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Senegal overcomes a controversial penalty decision and a near-walkout to defeat hosts Morocco 1-0 in extra time, claiming the 2025 AFCON title in Rabat.
EACC detectives, who earlier seized cash from the governor’s home, allege Wamatangi’s administration was involved in irregular contracts – claims he vehemently denies as politically driven.
Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen defended the move to charge protesters with terrorism, stating that violent acts like burning police stations and businesses fit the legal definition. The ODPP also said the charges should be seen as security measures rather than suppression of dissent.
President Ruto’s government is under fire for charging protesters as “terrorists” under anti-terror laws – a move rights groups say dangerously equates street demonstrations with extremist acts.
Former Chief Justice David Maraga warned that Kenya risks becoming a failed state, criticizing government directives to shoot protesters and the misuse of terrorism charges against anti-government demonstrators.
A Pan-African human rights coalition condemned the Kenyan government for arresting activist Boniface Mwangi and clamping down on protesters, calling it an assault on democracy.
President William Ruto reiterated his pledge to honor all his campaign promises and dismissed critics, highlighting progress on economic and development goals amid skepticism.
A group of Kenya Kwanza-allied MPs from the Mount Kenya region have condemned recent violent protests as politically instigated and called for thorough probes. They urged police to arrest not only the attackers but also those who organized and funded the unrest.
Kenyan officials reported that 42 people were killed and about 1,500 arrested in protests on June 25 and July 7. Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen characterized the unrest as criminal violence, noting that nearly 600 people were wounded in the clashes.
In a scathing critique of the Kenyan Parliament, retired Chief Justice David Maraga has accused lawmakers of being "captured" by the executive and has urged them to use their constitutional power to impeach President William Ruto.
Cleophas Malala has been ordered by a Political Parties Disputes Tribunal to pay KSh 150,000 in legal fees to his former party, the UDA, after losing a legal challenge to his ouster as the party’s Secretary-General.
Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro has made the explosive claim that the government has secretly borrowed KSh 175 billion by using a fuel levy as collateral, a move that he has described as a threat to Kenya’s financial sovereignty.
Despite being ordered to pay KSh 10.5 million in a defamation case, former Senator Gloria Orwoba has vowed to continue her fight against alleged sexual exploitation in the Kenyan Parliament.
