Kenya Power announced that several areas across the country will lose electricity tomorrow. Folks living in eleven different counties need to prepare for outages on Thursday as crews perform necessary maintenance work. The blackouts will happen between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., affecting specific neighborhoods at different times. Residents of Nairobi, Machakos, Kiambu, Murang'a, Mombasa, Marsabit, Tharaka Nithi, Nyeri, Meru, Kakamega, and Vihiga should check if their areas appear on the list.
Parts of Nairobi face interruptions from 9 am until 5 pm. The affected neighborhoods include Murang'a Road, Gurunanak Hospital, Pangani Police Station, Juja Road, and Radiant Hospital. North View Road, Strawberry, and nearby customers must also prepare...
Health officials found 11 more people sick from the weird illness making folks nervous around Kisii county lately. The strange disease has reached 168 total cases, according to Mary Muthoni, who runs Public Health and Professional Standards. She shared this news during her Wednesday update with reporters.
Tests showed dirty water caused this problem, especially in eight small towns nearby. The hardest-hit area remains Amarondo village, where almost two-thirds of sick people live. The national health team has teamed up with local Kisii leaders to stop more folks from catching whatever spreads through their water systems.
Crews have begun handing out water-cleaning pills and teaching better handwashing habits. They plan to give medicine...
Street artists have turned public spaces into thriving businesses across Windhoek, Namibia's capital. These markets help local creators earn money despite limited opportunities to sell their work through traditional channels. Christina Omole runs an outdoor gallery where she displays jewelry, crafts, and textiles at her simple stand in the downtown area.
Omole tells people her makeshift shop brings life to creative arts and creates jobs for local artists. She has sold her artwork here since 1990, making this spot her main source of income for 35 years. She stays because she sees no other places to sell her creations in Namibia.
Her business changed over time. When she started, Omole only offered handmade jewelry. Later, as customers...
America plans to give Russia a proposal for a 30-day ceasefire with Ukraine very soon. Trump and his team see this as a big win for their foreign policy goals since he promised to end the war during his campaign. People wonder if this ceasefire can actually happen. And if it does, can it fairly end the three-year war in ways that keep everyone safe?
The proposal says Ukraine agrees to start an immediate 30-day ceasefire that both sides can extend if they want. The deal requires Russia to accept and follow these terms simultaneously. The US will tell Russia they must cooperate if peace is going to happen. The word "immediate" stands out here—Trump clearly wants fighting to stop right away. His rush makes many European countries nervous...
Pakistani troops freed over 300 people held hostage on a passenger train by armed fighters in Balochistan. The army said they killed 33 attackers during their rescue mission. The Baloch Liberation Army had already murdered 21 regular folks and four soldiers before the rescue began. Soldiers keep searching the area to make sure all threats are gone.
Many countries call the BLA terrorists, including Pakistan, the UK, and the US. These rebels want Balochistan, the biggest province in Pakistan, to break free or govern itself. They say the Pakistani government takes valuable minerals from their land without giving them back. They attacked trains before but never seized one until this incident.
About 100 people on board worked for security...
Banks earning higher revenues might soon face bigger license fees under a new plan from Kenya's central bank. The CBK wants to change how they charge banks, looking at overall yearly earnings instead of just counting branches. This shift would include all money banks make from loans, government securities, fees, commissions, trading currencies, and dividends. The CBK believes the current system, which has remained unchanged for decades, needs updating.
Right now, banks pay fixed amounts based on their physical locations - Sh400,000 for main offices and between Sh100,000 and Sh150,000 for each branch. The proposed rules would replace the 1994 regulations with the new Banking Fees Regulations of 2025. Under these changes, banks must pay...
Uganda's top security leaders can't seem to agree on whether their officers should show their faces. Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba went online to say something pretty clear. He posted that security folks have zero need to identify themselves. This goes against what another big shot said earlier to lawmakers.
Gen. David Muhoozi had told Parliament's committee that police hiding their faces behind hoods must stop. He stressed that anyone enforcing laws needs proper ID when they work. The general mentioned they already have rules and booklets telling officers exactly how to behave. All this came up because an elected official named Abdallah Kiwanuka asked tough questions.
Kiwanuka wanted answers about those scary-looking Joint Anti-Terrorism...
Janet Museveni heard all about the 2024 high school test scores today. She runs the Education and Sports office for Uganda. The test people came to tell her everything before they shared the news with everyone else. Prof. Celestino Obua leads these test folks, and Mr. Dan Odongo helps run their day-to-day work. They made sure she knew all the important stuff first.
The big announcement happens Friday at State House Nakasero. Mark your calendar for March 14, 2025, and set your alarm for 11 a.m. Janet Museveni herself plans to stand at the front and talk about how kids did on these tests. Many important school people will show up to listen and learn the results.
Last year, 142,009 students sat through these tough A-level tests. They...
France just gave Uganda a huge amount of money—€85 million, which equals about 340 billion Ugandan shillings. Finance Minister Matia Kasaija shared this news on Wednesday. The cash will help fix water systems and build better cities around Kampala. Mr. Kasaija signed papers with Jean-François Arnal from the French Development Agency at the Finance Ministry building.
Kampala has big water problems because many people keep moving there, and factories keep opening. The city struggles to give everyone clean water. France wants to help fix this. They have already worked together to improve water plants at places called Ggaba and Katosi.
Almost half the money—€45 million or 180 billion shillings—goes toward phase two of the Kampala Water...
