1 Sep 2022
- Reading Time: 2minutes Lobbying for the speaker’s position in counties has intensified as various candidates emerged to seek the coveted seat. In Kisumu […]
1 Sep 2022
- Kisii governor Simba Arati ordered the county assembly officers to return vehicles that they allegedly hid in their homes with immediate effect or face arrests.
1 Sep 2022
- Two Japanese trading houses will maintain stakes in a Russian energy project despite Tokyo joining sanctions on Moscow over the war in Ukraine, as the Asian country looks to secure its power supply. Like other countries that have joined sanctions, Japan…
1 Sep 2022
- A hit Netflix K-drama about a high-functioning autistic lawyer is prompting soul-searching in South Korea, where some on the spectrum say they can feel invisible. - Limited understanding - "Public awareness or understanding of high-functioning autism is…
1 Sep 2022
- Volkswagen on Thursday hands over the reins to new CEO Oliver Blume, tasked with steering the German automotive giant through challenging economic conditions after four turbulent years under his predecessor, Herbert Diess.
1 Sep 2022
- Investors further unloaded equities in Asia on Thursday as they girded themselves for more interest rate hikes aimed at quelling runaway inflation, with some analysts warning that markets could retest the lows touched in June. The hawkish remarks out of…
1 Sep 2022
- Reading Time: 2minutes Nakuru Governor Susan Kihika yesterday ordered the release of some 64 patients detained at the Nakuru Level Five Hospital over […]
1 Sep 2022
- Leaders and politicians around the world have expressed their condolences as news spread that the last Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, died.
1 Sep 2022
- Longstanding Cambodian opposition figure Sam Rainsy will face a French court on Thursday in defamation cases brought against him by top officials in his home country. Dy Vichea has brought a second case against Rainsy over a separate 2019 Facebook post,…
1 Sep 2022
- Reading Time: < 1minute After clinching the Kakamega governorship seat, Azimio-One Kenya Coalition Party has now shifted its focus to the seat of the […]
1 Sep 2022
- As Hong Kong students return for the new academic year, veteran teacher Wong is counting down the days until the political maelstrom sweeping the city leaves him no choice but to quit. "The students are leaving not because they dislike the school, but…
1 Sep 2022
- Arsenal maintained their 100% start to the season to stay top of the Premier League with a narrow 2-1 victory over a lacklustre Aston Villa side. The result is likely to heap more pressure on Villa boss Steven Gerrard who has seen his side lose four…
1 Sep 2022
- Brazil has used electronic voting machines in its elections since 1996. With help from the military, computer experts developed the country's first electronic voting machine, rolled out in 57 cities for the 1996 local elections.
1 Sep 2022
- In a divisive election campaign blighted by fears of unrest if far-right President Jair Bolsonaro refuses to accept defeat, Brazil is waging an uphill battle against disinformation wielded as a political weapon.
1 Sep 2022
- Petitioners challenging the outcome of the 2022 presidential election on Wednesday made their presentations in court where they sought to convince the highest court on the land to nullify the August 9th presidential election results.
1 Sep 2022
- The United Nations released a bombshell report late Wednesday into serious human rights abuses in China's Xinjiang region, saying torture allegations were credible and citing possible crimes against humanity. - Torture allegations 'credible' - China has…
1 Sep 2022
- Reading Time: 3minutes Raila Odinga’sOrange Democratic Movement (ODM) has raised its stock, if the numbers it now has in the National Assembly is […]
1 Sep 2022
- Reading Time: 3minutes Africa is experiencing an increasing rate of tobacco use. The rapid growth of the population in Sub-Saharan Africa and an […]
1 Sep 2022
- IEBC remains apprehensive about granting the presidential election petitioners access to its servers for forensic imaging over concerns it says could interfere with its future operations.
1 Sep 2022
- IEBC remains apprehensive about granting the presidential election petitioners access to its servers for forensic imaging over concerns it says could interfere with its future operations.
