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Kenya Anti-government Protest: Security heightened at main airport

NAIROBI, KENYA | Xinhua | Kenyan authorities on Tuesday heightened security in and around the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in the capital of Nairobi, the country’s main airport, ahead of anti-government protests. Young Kenyan protesters, or Gen-Z, have threatened to disrupt airport operations to protest President William Ruto’s decision …

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Kenya protests: Gov’t losses nearly $46 mln

NAIROBI, Kenya | Xinhua | The hustle and bustle that usually characterizes Nairobi, Kenya’s capital, was absent on Thursday as police patrolled the streets to prevent protestors from entering the city. Protestors had planned to carry out the second street demonstrations this week, but police on Wednesday evening banned the …

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Kenyan president nominates 11 cabinet secretaries

NAIROBI, Kenya | Xinhua | Kenyan President William Ruto on Friday nominated the first batch of 11 cabinet secretaries, marking the start of forming a “broad-based” government. The president reappointed four cabinet secretaries to their previous ministries of Interior and National Administration; the Defense; Lands, Public Works, Housing and Urban …

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Kenyan police ban protests in central Nairobi

NAIROBI, Kenya | Xinhua | Kenyan police have banned anti-government protests in the central business district and its environs in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, Thursday, citing safety concerns. More than 50 people have been killed, dozens of others injured and property destroyed since anti-government protests over tax hikes began …

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Kenya’s protests are different

The 3 things that make it harder for government to crush them or to politicise them COMMENT | AWONO OKECH | On 25 June 2024, a youth-led protest primarily composed of Gen Zs, as they are popularly referred to, stormed Kenya’s parliament. Legislators voted to pass the Finance Bill 2024 in its …

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Kenyan president orders swift probe into mysterious killings

NAIROBI | Xinhua |  Kenyan President William Ruto on Saturday directed security agencies to speed up investigation into the mysterious killings in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, after nine mutilated bodies were retrieved from a dumpsit in a slum. Ruto, who spoke in Elgeyo-Marakwet County, northwest Kenya, assured citizens that …

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