Kenya reinstated a small subsidy to help control the retail prices of fuel, reversing a government policy that prompted mass protests across the country over the high cost of living, Al Jazeera reported this week. After taking office in September, President William Ruto removed subsidies on...
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Unrest in Kenya may have killed up to a dozen people this week, as protesters took to the streets of many cities to demonstrate against a series of unpopular tax hikes proposed by the government, CNN reported. Human rights activists cited by the BBC put the...
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Kenyan authorities exhumed the bodies of scores of people from a forest in the country’s southeast this week, the work of what appears to be a religious starvation cult that has shocked the nation, the Washington Post reported Monday. Police investigators said at least 70 people...
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Anti-government protests in Kenya turned deadly this week, sparking worries of escalating violence for Kenyans who are already grappling with soaring inflation and unemployment, Agence France-Presse reported Tuesday. Police and protesters clashed in the capital Nairobi and the western city of Kisumu as demonstrators took to...
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Thousands of Kenyans took part in opposition-led demonstrations Monday to protest the government of President William Ruto over skyrocketing prices for basic goods and other economic woes, the Associated Press reported. Police arrested dozens of people, including at least three lawmakers, in the capital Nairobi. Police...
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Move over, quiet quitting. Employees who are sick and tired of bosses calling them after the end of the business day and at weekends are pushing for laws to maintain boundaries between work and non-work time. In Kenya, for example, lawmakers have proposed a law that...
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Kenyan legislators are considering a new bill to stop employers from contacting their staff after hours, the first African country to create legislation protecting people’s work-life balance, Quartz reported. The bill, to be debated later this month, would forbid employers from calling, texting or emailing employees...
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Kenya canceled a license to a foreign company to uproot and sell its iconic baobab trees from the country’s coastal region following a public outcry that labeled the sale as “biopiracy,” the BBC reported Tuesday. The issue began after a Georgian company bought eight of the...
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Kenya’s Supreme Court upheld last month’s presidential election result that declared Deputy President William Ruto as the winner, a verdict that came days after opposition candidate Raila Odinga filed a petition over alleged electoral fraud, CNN reported Monday. In early August, the country’s electoral commission declared...
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A new British documentary exposing the extent to which British colonial masters in Kenya tortured and raped local freedom fighters and then covered it up is making waves in the UK, and is the latest installment in a worldwide effort to seek a reckoning for...
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Kenyan Deputy President William Ruto won Kenya’s highly-anticipated presidential elections this week, even as his rival rejected the results and vowed to challenge the president-elect’s victory in court, the Wall Street Journal reported. Election results showed that Ruto secured a razor-thin margin of 50.5 percent, defeating...
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Everywhere in Kenya these days, people are jamming, on corners, at gas stations, and even on buses. That’s because there’s a presidential election Tuesday and appealing to the youth vote – 40 percent of the electorate – is critical for a win. But irrespective of the...
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