NAIROBI, Kenya, Jun 12 – Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi is expected to present the Sh4.24 trillion 2025/26 budget in Parliament Thursday afternoon. The budget comes amid tough economic conditions and public concern, rising cost of living and debate on…
Hundreds of thousands of people are “slowly starving” in Kenyan refugee camps after US funding cuts reduced food rations to their lowest ever levels, a United Nations official has told the BBC. The impact is starkly visible at a hospital…
Non-essential US embassy staff and their dependants in Baghdad are to be evacuated from Iraq due to heightened security risks, US government sources have said. Officials did not say exactly what prompted the removal, but have been told Israel was…
At least 49 people, including several schoolchildren, have been killed in the floods that have swept through South Africa’s Eastern Cape province as torrential rain and snow have hit parts of the country. “The numbers are just escalating hour after…
The Embassies of the United States and the United Kingdom in Nairobi have weighed into the recent mysterious death of Albert Ojwang while in police custody demanding a swift and transparent investigation. In separate statements, the two foreign missions expressed…
The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) has refuted claims that it provided mobile data to law enforcement officers in relation to the controversial death of Albert Ojwang. In a statement released on Tuesday, the Authority described the allegations as “factually…
NAIROBI, Kenya Jun 12 – Human rights activists and concerned citizens were on Thursday set to stage nationwide demonstrations under the banner “Total Shutdown – No More Deaths, Justice for Albert Ojwang.” The protests are in response to the controversial…
NAIROBI, Kenya Jun 12 – Safaricom PLC has distanced itself from claims linking the company to the arrest of the late blogger Albert Omondi Ojwang, who died under controversial circumstances while in police custody. In a statement issued by CEO…
The government has received a three million consignment of Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) vaccines at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) to boost routine immunization. Speaking when receiving the consignment on Wednesday, Principal Secretary Medical Services, Dr. Ouma Oluga noted that the…
June 11 – The latest data released by the World Bank reveals a striking contrast between India and Pakistan—two neighbours with a shared colonial past but vastly different trajectories in poverty reduction and economic management. Over the past 15 years,…