With the 2027 general election on the horizon, President William Ruto path to a second term faces mounting pressure from a resurgent opposition seeking common ground. Economic hardships, including a slowing growth rate and persistent cost of living challenges, have fueled public discontent that could amplify if rival leaders set aside differences. Ruto secured victory…
A provocative claim that President William Ruto deserves global recognition, even as he faces mounting domestic political resistance, has injected fresh energy into Kenya already shifting political terrain. The assertion, framed within a broader ideological movement referred to as the quasi PDBS opposition, comes at a time when alliances are being tested ahead of a…
On the afternoon of June 25, 2024, something happened inside Kenya’s parliament that no political science textbook had anticipated. Young Kenyans, armed with phones instead of party membership cards and organized by TikTok instead of trade unions, breached the walls of the legislative chamber and walked into a space that had long been the exclusive…
Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have cemented control over the strategic lakeside city of Uvira in eastern Congo, displacing more than 200,000 people and killing hundreds of civilians in an offensive that has undermined a U.S.-brokered peace deal signed just days earlier. The rapid advance, which began Dec. 2, has heightened tensions across the Great Lakes region,…
Kenyan President William Ruto’s Washington visit secures major health funding and key role in Congo peace accord, marking dramatic turnaround in once-frozen ties with Donald Trump’s America. Kenyan President William Ruto’s high-profile visit to Washington this week has dramatically revived ties with Donald Trump’s United States, just months after Nairobi feared being frozen out of…
Every year tens of thousands of tonnes of pesticides that European farmers are no longer allowed to use leave EU ports for Africa, Asia and Latin America. In 2024 the European Union notified exports of 122,000 tonnes of substances banned at home, a 50% jump from 81,000 tonnes in 2018. Sharp rise in banned chemical…
As President William Ruto signed the Government-Owned Enterprises Act into law on Friday, he painted a vivid picture of Kenya ascending to “first world” status within decades, fueled by a KSh 5 trillion (USD 38.5 billion) infrastructure push. The reforms aim to transform lethargic state corporations into profit engines, injecting private capital while retaining government…
