Douglas Twala Masikonde of the little-known Democratic Congress Party (DCP) has won the Narok Town ward by-election, defeating the candidate fielded by President William Ruto’s United Democratic Alliance (UDA) in a vote seen as a test of the ruling party’s hold on Maasailand. Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission returning officer Francis Ole Sipano declared Masikonde…
A 31-year-old former pool-table hustler nicknamed the “chalk man” has pulled off one of the most unlikely victories in recent Kenyan politics, winning the Baringo County Senate seat in a landslide on Thursday. Vincent Chemitei of the ruling United Democratic Alliance (UDA) polled 55,246 votes – over 76% of the total – to replace William…
The fledgling Democracy for the Citizens Party has recorded its first elective victory after candidate Aduda Okwiri emerged winner in Wednesday’s tightly contested Kisa East ward by-election in Kakamega county. Okwiri garnered 1,952 votes to defeat 10 opponents, with his nearest rival Joel Ongoro of the Movement for Democracy and Growth polling 1,541 votes, according…
Vincent Kiplimo Rutto, the 23-year-old son of the late ward representative Julius Kipruto Keter, has been declared the new Member of County Assembly for Chemundu/Kapng’etuny ward in Nandi County after cruising to victory in Wednesday’s by-election. The United Democratic Alliance candidate garnered 3999 votes, trouncing his opponents in a poll that reinforced the ruling party’s…
In the volatile West African nation of Guinea-Bissau, where political upheaval has long been a grim fixture, the military has once again stepped into the fray. On 27 November 2025 General Horta N’Tam was sworn in as head of a one-year transitional government, just a day after soldiers arrested President Umaro Sissoco Embalo and seized…
In a fiery post on his Truth Social platform, United States President Donald Trump declared that South Africa would not receive an invitation to the 2026 Group of 20 G20 summit, which the United States is set to host in Miami, Florida. The announcement, made on Wednesday 26 November 2025, escalated a long-simmering feud between…
Kenyans have won a major reprieve after the High Court ruled that the 10% import duty on crude palm oil imposed by the government is unconstitutional. Court finds duty unlawful from the outset Justice Bahati Mwamuye on Thursday declared the tariff null and void, saying the state violated constitutional requirements by failing to seek parliamentary…
General Horta N’Tam was sworn in as Guinea-Bissau transitional president on Thursday, one day after military officers overthrew President Umaro Sissoco Embalo in the latest coup to hit the troubled West African nation. Military takes oath amid election chaos The swearing-in ceremony took place at army headquarters in Bissau, where N’Tam, the former armed forces…
US President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that South Africa will be excluded from next year’s G20 summit hosted by the United States, escalating a bitter diplomatic feud and immediately halting all remaining payments and subsidies to the African nation. In a characteristically blunt social media post, Trump declared: “At my direction, South Africa will…
Kenya Standard Gauge Railway posted its strongest revenue growth in years after earning KSh15.9 billion in the first nine months of 2025, a 19.96% surge from the same period last year, latest figures from Kenya National Bureau of Statistics showed. Freight drives sharp rise The increase was driven largely by freight traffic, with cargo revenue…
