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In the latest UN report on violence against women and girls, Africa accounts for the largest share, with 20,000 women murdered. ... Kenya has passed laws to address gender-based violence, but ...
On 25 June 2024, thousands of protesters stormed the Kenyan Parliament Building in Nairobi in response to the passing of the Kenya Finance Bill 2024, part of a larger series of protests against the proposed tax increases. The protest escalated when the protesters set part of the building on fire. [4] Nineteen people died in Nairobi during the ...
July 12, 2024 at 1:30 PM. NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s police boss resigned Friday, the latest attempt by the country's president to respond to growing concerns of police brutality in ...
The Kenya Finance Bill protests, widely known by #RejectFinanceBill2024, or Gen Z protests, were a series of decentralized mass protests in Kenya against tax increases proposed by the Government of Kenya in the Finance Bill 2024. [11] Following the storming of the Kenyan Parliament, president William Ruto reportedly rejected the Bill on 28 June ...
September 6, 2024 at 7:49 AM. At least 17 students have been killed and 14 injured following a fire in an elementary school dormitory in central Kenya. The inferno occurred late Thursday at the ...
Tuko was established by Genesis Media Emerging Markets (GMEM) in 2015. [1] It is headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya. [2] The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism described Tuko's content as a "mix of celebrity, entertainment, and political news with a light touch", which has proven successful, [3] whileGMEM, which was renamed Legit in April 2023, also owns news websites such as Legit.ng ...
v. t. e. General elections were held in Kenya on Tuesday, 9 August 2022. Voters elected the president, governors, senators, members of the National Assembly, and members of county assemblies. This was the third general election and the fourth presidential one since the promulgation of the 2010 constitution. Incumbent president Uhuru Kenyatta ...
In Kenya, according to government data from 2022, more than one-third of women ages 15 to 49 have experienced physical violence by a husband, intimate partner or someone else.