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Nairobi launches Beijing-inspired underpass network to unclog central business district

Construction has begun on the Greenpark Terminus Pedestrian Underpass, a 500-metre Beijing-inspired walkway at Haile Selassie Avenue and Uhuru Highway designed to protect pedestrians, improve traffic flow and complement other major road projects aimed at easing Nairobi’s congestion.

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Diplomatic Breakthrough: Kenyan Activist Boniface Mwangi Released by Tanzania After Detention

Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi has been released by Tanzanian authorities following his arrest in Dar es Salaam while attempting to support opposition leader Tundu Lissu, Kenya's foreign ministry confirmed, ending a diplomatic standoff.

SOStreamline Official

May 22, 2025

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Ruto Appoints Ex-Turkana Speaker Christopher Nakuleu as Senior Political Advisor

President William Ruto appointed Christopher Doye Nakuleu, former Turkana North MP and Assembly Speaker, as his new Senior Political Advisor, a move praised for Nakuleu's extensive political experience.

SOStreamline Official

May 22, 2025

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President Ruto Criticizes Early Electioneering, Urges Focus on Development Over Divisive Politics

President Ruto on May 22 criticized his former deputy Rigathi Gachagua for engaging in what he termed divisive, early electioneering, urging leaders to focus on development rather than premature campaigns and 'toxic' language.

SOStreamline Official

May 22, 2025

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Kenya Demands Consular Access to Detained Activist Boniface Mwangi in Tanzania, Cites Vienna Convention

The Kenyan government formally protested to Tanzania on May 22, demanding consular access to activist Boniface Mwangi, who was arrested in Dar es Salaam while trying to attend an opposition leader's court hearing.

SOStreamline Official

May 22, 2025

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Diplomatic Tensions Rise: Tanzania Deports Kenyan and Ugandan Activists Observing Opposition Leader Tundu Lissu's Treason Case

Tanzanian authorities arrested and subsequently deported human rights activists from Kenya and Uganda. The activists had traveled to Dar es Salaam to observe a court hearing for detained opposition leader Tundu Lissu.

SOStreamline Official

May 20, 2025

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President Ruto Pledges Unity with "Courageous Leaders" for Kenya's Transformation, Praises Odinga's Collaboration Amidst Reforms

President William Ruto has declared his commitment to collaborating with "courageous leaders who believe in the transformation of Kenya," rather than those driven by political convenience, as he champions his Bottom-Up economic agenda.

SOStreamline Official

May 20, 2025

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Kenya urges Tanzania to release former CJ Mutunga, Kenyan activists

Kenya’s PS for Foreign Affairs has called on Tanzania to release former CJ Mutunga and two activists detained at Dar es Salaam airport

SOStreamline Official

May 19, 2025

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Kenyan rights activists denied entry to Tanzania for opposition leader's trial

Principal Secretary for Foreign Affairs Korir Sing’Oei has asked Tanzania to release former Chief Justice Willy Mutunga and two Kenyan activists detained at Dar es Salaam’s airport.

SOStreamline Official

May 19, 2025

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We are currently assessing the ongoing corruption war – HOPS

Kenya’s Chief of Staff Felix Koskei said the government is determined to involve every Kenyan in the fight against corruption [oai_citation:46‡kenyanews.go.ke]

SOStreamline Official

May 19, 2025

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Kenyan mission attending to Karua’s detention - PS Sing’Oei

Kenya’s Foreign Affairs PS says the High Commission in Dar is intervening in Martha Karua’s detention at Julius Nyerere Airport in Tanzania

SOStreamline Official

May 18, 2025

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Kenya's ex-justice minister 'deported' from Tanzania

Kenya’s former justice minister Martha Karua was detained and deported from Tanzania after traveling there to observe an opposition leader’s trial [oai_citation:22‡the-star.co.ke](https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2025-05-18-kenya-moves-to-intervene-in-karuas-detention#:~:text=Principal%20Secretary%20for%20Foreign%20Affairs,Nyerere%20International%20Airport%20in%20Tanzania) [oai_citation:23‡kenyanews.go.ke](https://www.kenyanews.go.ke/multipurpose-hall-class-room-commissioned-at-nandi-hills-comprehensive-primary-school/#:~:text=Nandi%20County%20Director%20of%20Education,East%20Sub%20County%2C%20Nandi%20County).

SOStreamline Official

May 18, 2025

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Kindiki hits out at Gachagua over post-election violence remarks

Deputy President Kindiki called Rigathi Gachagua’s comments 'dangerous and reckless' and warned that Kenya will not allow a return to the post-election violence of 2007-2008

SOStreamline Official

May 18, 2025