Tag: Kenya
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BREAKING: Kenyan court declares forceful eviction of Nnamdi Kanu to Nigeria illegal, awards damages
A High Court of Kenya, sitting in Nairobi, has declared the forceful eviction of Nnamdi Kanu from Kenya to Nigeria in June 2021 as unlawful and illegal.
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UN reacts over deadly anti-government protests in Kenya
The UN says it is monitoring the situation in Kenya in the wake of deadly anti-government protests on Wednesday.
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President Ruto chastises Kenyan men for allowing Nigerians ‘steal’ their women
William Ruto, the President of Kenya, has jokingly expressed worry over the rate at which Nigerian men are marrying Kenyan women following the marriages of his two daughters to Nigerian men.
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Renowned Kenyan author, Ngugi wa Thiong’o is dead
Family of renowned Kenyan author, Ngugi wa Thiong’o has announced the passing of the literary icon.
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Kenya’s Ruto chooses interior minister as new deputy
Kenya’s President William Ruto has nominated interior minister Kithure Kindiki as his new deputy president, a day after the Senate voted to impeach Ruto’s previous deputy Rigathi Gachagua. “I have received a message from … the president, regarding the nomination of Prof. Kithure Kindiki to fill the vacancy which has occurred in the office,” Speaker…
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Kenya’s Deputy President impeached, paving way for Senate vote
Kenya’s parliament voted on Tuesday to impeach Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua on charges including enriching himself and stirring ethnic hatred, the chamber’s speaker said, paving the way for the senate to consider the motion.
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Kenya’s Vice President faces impeachment over corruption
Kenya’s parliament was set to vote on Tuesday on impeaching Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua in a political drama that has exposed a rift in the governing party. Lawmakers have accused the 59-year-old deputy to President William Ruto of corruption, undermining the government and practising ethnically divisive politics, among a host of other charges. At a…
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Olympics: US topples China to finish overall winner, Kenya finishes as best African country
The USA clinched victory at the XXXIII Olympic Games in Paris on Sunday, narrowly topping the 2024 Olympics medal table. They secured 40 gold medals, edging out China by winning more silver
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Echoes of Uhuru in Kenya far from Nigeria – By Tony Eke
In penning the above excerpt of poetic memorial for the Irish martyrs in the Easter Rebellion of 1916, W.B. Yeats, one of the greatest poets in the English language, identifies extreme frustration rooted in injustice as a trigger of social upheavals that drive mankind to resist oppression of one group of people by another.
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Kenya: 39 killed, many injured in renewed tax protests
At least 39 people were killed and many injured in the recent anti-tax hike protests across Kenya as youth took to the streets on Tuesday for a new round of protests.