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Last week's protests were deadly as police opened fire. The two weeks of protests have left 39 people dead, according to the Kenya National Human Rights Commission. Ruto on Sunday put that number ...
July 16, 2024 at 5:30 AM. By Thomas Mukoya and Monicah Mwangi. NAIROBI (Reuters) -At least one person was killed in renewed anti-government protests across Kenya on Tuesday, a Reuters reporter ...
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 ...
Kenyan President William Ruto on Friday appointed the first 11 members of his Cabinet, retaining six former ministers in the key portfolios of defense and interior. Last week, Ruto dismissed all ...
2024 Mai Mahiu flash flood. On 29 April 2024, a blockage in a culvert beneath a railway embankment led to a catastrophic failure and inundation in Kenya, killing at least 50 people. [2] The event was initially described as a 'dam failure'. [3] The flood occurred following heavy rains in the previous month that killed over 110 people.
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 was not ...
At least 39 people were killed in clashes with the police and some demonstrators briefly stormed parliament last week. ... Kenya's budget deficit is now projected at 4.6% of gross domestic product ...
NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenyan President William Ruto on Friday mostly named holdovers from the cabinet he sacked last week to a new government meant to respond to the grievances of young protesters.