- Kenyan politics is not for the faint-hearted. The Azimio supremo, Raila Odinga doesn’t show up for the debate and it’s a field day for his main rival to hog prime time on national TV. The debates gave us the many facets of the DP and the post debates pundits are unanimous on the fact that […]
- Newly-elected President Droupadi Murmu while extending felicitations to Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe said that India has been committed to assist the people of Sri Lanka in overcoming the challenges posed by the economic crises. President Murmu in a letter to Sri Lanka President…
- A group of Afghan cadets, who returned to their home country after completing training in India, received a warm welcome from the Taliban-led government officials on Friday. The two dozen cadets who returned to Kabul had passed out from the Indian Military Academy (IMA) in Dehradun on June 11.“The…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 30 – The Nairobi Expressway it set to be closed at 9.00pm Saturday ahead of its commissioning by President Uhuru Kenyatta. According to Moja Expressway Company, this follows the completion of the trial period for motorists. “The trial period for the Nairobi Expressway , which…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 30 – Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiangi has maintained that the government will not shut down the internet before, during, and after the August General Election. Matiangi gave the assurance on Saturday amid discourse generated by the National Cohesion and Integration…
- Aboard the Papal Plane (AFP), Jul 30 – Pope Francis admitted Saturday he needs to slow down, telling reporters after a six-day trip to Canada that he cannot maintain his pace of international travel — and may have to think about retiring. “I don’t think I can go at the same pace as I used […]
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 30- The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has revealed how Mathira Member of Parliament (MP) Rigathi Gachagua acquired tender deals worth millions of shillings from the government. This comes after the ruling by High Court Judge Esther Maina on Friday directed…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 30 – President Uhuru Kenyatta has commended Angolan President João Lourenço for his efforts towards the normalization of relations between Rwanda and DR Congo. President Kenyatta noted that President Lourenço has displayed exemplary leadership and commitment in his role as a…
- NAIVASHA, Kenya, Jul 30 – The political Journalists Association of Kenya (PJAK) has called on political stakeholders to ensure journalists are protected before, during and after the General Election. Speaking from Naivasha where political journalists gathered on Saturday, PJAK Chairperson Kennedy…
- NYERI, Kenya, Jul 30 – As the presidential campaigns enters homestretch, Kenya kwanza presidential running mate Rigathi Gachagua has sensationally claimed that his life and that of Kiharu MP Ndidi Nyoro and Kimani Ichugwa are in danger. Speaking during several stopovers in his home county Nyeri,…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 30 – Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko seems to have thrown in the towel on the Mombasa gubernatorial race having joined hands with the Kenya Kwanza Alliance. Sonko admitted that time is not on his side saying he had to find a better solution for the people of Mombasa having…
- Sydney (AFP), Jul 30 – Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Saturday outlined a draft referendum question in a bid to change the constitution to set up a representative Indigenous body in parliament. Australia’s constitution currently does not recognise Indigenous peoples, and the move to…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 30 – Information Communication and Technology (ICT) Cabinet Secretary Joe Mucheru has hit out at the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) over its planned move to recommend the suspension of Facebook in the country over its noncompliance to hate speech regulations…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul – Over one million motorcycle transport operators commonly known as Boda-Bodas under the Boda Boda Safety Association of Kenya (BAK), have agreed to preach and observe peace before, during and after the August general election. In a meeting held in Nairobi, more than one hundred…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 30 – Kenyans woke up to huge billboard in Nairobi on Kenya Kwanza running mate Rigathi Gachagua’s court order to surrender Sh200 million to the state. The yellow billboard on Thika Road screams, “Freedom is coming, 200 million recovered” It is however, unclear who put up the…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 30 – Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has decided to cut ties with Azimio La Umoja – One Kenya coalition party and officially joined the Kenya Kwanza Alliance political fold. Sonko was officially received to the Kenya Kwanza team by Deputy President William Ruto at his offices…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 29 – President Uhuru Kenyatta has today expressed gratitude to the Kenya Defence Forces for their role in Kenya’s progress beyond their core mandate of safeguarding the country, naming railway restoration, revival of Kenya Meat Commission and ship building as some of the roles…
