NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 15 — Djibouti’s Mahmoud Ali Youssouf has been elected as the new African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson after a fiercely contested race that saw him secure the two-thirds threshold with 33 votes in the seventh round of…
Miraa farmers in Kenya are celebrating a significant increase in prices announced by the Ministry of Agriculture on Saturday. The new prices are double what farmers have been earning previously. Acting on recommendations from a committee established to review the…
NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 15 – Kenya is making its second attempt to secure the Chairmanship of the African Union Commission (AUC) after falling short eight years ago. In 2017, Moussa Faki of Chad defeated Kenya’s candidate, Amina Mohamed, after multiple…
NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 15 – The late legendary broadcaster Leonard Mambo Mbotela has been laid to rest at Lang’ata Cemetery in Nairobi County. Mbotela’s wife Alice, son Jimmy, and daughter Ida were among family members present at Lang’ata Cemetery on…
NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 15 — United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has called for the establishment of a reparations mechanism to address the historical injustices suffered by Africa due to colonialism and the transatlantic slave trade. Speaking on Saturday at the…
KISUMU, Kenya, Feb 15 — Ecstatic fans of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga gathered in Kondele, Kisumu, on Saturday awaiting with bated breath for the voting outcome of the African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson election. Odinga is vying for the…
NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 15 – A man posing as a forensic expert and offering tape-lift services to car sellers was arraigned on Friday following his arrest at Ridgeways Centre along Kiambu Road. According to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI),…
NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 15 — Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) Nairobi Region on Friday apprehended three individuals linked to a series of warehouse break-ins and thefts in Nairobi and its environs. In one notable incident, the suspects…
President William Ruto and Raila Odinga departed together on Saturday morning for the African Union (AU) elections centre in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The event, to be held at the African Union Conference Centre, will see Odinga compete against Madagascar’s Richard…
NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 15 – Kenya Power has issued an alert regarding delays in the generation of electricity tokens, affecting customers using its prepaid services via Paybill number 888880. In a statement on Saturday, the utility service provider acknowledged the…