Nairobi meeting: Harmonisation of seed policies key to realising food security in COMESA bloc
Mukuka said the COMESA Seed Trade Harmonisation Regulations have been officially gazetted in 11 COMESA member-states, namely, Burundi, Egypt, Ethiopia, Eswatini, Malawi, Rwanda, Kenya, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, with DR Congo earmarked for the official gazette of the COMESA Seed Trade Harmonisation Regulations by end of May 2025.
After nearly two years without political head Sudan’s military chief names first PM since 2023
The RSF and its allies signed a charter in February in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, to establish a parallel government. The charter calls for “a secular, democratic and decentralised state,” in a nod to growing calls by Sudan’s many communities for autonomy from Khartoum.
Goose that lays golden egg: Kenya working on laws that protect tourism industry from spinoffs of human-wildlife conflicts
According to Museiya the proposed Wildlife Conservation and Management Act 2025 seeks to modernise how the nation governs, conserves, utilises and shares benefits from wildlife resources for the good of all Kenyans.
Emiti Emito N’ekibira: Youth are Uganda’s environmental future but they are being turned into pollutants in foreign lands
Ninety-four per cent of Ugandans rely on unsustainably sourced fuel wood, with gas being prohibitively expensive, the vast majority of Ugandans rely on charcoal or firewood that has been harvested from national forests or the private lands of impoverished farmers. There has been a 180 per cent charcoal price increase in the past six years
As Trump alleges ‘genocide’ in South Africa, Afrikaner farmers at an agricultural fair scoff at the claim
The late President Nelson Mandela – South Africa’s first Black leader – stood in Bothaville over a quarter-century ago and acknowledged the increasing violent attacks on farmers in the first years following the decades-long racial system of apartheid.
Food safety activists in Kenya pile pressure on state to make public list of banned pesticides
The NGOs noted there had been inaction in the implementation of past regulations on toxic pesticides control which they blamed on lack of proper enforcement policies and invested commercial interests.
Health practitioners union piles pressure on Kenya’s health minister to harmonise UHC salaries
Speaking during a meeting with public health officers drawn from Garissa County, the national General Secretary of the Kenya Environmental Health and Public Health practitioners (KEHPHPU) Brown Ashira said the national government had enough time to allocate money for the nurses’ absorption.
Stirring hornet’s nest: New party Trans Nzoia Governor Natembeya plans to seek power unsettles fumbling Kenyan president
The registration of a new party, Transformative Agenda with Empowerment (TAE), associated with Trans Nzoia County Governor George Natembeya and its instant popularity has stirred the hornets’ nest in Kenya’s overly regionalised and tribalised politics. TAE – with roots in the Tawe Movement that swept western Kenya in the wake...
East African Community ministers set May 21 as Lake Victoria Day, to be marked from next year
A broad range of activities will be held, including scientific conferences, development partner forums, and policy dialogues addressing critical challenges such as pollution control, climate change adaptation, Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM), institutional capacity building, and sustainable development.
Trump is building a global gulag for immigrants captured by bureau of Immigration, Customs and Enforcement
The White House did not respond to a request for clarification about which countries are receiving third-country nationals. In the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, the George W. Bush administration created a worldwide network of secret prisons and torture sites as part of its global war on terror. Its crown jewel, the Guantánamo Bay detention centre, was established in January 2002 as a place for the United States to hold so-called enemy combatants.
