Tag: Kenya
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ππΉπ°πͺ Kenyan police in Haiti submit resignations over pay delays
Nearly 20 of the roughly 400 Kenyan police officers serving in Haiti on a U.N.-backed anti-gang force have submitted letters of resignation from the mission over the past two months because of pay delays and poor conditions. The officers have received no response to their letters and continue to serve on the Multinational Security Support…
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XRP, DOGE Lead Crypto Losses as Weekend Pullback in Bitcoin Causes $500M Liquidations
BTC dropped more than 3.5% from its peak, as profit-taking led to a pullback from the near $100,000 mark late Friday. What to know: Bitcoin (BTC) pared last weekβs gains with a price drop from $98,500 to as low as $95,500 during late U.S. hours on Sunday, before recovering, in a move that sent the…
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π°πͺ Kenya cancels airport and energy deals with Adani group after the US indicts the Indian tycoon
Kenyaβs president said Thursday that he has cancelled multimillion-dollar airport expansion and energy deals with Indian tycoon Gautam Adani after U.S. bribery and fraud indictments against one of Asiaβs richest men. President William Ruto said in a state of the nation address the decision was made βbased on new information provided by our investigative agencies…
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π°πͺ Kenya’s Catholic Church Refused to Accept $40K Donation from President
The Catholic Church in Kenya has rejected a donation from President William Ruto, who decided to hand over about $40,000 after priests criticized the government for failing to deliver on election promises. Ruto reportedly handed over half of the donation, Ksh2.6 million, at a service on Sunday, November 17, promising to pay the rest later…
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πΊπ¬π°πͺ Ugandan politician βkidnappedβ in Kenya, taken to military court
Prominent Ugandan opposition politician Kizza Besigye has appeared in a military court in Kampala after his wife said he had been kidnapped in neighbouring Kenya. Besigye, 68, a doctor and critic of President Yoweri Museveni, was brought to the Makindye General Court Martial under a heavily armed military escort on Wednesday. His lawyer Erias Lukwago…
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ππΊπΈ Africa has other friends if Trump wonβt engage with us – Former Kenyan Prime Minister says
Kenyan politician and former Prime Minister, Raila Odinga has said Africa will seek alternative partners if U.S. President-elect Donald Trump chooses not to work with the continent. Odinga, one of four candidates running to replace the current African Union Commission chair, Moussa Faki Mahamat, next year, spoke in Addis Ababa shortly after Trumpβs recent election…
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π African leaders see extra IMF seat as starting block for bigger voice
From Nairobi to Accra, leaders of countries facing debt strains and public wrath over rising food and fuel prices have turned to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as a last-ditch lender, but say they have little input in the policymaking that determines their fate. This week, a year after announcing the move in Marrakesh, Morocco,…
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Kenya’s supreme court overturns ruling that nullified tax hikes
Kenya’s Supreme Court on Tuesday quashed a decision by an appeals court nullifying the 2023 finance law, a victory for the government after protests forced President William Ruto to withdraw this year’s finance bill. The finance bills form the main vehicle for the government to set out revenue-raising measures, and Ruto’s administration has been relying…
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Kenyan Governor and MP Arrested Over Tribal Clashes in Tana River County
Tana River County Governor Dhado Godhana and Galole Member of Parliament Hiribae Said Buya have been arrested on suspicion of involvement in recent tribal clashes that erupted earlier in October. The violence has so far claimed the lives of 18 people, with reports indicating the conflict is rooted in historical disputes between neighboring communities in…
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Kenya’s first nuclear power plant faces opposition from coastal residents
An area has been set aside in Kenya’s southern county of Kilifi for the construction of the country’s first nuclear facility. The project on the coast of the Indian Ocean is expected to be fully operational by 2034. But it has faced fierce opposition. On Friday (Oct. 11), a group of activists and environmentalists took…
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