Kisumu County told to incorporate ‘progressive laws’ in proposed Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare Bill to accommodate gay unions
While local leadership often skirts the issue, Seme Central MCA Seth Okumu said public submissions had raised concerns that issues affecting the LGBTQ community had not been adequately addressed in the proposed legislation.
Absence of Iran’s Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei becomes ideological and political liability for the Islamic Republic
Mojtaba Khamenei’s three brothers are not seen as significant political players in Iran – or likely to become so – though they have all become senior clerics. But Ali Khomeini, a grandson of the founder of Iran’s 1979 revolution, will speak on Mojtaba’s behalf at a mourning ceremony on Friday, a nod to the way such family ties are used to emphasise continuity in the clerical system.
Kenya announces plans to mop up illegal firearms mop-up in banditry-prone Samburu and Baringo counties
Samburu West MP Naisula Lesuuda said insecurity in Malaso belt has displaced residents in 10 locations, forcing them to take refuge in nearby towns with police presence.
Passenger head partially sucked out of plane mid-air after ‘window dislodged’ during Ryanair flight from Thessaloniki
One female passenger, who was not identified, recalled the harrowing experience on Radio Thessaloniki, according to the Agence France-Press (AFP) saying that “most” of the passengers had fallen asleep before they heard a sound of a tire “bursting.
African football switches to Cup of Nation in East Africa with nightmares of 86th hoodoos when they costing to World Cup victory
Letting vital leads slip also cost the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ivory Coast, and Senegal, who were 2-0 up with five minutes to go against Belgium but lost in extra time.
Senegal judges reject constitutional change that would have placed parliament above president
The new law was passed last month but the government said it would be put to a referendum. President Bassirou Diomaye Faye had challenged the legality of the procedure and requested an emergency review at the Constitutional Council. The council on Thursday evening ruled the law was unconstitutional, effectively halting...
Some 4,600 Kenyans petition Environment and Land Court to halt construction in Nairobi National Park
Filed under the Save Nairobi National Park Campaign, the petition challenges developments associated with the expansion of the Nairobi Animal Orphanage and supporting infrastructure.
Petition filed in Nairobi High Court tells epic story of alleged brazen financial fiddling in $23.7m loss that’s sucked in Bungoma governor, county lawyers
Among those named as respondents are the County Government of Bungoma, the Bungoma Governor Kennth Lusaka, the Bungoma County Public Service Board, the Kenya County Government Workers Union (KCGWU) General Secretary Roba S. Duba, the Controller of Budget, the Auditor-General, the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), the Asset Recovery Agency (ARA), the County Government of Nairobi and several advocates.
Rent-a-mouth: Orengo censures Senator Oburu for prescribing ‘a little benevolent dictatorship’ for President Ruto
Speaking when President Ruto assented to the Sovereign Wealth Fund Bill, 2026 at State House on Thursday, Oburu Odinga lamented that individuals with vested interests were frustrating President William Ruto’s transformative government projects and programmes.
Uncertainty in the Gulf as companies prepare to unveil unequal toll of Iran war on businesses
The fortunes of regional economies, many built around hydrocarbons, largely depend on how reliant they are on the Strait of Hormuz that provides the only sea access to the Gulf. The economy of Saudi Arabia, which also has oil terminals on the Red Sea, will grow 2.1 per cent this year, HSBC forecasts show.