Kenya

Once is not common, in Kenya, parliamentarians have to return money to the state. Yesterday, the High Court of Justice asked the 416 elected representatives to reimburse ten million dollars. This amount corresponds to a housing allowance that they have received for more than two years. A financial support that they had voted in their own favor and caused a stir in the country. Each parliamentarian will have one year to repay more than $ 24,000. A significant sum given the Kenyan standard of living, but much more…

That is Abye Ahmed's first journey for the reason that disaster in Tigray. He arrived on Wednesday within the border city of Moyale, the place his Kenyan counterpart inaugurated a freeway connecting southern Ethiopia to the port of Mombasa in Kenya. A go to of financial curiosity, but additionally political, whereas the battle in Tigray worries the worldwide neighborhood.…

On Monday, November 30, the unions called for a work stoppage and believed that the government did not adequately protect professionals in the sector against Covid-19. They are asking for more resources, extra premiums and better social coverage. Finally, this Sunday evening, December 6, a few hours before the start of the strike, the unions closed the slogan.…

Images shrinking in Kenya. Those of the Vice President, William Ruto, in the Emirate of Dubai. On Saturday night, the politician wanted to share his evening spent in the restaurant of the famous Turkish butcher "Salt Bae". This restaurateur whose entrecote plated with gold leaf made its reputation and now attracts stars from all over the world.…

An entire continent had celebrated one of his son's victories during the election of Barack Obama as President of the United States in 2009. The first volume of his memoir as head of state, "A Promised Land (Fayard), however, confirms the anecdotal nature of Africa, in its universe as in its experience. From the beginning of his long history, more than 800 pages,…

Anger is escalating in Kenya after the deaths of two famous doctors this weekend. They gave in to Covid-19 when the country faces a second deadly wave. More than 2,000 health workers have contracted the virus since the pandemic began. Dozens died of it. Their union is threatening to strike if nothing is done to protect them.…

Along with Covid-19, it's a new wave of grasshoppers that has hit the Horn of Africa for a number of weeks. Extraordinarily voracious, these grasshoppers have devoured hectares of crops within the area for over a yr and induced a serious meals disaster.

Kenyan Paul Gicheru has surrendered to the Dutch authorities, while since March 2015 he has been wanted by the ICC, based in the Netherlands. This lawyer was especially accused by the Court of having witnessed at the time when the current Kenyan Vice President, William Ruto, was prosecuted for crimes against humanity following the 2007-2008 election violence. The prosecution had denied his charges, but the arrest warrant against Paul Gicheru was still pending. Despite his arrest warrant, Paul Gicheru did not hide.…

Serious concerns in Kenya over the second wave of Covid-19, which promises to be more virulent than the previous one. The number of positive cases now regularly exceeds the bar of one thousand per. Day, while the peak recorded in July during the first wave had not exceeded 960 cases. The Kenyan government could soon adopt stricter measures.…

The BBI report, the Bulding Bridges Initiative, was handed over to President Kenyatta and his main opponent Raila Odinga. This document is the result of months of work by a committee involving elected officials, experts and even religious. The project followed the last election crisis in 2017, the violence and reconciliation of Uhuru Kenyatta and Raila Odinga in March 2018. as reported from Nairobi, In his crisp white shirt, President Kenyatta was in laughter for receiving the BBI report. The recommendations of the…