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…
2 hours ago By Hafsa Khalil, BBC News Leaders around the world have condemned the assassination attempt on former US President Donald Trump on Saturday and expressed concern for him. The Republican presidential candidate was at a rally in Pennsylvania when shots were fired and he was injured in the right ear.The FBI has named 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks as the…
By Hafsa Khalil, BBC News Leaders around the world have condemned the assassination attempt on former US President Donald Trump on Saturday and expressed concern for him. The Republican presidential candidate was at a rally in Pennsylvania when shots were fired and he was injured in the right ear. The FBI has named 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks as the man suspected…
By Barbara Plett Usher, BBC Africa correspondent, Nairobi In Kenya, the youth protests against planned tax increases have served as a wake-up call for the Church. They’ve shaken up a powerful institution, in a country where more than 80% of the population, including the president, are Christian. The young demonstrators accused the Church of siding with the…
Footage showed him grimace and raise a hand to his right ear, before ducking as sharp cracks – a series of shots – broke out. He was quickly swarmed by US Secret Service agents and dragged off stage to a waiting vehicle. He raised a fist as he was bundled into the car. In a…
By Sarah Smith, North America Editor The extraordinary images of a defiant Donald Trump pumping his fist in the air, with blood on his face, being rushed off the stage by the Secret Service are not just history-making – they may well alter the course of November’s presidential election. This shocking act of political violence will inevitably…
