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President William Ruto has appointed former Nairobi governor Evans Kidero and opposition leader raila Odinga’s sister, Wenwa Akinyi to top parastatal jobs. Dr. Kidero has been appointed to serve as the chairperson of the board of directors of Kenya National Trading Corporation (KNTC) for a period of three years. In appointing Dr Kidero, the President…
At least 13 journalists have been killed since the war broke out between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on April 15, 2023, the Sudanese Journalists Syndicate announced on Saturday. “Since the war broke out in Sudan, violations against journalists, both men and women, have escalated in an unprecedented…
A court in Peru has sentenced former President Alejandro Toledo to 20 years and six months in jail for corruption and money-laundering. Prosecutors say he took $35m (£27m) in bribes from a Brazilian construction company which was awarded a contract to build a road in southern Peru. Toledo, 78, was in office between 2001 and…
Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged the country’s strategic missile troops to strengthen their deterrence and combat capabilities and resolutely fulfill the tasks entrusted to them by the Party and the people. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks while…
The Multinational Security Support Mission (MSS) got a boost when the Bahamas advance team joined those already in Haiti to help combat criminal gangs terrorizing locals. Kenya leads MSS mission which is supposed to have 2,900 personnel. A plane carrying advance team of six Royal Bahamas Defence Forces ( RBDF) landed at Louverture Toussaint International…
Food for Education CEO Wawira Njiru African countries and world leaders have been urged to invest in school feeding programmes to secure the future generation. This is even as Kenya joins the world in celebrating World Food Day, observed annually on October 16. The day serves as a reminder of the importance of food security and the…
Tourism Minister Rebecca Miano oversaw the translocation of five elephants to the expansive Aberdare National Park. Kenya is suffering from a problem, albeit a good one: the elephant population in the 42-square-kilometre (16-square-mile) Mwea National Reserve, east of the capital Nairobi, has flourished from its maximum capacity of 50 to a whopping 156, overwhelming the…
The International Commission of Jurists Kenya Section has revived calls to abolish the death penalty in Kenya and across Africa. ICK-Kenya chairperson Protas Saende said abolishing the death penalty is not just a legal or political issue, but a moral imperative. “As advocates for justice, we must work together to challenge the myths surrounding the…
Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese group of atomic bomb survivors, has won the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize. Known as hibakusha, the survivors of the 1945 bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki have been recognised by the Norwegian Nobel Committee for efforts to rid the world of nuclear weapons. Nobel Committee Chair Joergen Watne Frydnes said the group…
The government has vowed to ensure that the Nairobi River is thoroughly cleaned up within the next 18 months. Environment and Forestry Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale said the government has already put on notice companies contributing to the pollution of the river to cease their actions. “What you see behind me is not a river,…
