How South African teenage girl who spoke English, French, Arabic, Swahili and Kikuyu was instrumental in Britain’s WWII victory over Germany
Over the course of her mission, Pippa Latour sent 135 coded messages. Each one directed RAF precision bombing runs. Each one armed French Resistance cells. Each one brought D-Day closer to success.
Searchlight turns to deep-seated dog-fight ravaging spy agency after reports ‘Burundian refugees demand’ arrest of Kenya opposition leaders
Early last year, a security expert George Musamali warned that the health minister – then charge for defence – was clandestinely ‘importing’ foreign national, who are then ferried Kakuma Refugee Camps through Uganda. Once in the camp, they learn basic Kiswahili and secretly given Kenyan identity cards.
Uganda President Museveni – yet again – launches another 5-year plan to fight corruption
Speaking at the launch in the capital, Kampala, Inspector General of Government Naluzze Aisha Batala said the plan is designed to make a significant contribution to addressing corruption.
Inter-agency meeting in Mombasa reviews Kenya’s National Maritime Security Risk Register to fortify safety in seas
The updated Risk Register is expected to guide strategic planning, operational coordination, policy development and resource allocation in the maritime sector. It will also bolster Kenya’s compliance with international maritime security obligations while reinforcing national efforts to secure shipping lanes, ports and inland waters.
Why Ruto’s unfinished 35-year old KPC-Ngong Forest land fraud is a stain Kenya’s judiciary
The key legal question was whether the land had been properly degazetted (legally removed from forest status) before it was subdivided, allocated and later sold.
Romanticising fallacy that Luhyia and Luo of western Kenya are ‘genetically’ predestined to resist power
The argument that Luhyias and Luos are genetically predestined to resist power and is intellectually provocative, but it rests on a few assumptions that deserve serious interrogation. First, the framing that Molima (central Kenya) and Rift Valley or Kikuyus and Kalenjins are “trained to access power” while Luhyas and Luos...
County governors in Lake Victoria Basin accused of giving NADCO public participation wide berth
Bigambo urged citizens to actively participate in public forums to share views on good governance, devolution, protests and compensation issues, emphasizing that NADCO’s recommendations would further strengthen Kenya’s governance framework.
How rhapsodic arts and social sciences instill fear in Uganda President Museveni who prefers imaginary dupes and dullards in natural sciences
The regime’s “commitment to science” is visible in targeted funding, presidential directives and the construction of specialised institutions, all while faculties of humanities and social sciences are starved of resources and morale.
More than two million people in Kenya face acute food shortages as drought kills livestock
Four consecutive wet seasons have failed in parts of the Horn of Africa, which juts into the Indian Ocean. The wet season from October to December was one of the driest ever recorded, according to the UN health agency. Because the rains were brief, parts of eastern Kenya were the driest they have been during that season since 1981.
Think again: How Tanzania is forcing hapless Burundian refugees to death via repatriation
Most Burundian refugees in Tanzania fled in 2015 when Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza announced he would seek a controversial and potentially unconstitutional third term. It led to massive protests and a violent government and allied militia crackdown.
