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    Martha Koome: Kenya chief justice says corruption a national embarrassment
    • Sep 10, 2021

    Martha Koome: Kenya chief justice says corruption a national embarrassment

    Kenya's Chief Justice Martha Koome has admitted that corruption remains a menace in and out of the judiciary, terming it "a national...
    Kenya under heavy debt, but millionaires rising
    • Sep 7, 2021

    Kenya under heavy debt, but millionaires rising

    In 2020, the number of Kenyans with a net worth of at least $30 million, including their primary residence, stood at 90. (Nation Media...
    Kenyan deputy president guarded by 257 police officers
    • Sep 2, 2021

    Kenyan deputy president guarded by 257 police officers

    By Ferdinand Omondi Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto and his properties are being guarded by 257 police officers, including four...
    Not above the law: Kenya’s judges do their duty. A pity about its politicians
    • Aug 27, 2021

    Not above the law: Kenya’s judges do their duty. A pity about its politicians

    A political scheme cloaked as constitutional reform fails Breaking constitutions is often easier than making them. Kenya’s first two...
    ‘The wounds won’t heal’: Kenya’s agonising wait for justice on killings by police
    • Aug 17, 2021

    ‘The wounds won’t heal’: Kenya’s agonising wait for justice on killings by police

    Five years after Willie Kimani’s death, his father is still waiting for a resolution. But as killings continue, cases like his pile up...
    Impunity: How Kenya’s top leaders are flouting COVID-19 protocols with public meetings
    • Aug 16, 2021

    Impunity: How Kenya’s top leaders are flouting COVID-19 protocols with public meetings

    DP Ruto addressing a roadside rally in Kawangware on August 15, 2021. COVID-19 protocols are flouted with impunity in Kenya despite tough...
    Storm in a tea plantation: UK should pay for forcing Kenyan tribes off their land, says UN
    • Aug 3, 2021

    Storm in a tea plantation: UK should pay for forcing Kenyan tribes off their land, says UN

    Government urged to pay reparations to Kipsigis and Talai people who were removed from ancestral home in now-lucrative tea region in...
    Kenya courts should emulate South Africa
    • Jul 13, 2021

    Kenya courts should emulate South Africa

    A man runs after looting a shopping centre during protests following the imprisonment of former South Africa President Jacob Zuma, in...
    Biafra separatist leader abducted by Nigeria from Kenya, say family
    • Jul 9, 2021

    Biafra separatist leader abducted by Nigeria from Kenya, say family

    Relatives of British-Nigerian citizen Nnamdi Kanu accuse Nigeria of extraordinary rendition, aided by Kenyan authorities Nnamdi Kanu, the...
    Kenya concern over UK elephant 'rewilding' project
    • Jul 8, 2021

    Kenya concern over UK elephant 'rewilding' project

    Conservationists warn that poaching and habitat destruction, particularly due to land conversion for agriculture, is devastating elephant...
    Kenya: Mudavadi Decries Depressed Voter Registration Ahead of 2022 Polls
    • Jul 5, 2021

    Kenya: Mudavadi Decries Depressed Voter Registration Ahead of 2022 Polls

    Amani National Congress Leader Musalia Mudavadi on Saturday expressed concerns over what he termed as a huge voter registration gap ahead...
    Kenya: Investigate Deportation of Turkish National
    • Jul 1, 2021

    Kenya: Investigate Deportation of Turkish National

    Hold Officials Responsible to Account People wait outside a courthouse before the trial of 475 defendants, including generals and fighter...
    Road name row a sign of Kenya’s strife
    • Jun 29, 2021

    Road name row a sign of Kenya’s strife

    The Nairobi road sign honouring a trade union leader was replaced after opponents burnt it down. By Jane Flanagan A road sign honouring...
    Kenya: Ex-civil servants still waiting for dues 20 years after sacking
    • Jun 28, 2021

    Kenya: Ex-civil servants still waiting for dues 20 years after sacking

    Pensioners gather outside the National Treasury on November 21, 2019, protesting against bad pension laws. (Nation Media Group) By Lucy...
    Kituyi: It wasn’t me
    • Jun 23, 2021

    Kituyi: It wasn’t me

    United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Secretary General Mukhisa Kituyi. (FILE) By Keshi Ndirangu Mukhisa Kituyi has...
    Kenya’s Kakuzi avocado farm linked to ‘abuse’ abandons lawsuit
    • Jun 21, 2021

    Kenya’s Kakuzi avocado farm linked to ‘abuse’ abandons lawsuit

    British supermarkets stopped selling avocados grown at Kakuzi farm after reports of human rights abuse. By Emily Dugan A British-owned...
    Kenyan avocado farm faces more claims of abuse
    • Jun 10, 2021

    Kenyan avocado farm faces more claims of abuse

    Mudhikwa Musau accuses a Kakuzi security guard of rape. By Vivienne Nunis Two women who say they were raped by security guards at Kenya's...
    Kenya: 250,000 civil servants face the axe over fake academic papers
    • Jun 4, 2021

    Kenya: 250,000 civil servants face the axe over fake academic papers

    By Stanley Kimuge More than 250,000 civil servants are facing the axe and heavy financial penalties for using fake academic certificates...
    Gender-based violence cases quintuple in Kenya during pandemic, survey finds
    • May 28, 2021

    Gender-based violence cases quintuple in Kenya during pandemic, survey finds

    Women chant slogans during a rally to protest violence against women, in Nairobi, Kenya, Nov. 17, 2014. (File) By Victoria Amunga Kenya's...
    Kenya’s high court overturns president’s bid to amend constitution
    • May 27, 2021

    Kenya’s high court overturns president’s bid to amend constitution

    Judges rule that Uhuru Kenyatta, who claimed BBI plan was to end country’s cycle of post-election violence, overstepped his authority and...
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