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Labour Day: Kenya, Morocco To Increase Minimum Wage

2May

By Chukwuebuka FestusNo Comments

Cost of Living, Kenya, Labour, Morocco, News

Labour Day: Kenya, Morocco To Increase Minimum Wage

The governments of Kenya and Morocco are set to increase the minimum wage to cushion workers against further erosion of their purchasing power. Speaking at Labour Day celebrations in Nairobi, Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta said a rise of 12% was necessary to help workers cope with a surge in consumer prices, which has been partly driven by the war in Ukraine. “As a caring government, we find there is a compelling case to review the minimum wages so as to cushion our workers against further erosions,” Kenyatta said at a Labour Day rally. Minimum Wage Increase He said the 12 percent increase would come into effect from May 1. It takes the minimum monthly wage from 13,500 Kenyan shillings (about $116.5, 110.5 euros) to 15,120 shillings ($130.5, 124 euros). Read Also...

Former Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki has died at age 90

23Apr

By Chukwuebuka FestusNo Comments

Kenya, Life, News

Former Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki has died at age 90

Mwai Kibaki, Kenya’s third president has died at 90. President Uhuru Kenyatta confirmed the death of Mr Kibaki in a statement on Friday. He said the country would observe a period of national mourning from Friday until his burial. Mr Kenya described the former president as “the gentleman of Kenyan politics” and recalled “his dignity, his diligence, candour, and concern for the well-being of all Kenyans.” “Kibaki was a quintessential patriot whose legacy of civic responsibility will continue to inspire generations of Kenyans long into our future,” Mr Kenyatta said. A household name in Kenyan politics, Mr Kibaki’s political career spanned decades, including serving as vice president to Daniel Moi, the man he replaced as president of the East African nation in 2002. Wha...

Alarm As Kenyan IGP Declares 2,000 Kenyan Police Officers ‘Mentally Unfit’ To Serve

21Apr

By Chukwuebuka FestusNo Comments

Kenya, News

Alarm As Kenyan IGP Declares 2,000 Kenyan Police Officers ‘Mentally Unfit’ To Serve

The Kenyan Inspector-General of Police, Hillary Mutyambai has said that 2,000 police officers are mentally unfit to serve in the police service. The IGP made this revelation on Tuesday during a meeting with bishops and senior clergy of the Anglican Church in Nairobi. According to him, the findings were established after medical examinations were conducted on police officers. “We have subjected all the officers to medical examination, and to our surprise, we got a big number. We isolated almost 2,000 police officers who are unfit to do their law enforcement work,” said Mutyambai in a video by local TV station NTV. The police IG however says a process to manage some of the mentally unstable officers, has started. Read Also: Police Bans Officers From Conducting Road Chec...

Kenya Confirms Bid for 2025 World Athletics Championships

6Oct

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Kenya, News, Sports

Kenya Confirms Bid for 2025 World Athletics Championships

Kenya on Tuesday confirmed its bid to host the 2025 athletics world championships, which if accepted, would bring the event to Africa for the first time. Nairobi has hosted both the world under-18 and under-20 world championships in the last four years, but faces a string of high-profile rivals including Tokyo, which staged the Olympic Games in July. “We formally confirmed our bid to host the global championships on Friday, October 1 which was the deadline set by World Athletics,” Athletics Kenya chief Jackson Tuwei told AFP. Read Also: Aghahowa Bemoans Ndidi, Etebo Injury Blow “We organised two very successful world junior championships at the Kasarani stadium in 2017 and in August 2021, where a number of world records and personal bests were realised,” he said. “We lea...

Kanu Was Arrested Without His Documents – Brother

10Jul

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Biafra, Kenya, News, Nigeria

Kanu Was Arrested Without His Documents – Brother

A brother to the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has revealed how they spoke while he was in Kenya shortly before “he went missing.” The brother, Kingsley Kanu, disclosed that the detainee had taken a walk when he was arrested and that he was without his documents. “His UK passport remains in Kenya,” The UK Guardian declared. According to The Guardian, Kanu’s brother, Kingsley, said he had spoken with him while he was in Kenya, “days before he went missing in June.” “I spoke to him on the phone, he was well, in Nairobi. His associates said he went out, he didn’t take his documents with him; so he wasn’t planning on going anywhere. Then, all of a sudden, we see him paraded in handcuffs in Abuja,” Kingsley said. “It is an extraordinary rendit...