- NAIROBI, Kenya July 29 – The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) says the agents of all Presidential candidates have agreed to one Form 34A booklet being used for the presidential results transmission. According to the electoral Body’s chairman Wafula Chebukati, the agreement was…
- Washington (AFP), Jul 28 – At least 43 clinics throughout the United States have stopped offering abortions since the Supreme Court rolled back the nationwide right to the procedure, according to a study published Thursday. In the month since the landmark June 24 ruling, 11 states have banned…
- Washington (AFP), Jul 29 – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel next month to South Africa, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, the State Department announced Friday, as Washington ramps up diplomacy in Africa to counter a Russian charm offensive. The US ambassador to the…
- Nairobi, Kenya, Jul 29 – President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday presided over the Consecration, Presentation, and Trooping of the Colours by the 21st Battalion, The Kenya Rifles, his last military event as the Head of State. Formed in March 2016, the 21st Battalion, The Kenya Rifles is an Infantry Unit…
- On the evening of July 28, Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke with U.S. President Joe Biden on the phone at the request of the latter. The two Presidents had a candid communication and exchange on China-U.S. relations and issues of interest. President Xi pointed out that in the world today, the…
- Colombo (AFP), Jul 29 – The World Bank said Friday it would not offer new funding to Sri Lanka unless the bankrupt island nation carried out “deep structural reforms” to stabilise its crashing economy. Sri Lanka has suffered an unprecedented downturn with its 22 million people enduring months of…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, July 29 – The National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) has issued a seven-day ultimatum notice to social media giant Facebook to comply with hate speech prevention guidelines or risk being suspended in the country. The Commission issued the notice on the backdrop of a…
- Manila (AFP), Jul 29 – The death toll from a major earthquake in the northern Philippines rose to 10 Friday after another four bodies were found in rubble, authorities said, as aftershocks continued to rock the mountainous region. Rescuers in the town of Luba in the hardest hit province of Abra…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 29 – President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday conferred national honours on members of the Public Service Commission (PSC) board for their distinguished service to the country. PSC Chairman Amb Antony Mwaniki Muchiri and Vice Chairperson Charity Seleina Kisotu were conferred the Chief…
- Nairobi, Kenya, Jul 29 – Embattled former Nairobi governor Mike Sonko has now moved to court under a certificate of urgency to challenge the decision by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to disqualify him from the Mombasa gubernatorial race. The matter which has since been…
- Islamabad (AFP), Jul 29 – A Norwegian woman remains on course to climb the world’s 14 “super peaks” in the shortest time ever, her Instagram account said, after she summitted Pakistan’s Broad Peak, the ninth mountain on her quest. Pakistan is home to five of the world’s 14 super peaks — those over…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 29 – The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chairman Wafula Chebukati says all polling stations will have ballot papers and boxes to be used in the election by August 6. Speaking during a National Council on Administration of Justice meeting on Friday,…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 29- With just 10 days to the August 9 general election, a new survey by Trends and Insights for Africa (TIFA) has found that Azimio Presidential candidate Raila Odinga is the most preferred candidate at 46.7 percent, followed closely by his main competitor Deputy President…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 29 – A research by Trends and Insights of Africa (TIFA) has placed the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) as the most popular party 41 percent two weeks to the election. According to the study, the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) came second with a 34 percent rating. Jubilee…
- Guayaquil, Jul 29 – Once a relatively peaceful neighbor of major cocaine producers Colombia and Peru, Ecuador has become a battleground for criminal gangs looking to control the drug trafficking trade, analysts and authorities say. The violence is grim and takes multiple forms: car bombs, prison…
