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NAIROBI, KENYA | Xinhua | Kenyan authorities on Tuesday heightened security in and around the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in the capital of Nairobi, the country’s main airport, ahead of anti-government protests. Young Kenyan protesters, or Gen-Z, have threatened to disrupt airport operations to protest President William Ruto’s decision …

NAIROBI, Kenya | Xinhua | The hustle and bustle that usually characterizes Nairobi, Kenya’s capital, was absent on Thursday as police patrolled the streets to prevent protestors from entering the city. Protestors had planned to carry out the second street demonstrations this week, but police on Wednesday evening banned the …

NAIROBI, Kenya | Xinhua | Kenyan President William Ruto on Friday nominated the first batch of 11 cabinet secretaries, marking the start of forming a “broad-based” government. The president reappointed four cabinet secretaries to their previous ministries of Interior and National Administration; the Defense; Lands, Public Works, Housing and Urban …

NAIROBI, Kenya | Xinhua | Kenyan police have banned anti-government protests in the central business district and its environs in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, Thursday, citing safety concerns. More than 50 people have been killed, dozens of others injured and property destroyed since anti-government protests over tax hikes began …

The 3 things that make it harder for government to crush them or to politicise them COMMENT | AWONO OKECH | On 25 June 2024, a youth-led protest primarily composed of Gen Zs, as they are popularly referred to, stormed Kenya’s parliament. Legislators voted to pass the Finance Bill 2024 in its …

NAIROBI, Kenya | Xinhua | One person was killed, and several others were shot and injured in Kenya as anti-government protesters returned to the streets Tuesday after a one-week hiatus. The young protesters, who were demanding justice for those killed in previous protests and urging President William Ruto to implement …

Kenya struggles to keep economic grip on Uganda COVER STORY | THE INDEPENDENT | Kenya has four big exports to Uganda; palm oil (11.8%) of exports, cement 10.1%, coated flat-rolled iron 8.94%, and refined petroleum 6.27%. Together, these comprise about 40% of Kenya’s total exports to Uganda as of December …

Chinese electric vehicles are transforming livelihoods of Kenyan taxi drivers. NAIROBI, Kenya | Xinhua | Paul Mwai sat in his parked car as he scrolled through his cell phone to confirm his next customer on his digital app. The 33-year-old taxi driver had just received an order to transport a …

NAIROBI | Xinhua |  Kenyan President William Ruto on Saturday directed security agencies to speed up investigation into the mysterious killings in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, after nine mutilated bodies were retrieved from a dumpsit in a slum. Ruto, who spoke in Elgeyo-Marakwet County, northwest Kenya, assured citizens that …

Nairobi, Kenya | THE STAR | Inspector General of Police Japhet Koome has resigned. The Deputy-Inspector General of the Kenya Police Service Douglas Kanja will take over from Koome as the acting IG. “His Excellency Hon William Samoei Ruto, PhD, CGH, President and Commander in Chief of the Defence Forces, has …