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Security officers during Monday's protests
BUSINESS

Manufacturers Warn of Economic Strain as Fuel Price Protests Disrupt Operations

Manufacturers in Kenya have raised alarm over the ongoing nationwide protests by motorists and transport operators opposing recent fuel price increases, warning that...

Kenya Interior Minister Kipchumba Murkomen 600x400[1]
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Interior CS Murkomen Blames Politicians for Violence as Fuel-Price Protests Turn Deadly

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has confirmed that four people were killed and more than 30 others were injured during the nationwide protests...

President William Ruto 2
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Protest Victims Allocated Ksh2B As Ruto Assents to Supplementary Appropriations Bill

President William Ruto has assented to the Supplementary Appropriations Bill, 2026, authorizing an additional KSh393 billion in government spending and raising the total...

Former Police Spokesperson Charles Owino
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Experts Warn That Political Exploitation of Protests, Goonism Risk Undermining Civic Expression

As calls grow for greater accountability and reform in Kenya’s security and political systems, prominent analysts and lawmakers are warning that recent protests...

Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu
BUSINESS

Tanzania Internet Blackout Disrupts East African Trade, KAM Warns

The Chief Executive Officer of the Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM), Tobias Alando, has voiced concern over the ongoing internet shutdown in Tanzania,...

Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen and his PS Dr Raymond Omollo addressing police officers after Saba Saba protests on July 7, 2025.
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After Saba Saba Protests, Calls for Accountability and Economic Healing Emerge

In the wake of the July 7 Saba Saba protests, Kenya finds itself at a critical juncture—one marked by widespread demands for accountability,...

Police Saba Saba
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Saba Saba Chaos: 11 Dead, Over 500 Arrested As 52 Police Officers Sustain Injuries

11 people have been confirmed dead in the aftermath of the Saba Saba protests on July 7, 2025. In a statement on Monday,...

Kipchumba Murkomen
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It Was Funded And Politically Instigated – Murkomen Says On Gen Z Demos

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen says Gen Z demos held on Wednesday, June 25, 2025, were funded and politically instigated. Speaking on Thursday,...

Gen Z in Kenya: Register to Vote but Avoid Voting for Kalonzo, Ruto or Raila
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Rage and Reckoning: Strategic Lessons of Kenya’s 2024 Gen Z Protests

In 2024, Kenya witnessed a political awakening of generational proportions. What began as opposition to the Finance Bill morphed into a full-blown, youth-driven...