Kenya: Tell Media investigations expose massive looting of tea farmers’ funds at KTDA, cartel launches vicious fightback to regain stranglehold

Kenya: Tell Media investigations expose massive looting of tea farmers’ funds at KTDA, cartel launches vicious fightback to regain stranglehold

Over the past three weeks, Tell Media investigations found, there have been coordinated attacks targeting KTDA board members and factory officials from locations such as Kebirigo in Nyamira and Kapkoros in Kericho, as well as senior staff at KTDA subsidiaries such as KTDA Holdings Ltd and Chai Trading Ltd.

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Out of Africa: Kenya’s ‘Silicon Savannah’ unveils first drone traffic management system

Out of Africa: Kenya’s ‘Silicon Savannah’ unveils first drone traffic management system

Nairobi is now a hub of innovation that has attracted technology enthusiasts, entrepreneurs and investors worldwide. Nairobi is contributing to the technology evolution and why it should be on your radar if you’re interested in the future of technology.

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Kenya’s anti-narcotics agency turns to religious leaders for support in war on drug abuse

Kenya’s anti-narcotics agency turns to religious leaders for support in war on drug abuse

Bhang, heroin, shisha were among the drugs identified during the event and a new synthetic drug, xylazine which is a veterinary drug that is mixed with heroin. The awareness programme included sessions on identifying signs of substance abuse, counselling techniques and referral pathways for individuals seeking help.

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New inquest: South Africa revisits 1977 death in custody of anti-apartheid leader Steve Biko

New inquest: South Africa revisits 1977 death in custody of anti-apartheid leader Steve Biko

It’s not clear if any of the police officers implicated in Biko’s death are still alive. South Africa’s National Prosecuting Authority said the new inquest into Biko’s death 48 years later was an effort “to address the atrocities of the past and assist in providing closure to the Biko family and society at large.”

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Kenya: Illicit brews ravage men and women who’re absconding conjugal duties in Lake Victoria region for the love of bootleg liquor

Kenya: Illicit brews ravage men and women who’re absconding conjugal duties in Lake Victoria region for the love of bootleg liquor

Together with local chiefs, community members have already identified more than 37 dens operating in the area and demanded their immediate closure and the arrest of the operators.

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Glimmer of hope in Kenya’s demilitarisation plan as herders in West Pokot turn in illegal firearms

Glimmer of hope in Kenya’s demilitarisation plan as herders in West Pokot turn in illegal firearms

Commissioner Khalif announced that the government will support those who surrender firearms by enrolling them in technical and vocational institutes (TVETs) to acquire job skills. He further said that the government will be offering those who surrender employment opportunities, especially under the affordable housing programme.

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Iran and Atomic Energy Agency sign agreement to restart cooperation, but doubts persist

Iran and Atomic Energy Agency sign agreement to restart cooperation, but doubts persist

European nations have said they would be willing to extend the deadline if Iran resumes direct negotiations with the US over its nuclear program, allows UN nuclear inspectors access to its nuclear sites, and accounts for the more than 400 kilograms of highly enriched uranium the UN watchdog says it has.

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New report sounds alarm over how Africa is forced into painful trade-offs for climate action

New report sounds alarm over how Africa is forced into painful trade-offs for climate action

The report calls on development actors to provide climate finance as grants and additional resources, not as loans that keep African countries trapped in a cycle of debt, but for greater support for debt cancellation to free up government funds for climate action.

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Ethiopia’s Abiy assures neighbours of unstinted access to Nile waters as he inaugurates Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam

Ethiopia’s Abiy assures neighbours of unstinted access to Nile waters as he inaugurates Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam

A 20-year-old university student, Yabsira Misganw, who was advertising a new online shopping mobile app, said the new dam “will provide stable electricity and improve online services.”

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Compromised or scared? US senate query why authors of study that shows unvaccinated children are healthier refused to go public with results

Compromised or scared? US senate query why authors of study that shows unvaccinated children are healthier refused to go public with results

The US has yet to start writing its report on the possible causes of autism, US Food and Drug Commissioner Marty Makary told Bloomberg yesterday. Rogers has researched autism since 2015 when his then-partner’s son was diagnosed with autism. At the time, he was pursuing a doctorate in political economy at the University of Sydney.

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