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27 Jun 2025
The Will to Die: How Kenyan Protests Forged a New Political Consciousness
On Wednesday, Kenya’s Gen Z marked one year since June 25, 2024, when many of their compatriots lost their lives to police brutality while protesting against the Finance Bill, 2024. The protests beg...
23 Jun 2025
Kenya Gazette 20th June,2025
The Kenya Defence Forces Act, Re-Appointment to Pensions Appeals Committee Maj. Gen. (Rtd.) Joseph M. Kivunzi has been re-appointed as Chairperson of the Kenya Defence Forces Pensions Appeals Committe...
20 Jun 2025
June 25: Fears of Gang-Linked Sabotage Shadow Gen Z Planned Memorial Protests
As Kenyans brace for the upcoming June 25, 2025, protests dubbed “Gen Z Memorial March”, claims and fears that there is a sinister plot to harm those who show up have shadowed the planned protests...
20 Jun 2025
Inside Kenya Kwanza’s ‘One Government, One Voice’ Communication Policy:
The government has faced persistent challenges in coordinating and disseminating information about its policies, projects and overall progress under the Kenya Kwanza administration. These shortcomings...
20 Jun 2025
Gunpowder Milkshake: From Mediation Table to Arms Deal Takedown
Reports linking Kenya to the flow of arms used by Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have triggered alarm across the Horn of Africa and beyond. If proven, these allegations could place Nairobi in di...
20 Jun 2025
Regulating Responsiveness: CBK’s Warning to Banks
In April 2025, the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) announced that it would begin imposing daily fines on banks that fail to adjust lending rates downward in line with recent reductions in the Central Bank...
20 Jun 2025
The IEBC Appointment Debacle
The recent attempt to reconstitute Kenya’s Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has sparked a legal and political maelstrom, drawing renewed attention to the constitutional pro...
16 Jun 2025
Kenya Gazette, Week Ended 13th June 2025
KENYA GAZETTE LEGISLATIVE SUPPLEMENTS The Sustainable Waste Management (Extended Producer Responsibility) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 2025 The Environmental Management and Coordination (Access to...
13 Jun 2025
Renewed Anger over Police Brutality: IPOA Under Pressure as Calls for Police Accountability Grow
The death of 31-year-old Albert Ojwang while in police custody has triggered nationwide anger over the Kenya Police Service’s brutality and reopened wounds of extrajudicial killings in the count...
13 Jun 2025
Budget FY 2025/26 Highlights
The National Treasury Cabinet Secretary, Hon. John Mbadi, this week delivered his first official Budget Day speech before the National Assembly under the theme: “Stimulating Sustainable Economic Rec...
13 Jun 2025
Reining in Ghost Traders: Why KRA Suspended Online VAT Registration
The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) requires that a person who supplies taxable goods and or services with a value of Ksh 5 million or more annually should be registered as a taxpayer under the VAT Act....
13 Jun 2025
Government Surveillance: The Curious Case of Pavel Durov
In August 2024, the Telegram founder Pavel Durov arrived at Paris’s Le Bourget Airport, en route to Finland, only to be met by French police. He was arrested on the spot, and held in solitary conf...
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