At least 16 people have been killed and 400 injured in nationwide protests in Kenya against President William Ruto’s government, human rights group Amnesty Kenya has said. The government banned live TV and radio coverage of the demonstrations, but its decree was overturned by the High Court in the capital, Nairobi. Ruto urged protesters not…
Former Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, former Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, and former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo have been selected as facilitators to mediate peace efforts in the war-torn region. However, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the East African Community (EAC) have appointed three former African leaders to oversee a unified peace process…
The Alliance for National Transformation (ANT) party president General Mugisha Muntu has condemned the actions of the Ugandan and Kenyan governments following the arrest of veteran opposition politician Dr. Kizza Besigye. However, Dr. Besigye was apprehended in neighbouring Kenya over the weekend and was subsequently arraigned before the Court Martial in Makindye on Wednesday. He…
Kenya’s National Assembly has Tuesday evening overwhelmingly voted to impeach Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua. 281 members of Parliament voted in favour of the motion, while 44 voted against. One MP abstained. At least 233 legislators, or two-thirds of the 349-member House, were required to impeach the DP. This is the first time under the 2010…
At least 17 pupils have died after Hillside Endarasha in central Kenya caught fire on Thursday night, police said. There are fears that the death toll could rise as more than a dozen others have been taken to the hospital with severe burns. The cause of the fire at Hillside Endarasha Primary in Nyeri County…
Kenyan Gen Zs are not scared of anything, as this morning they woke up and stormed the streets to protest amidst the threats from their president, William Ruto. Kenyans started protesting last month; they wanted the government not to pass the finance bill, which they succeeded in. President Ruto declined to sign the bill into…
Kenya’s President William Kipchirchir Samoei Arap Ruto has announced the names of new ministers, retained six of his 22 cabinet secretaries, and named five new nominees as he nominated the first batch of 11 ministers. However, President Ruto yesterday evening announced 11 appointments to what he described as a broad-based unity government, promising additional nominations…
In Kenya, some families of the Kenyan protesters were visiting morgues Monday to collect the bodies of relatives who died during last week’s demonstrations against proposed tax increases. Hussein Khaled, CEO of Vocal Africa, an organization of community activists, was at Nairobi’s City Mortuary, assisting mourners and trying to ensure that autopsies were performed and…
President William Ruto addresses the nation from State House in Nairobi. Kenya’s President William Ruto, acceding to pressure from citizens after several protests, has on Wednesday declined to sign the Finance Bill 2024 into law. However, this follows Tuesday’s deadly protests, which saw demonstrators breach Parliament premises for the first time in Kenya’s history. President…
In Kenya, thousands of Kenyans gathered in Nairobi and elsewhere this week to protest a bill that would increase taxes to pay for loans and development. Apparently, demonstrations continued Thursday, even as the government announced it would scale back part of the proposed tax increases. Hundreds of protesters in Nairobi demanded lawmakers reject the 2024…
