The Law Society of Kenya (LSK) has expressed its intention to potentially halt the admission of Ugandan lawyers into Kenyan practice following the Uganda Law Council’s refusal to grant a temporary practising licence to Senior Counsel Martha Karua. Karua sought this permission to defend opposition figures Kizza Bisigye and Obeid Lutale in Kampala’s general court […]
Nairobi’s Governor Johnson Sakaja announced that the city intends to rename some of its roads in honor of musicians, aiming to celebrate their contributions and ensure their legacies endure. Speaking at the 61st Jamhuri Day celebrations at Uhuru Gardens, Sakaja highlighted that this initiative would start with a road in South C named after the […]
Swedish prosecutors on Thursday dropped a rape investigation that was launched in connection with soccer star Kylian Mbappé’s visit to Stockholm in October. In a statement, lead investigator Marina Chirakova said there was not enough evidence to continue the investigation, which centered on an incident at a hotel. “During the course of the investigation, there […]
President William Ruto on Monday visited former President Uhuru Kenyatta at his family home in Gatundu where they discussed several issues of national and regional importance. The head of state lauded Kenyatta for facilitating a smooth power transition after the 2022 elections as well as the goodwill the former President has continued to demonstrate towards […]
A report by Mzalendo, a Kenyan non-partisan parliamentary monitoring organisation, has revealed that 19 Members of Parliament did not contribute to any debates in the National Assembly in 2024. The report, which tracks parliamentary performance, highlighted Kapseret MP Oscar Sudi and Makadara MP George Aladwa among those who remained silent in the House. Both MPs […]
Reports reaching our desks is that serious disagreements, disquiet, hatred and confusion has emerged among the Supreme court Judges amid Justice Isaac Lenaola’s claim that the Judiciary ICT system was tempered with during the impeached Ex-Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua’s case. Lenaola is the current head of the ICT departments and his comments seemed to have […]
FBI Director Christopher Wray said Wednesday he would resign before President-elect Donald Trump takes office in January, cutting short his 10-year term. Wray has been a central target of Trump’s consternation, with the incoming president blaming him for the 2022 FBI search of his Mar-a-Lago estate that turned up classified documents Trump kept after he […]
Elon Musk’s estimated net worth has now surpassed $400 billion, according to an estimate from Bloomberg News — the first person ever to reach such a milestone. While the value of shares in Musk’s Tesla electric car company and robotics group have soared in recent months, it is Musk’s privately held stake in SpaceX, the […]
The Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) has issued an urgent recall for a specific batch of Sure lubricated condoms due to failing quality checks. The problematic batch, identified as No. 2405055, flunked the ‘freedom from holes’ test, which is crucial for ensuring safety. The PPB has directed all pharmacies, health centers, doctors, and the general […]
The 2034 men’s football World Cup will be held in Saudi Arabia, while Spain, Portugal and Morocco will be joint hosts for the 2030 tournament, world governing body Fifa has confirmed. Three matches in the 2030 tournament will also be held in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay to mark 100 years of the competition. The hosts […]
Syrian rebel fighters have destroyed the tomb of late president Hafez al-Assad, father of ousted president Bashar, in the family’s hometown. Videos doing rounds showed armed men chanting as they walked around the burning mausoleum in Qardaha, in the north-west of the coastal Latakia region. The rebels led by Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) […]
