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Hundreds of thousands of people are "slowly starving" in Kenyan refugee camps after US funding cuts reduced food rations to their lowest ever levels, a United Nations official has told the BBC. The impact is starkly visible at a hospital in the sprawling Kakuma camp in the north-west of the East African nation. It is home to roughly 300,000 refugees who have fled strife in countries across Africa and the […]
The Kenyan High Court has approved the use of military force to restore order, following days of anti-tax protests that at some point overwhelmed police. More than 20 people have reportedly been killed in the nationwide protests that are largely led by young people opposed to government plans to increase taxes. Armoured military vehicles patrolled streets in the capital, Nairobi, on Thursday as police fired tear gas to disperse protesters, […]
At least 13 protesters were killed during protests in Kenya, doctors say, and a section of parliament went up in flames as demonstrations against new tax proposals escalated on Tuesday. An angry crowd broke through police lines to storm parliament in the capital Nairobi before setting parts of it ablaze. In an address on Tuesday evening, President William Ruto said all means would be deployed to "thwart any attempts by […]
Kenya is in a state of shock following unprecedented scenes that left parts of Parliament ablaze as protests over a finance bill recommending tax hikes turned deadly, prompting President William Ruto’s government to deploy the military. The mainly youth-led rallies began largely peacefully last week, with thousands of demonstrators marching in the capital, Nairobi, and across the country against the tax increases. Lawmakers voted to pass the contentious finance bill […]
Kenyan President William Ruto is the first African leader in more than 15 years to make an official state visit to the US. This is an opportunity for President Joe Biden to demonstrate commitment to Africa at a time when Washington appears to be playing catch-up in its engagement with the continent. But relations with other African allies are under strain, as strategic rivals including Russia and China challenge traditional […]
Kenyans living in areas at risk of flooding or landslides will be asked to evacuate on Wednesday, the country's president has said. William Ruto was speaking in Mai Mahiu, north of Nairobi, where an overflowing reservoir has wiped out a swathe of houses and swept dozens of people to their death. This is "not a time for guesswork" he said, noting the forecast for more heavy rain. "The likelihood of […]
Kenya has postponed the reopening of schools for the second term session by one week due to flooding that has killed over 70 citizens. The resumption, which was supposed to commence today (Monday), has been delayed till May 6. This was contained in a statement by the EGH Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Education, Dr Ezekiel Machogu, on Monday. Machogu said, “In the face of the ongoing heavy rains, the Ministry […]
The men's marathon world record holder, Kenya's Kelvin Kiptum, 24, has died in a road accident in his home country. He was killed alongside his coach, Rwanda's Gervais Hakizimana, in a car on a road in western Kenya on Sunday. Kiptum made a breakthrough in 2023 as a rival to compatriot Eliud Kipchoge - one of the greatest marathon runners. And it was in Chicago last October that Kiptum bettered […]
Kenya's biggest referral hospital, Kenyatta National Hospital, has performed a laparoscopic kidney transplant, becoming the first public facility in the country to conduct the minimally invasive surgical transplant procedure. The transplant was performed on 36-year-old Dickson Njoroge, who received a kidney from his cousin. The procedure uses small incisions to extract and transplant the kidney, aided by specialised tools such as computer-guided magnifying cameras. It is a departure from traditional […]
