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…
Kenya, once the citadel of academic excellence in Africa, has suffered a severe diminish in stature in the recent past. The East African state has not only been recording a remarkable decline in education standards, but has also suffered the ignominy of…
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…
In yet another attempt at managing the non-biodegradable waste menace, the Kenya Government has banned using plastic bags to collect and dispose of garbage. Through the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA), the government stated that plastic bags would not be allowed in the market,…
Tanzania truck owners who transport goods to the landlocked countries in the central and east African region are currently reeling from the rise in transport costs and bureaucracy in the borders. The shipping lines recently increased cargo transport by 70 percent from…
The doyen of Kenya’s opposition politics and an aspirant for the African Union Commission (AUC) chairmanship, Raila Odinga, recently hit the government hard, sparking a backlash that is sure to hang around for some time. Speaking at a Nairobi slum where the…
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…
The Nairobi mediation between the government of South Sudan and the hold-out groups began on a sour note on April 9 with three main organisations distancing themselves from the talks. The suspicion between some holdout groups and President William Ruto and Kenya…
Kenya’s 2010 Constitution raised to at least degree level the minimum requirement for most elective positions. By then, possession of a first degree was already a requirement for some formal job positions, while those with lesser qualifications still found their space, especially…
China recently donated $1.9 million to the World Food Programme (WFP) for the school feeding process in Uganda’s Karamoja semi-arid region. The donation includes 1,480 tons of beans and maize, and 152 tons of cooking oil, with the intention to alleviate hunger…
