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Human rights activist and VOCAL Africa staff member Sketty Walid was released late last night following the intervention of the Officer Commanding Station (OCS) at Central Police Station in Mombasa. ...
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In Kenya, where the median age is 20 and over half the population is under 25, education should be the engine of transformation.Yet, our system remains trapped in a quantitative quagmire, obsessed with enrollment figures, exam scores, and graduation rates, while sidelining the qualitative essence th
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Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has declared January 15 and 16, 2026, as public holidays to allow citizens time to take part in the country’s presidential and parliamentary elections, which w...
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Dear Honourable Musalia Mudavadi,I write this open letter in strong support of your recent call for a constitutional review and a cost-effective referendum to be held alongside the 2027 polls.Your intervention comes at a decisive moment in Kenya’s constitutional journey — one marked not by political
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Popular TikTok creators Kristy Scott and Desmond Scott, long celebrated as one of the platform’s most beloved couples, are reportedly going their separate ways after eleven years of marriage. Court records indicate that Kristy has filed for divorce from Desmond, marking the end of a relationship tha
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In his usual blunt style, former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua this week raised an issue whispered in many circles, particularly in Central Kenya. In the view of the former DP, supported by a significant constituency, national schools located in the region were “our schools” and majority of stud
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President William Ruto has reappointed Reverend Dr Stephen Mairori, EBS, as the Non-Executive Chairperson of the National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA) for a three...
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A cultural commitment to education is as Kenyan as it gets. From investments in Harambee schools in decades past, to parents willing to pull all stops to get their children higher education, we believe education is a ticket to a better future.Now, reality does not always align with this belief. The
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Search and rescue teams look for people after a landslide at the landfill in Barangay Binaliw, Cebu City on January 9, 2026. [AFP]
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Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has claimed that the government has formed a special squad within the National Police Service (NPS) meant to disrupt his rallies. Gachagua, on Saturday, Janua...
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On Friday, March 21, 2025, at the Goethe-Institut Nairobi, a team of thespians led the audience in a public reading ofParliament of Owls, a play by my friend Adipo Sidang’. Exactly a week later, in the company of Sidang’ and rapper Juliani at the University of Nairobi’s Taifa Hall, I sat through a t
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If I were among the politicians or strategists who caused Azimio la Umoja coalition’s loss in 2022, I’d shut up and wait upon the Lord to forgive my sins or Lucifer to burn me to ashes.Truth be said, it defies logic that anyone who participated in Raila Odinga’s campaign but failed to do their job p
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