‘By 2027 AI will be beyond your control’ – MP Wandeto urges govt to let youth be
Tetu MP Geoffrey Wandeto has urged the government to stop its planned crackdown on youth dissent on social media. In an interview with a local TV station’s breakfast show on Monday, January 13, 2025, Wandeto noted that the AI-generated images circulating online are the youth’s way of silent resistance. “By 2027, let us brace ourselves […]
Tanzanian activist Maria Tsehai speaks out after being abducted in Nairobi’s Kilimani area
Maria Sarungi Tsehai, a prominent Tanzanian human rights defender and media editor critical of President Samia Suluhu’s administration, has been freed after being abducted in Kilimani, Nairobi, Kenya. The abduction took place around 3:15 pm on Sunday, January 12, 2024, from Chaka Place in the upscale Kilimani area by three armed men driving a black […]
CS Muturi seeks answers over his son’s abduction as debate on forced disappearances heats on
Cabinet Secretary for Public Service, Performance and Delivery Management Justin Muturi has waded into the debate on forced disappearances and abductions of government critics. Speaking to the press on Sunday, January 12, 2024, Muturi lamented that his son is one of the victims of abductions. “My son was abducted and disappeared. I was not sure […]
LA fires death toll rises to 16 as firefighters brace for intense winds
Firefighters are making an all-out assault to prevent the largest of the deadly wildfires that is threatening Los Angeles from spreading into one of the city’s most exclusive neighbourhoods. Aerial crews have been bombarding the flaming hills with water and fire retardant to hold back the Palisades fire, which has expanded an additional 1,000 acres […]
AUC election homestretch: Djibouti candidate confident of victory over Raila
Djibouti’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Mahmoud Ali Youssef has exuded confidence in clinching the African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson seat. Youssef expressed confidence in his AUC candidature while speaking in Kampala, Uganda, on Saturday, January 11, 2025, where he continued his campaigns as he attended the AU Summit on Agriculture that brought […]
Ababu Namwamba: My net worth is Ksh500M
Former Sports Cabinet Secretary Ababu Namwamba has declared his net worth at Ksh500 million. Appearing before the departmental committee on Defence, Intelligence, and Foreign Relations on Friday, January 10, 2025, Ababu explained that his wealth is comprised of his two residences (in Nairobi and Busia), business interests, shareholdings and his pension. Ababu made the revelation […]
Education CS announces introduction of mid-year exams targeting candidates wishing to repeat KCSE
Cabinet Secretary for Education Julius Migos Ogamba has announced the introduction of a mid-year series of Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations, set to take place annually in July. The CS on Thursday, January 9, 2025, during the release of 2024 KCSE results at Mitihani House said that the new examination series would cater […]