IPOB Reacts To Reports Linking Governor Wike, Senator Uba With Arrest Of Nnamdi Kanu

6Jul

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Biafra, Kenya, News, Press Statement

IPOB Reacts To Reports Linking Governor Wike, Senator Uba With Arrest Of Nnamdi Kanu

The media and publicity secretary of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) says he or the group has not accused Senator Ifeanyi Uba and Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike of being involved in the arrest of their leader, Nnamdi Kanu. Powerful, in a statement signed by himself and obtained by SaharaReporters on Monday, warned those who used his name to issue a statement which linked Uba and Wike to the betrayal of the IPOB leader to desist from such. He reiterated that the group does not work on speculations as it does not have evidence that the two politicians were involved in the abduction of Kanu in Kenya. IPOB spokesman, however, said the group would not hesitate to disclose it to the public if it had any proof against them, adding that those who participated in the abduction and ...

Kenyan Authorities Respond to Arrest, Extradition of Nnamdi Kanu To Nigeria

2Jul

By Obiajulu Joel Nwolu1 Comment

Biafra, Kenya, News, Nigeria

Kenyan Authorities Respond to Arrest, Extradition of Nnamdi Kanu To Nigeria

Kenyan Immigration and diplomatic authorities have claimed no involvement in the arrest and “extradition” of the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, who was alleged to have been arrested in Kenya and brought to Nigeria. Alexander Muteshi, Kenya’s Director-General of Immigration Services, refuted the claims of the country’s entanglement with the arrest and “extradition” of Kanu. Also, an official in the Kenya Ministry of Interior said the ministry was not aware of the “extradition” of Nnamdi Kanu to Nigeria. The Kenyan government officials in separate interviews with Reuters and Kenya’s Nation newspaper debunked the family’s claim. Reuters said, “A spokeswoman for the Kenyan interior ministry said it was not aware of the matter, while the foreign affairs ministry...

Barack Obama’s Grandmother, Mama Sarah is Dead

29Mar

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Kenya, News

Barack Obama’s Grandmother, Mama Sarah is Dead

Former United States President, Barrack Obama, has lost his grandmother, Sarah Onyango. Her death was confirmed by her daughter, Marsat Obama, who disclosed her mother passed on at the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital, Kisumu in the early hours of Monday, Nairobi News reports. Late Onyango was admitted to the hospital on Sunday morning. According to family sources, plans are underway to bury her today (Monday) at the Muslim Cemetery in Kisumu. “We are trying to see whether we shall be able to bury her today and if not, we shall bury her tomorrow,” a relative said. Obama's father, Barack Obama Sr., was born in Kogelo, a rural village in western Kenya. He left for studies on a scholarship in the United States where he met a white woman, Ann Dunham, at the ...

Time For Youths to Takeover Power, Obasanjo to African Youths

13Aug

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Ghana, Kenya, Mali, News, Nigeria, South Africa

Time For Youths to Takeover Power, Obasanjo to African Youths

Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Nigeria’s former President has said the time has come for African youths to occupy leadership positions.He said youth participation in the activities of political parties is key to taking over their structure and stand a better chance of occupying elective positions.Obasanjo disclosed this on Wednesday during a keynote address at a virtual interactive which took place to mark the International Youth Day, 2020.The Youth Development Centre, an arm of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library at Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta organised the event.The former President said that unless the youths stand up to the older generation of leaders who occupy various leadership roles, they will continue to be relegated to the background. “Unless you squeeze out those who are in the office ...

Google Celebrates Kenyan Hero, Mekatilili wa Menza

9Aug

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Kenya, News, Women Empowerment

Google Celebrates Kenyan Hero, Mekatilili wa Menza

Google has dedicated a customized Doodle on its homepage to honouring Mekatilili wa Menza, Kenya’s foremost liberation fighter. She is famed for leading the Giriama people to counter colonial masters in the early 20th century. Google in a tweet said, “Today, we honor Mekatilili wa Menza, the Giriama Wonder Woman who had a heart that was full of passion. Passion for freedom. Freedom against the oppressors of her people. We remember that her resistance quest led to her imprisonment in a far land in western Kenya and that she had to walk 965 kilometers to get back to her land after escaping from the prison.” Kenyan coast celebrates her legacies during the festivities of the popular Malindi Cultural Festival, a yearly event of local history and price. Coronavirus restrictions may hind...