East Africa
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Twitter website replaces bird logo with X
Owner Elon Musk and the company’s CEO had revealed the new logo Sunday, saying the company would be renamed X and move later into payments, banking and commerce.
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Upinzani wa Kenya waitisha maandamano mapya dhidi ya serikali
Umoja wa Mataifa, Jumuiya ya Madola na vyombo vya habari vimewataka Ruto na Odinga kushiriki katika mazungumzo.
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Rais Ruto anapanga kutoza ushuru mpya ikiwa Sheria ya Fedha itazuiwa
Mpango huu wa dharura ulifichuliwa kwa Shirika la Fedha la Kimataifa (IMF) kama njia ya kufadhili bajeti ya trilioni Ksh3.68 ikiwa hatua za sasa za kuongeza ushuru zitakabiliwa na vikwazo mahakamani.
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Polisi wapambana na waandamanaji jijini Nairobi huku wito wa mazungumzo ukiongezeka
Odinga alisitisha maandamano mwezi Aprili na Mei baada ya Rais William Ruto kukubali mazungumzo, lakini mazungumzo hayo yalivunjika.
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#KENYA: Housemaid stabs Kilifi Chief Officer to death
Ms Karisa, who jetted back from an official trip to Italy, was stabbed to death at her home in Mnarani area of Kilifi town following a quarrel over an alleged loss of an unknown amount…
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Dr. Sarah Bireete on Fighting For Democracy in Uganda
Dr. Bireete’s story is not a tale for the faint-hearted as she points out that activism is a lifelong battle
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More than 60% of the world now on social media: study
The number of social network users is approaching the number that use the 5.19 billion which use the internet, or 64.5 percent of the world population.
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Amnesty International Kenya condemns the use of force by police against protestors
The organization has called for an immediate stop to violent policing and criminalizing of protests by the state
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Kenya protest call unheeded barring isolated clashes
President William Ruto on Thursday repeated his call for a halt to the demonstrations, saying they were “not a solution to the problems of Kenyans”.
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Kenya police fire tear gas at anti-govt protesters
It is the third time this month that opposition leader Raila Odinga has staged mass rallies against a government he says is illegitimate and to blame for a cost-of-living crisis







