- NAIROBI, Kenya June 8 – India-Kenya consultations on UN and multilateral issues at Director General (DG) level were held in Nairobi on June 6, 2022. Prakash Gupta, Joint Secretary (UN-Political) led the Indian delegation which included officials from the High Commission of India in Nairobi and the…
- NEW DELHI, June 8 – On the occasion of World Environment Day on Sunday, distinguished thinkers, policymakers and innovators praised India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s efforts toward environmental protection. “I congratulate PM Modi for taking lead on this global initiative. India’s leadership…
- Los Angeles (AFP), Jun 6 – US Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday announced a fresh $1.9 billion in private sector funding to boost jobs in hopes of reducing migration from Central America, at a Latin America summit in Los Angeles snubbed by the leaders of Mexico and other affected countries.…
- Terming Africa a priority continent for India, the Ministry of External Affairs on Friday said the continent has a huge potential of joining collaboration in the exploration of Oil and Gas, especially in Western Africa. Dammu Ravi, Secretary (Economic Relations), MEA, while addressing a special…
- KUWAIT City, June 8 – India on Sunday told Kuwait that it had taken strong action against those who made controversial remarks on Twitter against the minorities.In response to a media query regarding the statement issued by the Kuwaiti Ministry of Foreign Affairs on offensive tweets in India, the…
- NAIROBI, Kenya June 7 – An elephant has given birth to twins at the Aberdare National Park, an extremely rare occurrence. This brings to three the number of known set of twins in the country. The news was broken by the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) which described the occurrence as “extremely rare…
- NAIROBI, Kenya June 7 – An elephant has given birth to twins at the Aberdare National Park, an extremely rare occurrence. The news was broken by the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) which described the occurrence as “extremely rare.” “Waking up to exciting & great News! An elephant from Aberdare N.…
- Johannesburg (AFP), Jun 7 – Two Indian-born brothers who allegedly wove a web of corruption across South Africa have been arrested in Dubai and face extradition, in a landmark step in Pretoria’s anti-graft fight. Dubai police confirmed Tuesday they had arrested Atul and Rajesh Gupta after receiving…
- NAIROBI, Kenya June 7- The Media Council of Kenya (MCK) has urged the media to take allegations of bias coverage seriously because they are supposed to remain neutral at all times. Speaking Tuesday during a Media Summit on Elections organised by MCK and and Katiba Institute, Chief Executive Officer…
- House Majority Leader Amos Kimunya said on Tuesday this will allow the National Treasury to borrow Sh846 billion to plug the budget deficit in the fiscal year starting July 1.
- Nairobi, Kenya, June 7-Deputy President William Ruto has weighed in on the Azimio -One Kenya coalition party presidential candidate Raila Odinga’s reference to secondhand clothes as garments “worn by dead people” saying the bottom-up economic model by Kenya Kwanza will help in the growth of the…
- Paris (AFP), Jun 7 – A fatal police shooting in Paris has thrust the issue of police violence to the heart of a tight French parliamentary election battle between a new left-wing coalition and allies of centrist President Emmanuel Macron. Police shot a woman dead in a car in northern Paris on…
- Ntutu was forced to drop his running mate Eng. Mathew Kipkorir at the last minute and replaced him with a 26-year-old Tamalinye Koech after Eng. Kipkorir failed to meet the integrity test.
