Human-wildlife conflict concerns resurface in Kibwezi as leaders tell state to fence off Tsavo National Park
In the recent past, area residents have raised concern over frequent destruction of crops and property. They accuse KWS of neglect and failure to take action.
South Africa marks 50 years since Soweto uprising against backdrop of Xenophobia fuelled slumping economy
Survivors of the violent protests, experts and young South Africans have lamented the challenges facing the country’s youth including inequality, high unemployment, poverty and social problems such as drug and alcohol abuse.
KNCHR report on state-engineered violence awards $23 million in reparations to victims of human rights violation
The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) presented a framework guiding compensation and reparations for victims of human rights violations to President William Ruto, marking a significant step towards justice, accountability and national healing. Presenting the report at State House, Nairobi, KNCHR Chair Claris Ogangah said the framework was...
How risk of giving Tutsi refugees citizenship became nightmare for indigenous Ugandans, now it’s Kenya’s turn to surrender sovereignty
It was President Milton Obote who moved a motion in Legco to allow all Tutsi refugees into Uganda without limiting the numbers. It is these refugees that joined dictator Idi Amin security forces and murdered our people.
Why and how Somaliland turned to Israel for international recognition to break 34 years of isolation
Shiri Fein-Grossman, CEO of the Israel-Africa Relations Institute and a former member of Israel’s National Security Council, told Israeli news channel i24 that “everyone just looks at the map and understands what Israel is looking for here.”
New research findings expose gaps in Kenyan police professionalism and posits that little has changed 25 years since restoration of political pluralism
All these challenges brought to the fore issues related to overlap of functions, perceived competition and questions as whether they should continue existing in their current forms, consequently leading to the question of the merger of the two forces.
Principal Secretary for Irrigation announces readiness for external auditors from Auditor-General’s Office
Office of the auditor general team led by the Deputy Director Audit Khadija Alugong revealed that the team will be at the state department from June 11 to July 10 for the linear audit and will later carry out the financial performance audit and field visits.
Fresh political chaos in Congo’s capital, Kinshasa, as opposition unite to repulse President Tshisekedi’s push to remove term limits
Congo is plagued by multiple crises, including an Ebola outbreak and an escalation of the decades-long conflict with the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels, one of more than 300 armed groups vying for control in the eastern provinces.
East Africa Community finance minister wary of Gulf war impact on economies as they unveil budgets
The region is seen as highly vulnerable to the trade turmoil arising from the conflict given its reliance on fuel and fertiliser imports – concerns which prompted the African Development Bank to cut the region’s growth forecast for this year by half a percentage point.
Coast youth and women groups defend former Nairobi Governor Sonko after act of philanthropy touches off furore
Evans Momanyi, Joseph Onamu and Faith Munaa, youth leaders in Mombasa said attempts to turn a humanitarian intervention into a public controversy risk discouraging well-wishers from helping needy Kenyans.
