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Kenya’s protests are not a symptom of failed democracy
The Times Group Malawi
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July 30, 2025
In Kenya, as in many countries across the world, street protests are often framed as the unfortunate result of political failure. As the logic goes, the inability of state institutions to translate popular sentiment into political, legislative and...
Kenya ranked the world's top user of ChatGPT, beating tech giants like the US, Japan, China
The Citizen
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Nairobi. Kenya has emerged as the world’s number one user of ChatGPT, beating powerhouse economies and tech-savvy nations in a new global report that highlights Africa’s fast-growing appetite for artificial intelligence tools. According to the...
Kenyan court orders exhumations in suspected cult-related deaths
WIKY - Indiana
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NAIROBI (Reuters) -A Kenyan court has ordered the exhumation of bodies suspected to belong to people who were starved and suffocated in the same county where hundreds of members of a doomsday cult were found dead two years ago, prosecutors said on...
NACADA proposes raising legal drinking age to 21
Food Business Africa Magazine
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July 30, 2025
KENYA – The National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA) has proposed raising the legal drinking age in Kenya from 18 to 21 years. The proposal is part of a wide-ranging policy framework unveiled on July 30, 2025,...
Tanzania's ban on foreigners operating small businesses sparks Kenyan backlash
BBC
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July 30, 2025
Tanzania has barred foreign nationals from owning and operating mainly small-scale businesses, sparking concern and a backlash from neighbouring Kenya. The new directive prohibits them from 15 sectors including mobile money transfers, tour...
Africa Food Show Kenya 2025: Where Innovation Meets Culinary Brilliance
Mid East Information
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July 30, 2025
Driving Africa’s Agro-Food Transformation Nairobi, Kenya – East Africa’s flagship B2B exhibition for the food and agribusiness sector, Africa Food Show (AFS) Kenya 2025, returns from August 6 to 8, 2025 at the Kenyatta International Convention...
Massachusetts National Guard Expands Nairobi School, Marks 10-Year Partnership With Kenya
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 30, 2025
The Massachusetts National Guard helped complete a major expansion project at Kwa Njenga Primary School in Nairobi, Kenya, providing state-of-the-art classrooms and easing severe overcrowding for hundreds of children in the Mukuru kwa Njenga...
WestJet and Kenya Airways forge interline partnership
LARA
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July 30, 2025
WestJet has announced an interline partnership agreement with Kenya Airways, allowing passengers to travel between the two airlines’ networks across Africa and North America, which includes Nairobi, Calgary, Halifax, and Toronto. WestJet...
Kenyans Top Global Rankings for ChatGPT Use
TechTrendsKE
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July 30, 2025
Kenya has been ranked number one globally in ChatGPT usage, according to the July 2025 Global Digital Report by DataReportal and Meltwater. The report released this week positions Kenya as a global leader in the adoption of AI technologies,...
Biggest sources of immigrants to Arizona
KYMA - Arizona
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July 30, 2025
Biggest sources of immigrants to Arizona 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...
Njiru's TED Talk spotlights Kenya’s Food4Education as global model for school feeding
Star
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Founder and CEO of Food4Education, spotlights Tap2Eat — the NFC wristband powering Kenya’s school feeding infrastructure for over 500,000 children — giving them dignified, cashless access to school meals while using real‑time data to connect...
Ruto Strikes Major Deals With Museveni After Tanzania Blocks Kenyan Businesses
Kenyans.co.ke
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July 30, 2025
President William Ruto and Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni have signed key bilateral agreements at State House, Nairobi, a day after Tanzania imposed a ban on certain Kenyan businesses operating in the country. During Museveni’s official visit,...
“TikTok made me eat it!” — How Kenyan Gen Z are cooking up a food revolution
TV47
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July 30, 2025
Forget the old narratives. Have you truly experienced the pulse of contemporary Kenya if you haven’t queued at a smoky street corner for a TikTok-famous chapati, or taken a boda-boda detour just for that viral street food fix? Street food vendors...
Biggest sources of immigrants to Nebraska
Hastings Tribune - Nebraska
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Biggest sources of immigrants to Nebraska And while the distinctive American culture and spirit is the result of blending many diverse cultures and histories, the United States has for centuries had an up-and-down relationship with immigration....
Blow to Kenyans After IEBC Issues Fresh Directives on Recalling MPs
Kenyans.co.ke
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July 30, 2025
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
The Cable
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July 30, 2025
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...
Top Five Cancers Killing Kenyans Revealed
Kenyans.co.ke
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July 30, 2025
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...
Somalia’s Gedo turf wars send refugees to Kenya, disrupts trade
GhanaWeb
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July 29, 2025
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...
Exporting Repression: Haitians And Kenyans Are Both Fighting Neo-colonial Representatives of U.S.-led Imperialism
Black Agenda Report
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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
Citizen TV Kenya
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July 30, 2025
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...