- Islamabad (AFP), Oct 27 – Tens of thousands of mourners attended the funeral Thursday of a Pakistani journalist shot dead by police in Kenya after he fled arrest in his home country. Arshad Sharif, a strident critic of Pakistan’s powerful military establishment and supporter of former premier Imran…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 27 – Uber and Bolt drivers have staged demonstrations after the Government failed to implement a commission cap of 18 per cent on fares. Digital drivers accuse the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) for slowing implementation of the Digital Taxi Hailing Regulation…
- London (United Kingdom) (AFP), Oct 27 – Britain’s ultra-wealthy new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his family plan to live in the flat above number 10 Downing Street, despite owning a string of luxury properties including one in London. Sunak’s portfolio of properties reportedly includes a…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 27 – The taskforce on education reforms will on Monday kick off two-week public hearings across all the Forty Seven counties. In the letter addressed to regional Directors of Education as well as County Directors of Education they are required to invite stakeholders from…
- President William Ruto witnessed the swearing in of 22 Cabinet Secretaries, the Attorney General and his Chief of Staff who will double up as Head of Public Service.
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 27 – Former National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi is now the new Attorney General after being sworn in today at State House. Muturi has taken over from Paul Kihara who was appointed in 2018 by Former President Uhuru Kenyatta. Muturi was sworn in alongside Cabinet Secretaries…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 27 – Musalia Mudavadi has formally assumed the post of Prime Cabinet Secretary in President Ruto’s Administration after swearing in. Mudavadi is among 22 Cabinet Secretaries who were sworn in Thursday at State House, Nairobi following their appointment by President William Ruto…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 27 – Long-serving career civil servant and Head of Public Service Joseph Kinyua has exited office after 44 years of service. Kinyua’s final act of duty was presiding over the swearing in of his successor former Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Felix Koskei who will double up as the…
- A meeting of UN Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee will be held in Mumbai and Delhi on October 28 and 29 and the overarching theme is ‘Countering the use of new and emerging technologies for terrorist purposes’. Addressing a joint media briefing here, Ruchira Kamboj, India’s Permanent…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 27 – Lamu Governor Issa Timamy has been appointed as Amani National Congress (ANC) acting party leader. This is after Musalia Mudavadi quit after being nominated to the Prime Cabinet Secretary post. “Honorable Musalia Mudavadi relinquished his position as ANC Party Leader…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 27 – The body of a British woman who died at the house of a controversial cult leader while on holiday in Kenya will be exhumed on Wednesday, the family’s lawyer said. Luftunisa Kwandwalla, 44, was visiting the coastal city of Mombasa when she met her death in August 2020, and…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 27 – President William Ruto on Thursday chaired a Kenya Kwanza parliamentary group meeting at State House, Nairobi. Top on the agenda during the meeting was discussions on the implementation of priority Bills in the Kenya Kwanza manifesto. In attendance were Members of…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 27 – Five more police officers from the disbanded Special Service Unit of Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have been arrested in the ongoing investigations on alleged abduction. According to a police report, the officers are expected to face various charges on…
- NAIROBI, Kenya Oct 27 – Elon Musk looks set to meet a Friday deadline to seal his on-again, off-again deal to buy Twitter, avoiding a trial over the $44 billion contract that he admits is overpriced. Ahead of inking the deal, Musk tweeted on why Twitter is key in empowering citizen journalism in…
- San Francisco (AFP), Oct 27 – Elon Musk looks set to meet a Friday deadline to seal his on-again, off-again deal to buy Twitter, avoiding a trial over the $44 billion contract that he admits is overpriced. After he sought to terminate the sale, Twitter filed a lawsuit to hold Musk to the agreement…
- NAIROBI, Kenya Oct 26 – President William Ruto’s government is taking shape, with the appointment of 24 Cabinet Secretaries. The appointments are contained in a Gazette Notice issued on Wednesday night, following approval by the National Assembly. He also appointed his Attorney General Justin…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 26 – The Pakistani government has deployed three military intelligence officers to Kenya to lead investigations into the death of journalist Arshad Sharif. Pakistani Police Deputy Inspector General Athar Waheed will lead the inquiry team that also includes Deputy Director…
- NAIROBI, Kenya Oct 26 – The National Assembly has approved all Cabinet Secretary nominees, including Peninah Malonza who had been rejected by the vetting committee. The nominees now await a formal appointment by President William Ruto once he receives a report from Parliament. There was a heated…
- London (AFP), Oct 26 – Rishi Sunak will on Wednesday face off against opposition lawmakers for the first time as British prime minister, in a likely raucous parliamentary session following weeks of political turmoil. His parliamentary debut as prime minister comes a day after he took power as the…
- The outspoken politician argued that apprehension of a few officers over their role in the said allegations do not place culpability on the police service as a whole, saying blanket condemnation could jeopardize the country's security.
- NYAMIRA, Kenya, Oct 26 – A 26-year-old woman has been arrested in Kebirigo sub-location, Nyamira County on suspicion of throwing her aborted infant into a pit latrine. Confirming the incident to KNA, Nyamira South Sub County Police commander Moses Kirong revealed that the suspect, Maria Maroko was…
- Although temperatures in Glyfada remain fairly mild during the winter season, the inhabitants of this fashionable southern suburb, nicknamed the Athens Riviera, still need to heat their homes somewhat in winter.
- Cyclones -- the equivalent of hurricanes in the Atlantic or typhoons in the Pacific -- are a regular menace in the region but scientists say climate change is likely making them more intense and frequent.
