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Kenya has a group called the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority, or EPRA. Their job is to check the gas that people buy for their cars. They want to make sure it's good gas. From October to December 2024, EPRA checked gas at 1,295 places in Kenya. Most of the gas was good, but at 11...

A sad thing happened in a national park in Kenya on Sunday. Some people who take care of animals called herders, went into the park when they weren't supposed to. They had weapons with them. The herders ran into some officers from the Kenya Wildlife Service or KWS. The officers were there to...

A new idea is being discussed in Kenya's Parliament. It concerns how to handle fights over local elections. These elections are for people called Members of County Assembly, or MCAs. The idea is to make the process easier. It's called the Elections (Amendment) Bill 2024. Right now, if there's...

Kenya owed a lot of money to other countries. From July to September 2024, they paid back some of it. Kenya paid 165.6 billion shillings in total. Most of this money went to China, which received 65.4 billion shillings, or about 40% of what Kenya paid. Kenya paid China in two ways: 44.5...

The police have three men in jail. The men are named Hassan Ali Zahir, Omar Sultan Omar, and Suleiman Abdi. The police think they killed a man named Emmanuel Inyanza. It happened in Eastleigh Section Three, Kenya. Emmanuel lived on Third Street in Eastleigh. Emmanuel's father told the police...

Two people from Ethiopia are in jail in Kenya. The police think they took people from Somalia to Libya. They did this so the people could be used for bad things. The two people are named Anna Abdirahaman and Hayat Mohamed. They are married. The police say they tricked a 17-year-old girl. They...

Trinidad and Tobago is in a state of emergency. Gangs are causing more and more violence there. The country's president made the decision. She did it because the prime minister said to. He was under a lot of pressure to do something about crime. Trinidad and Tobago has a very high murder rate...

The High Court made an important decision today. It ordered six people to be freed right away. These people were reportedly kidnapped. Their names are Peter Muteti, Bernard Kavuli, Billy Mwangi, Gideon Kibet, Rony Kiplangat, and Steve Kavingo. Judge Bahati Mwamunye gave the order. He told the...

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen plans to make big changes in Kenya's prisons. He wants to finish building houses for prison officers and inmates, which will improve their lives and help prisoners become good citizens again. Mr. Murkomen visited prisons in Eldoret. He promised to...

Junet Mohamed is happy with President William Ruto. Junet is a member of parliament in Kenya. He likes that Ruto is helping Raila Odinga. Raila wants to be the head of the African Union Commission. People call this the AUC for short. Junet thinks Raila has a good chance of winning. He said...

President William Ruto of Kenya spoke up again about his government's livestock vaccination program. Some people have questioned how it will be different from past efforts. Ruto said the big change is that the government will pay for all the vaccines this time. In the past, each farmer had to...

Kenya Leader Charts Path With Regional Chiefs. Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua met on Monday with past leaders from Mt Kenya to discuss their future in politics. "I spent time with many local leaders," Gachagua said. "We looked at what comes next as we enter the new year." These...

America Plans Final Farewell to Jimmy Carter. The nation will honor Jimmy Carter at his state funeral on January 9. The event will take place at Washington National Cathedral on a day set aside to remember America's oldest president. Ted Mondale steps in to read words his father wrote for...

A religious figure praised Zimbabwe's leader on Sunday. Andrew Wutawunashe said President Mnangagwa leads the nation well. He made these claims at a prayer meeting in Bulawayo, where the president came to give thanks. The church man saw grand plans in the works. He linked the president to holy...

Zimbabwe's farm chief says the nation beat its worst dry spell in over 40 years. Minister Anxious Masuka praised the state's work at a church event in Bulawayo. "People can find food on shelves," Masuka said. He noted that past droughts brought long lines and empty stores. The minister credited...

Police want to find a store manager who stole $35,000 in cash from his job in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. Mthulisi Cecil Ronald Moyo, age 23, took money that should have gone to the bank. The theft happened at a wholesale store where he worked as a branch leader. On October 22, Moyo met an...

South African leader Helen Zille offers a fresh perspective on Zimbabwe's troubles. She points to how the country dealt with its past after British rule ended. Zimbabwe gained freedom in 1980. The land once fed much of Africa, but today, its people face hard times. Many blame quick farm changes...

Two big names in Zimbabwe music meet tonight at Athens Arena in Esigodini. Sungura master Alick Macheso teams up with band Insimbi ZeZhwane for a rare show. Macheso returns after five years away from Esigodini. His manager, Tich Makahamadze, said the band just landed in Bulawayo. They checked...

Gwanda Phoenix Tshisanyama plans a big party for New Year's Eve. Music fans can dance through the night as top Splash artists take the stage to greet 2025. The show brings back famous names from the Splash world. Dalom Kids and Matshikos will sing their hits. Boss Lady, who was married to...

Dr. Nothando Moyo helps women learn how to run their businesses. She leads Women Inspired, a group she started in Cyprus eight years ago. The work spread to Zimbabwe in 2018. "We teach people to make things and grow our local business world," Moyo said. Her group shows women how to start...