How Kenyan MP outperforms fellow legislators, puts country’s ‘happy-go-lucky’ president to shame
He says Kiharu has 112 public primary schools and 65 secondary schools, many built from scratch in past decade during which he has been a member of parliament. He insists that every public primary school classroom is tiled.
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.”
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...
Police arrest of crime suspect, his mother and three accomplices as pistol stolen during Raila Odinga’s burial is recovered in Kisumu
Police arrested Odhiambo’s mother, Lilian Atieno Nyabende, who resurfaced moments later, to assist in investigations. The firearm was immediately secured and identified as the one stolen from Police Constable Benson Kodia Olayo, a GSU officer attached to VIP protection unit of Kakamega Governor Fernandes Barasa.
Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga’s demise sets in political uncertainty Kenyans must confront
Raila Odinga, 80, died in India on Wednesday, and his body was received by thousands of mourners in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, on Thursday. Four public viewing events have been held in the past three days, attracting thousands of mourners and leaving five people dead and hundreds injured during stampedes.
How Raila Odinga’s funeral resuscitated fading Luo cultural rites when a totemic figure dies
Among the Luo, the funeral or liel is a sacred ceremony that affirms death not as an end but as a transition. Every stage in the process, holds profound spiritual meaning, ensuring that the departed is properly ushered into the afterlife and the living remain in harmony with ancestral spirits.
‘Bullish’ political leaders in western Kenya donate dozens of livestock to be slaughtered in honour of Raila Odinga
Speaking to the press after delivering 15 bulls and 15 bags of maize to the family of the late former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, Governor Natembeya said the gesture is a “humble token” of deep appreciation for Raila’s “monumental contribution” to the nation, especially his lifelong pursuit of justice, democracy and unity among all communities.
‘Stadiums are here, but where are the hospitals’: Gen Z protests against corruption and inequality rock Morocco
A leaderless collective called Gen Z 212 – named after Morocco’s dialling code – is the engine behind the protests. Members debate strategy on Discord, a chat app popular with gamers and teens. The core group has about 180,000 members but spinoffs have also sprouted, organising demonstrations in towns independently.
Stampede at state funeral for Kenya’s iconic revolutionary Raila Odinga injures scores of mourners
Thousands of mourners waved white handkerchiefs and danced at the venue, which was bedecked with large banners with Odinga’s portrait. Others blew whistles and vuvuzelas in honour of the man they referred to as “Baba” (“Father” in Kiswahili).
Kenya creates National Marine Spatial Plan to diffuse conflicts arising from competing interests in use of ocean resources
To address these challenges, the government through the Kenya Marine Fisheries and Socio-Economic Development (KEMFSED) project under the Ministry of Mining, Blue Economy and Maritime Affairs, has embarked on a participatory process to develop the spatial plan.
