Once again, there is unfortunate news of abductions, and disappearances of children from Tanzania, raising concerns over the deteriorating human rights situation in the country believed to be the most peaceful among others in the world. The government has issued a notice…
Amid contestations that Kenya’s last four elections since 2007 were rigged, the focus has shifted to the role the identity cards play in the said vice. The concern arose after the Generation Zoomers, commonly known as Gen Z put the government in…
The East African Community Secretariat has issued an alert to Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, and other countries neighbouring Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo regarding an outbreak of Mpox, formerly known as Monkeypox. This alert follows reports from the World Health Organization…
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…
Tanzania government is grappling to end acute shortage of electricity power supply, and the government is doing all it can in order to avoid the long rationing scheme which has plunged the nation since October 2023. Tanzania’s national grid, which has an…
Jabri Bin Ali Al-Dosary was the Qatar Ambassador to Kenya from March 2018 to July 2023. He stood out as the representative from the Middle East who made a mark as an envoy who played a big role in humanitarian assistance and…
In a notable political manoeuvre, President William Ruto has nominated Onesmus Kipchumba Murkomen as Cabinet Secretary (CS) for Youth Affairs, Creative Economy, and Sports. Murkomen’s new “role”, described by some as a “den of lions,” places him in a difficult position, where…
For instance, between 2019 and 2021, farmers in the Eastern African region $8.5 billion in damages and losses to Locust Outbreaks in the region, according to the World Bank. In Kenya alone, the economic impact was around $500 million. Maize, a major staple food in the…
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…
By Grace Otieno and Fred Oluoch Kenyans woke up to the news that the people of Raila Odinga have been incorporated into the government It is not going to be easy because Gen-Z protesters disagree with Raila the person they took as…
