Kenya’s National Assembly is in mourning following the sudden death on Saturday of nominated lawmaker Denar Joseph Hamisi. The 56-year-old parliamentarian passed away around 7:00 am, the Speaker of the National Assembly, Moses Wetang’ula, announced in an official statement. The cause of death has not been made public. “His demise is a profound loss to…
Kasipul MP Boyd Were has publicly rejected any form of revenge following the assassination of his father, Charles Ong’ondo Were, choosing instead to call for national healing and an end to political violence. “Revenge cannot raise the dead, cannot comfort a grieving family and cannot build a nation,” the first-time legislator told the National Assembly…
Tech giant Meta has revealed that Tanzanian authorities threatened to block Facebook and Instagram nationwide if the company refused to delete posts and accounts critical of the government during the recent election period. Transparency report details pressure from TCRA The disclosure appears in Meta’s latest transparency report released this week. It shows how the Tanzanian…
Kenya’s government has launched an ambitious overhaul of the tea sector, promising to raise farmers’ earnings to KSh100 per kilogramme of green leaf by 2027 and end years of unpredictable bonuses and regional inequalities. Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe unveiled the reforms in parliament on 3 December while answering lawmakers’ questions about shrinking payouts. “These…
Kenya will start building a new modern airport within the next two months, Deputy President Kithure Kindiki announced on Tuesday as the government steps up efforts to replace the ageing Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. Speaking in Nairobi, Kindiki said Kenya had made major gains in roads and electricity but still lacked an airport matching the…
President William Ruto on Tuesday unveiled plans to construct 900 new police stations across the country by 2027, saying the move will bring security services closer to the people and address decades-old infrastructure deficits. The announcement was made at State House in Nairobi during the launch of the Jukwaa la Usalama report, compiled after months…
A high court in Machakos has declared unconstitutional parts of a 2012 seed law that criminalised the sharing of traditional seeds, removing the threat of prison and heavy fines for thousands of smallholder farmers. The ruling delivered on 27 November by Justice Rhoda Rutto strikes down sections of the Seed and Plant Varieties Act that…
Twenty-seven-year-old Boyd Ong’ondo Were, son of the late former Kasipul MP Ong’ondo Were, has been declared winner of Thursday’s parliamentary by-election in the western Kenya constituency, delivering a strong victory for the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM). Returning officer Rebecca Abwaku announced the final results at the Oyugis tallying centre early Friday, stating that Were polled…
David Ndakwa of the ruling United Democratic Alliance (UDA) was on Friday declared winner of the hotly contested Malava parliamentary by-election, beating his closest challenger by just over 1,300 votes. Returning Officer Salim Abdala announced at the Malava tallying centre that Ndakwa secured 21,564 votes against Seth Panyako of Democratic Action Party-Kenya (DAP-K), who managed…
Leo Wamuthende of the ruling United Democratic Alliance has won the hotly contested Mbeere North parliamentary by-election, beating independent candidate Newton Kariuki by a slim margin of 494 votes in a race widely seen as a showdown between Deputy President Kithure Kindiki and former deputy president Rigathi Gachagua. Official results released in the early hours…
