Tag: Kenya
in Nairobi, hundreds of traders denounce Chinese competition
Hundreds of small traders protested on Tuesday, February 28, in the streets of downtown Nairobi, Kenya. They denounced the competition, unfair according to them, of the Chinese traders, more and…
President William Ruto wants to disarm ranchers
President William Ruto wants to ban the use of firearms by herders to guard their herds. The head of state makes the announcement ten days after deploying the Kenyan army…
legal victory for an association defending the rights of LGBT+ people
On Friday, February 24, the Supreme Court of Kenya ruled that the authorities had shown discrimination by preventing an association defending the rights of LGBT+ people from registering as an…
In Kenya, dozens of women testify to sexual violence in a documentary
British BBC television has collected around a hundred testimonies from women working on tea plantations in Kericho, in the west of the country. With our correspondent in Nairobi, Albane Thirouard…
Report: Much of used clothing donated to Kenya ‘plastic waste in disguise’
“The Global North is using the sale of used clothes as a pressure relief valve when dealing with fast fashion’s huge waste problem,” states a recent report. A third of…
Extreme drought in Kenya has led to increased poaching
Such a persistent drought as is going on right now in Kenya has never before been experienced in modern times. This has led to almost 70 percent of the nomads’…
army deployed in northern Rift Valley to counter growing violence
The Kenyan president announced Monday, February 13 the deployment of troops in the north of the country hit by drought and insecurity. In the past six months, more than 100…
Tourist boat capsized in Kenya – several dead
One person is missing and more than 20 people have been rescued. According to information to one of Kenya’s largest newspapers Nation is there an eight-year-old child who is missing.…
the reduction of the debt burden at the heart of the proposed budget project
Borrow less and hunt for tax evasion. This is Kenya’s plan for the next year. The Public Treasury published this week a first provisional version of the budget for the…
William Ruto accuses his opponents of conspiracy during the 2022 presidential election
In Kenya, was the president of the electoral commission targeted by a plan of kidnapping, assassination during the announcement of the results of the presidential election of August 2022? This…