The Kenyan Supreme Court marked 12 years in 2024. The court has faced many tests of its strength and fairness since it started. Chief Justice Martha Koome tells people the court will keep standing up for justice, even when many watch it closely.
Politics tried hard to shake the court's decisions. This happened most during election cases in 2013 and 2017. Leaders pushed the court when they wanted certain results. Under Chief Justice Willy Mutunga in 2013, the court said Uhuru Kenyatta won fairly. But in 2017, Chief Justice David Maraga said the election had problems and made them vote again. Uhuru got angry and said they would "fix" the court.
People didn't trust the court much because they thought it moved slowly and took bribes...
The Public Affairs group plans to share what they found about the plane crash after the holidays end.
People disagree about what caused the crash. The report said nothing bad made it happen. But some think there's more to know about how Vice President Saulos Chilima and eight others died.
Archbishop Thomas Msusa from the Catholic Church thinks the report missed things. He talked about this in Blantyre, and his words upset many people.
Some church leaders don't like what the Archbishop said. Dr Hope Nkhoma speaks for these leaders. She wants church heads to bring people together, not pull them apart.
The Public Affairs group wants to wait before saying more. Bishop Gifford Matonga says they need time to look at everything carefully...
Castel Malawi gave nice gifts to 69 workers who stayed with them a long time. They got things like iron sheets, fridges, and bikes. These gifts showed thanks for helping the company deal with hard times in 2024.
The company started giving out awards last week. Six workers in Mzuzu got gifts. Six more got gifts in Lilongwe. Then on Christmas Eve, 57 workers in Blantyre got gifts based on how long they worked there.
Thomas Mafuli runs the company's work team. He said they want their workers to be happy, and they hope these gifts will make them feel good about their hard work.
The company had some rough times in 2024. They had trouble getting money and fuel. But their workers helped them stay strong. Mafuli said they did many good...
Police caught one of their own at a shisha place in Nairobi. He ran the place where people smoked shisha mixed with drugs.
The police went there after they heard about drugs and young girls being sold. They looked at the place for some time before going in.
Teams from different police groups worked together. They found the police officer who owned the place. He had a gun he wasn't meant to have. The gun had 15 bullets in it.
The police also found more bullets, drugs, and shisha pipes. These pipes had bad stuff in them.
The police learned that the owner and his wife brought young girls from refugee camps to work there. His wife wasn't there when they caught him.
They took the police officer to Muthaiga police station. He will soon...
A judge just stopped new fish farming rules from starting. These rules will not take effect until February 10, 2025. Judge Mwita wants everyone to share their papers fast. He gave them 14 days to answer.
The Lake Victoria fish farmers asked to stop these rules on December 23. The rules were going to start January 1, 2025. Mr. Joho, who leads blue economy matters, made these rules.
The fish farmers say the new fees hurt their work. They must pay 50,000 shillings plus extra money based on the number of fish they catch, which they think will make fish more expensive for people to buy.
Many people work in fish farming. It helps feed Kenya and provides jobs. The rules might cause people to lose their jobs. At this time, fish farms employ...
The road people in Kenya said they need to close part of Kipande Road. They want to fix it for three days and add a drain pipe under the road.
The work starts Friday, December 27, and runs until Tuesday, December 31. During this time, cars can't use one side of the road.
Drivers need to take other roads instead. They can use the Embu-Nairobi Highway, Prof. Wangari Maathai Road, Limuru Road, and Kolobot Road. The roads team wants everyone to be careful near where they work.
A few days ago, they closed another road, the Southern Bypass, for two weeks. The closed part runs from Ole Sereni to Ngong Road.
They need to fix some bridges on this road and improve the weighing station. The Southern Bypass work started at night on December 24...
Food aid finally reached Sudan's capital. People cried happy tears when trucks arrived in Khartoum. This marks the first delivery since the war began in April 2023.
The United Nations says Sudan faces the worst hunger crisis on Earth. The fighting between army forces and RSF fighters caused this problem.
Aid worker Duaa Tariq shared her joy with the BBC. She talked about how everyone felt when the trucks arrived in south Khartoum.
Getting aid had been hard before. Both sides of the war blocked roads and made things unsafe. But groups worked together to make this delivery happen. They talked with both the army and RSF.
The trucks brought much-needed supplies. Twenty-eight vehicles came loaded with food and health items, some of which...
Aid trucks made it to Sudan's capital area at last. People there have been stuck in a war for nearly two years. Many folks had almost no food, and they were close to starving.
The trucks took a long time to get there. Leaders had to talk with both sides of the war for three months before they would let the trucks pass. The food will help some of the many people who need it badly.
The government wants OSHA staff to do their jobs better. They must keep workers safe and healthy. Ms Mary Maganga said this when she ended a big meeting in Arusha.
Ms Maganga told them they had a very important job. They stopped people from getting hurt at work, and they needed to be good at what they did.
She asked them to work hard and not make excuses. She said when they do good work, they help people who are already having a hard time. Many of these people have lost family or had accidents at work.
She talked to union leaders. She wants them to stop fights between bosses and workers before they start. It's better than fixing problems after they happen.
OSHA's boss, Ms Khadija Mwenda, had good news. She said they checked how well...
