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Exporting Repression: Haitians And Kenyans Are Both Fighting Neo-colonial Representatives of U.S.-led Imperialism

Exporting Repression: Haitians And Kenyans Are Both Fighting Neo-colonial Representatives of U.S.-led Imperialism

Kenya and Haiti sign agreement on the deployment of 1,000 police officers to the Multi-National Security Support Mission in Haiti The U.S. exports repression like a global franchise, outsourcing violence while feigning distance from the...

The double-speak on school funding as free basic education under threat

The double-speak on school funding as free basic education under threat

On July 25, 2025, Kenyans were thrown into a spin when the Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi, while appearing before the National Assembly Committee on Education dramatically told the lawmakers that the government can no longer afford to...

Top Five Cancers Killing Kenyans Revealed

Top Five Cancers Killing Kenyans Revealed

The National Cancer Institute of Kenya (NCI-K) has identified breast cancer, cervical cancer, prostate cancer, oesophageal cancer, and colorectal cancer as the five leading types responsible for the majority of cancer-related deaths in the...

Uganda President Yoweri Museveni expected to arrive in Kenya today

Uganda President Yoweri Museveni expected to arrive in Kenya today

President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda is expected to aarive in Nairobi on Wednesday for a three-day official visit aimed at strengthening ties between Kenya and Uganda. President William Ruto welcomed him at State House, Nairobi, where the two heads...

Somalia’s Gedo turf wars send refugees to Kenya, disrupts trade

Somalia’s Gedo turf wars send refugees to Kenya, disrupts trade

Somalia troops last week engaged in a turf war for the control of Bula Hawa, a town close to the Kenyan border in Gedo region, with the two levels of government trading blame for the clashes. The fighting began on Monday, when two military...

The Stage is Set: Uganda, Kenya & Tanzania Gear Up for CHAN 2024

The Stage is Set: Uganda, Kenya & Tanzania Gear Up for CHAN 2024

A transformative moment in African football is taking shape as Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania gear up to host the TotalEnergies CAF African Nations Championship (CHAN) 2024. Embracing the shared motto “Pamoja” – the Swahili term for Together – 19...

Blow to Kenyans After IEBC Issues Fresh Directives on Recalling MPs

Blow to Kenyans After IEBC Issues Fresh Directives on Recalling MPs

The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has ruled out the recall of Members of Parliament for the indefinite future, amid a renewed push to oust several legislators. In a statement released on Wednesday, July 30, IEBC...

AFRIMA adds jury members from Morocco, Congo, Kenya as submissions close Aug 8

AFRIMA adds jury members from Morocco, Congo, Kenya as submissions close Aug 8

The All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA), in partnership with the African Union, has added three new members to its international jury ahead of its 2025 adjudication process. The appointments come as AFRIMA prepares to close its entry submission...

How Cultural Crossover Drives India’s Role In The Global Taste Economy

How Cultural Crossover Drives India’s Role In The Global Taste Economy

Last Updated:July 30, 2025, 12:55 IST India’s instant noodles market tends to offer a dizzying variety — from fiery Korean Samyang Buldak ramen and Japanese UFO noodles to Singapore’s KOKA and Indonesian Indomie. AI generated image: Global market...

Michael Abrahams | Why left-hand drive school buses place our children at risk

Michael Abrahams | Why left-hand drive school buses place our children at risk

Minister of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport, Daryl Vaz, recently announced the introduction of a rural school bus programme utilising 110 refurbished American school buses. However, there are safety concerns as the buses are old...

Governors raise alarm over cancer in Mt Kenya

Governors raise alarm over cancer in Mt Kenya

Nyeri Governor Mutahi Kahiga, who is the chairperson of the Central Region Economic Bloc/ALICE WAITHERAGovernors from Mt Kenya have expressed concern over the rising cases of cancer in the region. The governors, who spoke in a meeting that...

OKANGO: Raila the bridge Kenya needs ahead of 2027 polls

OKANGO: Raila the bridge Kenya needs ahead of 2027 polls

Raila Odinga remains one of the most consequential figures in Kenya’s post-independence political history. His enduring presence in national debates—whether on the streets or through diplomatic channels—has shaped the country’s democratic...

EDITORIAL: We can’t afford to mess up free education policy

EDITORIAL: We can’t afford to mess up free education policy

The announcement by Treasury boss John Mbadi in which he stated, frankly, that the government is having trouble paying for secondary grants or capitation for each student, has sparked off a heated national debate about budgeting and what everyone...

Morocco, Congo, Kenya join AFRIMA jury

Morocco, Congo, Kenya join AFRIMA jury

Ahead of the upcoming AFRIMA 2025 Adjudication Process, the All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA), in partnership with the African Union, has appointed new music experts to join its international jury panel, even as excitement continues to build toward...

Malaysian photographer named National Geographic Explorer for Great Migration project in Kenya

Malaysian photographer named National Geographic Explorer for Great Migration project in Kenya

KUALA LUMPUR, July 30 — Malaysian photographer Tinesh Sritharan has been named a National Geographic Explorer for a wildlife conservation project in Kenya’s Masai Mara National Reserve, where he will document the spectacular Great Migration — the...

China-Kenya express flight expected to boost tourism

China-Kenya express flight expected to boost tourism

China Southern Airline / WIKIMEDIA COMMONS‘Middle country’ is the literal meaning of China in its Mandarin format — Zhongguo. In just 10 hours, I recently got to Changsha using a China Southern flight, almost the same time buses take on average to...

Act of kindness takes unexpected turn in new children's book

Act of kindness takes unexpected turn in new children's book

NEWS RELEASE GROUNDWOOD BOOKS ************************ ONE CAN written by Lana Button written by Eric Walters illustrated by Isabelle Malenfant A child donates a can of food to their school food drive. But in an unexpected twist, they come to...

Kenya launches nutrient model to curb sugar, salt, fat consumption

Kenya launches nutrient model to curb sugar, salt, fat consumption

KENYA – Kenya’s Ministry of Health, through its State Department for Public Health and Professional Standards and Division of Nutrition and Dietetics, has launched the Kenya Nutrient Profile Model (KNPM) to curb consumption of foods and beverages...

Biggest sources of immigrants to Pennsylvania

Biggest sources of immigrants to Pennsylvania

Biggest sources of immigrants to Pennsylvania Over 14% of the United States population is composed of immigrants. But in reality, the vast majority of Americans today are here because of relatives who immigrated from other countries some time in...

Biggest sources of immigrants to Ohio

Biggest sources of immigrants to Ohio

Over 14% of the United States population is composed of immigrants. But in reality, the vast majority of Americans today are here because of relatives who immigrated from other countries some time in the last several hundred years. And while the...

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