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Kenya's health minister went off on the former interior guy, saying Fred Matiang'i has zero business trashing President William Ruto when his own track record was apparently garbage. Aden Duale basically told Matiang'i to sit down and shut up because he ran internal security with a heavy hand...

Kenya's gas prices are staying put for the next month after the energy regulator decided not to mess with anything. Super petrol is holding at 184.52 shillings per liter in Nairobi, diesel at 171.47, and kerosene at 154.78, all with the VAT baked in. The imported cost of super petrol actually...

Seven people got hauled into court in Mombasa for holding onto 24 kilos of meth worth around 192 million shillings, and cops think the stash came from a way bigger bust they pulled off earlier. The suspects are Duke Nyamwaya, Juma Mwinyifaki, Michael Kariuki, Elijah Mbogo, James Ekiru...

The LinkedIn guy is throwing his money at a cancer startup that uses AI to speed up drug development. Reid Hoffman teamed up with a Pulitzer Prize-winning cancer doctor to launch Manas AI, which is trying to cut down the insane timeline and cost of getting new treatments to market by using...

A Kenyan judge refused to pause a tribunal ruling that stopped the Music Copyright Society of Kenya from collecting royalties after the group lost its license. Justice Linus Kassan pushed the case hearing out to mid-2026, leaving MCSK unable to operate in one of its main functions while the...

Kenya's president is throwing a huge event at State House for 5,000 people from marginalized and minority communities, and they're being asked to show up in their traditional outfits. William Ruto is marking the UN's International Day for Minority Rights with delegates coming from at least 38...

Kenya's president gave a state honor to a 22-year-old woman who hugged a tree for 72 hours straight to raise awareness about climate stuff and mental health. Truphena Muthoni got a medal from William Ruto at State House in Nairobi, and she also scored a job as an ambassador for the government's...

Hollywood director Rob Reiner and his photographer wife Michele got found dead at their Brentwood mansion under circumstances that cops are treating as a double homicide. The guy behind When Harry Met Sally, Stand By Me, and A Few Good Men was 78, while Michele was 68 when authorities showed up...

A first-year med student at Aga Khan University went underwater during a pool session with classmates and never came back up. Ian Gikonyo was 18 when his body got pulled from the campus swimming spot after nobody noticed him missing until it was way too late. Cops showed up and moved him to the...

Kenya's president is about to green-light a massive infrastructure fund worth roughly $38 billion that pools government money with private investor cash to build roads, power plants, and irrigation systems without piling on more debt. William Ruto wants to use money from selling off state assets...

Kenya's government is calling out citizens for basically not caring about security anymore, and officials say that people ignoring safety rules at events and protests keep making everything worse. Internal Security boss Raymond Omollo told the private sector alliance KEPSA that small businesses...

Minnesota officials are still dealing with a massive food program scam where dozens of Somali-American defendants allegedly stole hundreds of millions meant for hungry kids during the pandemic. Prosecutors say the Feeding Our Future nonprofit and connected vendors claimed they served 91 million...

Kenyan lawmaker Babu Owino is doing damage control after blogger Maverick Aoko went after the Odinga family online, and he wants everyone to know he had nothing to do with it. The Embakasi East representative put out a statement saying Aoko posts whatever she wants without his input, even though...

Kenya's exam board is basically telling schools to knock it off with the bogus report cards circulating after junior high assessment results dropped. Institutions have been pushing out fake analyses with aggregate scores and school rankings, even though the competency-based system literally does...

Wizkid and Asake are dropping a joint EP called Real Vol. 1 before the year ends, and the announcement came through during an Apple Music session where both artists confirmed the project. The two have a history working together on tracks like MMS from Asake's Lungu Boy album, which landed a...

Kenya kept fuel prices flat for another month after the energy regulator said gas stations can keep charging what they've been charging since mid-November. Nairobi drivers are still paying 184.52 shillings per liter for super petrol, 171.47 for diesel, and 154.78 for kerosene through...

Kenya's exam board is telling schools to cut it out with the fake report cards they keep sending to parents about junior high test scores. Education officials are mad because institutions keep dropping phony league tables and average scores, even though the new system literally does not work...

Some official in the Eastern Cape named Nonceba Kontsiwe just dropped farming gear and sewing equipment on cooperatives around Matatiele to get people making more food and clothes. The handout covered two mini tractors, 30 industrial sewing machines, a pottery wheel, and some slab roller thing...

South Africa sent condolences to Australia after some psycho opened fire at Bondi Beach and hit 11 people during a Hanukkah celebration. Officials labeled the shooting as terrorism aimed at Jewish folks who were just trying to light candles, and Pretoria made it clear they think attacking people...

South Africa's education boss Buti Manamela is about to yank the licenses from three private colleges after they ghosted the government on paperwork for way too long. City Varsity, Damelin, and ICESA City Campus blew past multiple deadlines to hand over their financial records and tax docs, and...