Africa Kenya Protests over government corruption and police brutality spread across the country, with demonstrators waving Kenyan flags and chanting President Ruto “must go”; security forces fired live rounds, rubber bullets, tear gas and clashes left 16 people dead
Africa Kenya Savings and Credit Cooperative Organizations (SACCOs) that organize the matatu activity have filed an appeal notice against the judgement of 11 June that ruled they should move to new bus terminus; privately owned, minibuses are a most common transport
Africa Kenya Ngugi wa Thiong'o, a giant of modern African literature, died at 87; never silenced by jail, exile or illness, his works are a document of Kenyan transformation from colonialism to democracy, spanning almost six decades
Africa Kenya Thousands of students across Kenya could face disruption of school service from tomorrow due to delays in the disbursement of capitation for the second term; head teachers said the delayed funding is undermining stability, affecting essential operations
Africa Kenya 400.000 students, or 60% of those enrolled in public universities in Kenya, face uncertainty as 21 out of 43 institutions are poorly run in terms of management
Africa Kenya Kenya Women Parliamentary Association KEWOPA has called on government to increase funding for child immunisation amidst the US funding freeze which has crippled programs and could leave millions vulnerable unless the government bridges the funding gap
Africa Kenya Starlink has become the seventh largest Internet Service Provider in Kenya, with over 19.000 users having purchased the kit within a few months of its entry into the Kenyan market and despite difficulties with the regulator
Africa Kenya The Garissa High Court issued a ruling ordering the government to issue nationality papers to Kenyan Somali citizens wrongly registered as refugees, thus deprived of access to fundamental rights for years, reported Human Rights Watch and Haki na Sheria
Africa Kenya 17 mountain bongos were welcomed to the country from the United States, an event considered a milestone in efforts to restore the population of this rare antelope, whose only natural habitat is Kenya
Africa Kenya The most reviewed tourist site in Kenya is the Animal Orphanage in Nairobi, according to a Google Maps report, followed by culture preservation initiative Bomas of Kenya, Pembe za Ndovu monument over Moi Avenue in Mombasa and Thompson Falls in Nyahururu
Africa Kenya A consortium of UN agencies announced the selection of 15 innovation poles to stimulate the growth of the digital economy in Kenya, while promoting equity and inclusion
Africa Kenya A young Kenyan, Joseph Nguthiru, proposed to turn an invasive plant on Lake Naivasha into biodegradable packaging; his company, HyaPak, works together with fishermen at the lake who are affected by the phenomenon
Africa Kenya The Kenya-UAE Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement CEPA, newly signed, is the first agreement of its kind signed by the UAE with a mainland African country and marks a historic milestone in the economic relations between the two nations