Moses Kuria MP Gatundu and Muthama detained over hate speech allegations.
Kenyan police detained a lawmaker from the ruling party and a former opposition senator on Monday over allegations of hate speech, a spokesman for the interior ministry said. Reported instance of hate speech have risen sharply since Sept. 1, when the Supreme Court annulled the results of last month’s presidential election. The surprise ruling, the More...
Politics still a man’s business despite notable success in Women participation – Africa
More women in politics Still a man’s business despite notable successes By KwambokaOyaro Some of the African women who have shattered the glass ceiling include Liberia’s president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf; former More...
Partnerships at work in Africa Governments need to on top of things
By Joyce Mulama Power outages have led to a rationing schedule that involves cutting power for 24 hours every two days. Businesses have been forced to connect standby power sources such as generators, incurring More...
Supreme court nullifies President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Election, calls for fresh Elections
The Supreme Court has nullified the re-election of President Uhuru Kenyatta. A six-judge bench, by majority decision, on Friday found that the electoral commission failed to conduct the polls according to the Constitution More...
Global companies give Africa a second look
South Africa hosts most of the top companies in Africa, but other countries are coming up By Zipporah Musau W hen travelling abroad for work and looking for accommodation, Joe Eyango, a Cameroonian living More...
An integrated Africa: A boon to the private sector
Intra-African trade can help boost profit By IhuomaAtanga C an developing nations thrive in a global economy without a global, collective mind-set? This is a question every developing economy must ponder if More...
Kenyan democracy cannot take shape until its media step up
The management of the public’s craving for negative stories is one of the longest standing dilemmas of journalism ethics. Bad news commands more attention than good news and so, as the old creed goes, “If it More...
Kenya shilling slightly firmer, traders watching political developments
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya’s shilling gained slight ground on Monday and traders said they were watching political developments after President Uhuru Kenyatta was declared winner in elections last week More...
Rwanda election: President Paul Kagame wins by landslide
President Paul Kagame of Rwanda has won a third term in office with a landslide, the country’s electoral commission has announced. Partial results of Friday’s election gave him 98% of the votes, it said. Mr More...
You don’t need to be violent to serve, Mahama tells Kenya politicians
Getting an interview with former Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama wasn’t all that easy given his busy schedule with only four days to the Kenyan election. Mahama is the Chairperson of the Commonwealth Observers More...
