Category: Politics
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The Trump administration has pushed back the deadline for TikTok’s ban in the United States, giving the Chinese-owned video app until mid-December to resolve ongoing national security concerns. The extension follows months of legal disputes and negotiations over the app’s future. Washington has argued that TikTok, owned by Beijing-based ByteDance, poses risks to American data…
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Former Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu, who is serving a 12-year prison sentence, has lost yet another attempt to have his sentence reviewed. In a ruling delivered on September 16, 2025, Lady Justice Lucy Njuguna dismissed an application filed on August 28, 2025, in which the former county chief sought to overturn his conviction on corruption-related…
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This is the legacy inherited from colonialists. Keep 60% of people poor and struggling for daily survival. Keep the next 30% living paycheck to paycheck. The top one percent, who are largely the political class, will reign with impunity because majority of kenyans are too busy to ask questions. They post photos of flashy cars…
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Electoral Commission (EC) Chairperson, Justice Simon Byabakama. The Chairperson of Uganda’s Electoral Commission (EC), Justice Simon Byabakama, has confirmed that 30 presidential hopefuls have so far submitted their supporter forms as the country gears up for the nomination exercise later this month. Addressing the media at the Commission’s offices, Justice Byabakama explained that the law…
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National Unity Platform (NUP) president Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine, has urged party members and supporters who fear imprisonment to abandon the struggle, warning that with the election period drawing closer, more opposition figures are likely to face arrest. Addressing NUP members at the party headquarters in Makerere-Kavule, Bobi Wine said he had…
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Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja at a past event. PHOTO/@NPSOfficial_KE/X Members of Parliament have warned against a brewing constitutional crisis amid the ongoing leadership wrangles between the National Police Service (NPS) and the National Police Service Commission (NPSC). On Tuesday, September 16, 2025, during a sitting, House Members attributed the perennial constitutional tug-of-war between…
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Because of the uneven field that characterises politics in Kenya, it is difficult for women aspirants to seek elective positions meaningfully and consistently. The net effect of the bottlenecks they face is that there are fewer women in political positions than there ought to be. However, this is not a curse that must hang around…
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Diella, world’s first AI-generated minister. (Photo: Courtesy) Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has appointed the world’s first AI-generated government minister to oversee public tenders, promising its artificial intelligence would make it “corruption-free”. Presenting his new cabinet at a meeting of his Socialist Party following a big May election victory, Rama introduced the new “member”, named…
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Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen. (Photo: Courtesy) Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has defended police officers who demand fuel from members of the public before offering certain services, insisting that such requests should not be confused with corruption. Addressing the Jukwaa La Usalama forum in Homa Bay town on Tuesday, Murkomen revealed that each police…
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Wycliffe Oparanya, CS for Cooperatives and Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises Development. (Photo: Courtesy) The political career of Wycliffe Oparanya, the Cabinet Secretary for Cooperatives and MSMEs, faces renewed uncertainty after the High Court reinstated corruption charges against him, ruling that their earlier withdrawal was both unlawful and unconstitutional. Delivering the verdict at the Milimani…