- Shanghai, Jul 29 – Bricked-up doorways, crumbling facades and a small group of defiant locals: one of Shanghai’s oldest neighbourhoods is barely clinging to life as the city presses ahead with demolition and redevelopment plans. Laoximen or “old West Gate” — named for its position in Shanghai’s…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 29 – A poll by the Centre for African Progress has projected a win by Azimio La Umoja – One Kenya presidential candidate Raila Odinga at 52 percent of votes ahead of his closest rival Deputy President William Ruto. According to the study that comes two weeks before the election…
- Mala Rogan (Ukraine) (AFP), Jul 29 – Towed away gleefully as if it were parked illegally, the Soviet-era armoured personnel carrier doesn’t look so intimidating as it is paraded before the delighted Ukrainians gathered to celebrate its seizure. Theoretically, the 1970s MT-LB belongs to the Russian…
- New Delhi (AFP), Jul 29 – Two pilots have been killed in India after a Soviet-era fighter jet crashed during a training sortie, the air force said, heightening safety concerns after a string of incidents involving the aircraft. The MiG-21 came down on Thursday night in the desert of western…
- Zurich (AFP), Jul 29 – A deadly virus has swept through Zurich’s zoo, killing three Asian elephants in a month and leaving experts stumped as to how to stop its spread. The zoo overlooking Switzerland’s largest city now has only five of the majestic creatures roaming its 11,000-square-metre (118,…
- Tokyo (AFP), Jul 29 – The assassination of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe by a man resentful of the Unification Church has resurfaced years of controversy over the group. Police say Tetsuya Yamagami targeted Abe because he believed the former prime minister supported a “certain group” to…
- Seoul (AFP), Jul 28 – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country was “ready to mobilise” its nuclear deterrent in any future military clash with the United States and South Korea, state media said Thursday. Washington and Seoul have repeatedly warned that Pyongyang is preparing to carry out…
- Paris (AFP), Jul 27 – French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday warmly welcomed Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for talks in Paris, defying anger sparked by hosting the controversial strongman less than four years after the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The meeting is the…
- Washington (AFP), Jul 28 – President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping agreed to schedule their first in-person summit during a sometimes tense phone call Thursday where Xi warned the United States not to “play with fire” in Taiwan. Although this was their fifth phone or video call…
- Washington (AFP), Jul 28 – The US economy contracted for a second straight quarter between April and June, according to official data released Thursday, adding fuel to recession fears and creating a headache for President Joe Biden ahead of midterm elections. Gross domestic product declined at an…
- The deal will see ViiV Healthcare, a subsidiary of British pharmaceutical giant GSK, allow selected manufacturers to produce generic versions of Cabotegravir LA, its long-acting pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) treatment for HIV.
- The Hague, Jul 28 – The International Criminal Court said Thursday it had issued an arrest warrant for a Central African Republic rebel leader for war crimes and crimes against humanity during civil strife in 2013. Nourredine Adam, head of an armed faction of former rebels from the mainly Muslim…
- The accident -- which left another 47 people injured -- occurred late Wednesday at a precarious crossroads on the Pan-American Highway in the department of Esteli.
- The question of why only the Chinese language is used on China’s space station has sparked controversy on Quora, a social question-and-answer website, as the world is paying attention to China’s successful launch of the Wentian lab module to its space station. “Is it a proof that the country is…
- The court also directed Rai Cement, an affiliate of the Sarrai Group, to withdraw personnel deployed at Mumias' premises until the case lodged in court on Thursday, July 28, is heard and determined.
- Berlin (AFP), Jul 28 – The city of Berlin started switching off spotlights illuminating its historic monuments as part of a national effort to save energy in the face of Russian gas shortages. Some 200 buildings and landmarks including Berlin’s red-brick city hall, State Opera House and…
- NAIROBI, Kenya July 28 – The High Court has dismissed the case by Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko to have the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (EBC) chairman Wafula Chebukati held in contempt for failing to clear him to vie for the governship seat despite a pending case in court.…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 28 – The Ministry of Education has directed that sporting activities fully resume in all basic learning institutions, after they were suspended following the COVID-19 pandemic. Through a circular to all Regional, County and Sub-County directors of education Education Principal…