Kenya’s President William Ruto has fired all Cabinet Secretaries in response to the disaffection of the public led by Generation Zoomers commonly known as Gen Z.   The question is, was he saving the cabinet to save his skin? Gen Z has maintained that…

After almost two months, the South Sudan Nairobi Mediation by rivalries within the political parties that are participating in the process. Leaders of three parties are complaining that former chief of staff, Gen Paul Malong, the leader of Real-SPLM, Pagan Amum, and…

Kenya is looking at tumultuous times ahead in the face of a restless citizenry that has lost faith in the government after only two years, and a president who can do anything to remain in power. While President William Ruto on June…

The ongoing youth protests by the Zoomers generation, commonly known as Gen Z, over the Finance Bill, 2024 have caused jitters and admiration in Kenya and the entire region. The street demonstrations that began on June 18 to put pressure on members…

There is a growing debate among the South Sudan political elite on whether the country should adopt a permanent constitution before or after the December 2014 elections. With only six months remaining before the country holds its first-ever elections, President Salva Kiir and his coterie are insisting…

A regional body recently released programmes incorporating marginalised pastoral communities into the mainstream economies. The Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (Igad) says that since the pastoral regions are the key to cross-border trade and regional integration, it would be foolhardy to exclude them. …

The Director General of the European Union (EU) Directorate for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO), MACIEJ POPOWSKI, was in Kenya after visiting Somalia. He speaks to FRED OLUOCH about the EU humanitarian work in the eastern African region and…

The Inter-Governmental Authority on Development member states are designing policies and pre-emptive measures against desert locust invasion that caught them unawares between 2019 and 2022.  The eight Igad member states comprising Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda, came…

As Somalia president Hassan Sheikh Mohmoud marked his second year in office on May 15, Hilaal Institute issued a new report that analysed the political, economic, and security sectors from May 2022 to May 2024. The report digs into President Mohamud’s tenure…