A Kenyan judge tossed out the government's attempt to ban live protest coverage from broadcast stations, and the ruling shut down the whole mess that started when authorities raided transmission towers to kill signals from major TV networks. The Communications Authority tried claiming that real-time demonstration footage violated some law, but the court said blocking coverage goes against constitutional rights around free speech and public access to information.
Human rights groups took the case to court after police went after Citizen TV, NTV, and KTN by physically cutting their over-the-air broadcasts while threatening to yank licenses if stations kept filming protests. The judge agreed with arguments that the media regulator has...
Rachel Ruto told a crowd at the JoyWo anniversary event that women already have the hustle and the brains, but getting their hands on actual cash is what blocks most of them from scaling up. She threw out examples of members who went from pocket change to legit businesses selling dairy products and skincare stuff in major supermarkets. The first lady said government funds like Hustle Fund and Women Enterprise Fund are finally chipping away at the money problem that has held back female entrepreneurs for years.
JoyWo has been running since the first lady kicked it off back in the late 2000s, and the group has apparently helped over 20,000 women spread across every county build side hustles and support their families. President Ruto...
The guy who came fifth in the Baringo Senate race just dropped a concession note after pulling 488 votes against the winner's 55,000-plus showing. Samuel Letasio said he ran into the contest with basically zero time to prep, and he couldn't afford to plant agents at most polling stations to watch for sketchy behavior. He mentioned hearing about irregularities but admitted he lacked the cash and manpower to fight back properly.
Letasio thanked his supporters for scraping together whatever they could to keep his campaign limping forward, and he told young voters to get their act together before the general election rolls around. He congratulated Vincent Chemitei on the win and asked him to actually follow through on campaign promises...
Kenya's parliament committee met with KEBS to hash out a replacement for the outdated 1974 Standards Act, and lawmakers are saying the half-century-old rules can't keep up with how fast the economy is moving. Tharaka MP George Murugara, who chairs the legal affairs panel, wants a framework built to last another 50 years instead of limping along with colonial-era regulations.
KEBS officials told the committee their inspectors don't have enough muscle to shut down sketchy factories or yank dangerous products off shelves, and they're pushing for enforcement powers that actually match the risks consumers face. The draft legislation leans hard on constitutional guarantees about consumer protection, and bureaucrats say the current setup...
Trans Nzoia Governor George Natembeya came out swinging after the Malava race wrapped up, saying the whole thing exposed serious problems with how elections get run in Kenya. He pointed to reports about voter bribes, heavy security deployment, and tension at polling stations that made people nervous about casting ballots. The governor said if a single parliamentary seat can cause this much drama, then the country needs to figure out what protections will exist when the general election rolls around.
Natembeya gave props to voters for showing up despite the sketchy atmosphere, but he warned that electoral bodies and politicians need to take complaints about intimidation more seriously. The statement came after chaos broke out at...
Guinea-Bissau's military pulled off another coup right before election results were supposed to drop, and they kicked out President Umaro Sissoco Embaló before installing Gen Horta N'Tam as the new guy running things for a year. The ousted leader got flown to Senegal after regional diplomats worked out his release, while both candidates from the presidential race had been claiming they won before soldiers shut down the whole process. Some locals think Embaló staged a fake coup against himself to avoid losing, but military officials say they stepped in to stop politicians linked to drug trafficking from causing chaos.
The army locked down borders temporarily, banned protests, and threw a curfew on the capital while residents reacted...
Farouk Kibet told the guy who lost the Malava race that he should drop the beef and team up with the new MP for development work. The presidential aide backed David Ndakwa during the campaign and watched him pull off a tight win against Seth Panyako from DAP-K. Kibet said he plans to pitch Panyako for a government position when he talks to Ruto, and he wants everyone to move past election drama.
Ndakwa grabbed the seat with a narrow margin, and Kibet spent weeks running an aggressive ground operation that apparently freaked out opposition supporters. The aide told the winner to serve everybody in the constituency regardless of how they voted, and he praised voters for keeping things peaceful during what turned into a tense campaign period.
Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei says recent by-election wins for UDA and ODM prove Kenyans are backing President William Ruto's coalition setup, and he thinks the 2027 general election is already locked up for the incumbent. UDA grabbed seats in Baringo, Mbeere North, Malava, and Banissa, while ODM swept Kasipul, Magarini, and Ugunja constituencies. Cherargei brushed off critics who said the margins were tight, and he told reporters that second place means nothing in politics.
The senator wants police and electoral officials to go after anyone caught causing trouble during voting, and he called out opposition figures filmed attacking people. He also praised Ruto for kicking off work on a major highway upgrade between Rironi and Mau...
A construction worker basically told a Kenyan court he needs weed to get through his shifts, and the magistrate just stared at him while he doubled down on the whole thing. The guy appeared before Senior Principal Magistrate Beatrice Kimemia in Makadara and straight up said cannabis is his medicine because manual labor requires serious energy. He insisted his family depends on his income from digging trenches and moving stones around, and bhang is what keeps him functional at work.
When the magistrate asked how he pleaded to possession charges, he confirmed he smokes it and called it a herbal treatment. Kenyan law bans cannabis completely and sets penalties at a potential 10-year sentence for personal use, and possession can land...
