Kenya Defence Forces is building this massive Talanta Sports City on 45 hectares with help from China Road and Bridge Corporation, and the thing is sitting at 68 percent done right now. Sports Principal Secretary Elijah Mwangi checked it out and said the 60,000-seat stadium meets FIFA and CAF standards for hosting international matches and creative events. Defence Principal Secretary Patrick Mariru called it Kenya's first world-class venue in 60 years since Kasarani was completed back in the late 1980s.
The complex has three professional training fields for football, rugby, and athletics that tie into the country's Competence-Based Education system. Officials think the facility will pump money into local communities through tourism and...
Deputy President Kithure Kindiki told the crowd at the Kenya Medical Training College graduation that his office wants to fix the HELB loan situation for students who keep getting left out of funding. He said his team will meet with Cabinet Secretaries from Health, Treasury, and Education to hammer out how medical trainees can finally tap into those loans just like university and TVET kids already do. The ceremony took down at Kasarani Stadium with 22,776 people walking across the stage to grab their certificates and diplomas.
Kindiki went off about how the government pumped 9.7 billion shillings into KMTC this year for hiring staff, building dorms through the Affordable Housing program, and getting labs properly equipped. He mentioned...
The US just put Tanzania on notice by launching a full relationship review after their recent elections turned messy, with civilians getting attacked before and after voting went down. American officials are concerned about religious freedom getting crushed, free speech taking hits, barriers blocking US business ventures, and the government potentially becoming an unreliable partner despite decades of working together on regional security and economic stuff.
The State Department warned Americans that Tanzania might see major disruptions from planned protests, with possible internet shutdowns, flight cancellations, ferry service getting axed to Zanzibar, roadblocks popping up everywhere, and curfews getting slapped down. Embassy staff...
Seth Panyako lost the Malava parliamentary race to UDA's David Ndakwa and got pretty emotional about it on the Obina Show, explaining that the campaign felt more like going to war than running a normal election. The guy came in second with 20,210 votes, while Ndakwa pulled 21,564, and Panyako said he basically had to battle the entire government by himself with nobody backing him up.
Video caught him looking visibly shaken right before he voted at St Joseph's Lunyu K Primary School, and his team even asked reporters to stop filming the moment. Panyako pushed back against people, saying he cried, arguing that showing feelings just proves he's human and not made of stone. The seat opened up after the previous MP, Malulu Injendi, died...
Nandi politician Shadrack Maritim showed up at the Busia border after vanishing for 35 days back in October, and Ugandan authorities handed him over to Kenyan cops who brought him to Eldoret for medical checks at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital. Police found him wandering around Mbale looking scared and confused after he called his family, saying someone had dumped him there.
His lawyer, Kibe Mungai, told the High Court in Eldoret that this whole situation fits a sketchy pattern of missing Kenyans magically appearing near Uganda right before habeas corpus hearings go down. Uasin Gishu County Police Commander Benjamin Mwanthi confirmed investigators are trying to piece together what actually happened during those five weeks.
The...
National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang'ula shut down death rumors about Kwanza MP Ferdinand Wanyonyi by confirming the legislator is getting specialized care at an Indian hospital after spending about a month at Nairobi Hospital. Wanyonyi got shipped overseas on doctor's orders, and Wetang'ula said he video-called the MP along with his wife, who's staying with him during treatment. The speaker blasted people spreading fake news about Wanyonyi's death back in his Trans Nzoia County constituency.
Wanyonyi has been representing Kwanza since 2013 under the FORD-Kenya Party and won reelection twice after that. The guy studied at the University of Nairobi and got his economics degree before jumping into politics. Wetang'ula told parliament...
The US Institute of Peace building in Washington got rebranded with Trump's name slapped on it in giant letters right before Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo showed up to sign some peace deal. The State Department posted about it on social media, calling him the greatest dealmaker ever, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio backed it up, saying Trump deserves recognition as the President of Peace.
This whole thing is pretty wild considering the administration tried cutting staff and budgets at the institute earlier this year until a judge stepped in. The nonprofit is still battling it out in court over its future.
Trump has been on a renaming spree since getting back into office, switching the Department of Defense to the...
Titi Oyemade got TV host Marian Anazodo and journalist Adesuwa Onyenokwe to show up at her Hangoutwithtee the Ladies Event at the University of Lagos, and hundreds of women packed the Multipurpose Hall in Akoka for the eighth edition themed No Dull Yourself. The event mixed wellness stuff like free breast cancer screenings and blood pressure checks with dance competitions and product exhibitions from female-run businesses.
Gerald Wolf from the German Consulate in Lagos spoke alongside TertiaryDNS CEO Kayode Kuti, entertainment lawyer Yemisi Falaye, DSVA Executive Secretary Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi, obstetrician Dr. Olabisi Olanrewaju, and author Mariam Pedro-Tijani. Everyone basically hammered home the same vibe about living without...
Idia Aisien just dropped her sleepwear brand Rich Sleep, and it's basically her attempt at flipping the script on how Africans think about rest and luxury loungewear. The Nigerian actress and influencer designed the line for literally everyone instead of just targeting women as most high-end pajama companies do, and she's manufacturing everything locally in Nigeria rather than shipping production overseas.
The brand pushes this whole wellness angle about making sleep an actual priority instead of treating it like something lazy people do. Aisien wants families to bond over matching sets and comfortable rituals at home, which is kind of wholesome if you're into that vibe. She's betting people will pay premium prices for ethically made...
