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BBC/Kenya US Health Deal Sparks Data Privacy Debate

Kenya US Health Deal Sparks Data Privacy Debate

December 5, 2025 7:16 am

Kenya and the United States have finalized a five-year, $2.5bn health partnership that will direct major funding toward infectious disease programs, marking Washington’s first government-to-government health pact since President Donald Trump reshaped US foreign aid earlier this year.

The agreement is designed to shift US health financing away from aid agencies and into direct cooperation with national governments. It also places Kenya at the front of a new US global health strategy that ties long-term funding to closer political alignment.

The deal has prompted fresh debate inside Kenya, where civil society groups and legal experts are questioning whether it could …

Batuk Kenya Inquiry Finds Major Gaps In Military Oversight

Batuk Kenya Inquiry Finds Major Gaps In Military Oversight

December 3, 2025 10:11 am

Kenyan lawmakers have accused the British Army Training Unit Kenya of failing to meet environmental, legal, and accountability standards during its long-running operations in the country, citing a series of incidents involving civilian harm and unexploded ordnance. The findings were part of a parliamentary inquiry that urged major changes to the defence cooperation agreement between Kenya and the United Kingdom.

The panel said the concerns were serious enough to demand structural reforms in how the two countries manage the presence of British forces in Kenya, where thousands of UK soldiers conduct regular field exercises each year.

According to the committee, …

Tourist Plane Crashes in Kenya, All Twelve Onboard Feared Dead

Kenya: Tourist Plane Crashes, All Twelve Onboard Feared Dead

November 6, 2025 8:46 pm

Aircraft en route to Maasai Mara carrying 12 foreign tourists, burst into flames after takeoff from Kenya’s coast, investigators probing cause of tragedy.

A small passenger aircraft carrying 12 foreign tourists crashed shortly after takeoff in Kenya on Tuesday November 4, 2025, killing everyone on board, local authorities said. The Cessna Caravan, operated by local carrier Mombasa Air Safari, burst into flames after going down in a hilly, forested area near the Diani airstrip in the coastal county of Kwale.

Officials confirmed the plane was heading toward the Maasai Mara National Reserve, one of Africa’s premier wildlife attractions, renowned for

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Raila Odinga Funeral: Kenya Bids Farewell To ‘Baba’ In Bondo

Raila Odinga Funeral: Kenya Bids Farewell To ‘Baba’ In Bondo

October 19, 2025 1:45 pm

Thousands of mourners gathered in western Kenya on Sunday to say their final goodbyes to opposition leader Raila Odinga, whose death at 80 brought an outpouring of grief across the nation. The veteran politician was buried near his family home in Bondo, on the shores of Lake Victoria, following an Anglican service attended by relatives, foreign dignitaries and political leaders.

The funeral, held under tight security, marked the culmination of a week of national mourning that saw deadly stampedes at earlier memorial events. At least five people were killed and hundreds injured in chaotic scenes as mourners jostled for …

Raila Odinga Funeral: Four Killed As Chaos Erupts In Nairobi

Raila Odinga Funeral: Four Killed As Chaos Erupts In Nairobi

October 16, 2025 3:42 pm

At least four people were killed and several injured in Kenya’s capital on Thursday after police opened fire and fired tear gas to disperse crowds gathered to view the body of veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga, according to local media and Reuters witnesses.

Thousands of mourners had filled the streets of Nairobi from early morning, many chanting Odinga’s name and waving flags as his body arrived from India, where the 80-year-old had died the previous day while receiving medical treatment.

When mourners broke through a barrier at Nairobi’s largest stadium, where Odinga’s body was resting in state, trouble started. …

Raila Odinga Dies: Former Kenyan Prime Minister Passes At 80

Raila Odinga Dies: Former Kenyan Prime Minister Passes At 80

October 15, 2025 7:01 am

Raila Odinga, one of Kenya’s most prominent political figures, has died at age 80 while receiving medical treatment in India, his family and hospital officials confirmed. He collapsed during a morning walk and was declared dead at Devamatha Hospital, following an apparent cardiac arrest. 