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 26 – Four police officers attached to the disbanded Special Service Unit (SSU) will know fate of their detention following the disappearance of two Indians on Wednesday. Kahawa Law Courts Chief Magistrate Diana Mochache said she will deliver a verdict on whether or not to grant…
- NAIROBI, Kenya Oct 26 – Senators in the Health Committee have started investigations to establish the circumstances that led to the death of baby Travis Maina who died with a fork jembe lodged in his head. Baby Travis died on October 11, 2022, after allegedly waiting for too long before receiving…
- Krasnogorsk (Russia) (AFP), Oct 25 – A Russian court on Tuesday rejected an appeal from US basketball star Brittney Griner of her nine-year prison term on drug charges, dismissing her plea for the “traumatic” sentence to be reduced. The court in Krasnogorsk near Moscow ruled to leave Griner’s…
- Johannesburg (AFP), Oct 25 – The first formal peace talks between the warring sides in the brutal two-year conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region opened in South Africa on Tuesday. Led by the African Union (AU), the negotiations in Pretoria follow a fierce surge in fighting in recent weeks that has…
- London (AFP), Oct 25 – Rishi Sunak on Tuesday became Britain’s third prime minister this year and the first person of colour to lead the former imperial power, vowing to overcome an economic crisis provoked by the “mistakes” of Liz Truss’s calamitous 49-day tenure. In his first order of business,…
- Rome (AFP), Oct 25 – New Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni outlined her programme for government on Tuesday, reaffirming her support for the EU, NATO and Ukraine and presenting herself as a steady hand to guide her country through turbulent times. One month after her far-right Brothers of Italy…
- DONETSK REGION (Ukraine) (AFP), Oct 25 – With “tactical socks”, NATO standard sleeping bags and even a sauna, a unit of soldiers from Ukraine’s 5th brigade is preparing for winter in a trench on the eastern front. “Winter in Donbas is hell. It is a steppe climate with icy nights and temperatures…
- Kampala (AFP), Oct 25 – Eleven pupils at a school for the blind in Uganda have burnt to death after a fire tore through a dormitory as they were sleeping in the early hours of Tuesday. The youngsters were trapped inside and unable to escape because the windows of the building had been made burglar-…
- Berlin (AFP), Oct 25 – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Tuesday that rebuilding Ukraine was a “generational task” as experts gathered for an international reconstruction conference for Ukraine in Berlin. Scholz as current head of the G7 club of wealthy nations said Ukraine could count on the…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 25 – President William Ruto has congratulated the new United Kingdom (UK) Rishi Sunak who was sworn into office on Tuesday following his election by the Conservative Party. In a statement, the President Ruto noted that Kenya looked forward to continuing “this historic…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 25 – A Judicial Commission has been formed by Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to investigate the murder of journalist Arshad Sharif. The Prime Minister’s sentiments on a social media post come following the death of the outspoken journalist who was shot by Kenyan police…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 25 – Central Organisation of Trade Unions (COTU) Secretary General Francis Atwoli Tuesday met with Chief Cabinet Secretary nominee Musalia Mudavadi where they emphasised the need for the Western bloc to unite. During the meeting, the agreed to work closely in unison for the…
- NAIROBI, Kenya Oct 25 – The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) on Tuesday moved to court seeking to recover 10 parcels of land valued at Sh2.4 billion belonging to Kenya Airport Authority (KAA). In the suit filed at Mombasa Environment and Land Court, the anti-graft agency noted that Moi…
- An AFP correspondent in Chiure, a town with a population of around 100,000, saw around 500 people who had been uprooted from Katapua since the weekend.
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 25 – The Cabinet Secretary nominee for Agriculture and Livestock, Mithika Linturi has been rejected due to the pending cases which have raised integrity questions on his eligibility. In the dissenting report largely by Azimio La Umoja One Kenya MPs, Linturi was disapproved…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 25 – The European Union (EU) has allocated Sh119.6 million in humanitarian funding to help Kenya take anticipatory action against the spread of Ebola following its outbreak in Uganda. There had been 61 confirmed cases for the Ebola Virus-Sudan strain, with up to 25 confirmed…
- Vienna (AFP), Oct 25 – The white tents that Austria is using to house asylum seekers in a handful of towns have drawn rebuke from refugees’ defenders and critics alike, while stirring memories of the 2015 migrant crisis. Arrivals in the Alpine EU nation are increasing — but unlike seven years ago,…
- San Pedro de Atacama (Chile) (AFP), Oct 25 – The turquoise glimmer of open-air pools contrasts sharply with the dazzling white of salt flats in Latin America’s “lithium triangle,” where hope resides for a better life fueled by a metal bonanza. A key component of batteries used in electric cars,…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 25 – The Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA) is engaging county governments to consider ringfencing health budgets and integrating information technology solutions to facilitate operating efficiencies and prompt payments for health commodities supplied by the Authority.…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 25 – The Media Council of Kenya (MCK) has called on the police to investigate the killing of a prominent Pakistani journalist Arshad Mohammed Shariff who was shot dead by police in Kajiado County. Arshad died when he was hit by bullet inside a vehicle they were travelling in…
- HOMABAY, Kenya, Oct 25 – The National Council for Persons with Disabilities has launched a five-day mass registration of eligible persons in Homa-Bay county. The Council’s County Director Ms Ruth Oyier said the exercise will be conducted in five different locations coordinated by grassroot…
- Stellenbosch (South Africa) (AFP), Oct 25 – Winemaking was a profession most South African parents could never have envisioned for their children. But Black South Africans are today managing to break through multiple barriers into the renowned industry, transforming a landscape that was…
- Patuakhali (Bangladesh) (AFP), Oct 24 – Cyclone Sitrang slammed into densely-populated, low-lying Bangladesh late Monday, killing at least five people as authorities fearing heavy rain and storm surge rushed to move hundreds of thousands out of the system’s path. Sitrang, packing winds of 80…