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A man’s sudden dash towards President William Ruto at the dais on Thursday briefly unsettled an otherwise choreographed afternoon in Wajir, forcing security officers into swift action and prompting the National Police Service (NPS) to open an inquiry into the breach. The incident occurred during the National Youth Opportunities Towards Advancement (NYOTA) event, while President […]
President William Ruto was on Thursday forced to momentarily halt his speech in Wajir County after an unidentified man breached security and ran towards him at the podium as he addressed a crowd gathered for the disbursement of the National Youth Opportunities Towards Advancement (NYOTA) funds. His speech at the NYOTA capital disbursement forum at […]
The Kenya–Somalia border, closed for 15 years due to repeated attacks by Islamist militants, will reopen in April, Kenyan President William Ruto said on Thursday. The frontier was officially closed in October 2011 because of attacks on Kenyan soil by Al-Shabaab, which has been waging an insurgency against the central government in Mogadishu for more […]
In his visit to Kisumu and without the late former Prime Minister Raila Odinga by his side, President William Ruto made a stop-over at Kondele, making the declaration on compensation of victims of protests whom he described as heroes, a complete change of attitude. The declaration comes weeks after the High Court nullified the presidential […]
The United States Department of State has announced that Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau is set to visit Kenya. In a statement, the State Department said Landau will begin his trip in Egypt before proceeding to Ethiopia, Kenya then Djibouti, over an itinerary spanning late January to early February. “Deputy Secretary of State Christopher […]