HHS to prohibit hospitals from performing sex-change surgery on kids that benefit ‘predatory sex-rejecting multi-billion dollar industry’
Sex-rejecting procedures or “gender-affirming care,” refers to the use of puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and/or surgery as a treatment for gender dysphoria. The Mayo Clinic defines gender dysphoria as a “feeling of distress that can happen when a person’s gender identity differs from the sex assigned at birth.”
‘Train Wreck’: Ebb and flow of business and political fortunes of aspiring trillionnaire Elon Musk in 2025
Money isn’t everything, but when it comes to the richest human in the known universe, it’s worth looking at the numbers. Tesla did a bit of flailing this year (more on that in a sec), and historically, much of Musk’s wealth has been derived from the world’s most valuable automaker.
Sucrose-rich Chinese sugarcane variety that matures in seven months on verge of replacing ‘lazy-man’s’ variety in western Kenya
Crevation International Limited Marketing Manager Penina Karimi observed that with proper land preparation, choice of the right varieties, and good market planning, sugarcane cultivation in Kenya can provide steady income and attractive returns.
Education ministry says Kenya is streamlining the controversial funding model to enhance efficiency
The principal secretary observed that the responsibility of supporting higher education cannot rest solely on the government, calling on the private sector, corporate organisations, and philanthropists to partner with universities through scholarships, research, and internships.
Why uptake of biometric IDs in Africa is sluggish, citizens fear breach of their fundamental rights
The authors conclude that as governments adopt biometric digital ID systems to speed-up identification and service delivery, robust legislation must first be in place to protect citizens’ rights and data privacy.
Tea farmers, livestock keepers in central Kenya demand reparations after wolves decimate stocks
Eighty-year-old Kimani Gachihi, who was attacked while cutting fodder, points out: “I was bleeding and calling for help. The wound on my leg is still painful and the hospital bills have left me broke. I cannot walk long distances or carry out any work.”
People’s president Bobi Wine’s ‘War for Freedom’ slogan rattles President Museveni’s as enthusiastic voters ‘sing redemptions songs’
National Resistance Movement and National Resistance Army (NRM/NRA) rebellion, often sold as a liberation for Uganda, has left many questioning its promises, fuelling a belief that the country’s journey remains unfinished.
Political storm brews in Britain over Covid-related excess deaths after activists accused UK Health Agency of hiding data
The advocacy group UsForThem requested the data in 2023, through the Freedom of Information Act 2000, asking UKHSA to disclose, for every adult who died between 2021 and 2023, their age at first dose, the dates of each vaccine dose and the date of death.
Kenyan police mission to tackle gangs was undermined by lack of international support – Haitians tell of exhaustion and hopelessness
The first foreign boots since the UN approved a Gang Suppression Force (GSF) to tackle Haiti’s worsening security crisis have hit the ground but there’s little confidence among Haitians that it will be anything but yet another pointless foreign intervention. A batch of 230 Kenyan police officers landed in the...
US Congress explores possibilities of compelling spy agencies to declassify evidence on origins of Covid
Tucked deep inside the sprawling National Defence Authorisation Act for Fiscal Year 2026 is language that requires the director of National Intelligence to conduct a declassification review with the heads of federal intelligence agencies of information about those who funded coronavirus research and what’s known about risky “gain-of-function” work performed at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