- KITUI, Kenya, Jun 7 – Kitui Governor Charity Ngilu has commended Azimio-One Kenya presidential candidate Raila Odinga for his faith in women leadership. Ngilu said by nominating Martha Karua as his running mate in the August 9 elections, Odinga affirmed women’s space in national leadership. “It’s a…
- MOMBASA, Kenya, Jun 7 – There was a stand-off at the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) offices in Mombasa on Tuesday after it declined to clear former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko for the Mombasa gubernatorial race. According to the returning officer at the centre Swalhah…
- Nairobi, Kenya, June 7 – The Government has frozen the creation of new administration units – sub-locations, locations, divisions, and sub-counties, as units of service delivery in Eastern and Northeastern Regions and land adjudications along counties’ boundaries in the regions until after the…
- Hong Kong , Jun 7 – Hong Kong is not becoming a “police state”, the city’s top law enforcement officer said Tuesday, days after his officers stamped out the city’s once-permitted commemorations marking Beijing’s deadly Tiananmen crackdown. The Chinese business hub is preparing for an upcoming…
- Stockholm (AFP), Jun 7 – Sweden’s government on Tuesday averted a political crisis, after it clinched a last-minute deal to ensure its justice minister survived a no-confidence vote in parliament. The deal stems from winning the support of an independent lawmaker who is determined that Stockholm…
- MURANG’A, Kenya, Jun 7 – The United Democratic Alliance (UDA) Party candidate for Murang’a gubernatorial seat Irungu Kang’ata has finally been cleared by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC). His clearance came a day after he was turned back to sort out claims that were raised…
- An enlightened man once wrote: “A nation is the sum of its memories, and when those memories are allowed to die, it is less of a nation.” In other words, a nation’s past defines its present and future based on the memories it carries with it from generation to generation. Through the ages,…
- NYANDARUA, Kenya, Jun 7 – Deputy President William Ruto’s running mate in the August Presidential election Rigathi Gachagwa has maintained that the Kenya Kwanza coalition was the most dominant in the Mount Kenya region. While calling on their supporters to vote for the United Democratic Alliance (…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Jun 7 – Presidential aspirants Jimi Wanjigi of Safina Party, Thirdway Alliance’s Ekuru Aukot and Agano Party’s Reuben Kigame say they will challenge the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) decision to bar them from the Presidential race in the August Elections in…
- Sakaja presented his documents for verification at Kasarani Gymnasium on Tuesday and was given clearance by the Nairobi County Returning Officer Albert Gogo.
- The team led by National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi and Turkana Governor Josphat Nanok sat to listen to the residents who raised various issues among them livestock production, crop farming, tourism, small trader, jua kali sector and the boda boda sector.
- The beleaguered leader has insisted that Monday evening's dramatic ballot, which saw 211 Tory party lawmakers support him remaining prime minister but 148 vote against, was a "conclusive" result.
- Matiangi said Tuesday, in a speech read by ICT Cabinet Secretary Joe Mucheru during the regional workshop on prison infrastructure, countries need to come up with measures to curb radicalization within the prison systems.
- According to the two environmental lobby groups, smallholder farmers across the country have been shocked to learn that the ban prohibits farmers from sharing, exchanging or selling uncertified and unregistered seeds.
- Speaking at the function held at Kisii University on the outskirts of Kisii town, Kisii County Director of National Environment Management Authority (NEMA), Leonard Ofula said that citizens need to plant more trees to ensure the environment is greener and cleaner for all.
- The three-day regional workshop which commenced on Tuesday will provide a platform to facilitate the exchange of experiences, best practices, and lessons learned in correctional facilities, especially in infrastructure development and maintenance within the African region.
- Speaking during the launch of the exercise, Homa Bay County Commissioner Moses Lilan said the programme will cushion the youth from harsh economic times.
- Doctor Mwangi Njururi, Director Health Living Center in Nyeri says the current state of affairs in the country including economic downturn, resulting in loss of jobs have created an atmosphere where stress and depression abound.