The former prime minister’s passing has sparked deep public mourning and a flood of tributes from across the different political divudes. Former President Uhuru Kenyatta, once Odinga’s rival, said his death “left a silence that echoes across our nation.” Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi described Odinga as a “towering statesman and a cherished friend of …

UK To Pay £2.9M In Landmark Ruling Over Kenya Wildfire

August 26, 2025 10:50 am

For the first time, Britain’s government has agreed to compensate Kenyans for damage caused by its military, agreeing to pay £2.9 million ($3.9 million) in settlement after a devastating wildfire linked to its troops in 2021.

The payout follows a landmark ruling in Nairobi that stripped the British Army of long-standing legal immunity in Kenya, a decision that could reshape accountability for foreign militaries operating abroad.

The case centered on a blaze that swept across the Lolldaiga Hills Conservancy in central Kenya, destroying more than 12,000 acres of land used for conservation and cattle grazing. The fire, which raged for …

Dear Africans, Your Culture, Traditions Are Not Demonic

Dear Africans, Your Culture, Traditions Are Not Demonic

June 1, 2023 3:31 am

One of the many reasons African nations have continued to wallow in painful underdevelopment is their inability to properly situate their identity. In the futile chase of ‘civilisation’ and globalist ideals, Africans have ignorantly relegated their cultural heritage and traditional inclinations, often referring to them as evil and demonic practices. What these Africans have failed to realise is that all over the world today, culture is the most important organ for existence which determines the politics, economy, religion, and education of a given people.

Culture and tradition are essentially what shape the existence of any society. The sad reality Africans …

2 Weeks After Swearing In, President Ruto Unveils Cabinet

2 Weeks After Swearing In, President Ruto Unveils Cabinet

September 28, 2022 5:24 am

The recently inaugurated President of Kenya, William Ruto has named his first cabinet after winning a divisive election in August and defending his narrow victory in the country’s highest court.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that Ruto, who defeated his opponent Raila Odinga by some 200,000 votes, announced his new administration after calling the 26 ministers and cabinet-level appointees to a meeting at State House.

Among those who were appointed were political allies whose support had in one way or the other helped ensure Ruto, who served as deputy president in the former government, took the top job after …

William Ruto's Presidential Victory Upheld By Kenya's Supreme Court

William Ruto’s Presidential Victory Upheld By Kenya’s Supreme Court

September 5, 2022 7:46 pm

In lieu of the recently concluded general elections in Kenya, the Kenyan Supreme Court has unanimously rejected all the challenges that had been posited against the official results of the presidential election thereby upholding the Deputy President William Ruto’s win.

Opposition candidate, Raila Odinga had openly alleged some irregularities in the otherwise peaceful August 9 election that had been marked by the last-minute drama when the electoral commission split and traded accusations of misconduct.

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The court found little or no evidence for the various claims and called some “nothing …

Kenya’s Supreme Court To Rule On Disputed Presidential Poll

Kenya’s Supreme Court To Rule On Disputed Presidential Poll

September 5, 2022 6:23 am

Kenya’s Supreme Court will on Monday (today) whether to uphold or nullify the result of last month’s presidential election, a ruling that is anxiously awaited in the East African country that is scarred by previous bouts of poll-related violence.

The seven-member court are expected to rule following three days of oral arguments last week by lawyers representing the two main candidates and rival camps of election commissioners.

Opposition leader Raila Odinga, making his fifth presidential bid, says Deputy President William Ruto’s narrow win was the product of massive fraud. Four out of seven election commissioners disowned the result announced by …

Kenya Odinga Vows To Challenge Ruto's Victory In Court

Kenya: Odinga Vows To Challenge Ruto’s Victory In Court

August 17, 2022 5:38 am

Kenya’s defeated presidential candidate Raila Odinga vowed Tuesday to pursue ‘all constitutional and legal options’ after rejecting the outcome of elections that awarded victory to his rival William Ruto.

The 77-year-old veteran politician branded the result of the August 9 race a ‘travesty’ but stopped short of explicitly announcing that he would mount a challenge at the Supreme Court.

‘What we saw yesterday (Monday) was a travesty and a blatant disregard of the consitution and the laws of Kenya,” he told a press conference in Nairobi, blaming the head of the commission that oversaw the poll.

‘I do not want …

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