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In a significant move towards sustainable reafforestation and environmental conservation, the government has instituted a ban on livestock grazing in all public forests across the country. Addressing the press at Kona Baridi, Ngong in Kajiado County, Environment Cabinet Secretary Soipan Tuya emphasized that the practice of allowing livestock grazing in …

Newly appointed Judges of the High Court will be sworn in Tuesday morning at State House. The 20 among them eight women were appointed last week by President William Ruto following a recommendation by the Judicial Service Commission. The successful candidates were among 100 applicants shortlisted for the interviews that …

A Kenyan who is expected to be hanged in Saudi Arabia has received a last-minute reprieve following a massive social media campaign. Stephen Munyakho, son of veteran journalist Dorothy Kweyu, was sentenced to death in 2011 following a violent fight with his colleague in the Gulf nation. According to the …

Ruto has pledged to procure school uniforms for students at Lenana School Primary, which he inaugurated on Monday to serve the Ng’ando community in Dagoretti South constituency. ALSO READ: Coffee Farmers Set to Thrive with Crop Diversification Training He expressed fulfillment of a promise made four years ago following the tragedy …

Kabati Parish witnessed a remarkable demonstration of communal solidarity and support during the recent ‘Parish Getha’, organized by the Strategic Planning Committee of Holy Family Catholic Kabati Parish. They raised  Eleven million and six thousand kenyan shillings. ALSO READ: Flood-Hit Schools Delay Reopening, Less Affected To Reopen Today Led by prominent …

A special sitting of the House will be held this afternoon during which the Select Committee investigating the proposed dismissal of Agriculture CS Mithika Linturi will present its report. The embattled CS will know his fate when the 11-member select committee that retreated last Friday to write its report will …

Three clubs and a church located in Mirema Estate were fined a sum of Sh5 million by the Environmental and Land Court (ELC) for causing noise pollution and were subsequently ordered to cease operations. Justice Oscar A Angote of the ELC ruled in favor of the Amani Residents Welfare Association/Mirema …

By: BBC Georgian opposition leaders have called on the UK to do more to oppose what they say is a crackdown on civil society in the former Soviet country. They urged the foreign secretary to show the governing party that the international community was united against the proposals. The Transparency …

By: AFP Tunisian authorities ordered Sunday the arrest of two political commentators over critical comments, a lawyer told AFP, a day after security forces stormed the bar association and took a third pundit into custody.   Sonia Dahmani, also a lawyer, was arrested late Saturday after criticising the state of …

By: BBC The first man to receive a genetically modified pig kidney transplant has died two months after the operation, the hospital that carried out the procedure has said. Richard “Rick” Slayman, 62, was suffering from end-stage kidney disease before undergoing the operation in March. Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) said …