By Mike Wendling, BBC News Donald Trump has picked JD Vance as his running mate. “I’m a ‘never Trump’ guy. I never liked him.” “My god what an idiot.” “I find him reprehensible.” That was from JD Vance in interviews and on Twitter in 2016, when the publication of his memoir Hillbilly Elegy catapulted him to fame….
President William Ruto has revealed the identities of suspected foreign entities funding the Gen Z protests in Kenya. He said America funded Ford Foundation was behind the chaos that has rocked the country. Speaking in Nakuru County, he said the country was facing pressure from the Generation Z to reform his government, as he singled out…
High Court has declared appointment of Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) Board Chairman Anthony Mwaura illegal and uncostitutional. The high court declared appointment of Mwaura by President William Ruto illegal and unconstitutional. Justice Francis Gikonyo quashed his appointment by President Ruto in November 2022 stating that it was contrary to the law and the leadership and integrity provisions…
By Danai Nesta Kupemba, BBC News & BBC Great Lakes Service, Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame, feared and admired in equal measure, is seeking to extend his 24-year rule in an election analysts say he will win by a landslide. He has dominated every election since becoming president in 2000, with over 90% of the vote. In…
The Mountain Journal Four million Kenya Power customers have updated their prepaid token metres out of the expected 7.4 million. in a statement, the provider is calling on the remaining prepaid customers to update their meters by August 31st. The Company’s General Manager in charge of Commercial Services and Sales, Eng. Rosemary Oduor said 4.2…
By Kathryn Armstrong, BBC News Former US President Donald Trump has said he is “supposed to be dead” after Saturday night’s assassination attempt at a rally in Pennsylvania. In one of his first interviews since the incident, Mr Trump told conservative US media he felt that he had been saved “by luck or by God”. “The most…
The Mountain Journal Detectives investigating dumping of bodies at Kware dumpsite in Mukuru kwa Njenga in Nairobi have arrested a suspect. Collin Jomaisi Khalisia was arrested today as the detectives in his house found 12 sacks that are similar to the ones used to cover the bodies that were found dumped in the dumpsite. The…
