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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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Ruto’s moment of decision
5 months, 1 week ago

Ruto’s moment of decision

Al Jazeera  

In Kenyan political mythology, 1982 was the year it all went wrong. In that year, a failed military coup transformed the previously genteel ruler Daniel arap Moi into a brutal and kleptocratic dictator who would spend the next two decades making life miserable for his countrymen. From the bravado and viciousness of his initial response, in the form of a …

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Anti-tax protesters storm Kenya’s parliament, drawing police fire as president vows to quash unrest
6 months ago

Anti-tax protesters storm Kenya’s parliament, drawing police fire as president vows to quash unrest

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Thousands of protesters stormed Kenya’s parliament Tuesday to protest tax proposals, burning part of the building, sending lawmakers fleeing and drawing fire from police in unrest that the president vowed to quash. “Today’s events mark a critical turning point on how we respond to threats to our national security,” President William Ruto said, calling the events “treasonous” …

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Kenya’s president vows calm ‘at whatever cost’ after parliament stormed, set ablaze
6 months ago

Kenya’s president vows calm ‘at whatever cost’ after parliament stormed, set ablaze

LA Times  

Protesters scatter as Kenya police spray a water cannon at them during a protest over proposed tax hikes in a finance bill in downtown Nairobi on Tuesday. Kenya’s president called the storming of parliament on Tuesday a national security threat and vowed that such unrest won’t happen again “at whatever cost,” after thousands of protesters against a new finance bill …

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William the 5th: How Ruto went from streets to Kenyan presidency
2 years, 4 months ago

William the 5th: How Ruto went from streets to Kenyan presidency

Al Jazeera  

In William Ruto’s first presidential bid, history and hustle helped him outwit the sitting president and a political veteran. The announcement signalled that Ruto had outsmarted two of his former bosses and allies – perennial aspirant Raila Odinga and his backer, sitting President Uhuru Kenyatta – in the race to become the country’s fifth president. By December that year, when …

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Avinash Sable storms a Kenyan bastion; Priyanka walks away with silver
2 years, 4 months ago

Avinash Sable storms a Kenyan bastion; Priyanka walks away with silver

Hindustan Times  

You had to rub your eyes, watch the race again and again to believe what had just unfolded. “It’s unthinkable that a Kenyan can be defeated,” screamed the commentator as the race headed to a thrilling climax with Sable hot on the heels of Kibiwot. Kipruto was defending champion, 2016 Rio Olympics gold medallist and two-time world champion ; Kibiwot …

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