Kenya – Newstime Africa

Biography: – The Outstanding Professor P.L.O. Lumumba

February 19, 2023 no comments

Prof. PLO Lumumba whose full name is Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba was born on 17th July 1962 and raised in Usenge, a little village at Lake Victoria KENYA. Named after an African hero of that time, Pa...

Kenya’s new Finance Minister Njuguna Ndung’u has good credential...

October 14, 2022 no comments

Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images XN Iraki, University of Nairobi President William Ruto has nominated Njuguna Ndung’u to head Kenya’s National Treasury. A Central Bank of Kenya governor for...

Uhuru Kenyatta and Kenya’s media: a bitter-sweet affair that didn’t en...

August 23, 2022 no comments

Kenya’s journalists have had a tumultuous relationship with Uhuru Kenyatta’s government. Simon Maina/AFP via Getty Images Michael Ndonye, Kabarak University President Uhuru Kenyatta’s regime came int...

How Kenya’s degree requirement for top political posts turned into a f...

June 24, 2022 no comments

Simon Maina/AFP/GettyImages Maina wa Mutonya, National School of Anthropology and History The rush for academic credentials is nothing new ahead of a Kenyan election. Candidates are challenged about ...

Introducing William Samoei Ruto – The next president of Kenya

February 15, 2022 no comments

Who Exactly is William Ruto? William Samoei Arap Ruto is a Kenyan politician who serves as Kenya’s Deputy President. He has served as a deputy president since 2013. William Ruto’s Early L...

Tricked and uninformed: why so many young girls in Kenya are getting p...

May 30, 2021 no comments

Anthony Idowu Ajayi, African Population and Health Research Center The rate of early unintended pregnancy in Kenya is shockingly high. About one in five girls between the ages of 15 and 19 have begun...

Why President Uhuru Kenyatta should not isolate Deputy William Ruto

May 6, 2021 no comments

I am extremely baffled to learn that President Uhuru Kenyatta is deliberately snubbing his Deputy, William Ruto, I independently supported the duo during the 2012 Elections by offering free PR work u...

Why we did it: the Kenyan women and girls who joined Al-Shabaab

March 29, 2021 no comments

Fathima Azmiya Badurdeen, Technical University of Mombasa The direct involvement of women and girls in terrorism has attracted increased interest as the nature of recruitment tactics has evolved. In ...

COVID-19: a new challenge for clean cooking progress in Kenya

March 29, 2021 no comments

Suzanne Bartington, University of Birmingham; Jessie Pinchoff, Population Council, and William Robert Avis, University of Birmingham Over 90% of the 238 million people living in sub-Saharan Africa’s ...

UK-Kenya Economic Partnership Agreement enters into force

March 26, 2021 no comments

NAIROBI, Kenya – 24 March 2021 – PRN Africa — The UK-Kenya Economic Partnership Agreement, having been ratified by both parties, enters into force, marking an important step towards...