A past UN Security Council meeting in New York. The Treasury has set aside Sh1.2 billion to fund Kenya’s activities on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) where the country is serving the first leg of its two- year term. “This reflects a net increase of Sh1.2 billion. The additional funding is to cater for

Photo: Credit Twitter Garissa Senator Yusuf Haji President Uhuru Kenyatta is among Kenyans who have condoled with the family and the people of Garissa County following the death of their senator, Mohamed Yusuf Haji. The 80- year-old Haji died on Monday morning while receiving treatment at the Aga Khan Hospital in Nairobi. In his message

Deputy President William Ruto said Saturday he would not resign amid a chorus of calls to quit the government for his apparent rebellion against President Uhuru Kenyatta. He said he would continue working with the President to ensure the realisation of their shared agenda and vision for Kenyans. Dr Ruto, whom President Kenyatta on Friday

The International Court of Justice has rejected a request by the Kenyan government to postpone the hearing of the Somali maritime case, according to the Somali government. ”With reference to the Indian Ocean delimitation case between Somalia and Kenya, and Kenya’s request for a stay of proceedings, I would like to inform you that, after

Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump hold hands on stage after the first presidential debate at Case Western University and Cleveland Clinic, in Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File) By Dave Burke Insiders claim that Melania and Donald Trump barely see each other most days as he relaxes on the golf

Photo/Somali Times Jubaland Ahmed Madobe continues to insist that the Gedo region should be handed over first before the Somali elections, making Gedo the epicenter of the electoral dispute. Jubaland governor Ahmed Madobe says that the return of Gedo to Jubaland would depend on inclusive elections in the country. According to Somali National Army Officials

Tigray women who fled the conflict in the Ethiopia’s Tigray region, wait to receive aid at Village 8, the transit centre near the Lugdi border crossing, eastern Sudan, Sunday, Nov. 22, 2020. Ethiopia’s military is warning civilians in the besieged Tigray regional capital that there will be “no mercy” if they don’t “save themselves” before

Philip Moi and his estranged wife Rossana Pluda Moi. The High Court has summoned the commander of Nairobi’s Muthaiga Police Station to explain failure to implement a warrant of arrest against former President Daniel Moi’s son Philip over a debt of Sh1.8 million arising from an acrimonious divorce a decade ago. High Court judge Aggrey

Photo/Somali Times/Somali Information Minister Osman Abukar Dubbe. The Somali government has rejected a request by the Kenyan government to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to postpone the maritime dispute with Somalia. Somali Information Minister Osman Abukar Dubbe recently told a news conference in Mogadishu that they would never accept a postponement of the maritime

Kenya is once again seeking to postpone the Indian Ocean maritime case with Somalia, in the latest attempt to have the matter brought before the International Court of Justice in The Hague. The case has been postponed three times as a result of requests from Kenya much to Somalia’s disappointment, which has pushed for a