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…
Murders of people with albinism in Tanzania have re-emerged with high frequencies after almost a decade of calm. People with albinism are in a state of fear following the recent abductions and subsequent killings of a two-year-old girl, Asimwe Novath which occurred…
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…
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…
The Dar-Salaam port has attracted foreign investors who want to make it competitive given the stiff competition it faces from neighbouring countries, especially the port of Mombasa. Having seen its performance fall way behind, the Tanzania government has granted another contract lease of…
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. …
A global mining company, Hudson Mining Ltd last week launched its operations in Kenya for value addition to minerals in the region, especially from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Kenya does not have much minerals compared to the other countries in the…
The African political arena is replete with riveting episodes of presidents falling out with their deputies, occasioning major political realignments in the subsequent political contests. One more such episode could be in the offing in Kenya. All indications are that the political…
The Ugandan government is at a crossroads with the Chinese over contractual obligations. In early June, Uganda’s Prime Minister, Robinah Nabbanja, publicly criticised Chinese companies for failing to honour their contractual obligations to rehabilitate roads in Kampala. “How did you come up…
