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Kenya's banking system is getting a makeover because the Central Bank wants every new variable-rate loan tied to a single benchmark called KESONIA, which tracks what banks charge each other for overnight cash. The rate launched in September at about 9.59 percent and has since dropped to 9.25...

Ruto says his government is building 50 massive dams to get 1.5 million acres of northern and coastal Kenya ready for irrigation, and he thinks that'll turn those spots into huge food-producing areas. He was at a wedding in Garissa when he dropped the news, explaining that places people used to...

Kenya's opposition crew is getting ready to fight the Mbeere North and Malava by-election results in court because they think the government rigged things. Kalonzo Musyoka from Wiper Party told church people in Machakos that his coalition has proof of tampering, and he claims security forces got...

Cops in Diani busted a counterfeit ring and grabbed three people they think were pumping fake bills around Mombasa and nearby areas. The suspects are Fadhili Lawrence, Atemba Lawrence, and Electrine Okwako. Officers followed forensic evidence to a hidden spot on the coast, and they found 1.7...

Nairobi is getting wrecked by HIV right now, and the numbers are pretty grim. The capital logged the most cases in Kenya, and fresh data shows infections jumped about 19 percent compared to last year. The National Syndemic Disease Control Council says the country went from roughly 16,800 cases...

Kenya's embassy in Riyadh started registering workers who got slapped with Huroob status and wants them to grab emergency travel docs to get back home. The classification hits migrant workers when they bail on employers or mess up their residency permits, which happens a lot when people quit...

Kenya's ex-deputy president, Rigathi Gachagua, just sent a letter to the top cop asking him to actually investigate a bunch of alleged attacks that went down over the past year. The Democratic Change Party boss listed ten separate incidents where he says organized gangs disrupted funerals...

The WHO dropped its first official guidance on weight-loss drugs like Wegovy and says fewer than 10 percent of the billion-plus obese people worldwide can actually get their hands on them. Supply chain problems, high prices, and limited manufacturing capacity mean the drugs remain out of reach...

Kenya's public service agency started running interviews for their 8th round of government internships, and they're trying to fill 7,000 spots for graduates who'll start working in ministries and state departments next year. The selection process got over 35,000 applications, but only about...

Kenya just swore in Michael Thoya as a commissioner for the agency that decides what government workers get paid. His brother happens to be the Senate Speaker, and Chief Justice Martha Koome handled the ceremony while reminding everyone that the job involves keeping the wage bill under control...

A 74-year-old opposition politician in Cameroon just died while locked up by the government, and his family never got to see him before he was gone. Anicet Ekane got arrested after backing a candidate who claimed the recent presidential election was rigged against him, and lawyers say...

Kenya just made its first appearance on this big international competitiveness ranking and somehow landed at number 56 out of 69 countries while grabbing the top spot in Africa. The IMD World Competitiveness survey puts them ahead of places like South Africa and Nigeria, which is pretty wild...

Myanmar's military chief, Min Aung Hlaing, rolled through some training facilities in Mandalay Region and told everyone that government workers need to stay disciplined and politically neutral. He checked out a civil service academy, a cop training depot, and a firefighter school that all of...

Yangon brought back its inter-school marching band throwdown after the pandemic basically killed it off for a couple of years. The regional chief minister showed up to hand out some cash for the event and watch 24 schools duke it out over three days at the national indoor arena. The competition...

Myanmar's press council kicked off another batch of election reporting training, with 80 journalists signed up to learn the ropes. The three-day session is happening at some government media building in Yangon, and they're covering everything from basic election coverage to legal stuff and how...

Myanmar's top military guy, Min Aung Hlaing, gave a pep talk to civil service trainees and told them government workers stick around no matter which political crew is running things. He said the trainees need to step up their game instead of being mediocre bureaucrats, and they should study past...

Myanmar's electric power minister checked out a major substation built in Toungoo and got updates on damage from that Mandalay earthquake. The quake messed up some reactor equipment that needs fixing fast, and the minister told workers to stay safe while wrapping things up on schedule. The...

Myanmar's health ministry threw an event for World AIDS Day, and Deputy Minister Prof Dr Aye Tun said they're getting preventive meds out to high-risk groups while running community HIV tests to catch cases faster. He said the goal is making sure everyone can actually access treatment and...

Myanmar's deputy information minister swung by a high school in Chauk Township and told students they need to hit the books hard while they're young. He pushed them to develop five key skills and study their subjects properly so they can make it to university and become professionals who...

Myanmar's social welfare minister sat down with the UN population fund rep to hash out some aid stuff for earthquake zones and women dealing with violence. They talked about getting dignity kits distributed and making sure international staff can actually get into the country with proper visas...