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Journalists Covering Demos In Kibra Attacked By Knife-Wielding Gang, Robbed

27Mar

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Journalists Covering Demos In Kibra Attacked By Knife-Wielding Gang, Robbed

Journalists from local and international news outlets were attacked by a knife-wielding gang in Kibra on Monday while covering the first day of bi-weekly anti-regime protests. Several others were injured after a rowdy gang pelted their vehicles with stones within Kibra's DO area. According to Jase Ndungu, a journalist covering the protests in Kibra, an armed gang descended on journalists covering the protests, forcing them to flee for their lives. "As we were covering the ongoing demonstrations, protesters had lit bonfires and we were watching the protests unfold when we were attacked," Ndung'u told Citizen Digital. "The gang had pretended to be part of the protesters but it turned out that they were actually armed," According to reports, journalists who wer...

Former Chief Justice Mutunga Appointed MUHURI Board Chair

22Mar

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Former Chief Justice Mutunga Appointed MUHURI Board Chair

Mutunga, who served as the country's Chief Justice from 2011 to 2016 was elected unanimously. He takes over from Khelef Khalifa. A statement by MUHURI noted that Mutunga's grasp of matters human rights and the law will help the body advance its goal of fighting impunity. "He brings an immense wealth of experience especially in the civil society and human rights sectors," the statement reads in part. MUHURI added that his track record of defending the law will help boost constitutionalism in Kenya. Mutunga joined the Mombasa-based non-governmental organization as a board member in 2021.

Senegal Opposition Leader Claims Assassination Attempt As Deadly Protests Flare

21Mar

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Africa

Senegal Opposition Leader Claims Assassination Attempt As Deadly Protests Flare

Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko claimed Monday to have survived an assassination attempt during his appearance at a politically charged trial that sparked deadly unrest last week. Sonko, a fierce opponent of President Macky Sall, has been receiving medical treatment since he was allegedly sprayed with tear gas and manhandled while authorities escorted him to a courthouse on Thursday. In a Facebook post that evening, Sonko said he was suffering "terrible dizziness", lower abdominal pain and breathing difficulties. "We sent the product that was sprayed on me to France to find out what it was," Sonko said from a private clinic in the capital Dakar on Monday. "It is an assassination attempt," he added. Authorities have not responded to the allegation. Violence...

Teargas As Police Engage Protesters In Running Battles

20Mar

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Teargas As Police Engage Protesters In Running Battles

There is a standoff between police officers and protesters in the Nairobi CBD as demonstrations called by Azimio la Umoja kicked off. Police have been engaged in running battles as they lob teargas to disperse protesters across the city. At around 10.00 am, a delegation of Azimio MPs led by Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna stormed the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC). The senator and the protesters scampered as teargas was lobbed, with those who had started gathering outside KICC also taking cover. A similar situation has been witnessed in Kibra Constituency, where protesters barricaded roads and hurled stones at police officers who had been deployed there. Kibra is one of the strongholds of Azimio leader Raila Odinga. Armoured police vehicles and...

Kenya Gets Ksh.16B Food Assistance From US Governmen

28Feb

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Kenya Gets Ksh.16B Food Assistance From US Governmen

The United States government has donated at least Ksh.16 billion in support of Kenya's drought relief efforts. According to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the funds will help meet the urgent needs for approximately 1.3 million people across Kenya. The additional food assistance to Kenya comes amid an ongoing drought that has left more than four million people in the grips of a dire hunger crisis, with the number expected to rise to over five million by June this year. After a fifth failed rainy season in the Horn of Africa, cumulative rainfall in Kenya is now less than 70 percent of the 30-year average across most of the country – exacerbating humanitarian needs. USAID will provide emergency food items such as sorghum, maize, yellow split peas, and ...

