Minister: Kenya on verge acute rice shortage after court blocked importation of 500,000 tonnes
The cabinet secretary warned that the current retail price of Grade One milled white rice has already surged to between Ksh190 and Ksh220 per kilogramme, a steep rise from last year’s duty-free period average of Ksh150 per kilogramme.
Kenya’s regional governments push for Ward Development Fund and MCA pension reforms at Devolution Conference
Mwatela urged the government, Senate, and National Assembly to include the fund in the same amendment bill to give MCAs similar tools to drive development at the grassroots.
South Africa starts a soul-searching ‘national dialogue’ on poverty and inequality and other issues
Some high-profile foundations have pulled out of this week’s opening convention, citing rushed timelines and logistical issues, but they have said they will participate in the rest of the program.
Kenya’s foreign minister tears into former deputy president as US State Department distances itself from his terrorism tirades
Musalia Mudavadi took Gachagua on during a meeting in Kakamega yesterday with local religious leaders. He told the interfaith leaders from Malava constituency who met him in Malava to discuss good governance and leadership ahead of the coming by election slated for November 27, 2025.
Kenya: Logistics delay already overdue by-elections as schools prepare for exams
The vacant seats include Baringo County Senate seat, which fell vacant on February 16, 2025, while Banissa Constituency lost representation on March 23, 2023, Magarini Constituency on March 3, 2023, Ugunja Constituency August 8. 2024, Malava Constituency February 17, 2025, Mbeere North Constituency May 17, 2025 and Kasipul Constituency April 30, 2025.
After ditching Adani Group, Kenya taps international banks for airport expansion
On the bond issue for road construction, Chirchir said the government would securitise a portion of the fuel levy it charges motorists, adding the bond would be split into two halves for both a local and an offshore listing.
Tana River County residents push for review of Bangali gazettement in Madogo to allow investments
Alexander Lemarkoko directed his officers in the area to stop harassing developers or residents when building their houses in Madogo as the higher office deliberates on the solutions.
Inside Congo’s killing fields, sickly and exploited artisanal miners slave away for world’s indifferent tech economies
Josaphat Musamba, a Congolese researcher and PhD student at Ghent University in Belgium, said suppressing the militia would be a tall order for the DRC’s military, which is no longer present in large swathes of M23-controlled territory.
Cry, the beloved country: How Congo’s mines power world’s tech industry that reciprocates with guns and bombs
According to a December UN report, the scale of the trade reached new heights after the capture of Rubaya by M23. The rebels went on to establish a parallel administration controlling mining activities, trade, transport and the taxation of the minerals produced there, the UN reported.
Waiting for Obamas divorce, in vain: Why for 32 years America has gossiped about ‘looming Barack and Michelle Obama split’
The former first lady, who shares daughters Malia Obama, 26, and Sasha Obama, 23, with her husband, former president Barack Obama, got candid with Kylie Kelce about her and Barack’s differing opinions on the size of their family on the March 20 episode of Kelce’s Not Gonna Lie podcast.
