Category: Politics
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Embattled KUPPET Samburu Executive Secretary William Lengoiyap has declared interest in contesting for a top National Executive Board seat in the 2026 union elections, despite ongoing disputes with top officials. The embattled Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) Samburu Executive Secretary William Lengoiyap has declared interest to vie for a top seat in…
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The 2007 post-election, in which more than 1,500 people were killed and 600,000 evicted from their homes and farms, remains the worst ethnic violence since independence six decades ago. The bloodletting stunned the nation, in which the people’s right to live and work anywhere in the country is entrenched in the Constitution. However, the ethnic…
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Saturday September 6, 2025 Former Somaliland President Muse Bihi Abdi speaks during an interview with the Somaliland Chronicle, where he claimed African Union pressure derailed a planned deal between Somaliland and Ethiopia and alleged that Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed once sought to bring Somalia’s former president Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo to Hargeisa. CREDIT/ Somaliland Chronicle…
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Mogadishu (HOL) — Somalia’s Independent National Electoral and Boundaries Commission said Saturday that voter registration for the country’s long-promised one-person, one-vote elections will resume on Sept. 9. Commission Chairman Abdikarin Ahmed Hassan told reporters the registration period will run until Sept. 30, allowing newly registered political organizations to recruit supporters. He urged other groups…
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President William Samoei Ruto has arrived in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for the second Africa Climate Summit (ACS), nearly a year after Kenya hosted the inaugural meeting in Nairobi. The summit aims to place Africa at the forefront of global climate action by advancing African-led adaptation, mitigation and green growth while pushing for reforms in climate…
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Ethiopia will officially inaugurate the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in September Kenyan president William Ruto is in Ethiopia to attend Africa’s Second Climate Summit, and later on, grace the official launch of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam among other Presidents. The $4.2bn hydroelectric project on the Blue Nile has been more than a decade…
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Dalmas Otieno, the veteran politician and former Rongo Member of Parliament, has died at the age of 75. A family spokesperson confirmed his passing on Sunday, though details of the cause were not immediately disclosed. Otieno, often referred to by his nickname “the Mak’Anyengo,” was a towering figure in Kenyan politics during the 1980s and…
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Embattled Isiolo Governor, Abdi Guyo has said he will present himself before the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) while urging supporters and residents to remain calm. Governor Guyo is facing charges of kidnapping with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, but he has received a conservatory order against arrest and arrangement as directed by the…
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Former Rongo Member of Parliament (MP) Dalmas Otieno has died while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Nairobi. According to a member of his family, the former Rongo MP passed away on Sunday, September 7, 2025. Otieno has been a key figure in Kenya’s political landscape, including during the Moi and Kibaki era and was…
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File image of former presidential candidate Nazlin Umar. |Courtesy| Nazlin Umar| Nazlin Umar is a former Kenyan presidential candidate, who is also the founder and National Chairperson of the National Muslim Council of Kenya (NMCK). She is also the the founder and leader of the National Muslim Women’s Network in Kenya (NUR). She was the…