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  Tuesday’s session will se the stage for the start of the conclave, where the cardinal electors will enter the Sistine Chapel for the solemn process of choosing the next Bishop of Rome. Read More

  Chaos was witnessed at the Malenya border crossing on the outskirts of Busia town, after a pastor was arrested while attempting to cross into Uganda with a five-meter-long python allegedly intended for spiritual cleansing. According to reports by local police, Fanish Ramsey Maloba, a pastor who runs a church ministry at the Matayos trading center,
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  As of today, AGOA-driven exports generate approximately $600 million annually. In Kenya, the apparel industry alone employs over 58,000 people directly, with a one-to-one ratio of indirect jobs, and supports an estimated five dependents per worker. This means that approximately 580,000 people depend on apparel exports to the U.S. under AGOA. Beyond apparel, Kenya’s exports of agro-commodities under AGOA also sustain thousands of additional livelihoods across the country.  Read More

  Six Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) officers were on Monday, May 5 arraigned at the Nakuru Law Courts over the disappearance of local fisherman Brian Odhiambo. The officers were charged with the offence of abduction with intent to secretly and wrongfully confine him on January 18, 2025 at around 10:00 am in Bondeni, Nakuru East Sub-County.
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  NAIROBI, Kenya, May 6—NAIROBI — The newly-formed National Government Administration Police Unit (NGAPU) is now fully operational following the appointment of Charles Mutuma as its first Commandant. Mutuma, a career officer in the Administration Police Service (APS), brings decades of experience and a strong reputation for professionalism—qualities that earned him his promotion to Assistant Inspector Read More

  Each cardinal will have sworn an oath of lifelong secrecy, as will every staff member supporting the process—from doctors and dining staff to Vatican officials. Anyone who breaks the rules faces excommunication. Read More

  The diversions also reduce Pakistan’s earnings from overflight fees, which typically generate significant revenue per international flight. Read More

  President Donald Trump stated that the US intends to assist the people of Gaza by delivering food, emphasising that civilians are “starving” and being mistreated by Hamas. During a press conference in Washington DC on Monday, he claimed the militant group is seizing aid shipments and making the situation “very, very bad,” but reiterated his Read More

  The Auditor General has exposed a major failure in Kenya’s Land Settlement Fund, established over a decade ago to address the nation’s landlessness crisis. According to the 2024 audit report, the fund has spent a staggering Ksh1.6 billion, yet failed to deliver any meaningful resettlement outcomes. The Land Settlement Fund, launched in 2012, was intended to purchase and allocate land to displaced and landless Kenyans, but it has fallen short of its core objective. Auditor General Nancy Gathungu highlighted that despite the significant spending, no Kenyan has been resettled on land purchased through the fund. “Despite the substantial expenditure, no Kenyan has been resettled on the land acquired using these
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  On Monday, May 5, the High Court ordered the Worldcoin Foundation to delete all iris and facial data it had unlawfully collected from Kenyans in September 2023. The deletion must be completed within seven days, under the supervision of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC). Lady Justice Aburili Roselyne, who issued the ruling, also prohibited the Worldcoin Foundation and its agents from further processing, collecting, or handling biometric data. They must first conduct a thorough Data Protection Impact Assessment and secure valid consent before proceeding with any such activities. “An order of Mandamus compelling the Worldcoin Foundation and its agents to permanently delete (under the supervision of the
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