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Despite its reputation as ’s “ ,” recent events reveal deep contradictions. During the -led protests, the youth turned...
10/09/2025

Despite its reputation as ’s “ ,” recent events reveal deep contradictions. During the -led protests, the youth turned to Generative AI to power civic education by summarizing the Finance Bill 2024, translating complex policy documents into local languages, creating graphics that exposed corruption and producing cartoons and illustrations that spread rapidly online. became a people’s tool for transparency and accountability. The response from the ruling class was swift, with calls for tighter control. Out of this backlash emerged the Kenya Information and Communications (Amendment) Bill 2025, a proposal that would hand the government unprecedented access to citizens’ private online lives.

BY FAITH SUDI Artificial Intelligence has long been painted as a threat to jobs. Whenever it comes up outside tech

lies at the shores of , where generations and generations have lived in harmony with the lake. However, the last 10 y...
07/09/2025

lies at the shores of , where generations and generations have lived in harmony with the lake. However, the last 10 years have seen rising waters of Lake Turkana disrupt that peace, lives and livelihoods of the residents, especially at Bay.

BY MACHARIA WANGUI I recently got an opportunity to travel to El Molo in Loiyangalani ward in Marsabit county. There,

political tension persisted during the reporting period, including the continued house arrest of the First Vice Presid...
18/07/2025

political tension persisted during the reporting period, including the continued house arrest of the First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar.

The continued house arrest of South Sudan First Vice President, Dr Riek Machar and detention of other high-ranking SPLM/A-IO members

This will be a departure from the current situation where political rejects have often been offered a soft landing in Fo...
01/05/2025

This will be a departure from the current situation where political rejects have often been offered a soft landing in Foreign Service.

At least 70 per cent of appointed envoys will be career diplomats once the Sessional Paper on Kenya Foreign Policy

Prime Cabinet Secretary and Foreign and Diaspora Affairs CS Musalia Mudavadi challenges the diaspora to organize themsel...
20/03/2025

Prime Cabinet Secretary and Foreign and Diaspora Affairs CS Musalia Mudavadi challenges the diaspora to organize themselves and take up some of the projects the government is undertaking.

The government has urged Kenyans in the diaspora to invest in the country’s infrastructure development. Prime Cabinet Secretary and Foreign

Ministry of and Supply on Thursday issued a decree suspending all from indefinitely following a Cabinet resoluti...
14/03/2025

Ministry of and Supply on Thursday issued a decree suspending all from indefinitely following a Cabinet resolution.

Sudan has banned all imports from Kenya for hosting sanctioned Rapid Support Forces, who announced a parallel government in Nairobi

An Ministerial-level sub-committee on be formed to engage and monitor the restoration of calm in the country.
13/03/2025

An Ministerial-level sub-committee on be formed to engage and monitor the restoration of calm in the country.

A committee of IGAD ministers will be formed to monitor restoration of normal;cy in South Sudan and ensure implementation of

Mudavadi says remains a threat in the world, and thrives in “an environment of lawlessness, where there is disorder an...
13/03/2025

Mudavadi says remains a threat in the world, and thrives in “an environment of lawlessness, where there is disorder and conflict".

Prime CS and Foreign Affairs Minister Musalia Mudavadi has warned conflicts in the Horn of Africa and the Middle East

has intensified its activities in Eastern , particularly in , seen as an opportunity to use the “gateway to ” and s...
10/03/2025

has intensified its activities in Eastern , particularly in , seen as an opportunity to use the “gateway to ” and shore up its relevance in the continent.

A delegation of 22 French investors is in Kenya to hold meetings towards strengthening the Kenya-France economic partnership. The delegation

: The is in control of vast territories rich in gold in Sudan, and various reports indicate a lot of the gold is smug...
10/03/2025

: The is in control of vast territories rich in gold in Sudan, and various reports indicate a lot of the gold is smuggled out of the country, some of it finding its way to the . A letter dated January 15, 2024 from the Panel of Experts on Sudan addressed to the President of the Security Council reported “complex financial networks established by RSF before and during the war” that involved gold trading.

IMPEACHED Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has accused former boss President William Ruto of engaging in shady gold deals with sanctioned

The security situation in Upper Nile State has been unstable since mid-February, following earlier clashes between the...
10/03/2025

The security situation in Upper Nile State has been unstable since mid-February, following earlier clashes between the SSPDF and the White Army in Nasir County. Tensions escalated further after the government sent additional forces, including elements of the Agwelek militia group led by General Johnson Olony.

The U.S. and its allies must rethink support for the status quo in South Sudan, the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations

RJMEC said it strongly condemns the violence in Upper Nile State and the “abhorrent March 7 attack” on a United Nations ...
10/03/2025

RJMEC said it strongly condemns the violence in Upper Nile State and the “abhorrent March 7 attack” on a United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) helicopter during an evacuation mission in Nasir County.

The Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (RJMEC) has joined other regional organisations to condemn fighting in South Sudan. In

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