April 2025

NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 10 – Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba says Butere Girls students were allowed to stage contested Echoes of War play but declined. Speaking in Mombasa during the high school sports games Ogamba indicated that they refused to perform due to Cleopas Malala’s absence whom he insists he is unaccredited. Source link

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is hearing a case brought by Sudan accusing the United Arab Emirates of being “complicit in the genocide” during the current civil war. The two-year conflict, which has pitted Sudan’s army against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), has led to tens of thousands of deaths and forced more […]

NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 10 – National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula on Thursday hosted Moravia Peralta Hernandez, Ambassador of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to Kenya, in a high-level courtesy call aimed at strengthening diplomatic and parliamentary relations between the two countries. The visit was marked by the delivery of a special communication from the Second […]

NAIROBI, Kenya Apr 10 – Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale has called on Kenyans to remain vigilant and strictly adhere to public health measures as the country received 10,700 doses of the Modified Vaccinia Ankara-Bavarian Nordic (MVA-BN) Mpox vaccine to combat the ongoing outbreak. Speaking in Nairobi on Thursday, Duale said the arrival of the […]

NAIROBI, Kenya Apr 10 – The Kenyan government came under fire on Thursday for stifling creativity after orchestrating the suppression of the controversial play Echoes of War by Butere Girls High School at the 2025 National Drama Festival in Nakuru. What began as a disruption of the play’s performance quickly escalated into a national outcry, […]

NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 10 – Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has unveiled an Electronic Rental Income Tax System (eRITS) to foster voluntary compliance among landlords and property owners. The system built on KRA’s Enterprise Integration Platform Gava Connect is set to streamline compliance for the real estate sector from a technology perspective.  Speaking during the launch, […]

NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 10 – The High Court has declared the presidential task force to review police welfare unconstitutional. Following this Justice Lawrence Mugambi stated that any decisions made by the taskforce was void. He found that the President violated the Constitution by unilaterally creating the 23-member task force, which was chaired by former Chief […]

MAKUENI, Kenya, Apr 10 – The National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA) continued its relentless war on drug trafficking after a successful mid-morning raid at a homestead in Kabaa Village, Mbiuni, led to the arrest of two suspected bhang traffickers. The operation, spearheaded by NACADA Enforcement Officers under the command […]

Zimbabwe’s government has announced an initial pay-out of $3m (£2.3m) to white farmers whose farms were seized under a controversial government programme more than two decades ago. It is the first payment to be made under the 2020 compensation agreement signed between the state and the local white farmers in which Zimbabwe committed to pay […]

NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 10 – The High Court has rejected a petition seeking to compel the government to release individuals reportedly abducted by police. In his ruling, Justice Bahati Mwamuye found that the claims were unsubstantiated and had not met the burden of proof. “They did not establish that the seven individuals are in the […]