Kenya’s Olympic 800m athletics champion Wanyonyi misses world record by whisker in Lausanne, Switzerland

Kenya’s Olympic 800m athletics champion Wanyonyi misses world record by whisker in Lausanne, Switzerland

The young Kenyan ferociously chased the green lights in the inner lane that keep pace with the world record in ideal 25 C conditions, just missing Rudisha’s record but matching Wilson Kipketer’s 1997 time as second fastest ever run.

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500,000 conservationists in Africa petition Tanzania to ban sport hunting of elephants

500,000 conservationists in Africa petition Tanzania to ban sport hunting of elephants

In 1995, both the East African neighbours had agreed that Tanzania would stop issuing hunting permits on its side of the reserve after hunters killed Kenyan elephants on the Tanzanian side.

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Paris Olympics: Kenya’s Wanyonyi leads the way into open 800 metres final

Paris Olympics: Kenya’s Wanyonyi leads the way into open 800 metres final

Wanyonyi, silver medallist at last year’s world championship, was pushed at the end by American Bryce Hoppel but ensured he crossed the line first in 1:43.32 minutes.

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Kenya police lob teargas at pockets of protesters in Nairobi calling for president’s resignation

Kenya police lob teargas at pockets of protesters in Nairobi calling for president’s resignation

At least three journalists were wounded when police fired teargas canisters close to them, the International Press Association of East Africa, which represents hundreds of journalists in the region, said on X.

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Treasury: New economic repair plan submitted by Kenya to IMF set for review in August

Treasury: New economic repair plan submitted by Kenya to IMF set for review in August

The IMF did not immediately comment. The East African nation has a $3.6 billion IMF programme and the Fund had reached a staff level agreement on the seventh review of Kenya’s programme in early June.

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Kenya’s education sector sinks into abyss as president cuts budgets critical departments, including examinations council

Kenya’s education sector sinks into abyss as president cuts budgets critical departments, including examinations council

Other than syllabus evaluation, KNEC uses the Ksh5 billion to hire police for security, logistics, monitoring, invigilation, marking and moderation, which the revised the budget dispended with. However, the austerity measures announced by President Ruto cut KNEC’s examination administration and invigilation by 100 per cent, touching off an uproar, which Milemba describes as a “serious deprivation of a basic human right by treasury.”

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It’s a reshuffle: Kenya’s President Ruto stirs fresh anger after retaining six old ‘folks’ from dismissed cabinet

It’s a reshuffle: Kenya’s President Ruto stirs fresh anger after retaining six old ‘folks’ from dismissed cabinet

Demonstrators have been calling for a fresh start accusing the former ministers of incompetence, corruption and displays of opulence amid the high cost of living.

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Pope Francis appoints Rev Monsignor Mark Kadima bishop of Catholic Diocese of Bungoma in Kenya

Pope Francis appoints Rev Monsignor Mark Kadima bishop of Catholic Diocese of Bungoma in Kenya

Pope Francis has appointed Rev Monsignor Mark Kadima bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Bungoma in western Kenya. News of Monsignor Kadima’s appointment was officially published in L’Osservatore Romano in Rome on Tuesday December 14, 2021 at 12 noon Rome time (2pm in Kenya or 11 GMT). The Apostolic Nuncio...

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Kung’u Karumba fought for Kenya’s independence, but family lives in abject poverty

Kung’u Karumba fought for Kenya’s independence, but family lives in abject poverty

After years of silence, freedom fighter and businessman, the late Kung’u Karumba’s family has opened up with an appeal to the government to “remember” them. When we sought them out, neighbours talked about the plight of the family of the independence hero who was detained in Kapenguria together with Kenya’s...

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