- Beijing (AFP), Jun 7 – After staying home for more than a month, Chen Chunmei joined a long line of customers at a popular Beijing restaurant where diners tucked into massive bowls of crayfish following an easing of Covid restrictions in the Chinese capital. Last month, the city of 22 million…
- Nairobi, Kenya, June 7 – The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) detectives have arrested an international fugitive wanted for organized crimes in Sudan. Mohamed Nagi Mohamed Magzoub, holder of Sudanese national was flushed out of his hideout in the city, following an operation conducted…
- Lagos (AFP), Jun 7 – Gunmen using explosives killed at least 21 people, including children, in an attack on a Catholic church in southwest Nigeria, local officials said, in violence that drew widespread international condemnation. The bloodshed at St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo town during a…
- Hong Kong (AFP), Jun 7 – Hong Kong’s largest national security case was sent to trial on Tuesday, after lingering 15 months in pre-trial procedures during which most of the 47 defendants were denied bail. Under the security law, which Beijing imposed in 2020 following huge, sometimes violent…
- Jaipur (India) (AFP), Jun 7 – Before the three sisters and their children were found dead in a well, they left a message blaming the family they had married into. Kalu, Kamlesh and Mamta Meena were victims of a dispute over dowries, the often hefty sums Indian parents pay to marry off their…
- London (AFP), Jun 6 – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday survived a vote of no confidence from his own Conservative MPs but with his position weakened after a sizeable number refused to back him. The Brexit figurehead called the 211-148 split a “convincing result, a decisive result”. “…
- Paris (AFP), Jun 6 – French President Emmanuel Macron has sparked a new wave of criticism and incomprehension over his calls to avoid humiliating Russia in Ukraine, showing up splits in the Western alliance. Speaking to French media last Friday, Macron reiterated his belief that Russian leader…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Jun 6 – Azimio-One Kenya coalition party Presidential candidate Raila Odinga has launched a ten-point manifesto where among other things, he pledged to declare corruption a threat to national security in the first 100 days. Speaking at the Nyayo Stadium on Monday night, Odinga vowed…
- Bunia (DR Congo) (AFP), Jun 6 – At least 20 people have been killed in a new massacre in DR Congo’s eastern province of Ituri, a respected monitor said on Monday, adding that the notorious ADF militia were suspected. The attack took place overnight in the village of Bwanasura in Irumu territory,…
- Rio de Janeiro (AFP), Jun 6 – A British journalist and a Brazilian indigenous expert have gone missing in a remote region of the Amazon rainforest after receiving threats, The Guardian newspaper and indigenous-rights groups said Monday, raising fears for their safety. Veteran foreign correspondent…
- In 2001, Jim O’Neill of Goldman Sachs foresaw the tremendous potential of emerging markets and coined the term “BRICS”. Since then, a shared commitment to multilateralism, prosperity and greater role of developing countries in global governance has brought Brazil, Russia, India, China and South…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Jun 6 – Presidential aspirant, Muthiora Kiriara burned his voter’s card at the Bomas of Kenya after the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) declined to register him for the August Elections. According to the poll body’s chairman Wafula Chebukati, this was due to…
- KISUMU, Kenya, Jun 6 – Former Kisumu County Governor Jack Ranguma has been cleared by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to run for the gubernatorial seat. Ranguma who lost to Anyang Nyong’o in 2017 is seeking to recapture the seat on a Movement for Democracy and Growth (MDG…
- SIAYA, Kenya, Jun 6 – Siaya Senator, James Orengo has promised to ensure good governance in the county government within his first one hundred days in the office should he become the next governor. Orengo said that governance was the panacea to all the ills that bedevils any institution and the…
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Jun 6 – The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has cleared Kirinyaga Governor Ann Waiguru to defend her seat despite her name being flagged by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC). Waiguru alongside her running mate Wachira Kithanda, who once served…
- Kuwait City (AFP), Jun 6 – Anger in the Middle East spread Monday over comments made by an official of India’s ruling party about the Prophet Mohammed, with various countries summoning New Delhi’s envoy and a Kuwaiti supermarket removing Indian products. The United Arab Emirates became the latest…
- UASIN GISHU, Kenya, Jun 6 – Uasin Gishu Governor Jackson Mandago on Monday spent six hours at the Regional Directorate if Criminal Investigation (DCI) headquarters where he was being grilled in connection with alleged criminal activities. He was questioned alongside, County Assembly Speaker, David…