Mwanzo Editor
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The Depreciating Kenya Shilling And How It Affects You
On the other hand, the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has a Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) which holds bi-monthly meetings where it deliberates on, among other things, current developments in the exchange rate market when…
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Elon Musk visits site of Auschwitz death camp
Tech billionaire Elon Musk has visited the site of the Auschwitz death camp. The visit comes after intense criticism of how X, formerly Twitter, tackles antisemitic posts and just weeks after Mr Musk apologised for…
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Win For Gov’t As Court Of Appeal Lifts Orders Suspending New Health Insurance Fund
In their verdict delivered on Friday, Justices Patrick Kiage, Pauline Nyamweya and Grace Ngenye ruled that owing to the suspension of the roll-out of the new health fund, there is “a real and present danger…
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IMF Approves Ksh.150 Billion Loan Boost For Kenya
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday approved a $941 million (Ksh.150 billion) lending boost to Kenya, with an immediate disbursement of $624.5 million (Ksh.99.6 billion), offering some relief to the East African country as…
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Somalia turns back Ethiopian plane headed for Somaliland
Somalia has turned away a plane transporting officials from Ethiopia to the self-declared republic of Somaliland in a major escalation of the diplomatic row between the countries.
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Ibadan explosion: Deadly blast affects several suburbs of Nigerian city
A massive explosion in the Nigerian city of Ibadan killed two people and injured 77 others overnight.
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Kenya cult leader Paul Mackenzie faces terror charges over mass deaths
A suspected Kenyan cult leader is to be charged with murder and terrorism over the deaths of more than 400 people found in mass graves, prosecutors say. Paul Mackenzie was arrested in April after the…
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Cape Verde becomes third African country to eliminate malaria
Cape Verde joins Mauritius and Algeria which were certified in 1973 and 2019 respectively
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Israel accused at UN court of Gaza ‘genocide’
Israel has dismissed the case as “atrocious” and “preposterous” and vowed to set out a robust defence on Friday.
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S.Africa’s ex-Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius released on parole 11 years after murdering girlfriend
Pistorius killed Steenkamp, a model and law graduate who was 29 years old at the time, in the early hours of Valentine’s Day 2013, firing four times through the bathroom door of his ultra-secure Pretoria…
