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The West, the ICC, and ‘mtu wetu’ in Israel
1 month ago

The West, the ICC, and ‘mtu wetu’ in Israel

Al Jazeera  

The mobilisation of an imagined identity is very effective in scaring off prosecutors and intimidating judges. The arrest warrants for Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, issued by the International Criminal Court, have brought back not-so-fond memories to many Kenyans. Similarly, when he applied for warrants for the Israeli leaders in May, ICC Prosecutor Karim …

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Chinese education gains traction among Kenyans
4 months ago

Chinese education gains traction among Kenyans

China Daily  

In 2019, Wynn Rajula received a scholarship from the Chinese government to pursue her Master's degree in business administration in China. Despite clearing her education and traveling back to Kenya in 2022, Rajula was so impressed by the education system in China that she decided to go back to pursue her Doctor of Philosophy degree. Rajula is among 19 Kenyan …

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How the British were forced to reveal secret files on torture of Kenyan resistance fighters
4 months, 3 weeks ago

How the British were forced to reveal secret files on torture of Kenyan resistance fighters

ABC  

As the colonial forces were preparing to leave Kenya, in the days leading up to its independence from Britain in 1963, they were given one last order. "The Mau Mau is a reaction … the British weren't here to help Kenyans, they were here, essentially, to exploit and to take what they could," journalist Patrick Gathara, who spent years looking …

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Sun Tzu inspires new generation of Kenyans
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Sun Tzu inspires new generation of Kenyans

China Daily  

The seminal publication of The Art of War by Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu has provided inspiration to Kenyan youth, keen to confront present challenges and chart a brighter future. Students from the Confucius Institute at Kenyatta University, Kenya's second-oldest university, say that after reading Sun Tzu's works, they feel a sense of urgency to be optimistic, courageous and agile …

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More Kenyan police arrive in Haiti with UN-backed mission to fight violent gangs
5 months, 1 week ago

More Kenyan police arrive in Haiti with UN-backed mission to fight violent gangs

Associated Press  

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Another 200 police officers from Kenya arrived Tuesday in Haiti for a U.N.-backed mission led by the East African country to battle violent gangs that have taken over parts of the troubled Caribbean country. Kenyan police who are part of a UN-backed multinational force sing and dance on the tarmac after landing at Toussaint Louverture International Airport …

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200 additional Kenyan police arrive in Haiti in U.N.-backed mission to fight criminal gangs
5 months, 1 week ago

200 additional Kenyan police arrive in Haiti in U.N.-backed mission to fight criminal gangs

LA Times  

People walk past an armored police vehicle patrolling the streets in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Monday. A second contingent of 200 police officers from Kenya arrived Tuesday in Haiti to bolster a U.N.-backed mission led by the East African country to battle violent gangs in the troubled Caribbean country. Authorities have declined to provide details on the Kenyans’ assignments, citing security …

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Haitians hold their breath as newly arrived Kenyan police force prepares to face gangs
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Haitians hold their breath as newly arrived Kenyan police force prepares to face gangs

Associated Press  

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Anticipation is mingling with fear across Haiti as the country welcomes the fourth major foreign intervention in its history to fight gang violence choking the Caribbean country. Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille shakes hands with Kenyan police at their base in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Kenyan police stand at their base during a visit by …

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Kenya's president says he won't sign the finance bill that led protesters to storm the parliament
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Kenya's president says he won't sign the finance bill that led protesters to storm the parliament

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya’s president said Wednesday he won’t sign into law a finance bill proposing new taxes that prompted thousands of protesters to storm the parliament the previous day, leaving several people killed as police opened fire. Tuesday’s chaos led authorities to deploy the military, and Kenyan President William Ruto called protesters’ actions “treasonous.” He now says the proposed …

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Kenya’s president says he won’t sign finance bill that led protesters to storm parliament
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Kenya’s president says he won’t sign finance bill that led protesters to storm parliament

LA Times  

Edith Wajiku, left, weeps for her 19-year-old son, who she said was shot by police during protests. Kenyan President William Ruto said Wednesday he won’t sign into law a finance bill proposing new taxes, a day after protesters stormed parliament and several people were shot dead. The chaos on Tuesday led the government to deploy the military, and Ruto called …

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Here's what led Kenyans to burn part of parliament and call for the president's resignation
6 months ago

Here's what led Kenyans to burn part of parliament and call for the president's resignation

New Indian Express  

From internet data to diapers The finance bill was meant to raise or introduce taxes or fees on a range of daily items and services including internet data, fuel, bank transfers and diapers. A 2023 finance bill signed into law by Ruto was also unpopular, featuring a tax on salaries for housing, but the anger was nothing like this. A …

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Kenyan police arrive in Haiti in U.N.-backed force to face gangs
6 months ago

Kenyan police arrive in Haiti in U.N.-backed force to face gangs

LA Times  

Police from Kenya deplane at the Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Tuesday. The first U.N.-backed contingent of foreign police arrived in Haiti on Tuesday, nearly two years after the troubled Caribbean country urgently requested help to quell a surge in gang violence. World & Nation Haitian police meet Kenyan commanders ahead of U.N.-backed deployment to fight gangs …

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Poor Kenyans feel devastated by floods and brutalized by the government’s response
7 months, 1 week ago

Poor Kenyans feel devastated by floods and brutalized by the government’s response

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Winnie Makinda, 35, says she is facing the worst crisis and lowest moment of her life because of the Kenyan government’s response to floods that devastated her poor community in the capital of Nairobi. “I am really bitter because police stood by as people looted my belongings,” Otondo said from a local primary school where she has …

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Kenyans in flood-prone areas are ordered to evacuate or will be moved by force as death toll rises
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Kenyans in flood-prone areas are ordered to evacuate or will be moved by force as death toll rises

