Jomo Gecaga President Uhuru Kenyatta has reportedly fired his private secretary Jomo Gecaga, several sources have claimed. Gecaga, who is also the President’s nephew, has been working with Uhuru since his time as the Finance Minister in the Coalition Government. State House is yet to comment on the reports. Just in: President Uhuru Kenyatta had

President Kenyatta yesterday launched a full-blown attack on his deputy William Ruto and the latter’s “premature” 2022 campaigns, as he defended the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) in a passionate appeal to his restive Mt Kenya backyard. Speaking in a pre-recorded address aired on Gikuyu FM stations, the Head of State dismissed DP Ruto’s hustler-versus-dynasties talk,

Africans in diaspora By Takudzwa Hillary Chiwanza. The African found himself alienated from his immediate surroundings; wanting more to be recognized The imperial domination of Africa by the West through colonialism and subsequently neocolonialism has been the premise of societal, economical, and political structures in the continent. The West has always played the savior role

Oil prices were mixed on Tuesday as China’s record-high refinery output in 2020 boosted positive market sentiment, but investors are still cautious ahead of the inauguration of US President-elect Joe Biden on Wednesday. International benchmark Brent crude was trading at $55.01 per barrel at 0645 GMT for a 0.47% rise after closing Monday at $54.75

Vice President-elect Kamala Harris speaks during an event at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del., Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021, to announce key nominees for the Justice Department. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) By ALEXANDRA JAFFE WASHINGTON (AP) — Kamala Harris will make history on Wednesday when she becomes the nation’s first female vice president — and the

Photo/Somali Times Somali Foreign Minister Mohamed Abdirizak Mohamud, who is in the United States, said in advance that he would meet with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the 15-member Security Council. The purpose of the meeting with the members of the Security Council was to brief them on the current situation in Somalia and

Photo/Somali Times Somalia journalists have convened a meeting organized by the Somali Journalists Association, demanding the release of Kilwe Adan Farah. Kilwe, a journalist, was arrested 21 days ago in the Garowe town of Somalia, for reporting on inflation in the town. The secretary of the Somali Journalists Association, Abdalla Ahmed Mumin, who first spoke

Travellers are seen as an arrivals area of a terminal at Heathrow Airport, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, London, Britain, January 16, 2021. REUTERS/Toby Melville By Simon Calder The toughest travel rules in a lifetime for arrivals into the UK have taken effect. Anyone hoping to travel to the UK from

A man wearing a protective face mask walks past a screen displaying a graph showing recent Nikkei share average outside a brokerage, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Tokyo, Japan November 2, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato By Ritvik Carvalho LONDON (Reuters) – Global stock markets sank on Monday as soaring COVID-19 cases offset investor hopes

Type 054A frigate YULIN (Photo: China Military) By Dorian Archus PLA Navy continues its activities in the East Africa Region. The 37th fleet of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy on Saturday left the port city of Sanya in south China’s Hainan Province for the Gulf of Aden and waters off Somalia to escort