Kenya's opposition crew is getting ready to fight the Mbeere North and Malava by-election results in court because they think the government rigged things. Kalonzo Musyoka from Wiper Party told church people in Machakos that his coalition has proof of tampering, and he claims security forces got pressured during vote counting while officials messed with the numbers. He says President Ruto's side didn't actually win either race, and they're putting together a serious legal challenge.
The opposition leaders showed up at a Thanksgiving event after winning a different race in Mumbuni North ward, which they're using as evidence that support for Ruto is tanking in the area. Kalonzo went off about voter intimidation, bribery, and government...
Cops in Diani busted a counterfeit ring and grabbed three people they think were pumping fake bills around Mombasa and nearby areas. The suspects are Fadhili Lawrence, Atemba Lawrence, and Electrine Okwako. Officers followed forensic evidence to a hidden spot on the coast, and they found 1.7 million Kenyan shillings in bogus cash during the raid. The phony thousand-shilling notes were stuffed inside a laptop bag with a white ribbon that said "CBK 1000" to make victims believe the money was legit.
Investigators say the three are major players in a bigger operation that's been flooding the region with counterfeit currency, and they've been selling fake notes to random residents and business owners. The arrests happened after detectives...
Nairobi is getting wrecked by HIV right now, and the numbers are pretty grim. The capital logged the most cases in Kenya, and fresh data shows infections jumped about 19 percent compared to last year. The National Syndemic Disease Control Council says the country went from roughly 16,800 cases to nearly 20,000, which is a massive spike.
Ten counties are responsible for most of the problem, accounting for 60 percent of all infections. Nairobi leads with over 3,000 new cases, followed by Migori and Kisumu. Women are getting hit harder than men, with prevalence rates at 4 percent versus 2 percent. Young people between 15 and 34 are bearing the worst of it, and deaths linked to AIDS went up slightly to around 21,000. Health officials are...
Kenya's embassy in Riyadh started registering workers who got slapped with Huroob status and wants them to grab emergency travel docs to get back home. The classification hits migrant workers when they bail on employers or mess up their residency permits, which happens a lot when people quit over unpaid wages or switch jobs without getting official approval first.
The embassy told Kenyans to show up with any valid ID, like a national card or birth certificate, even if their passport is gone. They can process the emergency certificates and help people return regardless of whether their employment situation went sideways. The whole thing is part of a push to protect citizens who ended up in sketchy circumstances and need a way out of...
Kenya's ex-deputy president, Rigathi Gachagua, just sent a letter to the top cop asking him to actually investigate a bunch of alleged attacks that went down over the past year. The Democratic Change Party boss listed ten separate incidents where he says organized gangs disrupted funerals, church services, and political rallies across different counties, leaving some people injured.
Gachagua pointed to President Ruto's recent order about arresting people who cause chaos at public events and basically said the police need to match that talk with some action. He wants answers on cases from Limuru, Nyeri, Naivasha, Narok, and other spots, claiming some investigations got pretty far before getting shut down. The police chief hasn't...
The WHO dropped its first official guidance on weight-loss drugs like Wegovy and says fewer than 10 percent of the billion-plus obese people worldwide can actually get their hands on them. Supply chain problems, high prices, and limited manufacturing capacity mean the drugs remain out of reach for most folks who need them, even though obesity rates keep climbing and could hit two billion people by 2030.
The organization wants countries and pharmaceutical companies to expand access through licensing deals that let generic versions get made once patents expire. Semaglutide patents are about to run out in places like India and China, which should help bring costs down. The WHO is pushing these medications as part of long-term treatment...
Kenya's public service agency started running interviews for their 8th round of government internships, and they're trying to fill 7,000 spots for graduates who'll start working in ministries and state departments next year. The selection process got over 35,000 applications, but only about 13,000 people made the cut to actually sit for interviews at 13 different regional centers across the country.
CEO Paul Famba said they're spreading the interviews around different regions to keep things fair and diverse, and they're even doing phone interviews for people stuck in remote areas. The whole thing wraps up this week, and successful candidates will get a one-year paid gig learning how government agencies actually function. The commission...
Kenya just swore in Michael Thoya as a commissioner for the agency that decides what government workers get paid. His brother happens to be the Senate Speaker, and Chief Justice Martha Koome handled the ceremony while reminding everyone that the job involves keeping the wage bill under control and making sure public sector pay stays competitive.
President William Ruto tapped Thoya for a six-year term running the Salaries and Remuneration Commission alongside 12 other members. The guy used to represent Magarini Constituency in parliament until he lost his seat a few years back, and he brings an engineering background to the gig that oversees compensation for state officers across the country.
A 74-year-old opposition politician in Cameroon just died while locked up by the government, and his family never got to see him before he was gone. Anicet Ekane got arrested after backing a candidate who claimed the recent presidential election was rigged against him, and lawyers say authorities never formally charged him with anything despite holding him for five weeks.
His party claims the military hospital wouldn't let him get his meds, but government people are denying that and saying he had preexisting health problems that killed him. The whole thing has people absolutely furious online and gathering at party offices to mourn, while security forces are apparently surrounding the building.
