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  NAIROBI, Kenya Jan 4 – Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to deliver on its ambitious 2022-2027 development blueprint, ‘The Plan,’ while urging Kenyans to confront social challenges undermining progress. In a statement on his X account, Kindiki outlined the government’s top five priorities for 2025: sustaining macroeconomic stability, creating jobs and Read More

  MURANGA, Kenya, Jan 4 – Former Murang’a governor Mwangi wa Iria now wants the government to investigate a new political outfit affiliated to former deputy president Rigathi Gachagua.Supporters of the former deputy president, including elected leaders, have recently been referring to themselves as ‘Itungati’, a name given to Mau Mau warriors fighting against the colonialists. Read More

  Cabinet Secretary for Public Service and Human Capital Development, Justin Muturi, has criticized the government over its perceived complacency regarding the alarming rise in abductions across the country. Speaking on Friday January 3, 2025, the CS expressed his dissatisfaction with how the government has handled the situation, calling for immediate and decisive action to address
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  Stargazers around the globe were treated to a stunning celestial scene on Friday as Venus appeared shining brightly above a crescent Moon. The planet was visible to the naked eye from the UK to the US, Turkey and China. Venus is often called the Evening Star or Morning Star because, when it is prominent, it Read More

  The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) Chairperson Roseline Odhiambo Odede has died after a short illness. In a statement issued by KNCHR Vice Chairperson Dr. Raymond Nyeris on Saturday January 4, 2024, the commission expressed its deep sense of loss, describing Ms. Odede’s passing as a blow to both the human rights agency
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  A New York judge has scheduled Donald Trump’s sentencing in his hush-money case for January 10, just under two weeks before his planned inauguration as president. Justice Juan Merchan indicated that Trump would receive an “unconditional discharge”, meaning no jail time, probation, or fine. The judge’s order also allows the president-elect to appear in person
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  All African passport holders are now able to visit Ghana without needing a visa, outgoing President Nana Akufo-Addo has said. He announced the plan last month but in his final state-of-the-nation address on Friday he said that the policy had come into effect at the beginning of the year. Visa-free travel within the continent has Read More

  Hundreds of people in a rural part of Ethiopia, 165km (100 miles) north-east of the capital, Addis Ababa, have been leaving their homes in panic as a nearby volcano has been showing signs of a possible eruption, a local chief told the BBC’s Afaan Oromoo service. The smoke coming from Mount Dofan that began around Read More

  NAIROBI, Kenya Jan 4 – The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) is mourning the sudden demise of its Chairperson, Roseline Odhiambo Odede, who passed away on Friday, after a short illness. The Commission’s Vice Chairperson Raymond Nyeris described the loss as a devastating blow to the Commission and the nation. “Her untimely death Read More

  A judge has ordered that Donald Trump will be sentenced on 10 January in his hush-money case in New York – less than two weeks before he is set to be sworn in as president. New York Justice Juan Merchan signalled he would not sentence Trump to jail time, probation or a fine, but instead Read More