ ended suspension on Ukraine intelligence sharing
The suspension, which could cost lives by hurting Ukraine’s ability to defend itself against Russian missile strikes, followed a halt to US military aid to Kyiv.
International Women’s Day: Imprisoned women in Kenya see life behind bars as moral resetting
Makueni County Women Representative Rose Museo called on leaders to partner with civil society organisations and the media to take action at the community level and invest in promoting women and girl rights in the area.
Unable to generate quality jobs at home Kenya pitches for employment of 200,000 youths in Middle East
With more bilateral labour agreements in the pipeline and a structured financial and legal support system in place, Kenya’s efforts to expand job opportunities beyond its borders appear to be gaining momentum and thousands more youths are set to benefit, securing brighter futures for themselves and their families while contributing to the national economy.
Drop in cheap palm oil production as biodiesel demand surges in key markets in Asia
The biodiesel push will reduce Indonesia’s exports to just 20 million metric tonnes in 2030, down a third from 29.5 million in 2024, estimates Eddy Martono, chairman of the southeast Asian nation’s largest palm oil association, GAPKI.
Girls in Kenya’s Maasai pastoralist community take up self-defence training to ward off sexual abuse, early marriages
Girls’ education apparently has an impact on gender-based violence too, with 34 per cent of Kenyan women surveyed saying they were victims of physical violence, a figure that drops to 23 per cent for women with education.
Kenya contemplates amendment of assumption of the office of the president law to fix succession chaos
Speaker of National Assembly Moses Wetangula who was present called for a change of culture among Kenyans to eliminate that ingrained habit that sees elections losers often blame IEBC.
Africa faces ‘deadlier’ test as malaria season sets in against backdrop of Trump’s US aid cuts weaken the fight against it
Uganda in 2023 had 12.6 million malaria cases and nearly 16,000 deaths, many of them children under 5 and pregnant women, according to WHO. Opigo said the US has been giving between $30 million and $35 million annually for malaria control. He didn’t say which contracts have been terminated but noted that field research was also affected.
Case of ‘revolution’ eating own children: Voters hired Trump through MAGA, he’s firing them via DOGE
A White House spokesman said Trump had been given a popular mandate to overhaul the federal government to combat waste, fraud and abuse. Trump edged out his opponent, Democratic former Vice President Kamala Harris, by 1.5 percentage points in the November contest.
