Pressure on Kenya’s president to resign mounts as his kinsmen insist orders to shoot and ‘break the legs’ protesters were ‘legal’
The unrest began when the death of a blogger in police custody last month angered many Kenyans, and tensions heightened after the shooting of the civilian, Boniface Kariuki.
Kenya finally constitutes an electoral agency after a three-year standoff in political class
Chairperson Erastus Ethekon is a human rights lawyer and previously worked as Turkana County’s top legal adviser. He has also worked with the United Nations Development Programme and the UN Resident Coordinator in Kenya.
Mau Mau freedom fighters from Kakamega, Bungoma blast Kenya government for neglecting, seek reparations Britain
The families have condemned the manner in which they neglected and forgotten in favour of their compatriots from central Kenya despite the legacy of their forefathers who fought for independence and are still remembered as heroes today.
Controversial SHIF and SHA taxes ramps up government revenue collection to $19.9 billion
Despite collecting Ksh560.963 billion from pay-as-you-earn (PAYE) tax, a 3.3 per cent increase with a 99 per cent performance rate, KRA attributed the slower growth in this category to recent adjustments in SHIF and Housing Levy deductions, noting that the sluggish growth stemmed from taxpayers leveraging adjustment vouchers to offset their tax liabilities.
Journalism and democracy are conjoined twins and when they die, they are buried in same grave
Independent journalism is one of the strongest defences we have against polarisation, extremism and authoritarianism. But in many parts of the world, it simply cannot survive without support. Advertising doesn’t work in conflict zones. Subscription models don’t sustain outlets serving rural, low-income communities.
Life of dignity: How deputy governor humanises support to people with disability in Nandi County
Since assuming office in 2017, Dr Yulita Mitei has rolled out transformative programmes that redefine how disability is addressed by county governance.
Covid fraud: Scientists tell leading European public broadcaster ‘Never seen science so compromised’
Earlier this year, The Wall Street Journal reported that censorship extended to intelligence agencies. In August 2021, the Biden administration excluded the FBI from a White House intelligence briefing, preventing the bureau from presenting evidence supporting the lab-leak theory.
How Nandi in Kenya’s Rift Valley is pivoting agriculture as key driver of economic resurgence
Kabiyet Dairy Factory is a game-changer in the county’s dairy sector, he adds. With a capacity to process over 200,000 litres of milk daily, the state-of-the-art facility has created a structured market for milk from smallholder farmers in Mosop, Aldai and Chesumei sub-counties.
After over 10 years of underperformance Kericho County posts more than Ksh1 billon in own revenue collection
According to department of finance and economic planning, in the previous 2023-2024 financial year, the county collected Ksh834,758,771, achieving a performance rate of 78.8 per cent, which was an increase from Ksh775,958,004 collected in the 2022-2023 financial year, posting a performance rate of 75.1 per cent.
Africa’s major currencies expected to remain stable amid slow activity in financial markets
Zambia’s kwacha is expected to be trade around its current levels but some analysts said it could gain further out as the economic outlook improves. On Thursday the kwacha was quoted at 24.39 per dollar from 24.45 a week ago.
