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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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