Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Kenya’s interior minister said Wednesday that opposition leader Raila Odinga’s mock inauguration as “people’s president” was an effort to overthrow the government, with media outlets shut down for their complicity in the event. Odinga, 73, held a swearing-in ceremony in Nairobi on Tuesday with the …
Read More »Rights groups decry Kenya television shutdown
Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Rights groups on Wednesday criticised the Kenya government’s move to block live coverage of a mock inauguration by the opposition as a “violation” of the public’s right to information. Three of the country’s main private television channels had their live feeds cut or blocked, while …
Read More »Kenyan opposition leader sworn in as ‘people’s president’
Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga had himself sworn in as an alternative president Tuesday in front of thousands of supporters, three months after an election he claims was stolen from him. Authorities have repeatedly warned that such an inauguration was treasonous and that Odinga could …
Read More »Kenya opposition supporters gather for Odinga ‘swearing-in’
Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Supporters of Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga gathered in Nairobi Tuesday ahead of a ceremony to swear him in as an alternative president, three months after he claims an election was stolen from him. The planned “inauguration” has raised fears of violence as police had …
Read More »LIVE: Defiant NASA supporters head to Uhuru Park for Odinga swearing in
Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | After a tense night, reports indicate that Kenya police on Tuesday morning allowed buses ferrying National Super Alliance (NASA) to head towards Nairobi on a day when opposition leader Raila Odinga is planning to have himself sworn in as an alternative president. Hundreds of supporters were photographed …
Read More »D-DAY: Kenya opposition to swear-in Odinga as ‘president’
Police have said the gathering, to be held at Nairobi’s central Uhuru Park, is illegal Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Kenya’s opposition leader Raila Odinga is planning to have himself sworn in as an alternative president on Tuesday, seen as a final push to challenge Uhuru Kenyatta’s election. Odinga challenged …
Read More »Kenyatta names Cabinet, picks Kilonzo High Commissoner to Uganda
Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta has announced his full Cabinet, after 85 days of taking oath of office, and named new postings of ambassadors including to Uganda.Ambassador Kiema Kilonzo who has been in Ankara, Turkey will be Kenya’s new High Commissioner to Uganda, taking over …
Read More »Ugandan army says 29 cattle raiders killed in three months
Kampala, Uganda | AFP | Uganda’s army said Monday it had killed 29 armed cattle raiders in the porous northeastern region bordering South Sudan and Kenya, in a military operation which has entered its third month. “There have been isolated cases of contacts and clashes between the UPDF (the Ugandan …
Read More »KQ starts flights to New York in October
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kenya’s national carrier, Kenya Airways, is set to start daily flights between Nairobi and New York on October 28. The carrier, which started selling tickets for the inaugural flight on Jan 11, becomes that first airline to offer a non-stop flight between East Africa and …
Read More »EU suspends Kenya water project after fatal shooting
Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | The European Union late Wednesday suspended a large-scale water conservation project in Kenya after evictions of local indigenous people turned fatally violent this week. The indefinite suspension of the $38 million (31 million euro) project follows the reported killing of a member of the local Sengwer …
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