Kenya is gradually moving from tribal affiliations to what appears to be a generational tug-of-war, following the protests initiated by Gen-Z Due to the protests against the bad governance by President William Ruto’s government, the majority of Gen-Z and Millennials have been…
After 15 years of intermittent evictions of the Maasai community from their ancestral land in Loliondo Conservancy in northern Tanzania, new research reveals that foreign business entities have been complicit in the evictions. A report released by Amnesty International on August 7…
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….
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…
