Kenya’s economic growth slowed to 4 per cent in the third quarter of 2024 compared to 6 per cent growth recorded in the same quarter a year before. According to the quarterly Gross Domestic Product (GDP) — Third Quarter 2024 report by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS), the slowdown was largely due to a general […]
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Japan’s oldest resident and the world’s oldest verified living person, Tomiko Itooka, has died at the age of 116, the Kyodo news agency reported. According to its information, Itooka died of natural causes on December 29. The supercentenarian received the title of the world’s oldest person in December 2023 after the death of 116-year-old Fusa Tatsumi, also […]
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The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) chairperson, Roseline Odede is dead. Vice Chairperson of the state agency whose mandate includes offering advisories to the Government and reporting obligations to several international bodies and organisations Raymond Nyeris, said Odede died on Friday, January 3, after a short illness. “It is with shock and deep […]
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The United States may actually go bankrupt if it does not change the situation with the increase of its national debt, businessman Elon Musk said on the X social network. “We either fix this or go de facto bankrupt,” the businessman said in a comment on the regulated exchange and prediction market Kalshi’s publication on […]
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South Korea’s parliament has impeached acting President Han Duck-soo, Speaker of the National Assembly Woo Won-shik said. The impeachment, which was approved by 192 delegates and needed at least 151 votes, came slightly two weeks after parliament stripped President Yoon Suk Yeol of his powers following a martial law order that plunged the country into […]
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Former national women’s volleyball team player Janet Wanja, 40, died Friday, December 29, from gallbladder cancer. Her death was announced on Friday morning by her elder brother Kevin Kimani who indicated that the long-serving setter, who also played for Kenya Pipeline and KCB, died on Thursday at 10pm. “Our sincere and deepest gratitude goes out […]
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Pope Francis has called for “arms to be silenced” around the world in his Christmas message, appealing for peace in the Middle East, Ukraine and Sudan as he denounced the “extremely grave” humanitarian situation in Gaza. On Wednesday, December 25, he used his traditional “Urbi et Orbi” – “to the city and the world” – […]
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If there is someone who epitomises sharpness, it is Dennis Makori. At a time when most campus students were praying for employment, Makori decided to focus on innovation. He is glad he did. Now he is reaping the fruits in a kingdom where value-added services on mobile phones are turning in a pretty penny. Mr. […]
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Japanese automakers Honda and Nissan have announced plans to establish a cooperative partnership to become the world’s third-largest automaker by sales as the industry undergoes dramatic changes in its transition away from fossil fuels. The two companies said they had signed a memorandum of understanding on Monday, December 23, and that smaller Nissan alliance member Mitsubishi […]
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Narc-Kenya Party Leader Martha Karua has accused President William Ruto of being behind a series of abductions witnessed in Kenya over the past six months. Speaking to Citizen TV in an interview, Karua claimed that the Head of State is running a covert “killer gang” made up of foreigners and select Kenyans drawn from the […]
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