1 Sep 2022
- Volodymyr is celebrating a major milestone on Wednesday -- it's his final day of taking a new treatment hailed as a turning point in the fight against drug-resistant tuberculosis. Volodymyr meanwhile said he hoped that progress would continue so the…
1 Sep 2022
- The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the Commonwealth have agreed to broaden their existing cooperation to promote the ocean economy, curb plastic pollution, support least-developed countries, bolster the digital economy…
1 Sep 2022
- Mikhail Gorbachev stepped onto a Washington street and began shaking hands to cheers and applause in 1990 -- a bit of unaccustomed political showmanship worthy of his friend Ronald Reagan. Then he just got out of his limousine and began shaking hands,"…
1 Sep 2022
- European Union foreign ministers have agreed to suspend a visa agreement with Moscow, making it harder for Russian citizens to obtain entry to the bloc. Ukraine and some member states had called for a blanket ban, but others like France and Germany were…
1 Sep 2022
- UK hospitals bosses on Thursday warned that patient care may have to be cut to offset huge increases in energy bills over the winter months. Businesses across the board have warned the huge increases could force many to close if the government does…
1 Sep 2022
- Russia has completely halted gas supplies to Europe via a major pipeline, saying repairs are needed. The Russian state-owned energy giant, Gazprom, said the restrictions on the Nord Stream 1 pipeline would last for the next three days. Russia has already…
1 Sep 2022
- Californians were told Wednesday not to charge their electric vehicles during peak hours, just days after the state said it would stop selling gas-powered cars, as the aging electricity grid struggles with a fearsome heatwave. The call to limit electric…
1 Sep 2022
- Reading Time: 2minutes Mombasa Governor-Elect Abdulswamad Sharrif Nassir, who won the Monday election, will find a full in-tray when he assumes office in […]
1 Sep 2022
- The Azimio lawyers were asked why the four commissioners waited until the last minute to raise issues publicly rather than earlier within commission walls.
1 Sep 2022
- President Kenyatta and Gideon Mung’aro, outgoing Mombasa county boss, Hassan Joho, and Governor-elect Abdulswamad Nassir, had lunch at the Barka Restaurant in Mombasa.
31 Aug 2022
- Washington (AFP), Aug 31 – Top secret documents found at Donald Trump’s Florida home were “likely concealed” to obstruct an FBI probe into the former president’s potential mishandling of classified materials, the Department of Justice said in an…
31 Aug 2022
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 31 – The seven-judge bench of the Supreme Court raised several questions following submissions by various lawyers in consolidated petitions challenging President-Elect William Ruto’s win. Led by Chief Justice Martha Koome, the bench…
31 Aug 2022
- Chelsea have signed French centre-back Wesley Fofana from Leicester City on a seven-year deal for a fee in the region of £70m. France Under-21 international Fofana has made 37 Premier League appearance since joining Leicester from French side Saint-…
31 Aug 2022
- The scrutiny of 45 presidential election ballot boxes from 15 polling stations is underway at the Supreme Court. The exercise undertaken under supervision of IEBC and Supreme Court registrar has so far scrutinized and tallied only seven ballot boxes …
31 Aug 2022
- A light moment was witnessed at the Supreme Court on Wednesday when advocate Willis Otieno used a children's game to reference how Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chair Wafula Chebukati allegedly did not go by the book when he…
31 Aug 2022
- US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Wednesday she was "optimistic" about the possibility of an international agreement to set a price limit on Russia's oil exports. "I'm really optimistic about the substantial progress that's been made by our teams…
31 Aug 2022
- The immediate former Kieni Member of Parliament Kanini Kega is optimistic of justice over the hotly-contested Presidential Election results whose petition hearing is currently underway at the Supreme Court of Kenya. The ruling party Jubilee National…
31 Aug 2022
- Lawyer Willis Otieno has called on the Supreme Court to put criminal sanctions on IEBC chairperson Wafula Chebukati over what he terms as perpetual disobedience of court orders.
31 Aug 2022
- Lawyer Willis Otieno has called on the Supreme Court to put criminal sanctions on IEBC chairperson Wafula Chebukati over what he terms as perpetual disobedience of court orders.
31 Aug 2022
- All petitioners challenging the election results claim that Mr Chebukati used non-existent laws to take exclusive control of the presidential poll.
31 Aug 2022
- At the Majengo Primary School polling station 2, the Form 34A in the ballot box was blank even though a filled in form was uploaded on the IEBC portal.
31 Aug 2022
- The uber-exclusive Karen Country Club has sought to respond to recent viral reports that it has opened its doors to members of the public.