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Rain-swollen water levels at two Kenyan hydroelectric dams are at “historic highs” and people downstream should move away, the Cabinet said Tuesday, and ordered residents of flood-prone areas across the country to evacuate or they’ll be moved by force. “We will assist you all and ensure we resettle you in an area that the government has identified,” …

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Kenyans in flood-prone areas are ordered to evacuate or will be moved by force as death toll rises
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Kenyans in flood-prone areas are ordered to evacuate or will be moved by force as death toll rises

The Independent  

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As death toll rises, Kenyans in flood-prone areas ordered to evacuate or be forcibly moved
7 months, 3 weeks ago

As death toll rises, Kenyans in flood-prone areas ordered to evacuate or be forcibly moved

LA Times  

People try to clear debris Monday after a river broke through a blocked tunnel in the Mai Mahiu area of Kenya, killing at least 48. Rain-swollen water levels at two Kenyan hydroelectric dams are at “historic highs,” and people downstream should move away, the Cabinet said Tuesday, ordering residents of flood-prone areas across the country to evacuate or they’ll be …

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‘No identity’: Why is Kenyan music failing to break through globally?
9 months, 3 weeks ago

‘No identity’: Why is Kenyan music failing to break through globally?

Al Jazeera  

Nairobi, Kenya – In November 2023 when the Grammy Awards announced five inaugural nominees for the Best African Music Performance category, only South Africa and Nigeria were represented. “A lot of artists are hesitant to go into music full time,” said Maya Amolo, a Kenyan R&B singer recognised as one of Spotify’s Fresh Finds Africa artists in 2022. “Blinky” Bill …

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King Charles III meets with religious leaders to promote peace on the final day of his Kenya visit
1 year, 1 month ago

King Charles III meets with religious leaders to promote peace on the final day of his Kenya visit

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — King Charles III met with religious leaders Friday to promote peace and security in Kenya during the last day of his four-day trip. The king spent a rainy Friday morning touring Mandhry Mosque, East Africa’s oldest mosque, before meeting with Christian, Hindu, Muslim and African traditional faith leaders in an Anglican cathedral in Kenya’s coastal city of …

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King Charles III meets in private with the family of the Kenyan rebel leader hanged by the British
1 year, 1 month ago

King Charles III meets in private with the family of the Kenyan rebel leader hanged by the British

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — King Charles III on Wednesday held a private meeting with the family of the executed leader of the Kenyan rebellion against British colonial rule, a day after the monarch expressed “greatest sorrow and the deepest regret” for the violence of the colonial era. The British High Commission said only that the meeting was an “opportunity for the …

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Ahead of King Charles’ visit, displaced Kenyans demand compensation
1 year, 1 month ago

Ahead of King Charles’ visit, displaced Kenyans demand compensation

Firstpost  

Buckingham Palace has said Charles’ visit, which begins on Tuesday, will acknowledge “painful aspects of the UK and Kenya’s shared history”. The British ruled for more than six decades before Kenyan won its independence in 1963 When the then-Princess Elizabeth visited Kenya in 1952, Kibore Cheruiyot Ngasura was among a group of young men chosen to sing for her at …

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The U.N. Security Council approves sending Kenya-led force to quell violence in Haiti
1 year, 2 months ago

The U.N. Security Council approves sending Kenya-led force to quell violence in Haiti

NPR  

The U.N. Security Council approves sending Kenya-led force to quell violence in Haiti The United Nations has approved the deployment of a Kenyan led security mission to Haiti — sparking human rights concerns about deploying a force that has a long record of abuses. LEILA FADEL, HOST: The United Nations Security Council has approved sending a Kenya-led multinational force to …

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Winners of photography contest on 'Shared Future' awarded in Kenya
1 year, 2 months ago

Winners of photography contest on 'Shared Future' awarded in Kenya

China Daily  

A Kenyan goes through the photos submitted for the "Shared Future" photography and video contest. Photo by Otiato Opali/China Daily Winners of a photography and video contest themed "Shared Future" on Tuesday received awards from the Chinese embassy in Kenya at a colorful ceremony held at the Confucius Institute at the University of Nairobi. Joan Pereruan, a photo editor at …

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Kenya opposition leader Odinga dismisses President Ruto’s offer to meet
1 year, 4 months ago

Kenya opposition leader Odinga dismisses President Ruto’s offer to meet

Al Jazeera  

Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga has dismissed President William Ruto’s invitation to hold talks over anti-government protests, saying the president’s offer was “not serious at all”. Ruto said on social media on Tuesday that he was willing to meet Odinga “anytime” following weeks of protests against the rising cost of living and the introduction of new taxes. But the head …

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Kenya braces for 3 days of anti-gov’t protests: All the details
1 year, 5 months ago

Kenya braces for 3 days of anti-gov’t protests: All the details

Al Jazeera  

The latest round of anti-government protests in Kenya has been scheduled after tax hikes add to soaring cost of living. The latest demonstrations are against tax hikes and follow two previous sets of protests this year against the soaring cost of living in East Africa’s economic hub and alleged malpractice in last year’s presidential election, which Odinga lost. Odinga announced …

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Kenyan religious leaders urge the president to repeal a new tax law as protests surge
1 year, 5 months ago

Kenyan religious leaders urge the president to repeal a new tax law as protests surge

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Christian and Muslim leaders in Kenya are urging President William Ruto to repeal a finance bill whose new taxes have sparked protests and police killings of civilians, warning that Kenyans face a level of hopelessness that “can easily inspire insurrection.” Friday’s statement by national religious organizations came as the main political opposition group announced the next protest …

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