The Three-Day Events Set To Happen Before Prof. Magoha’s Burial On February 11

3Feb

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The Three-Day Events Set To Happen Before Prof. Magoha’s Burial On February 11

With the late former Education Cabinet Secretary Prof. George Magoha set to be laid to rest at his ancestral home in Umiru, Siaya County on February 11, his family has given an update on the progress of his ongoing funeral arrangements. Speaking at Magoha's home in Lavington, Nairobi on Friday, Julius Jwan, the speaker of the late minister's funeral arrangement committee, told journalists that Magoha's interment will be preceded by a string of three-day-long events that will pay homage to the life of the late renowned scholar. "On February 8, 2023, a farewell caravan shall proceed from Lee Funeral Home through some of the places that defined Prof. Magoha's adult life including the College of Health Sciences at Kenyatta Hospital, the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentist Counci...

Idris Elba In Talks To Open Film Studio In Tanzania

1Feb

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Entertainment

Idris Elba In Talks To Open Film Studio In Tanzania

British actor Idris Elba is planning to open a film studio in Tanzania. The 50-year-old Hollywood star, whose filmography boasts of titles such as ‘The Wire’ and ‘Luther’, has already held initial talks with President Samia Suluhu Hassan, according to the president’s team. This is after Elba and his wife, Sabrina Elba, met President Suluhu on the side-lines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, earlier this month. “The president met with Idris Elba and his wife Sabrina, they are keen to invest in a film studio in Tanzania,” Tanzania’s director of presidential communications, Zuhura Yunus, was quoted by local media as telling journalists on Monday. She added that if the project goes through, it will be a hub for nurturing talent from not just Kenya’s south...

PARIS HILTON Welcome First Child with Husband CARTER REUM<br>

25Jan

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PARIS HILTON Welcome First Child with Husband CARTER REUM

Paris Hilton wish to become a mother is now a reality ... she and her husband Carter Reum ust announced they have a brand new baby. Paris isn't revealing their bundle's name or gender yet, but she did post an adorable pic of the infant's hand gripping hers. The proud mom says, "You are already loved beyond words." Unclear if Carter and Paris adopted or had the child by surrogate ... but we've seen Paris out and about, and she definitely was not pregnant. We know Paris was undergoing IVF treatments ... she talked to us about it back in November, after her mother, Kathy Hilton, had suggested Paris was struggling to get pregnant. Paris and Carter, who are both 41, have been pretty clear about their desire to start a family ever since their lavish wedding weekend back in 2021....

Kenya 7s Star Collins Injera Retires From Rugby

24Jan

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Sports

Kenya 7s Star Collins Injera Retires From Rugby

Veteran Kenya Sevens star Collins Injera has announced his retirement from rugby after a sparkling career both at club and international level. Through a post on social media, Injera said he had to listen to his body after months of deliberating whether to call it quits. “Everything must come to an end, sometime. I have always said that I will know it’s time because my body will tell me. And for the past few months, it has really ‘spoken’ to me so, finally, I have decided to listen to it. As hard as this is for me, after 17 years of literal blood, sweat and tears, it’s time to step away from this great game that has given me so much more than I could ever ask for,” he wrote. His decision to hang the boots comes just two weeks after he became the 12th person to be inducted...

Usain Bolt loses $12 million of life savings in scam

20Jan

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Usain Bolt loses $12 million of life savings in scam

Linton P Gordon, a lawyer for Bolt, has claimed that the Jamaican’s account once had $12.8 million (£10m), but now reflects a balance of only $12,000 (£9,700), money that was supposed to fund his retirement. Gordon sent a letter to Stocks & Securities Limited on Monday (January 16) and later a copy to the Associated Press which states that if the money is not returned within 10 days, the company will face civil and criminal action. In the letter, Gordon said: “If [the new balance] is correct, and we are hoping it is not, then a serious act of fraud, larceny or a combination of both have been committed against our client.” Stocks & Securities Limited have asked that clients pass all questions on to Jamaica’s Financial Services Commission as it continues its investigati...