KISUMU, Kenya, Jan 10 – The Migingo community has petitioned Kenya and Uganda to publisice the report on the 2009 joint survey team team tasked with affirming Kenya-Uganda boundary in Lake Victoria. Dan Alila, a former special counsel at the Africa Human Rights Bureau, acting in the public interest and on behalf of Kenya living Read More
Read MoreBenin forces have suffered heavy losses in an attack near the border with insurgency-hit Niger and Burkina Faso, authorities have said. Colonel Faizou Gomina, the national guard’s chief of staff, said one of Benin’s most well-equipped military positions had been hit in the north on Wednesday evening. “We’ve been dealt a very hard blow,” Col Read More
Read MoreDonald Trump has said that a meeting is being arranged between himself and Russian President Vladimir Putin. The US president-elect gave no timeline for when the meeting might take place. “He wants to meet and we are setting it up,” he said in remarks at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. Russian news agency Tass quotes Read More
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In a historic ruling, the High Court in Nairobi has declared the criminalization of attempted suicide in Kenya unconstitutional. Justice Lawrence Mugambi, presiding over the case on Thursday, struck down Section 226 of the Penal Code, citing it as a violation of fundamental human rights guaranteed by the Constitution. Section 226 previously classified attempted suicide
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President William Ruto has announced that the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) will set up permanent camps in Kerio Valley to address the region’s growing insecurity. The president made the announcement while commissioning Liter Girls High School in Elgeyo Marakwet County on Thursday, emphasizing the importance of military and police presence in combating the region’s persistent banditry attacks. Ruto revealed that police officers would also establish training stations to enhance security in the bandit-prone areas. He explained that the military camps would play a pivotal role in curbing the banditry that led to the closure of schools across Northern Kenya last
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