Long lines are forming at fuel stations across Benin as motorists grapple with the impact of rising global oil prices and new government fuel rates introduced at the start of May. The Beninese government says the increase is necessary to stabilize national…
Civil society groups in Uganda have sharply attacked a proposed “Protection of Sovereignty Bill,” warning that it could suppress criticism and hurt the economy, as debate heats up ahead of its presentation in parliament. Miria Matembe, a former cabinet minister, criticised the…
Disenchanted young Kenyans came out in number in June and July to say no to President William Ruto’s 2024 Finance Bill and the general style of his governance. He was rattled and did not travel abroad for at least a month. However, Rutohas retaken to the skies in what looks…
The troubles in Kenya’s education sector continue unabated with lecturers in all 35 public universities halting work from September 18. As the students, the majority of them newly in the market, sat idle in the lecture halls or roamed about, their teachers…
Various Kenyan stakeholders are all the rage over a university education funding model set to take effect with the commencement of the new academic calendar in September. The learners, their parents, the university dons and even sections of the government seem to…
Under pressure from the younger generation Kenyans (Generation Z) for presiding over the perpetuations of poor governance, President William Ruto, among other things, pledged to fight corruption. Ruto said robust measures had been implemented to tame individuals hell-bent on misappropriating public funds….
Kenya’s legislators who have been the object of anger in the unfolding Generation Z unrest, have another chance to redeem themselves. They will, from Thursday (August 1) be vetting the new Cabinet Secretaries President William Ruto has appointed in the wake of…
After sustained assaults against the media in the context of the month-long anti-government protests in Kenya, the members of the Fourth Estate Wednesday (July 24) poured into the streets in solidarity to express their anger. Armed with whistles, vuvuzelas, and a wide array…
The current rebellion against Kenyan President William Ruto for failing the people has not come as a surprise to any keen watchers of the East African country’s political scene. Ruto, his confidence and oratory skills notwithstanding, was not just bound to deliver…
Offended by President William Ruto’s seemingly insatiable appetite for international travel, some Kenyans are considering a law to cap the chief executive’s trips to five per year. Led by popular comedian Eric Omondi, they say—and many more Kenyans seem to agree—that the…
