The French race walker faced a mid-race bowel incident during the 2016 Olympics but finished the event in eighth place. A French athlete experienced a dramatic and unfortunate turn of events during a crucial moment in his Olympic career turning what could have been a golden moment into a struggle to reach the finish line….
Masks with names of the victims of the attack on Garissa University College are displayed during a memorial concert in downtown Nairobi on April 14, 2015. PHOTO/ AFP The High Court has ordered the state to pay nearly half a billion shillings in compensation to the families of the 148 students who lost their lives…
Cabinet nominee for Lands, Housing and Urban Development Alice Wahome The Cabinet nominee for Lands, Housing and Urban Development Alice Wahome has pledged to weed out all land cartels should she be appointed to the docket. During her vetting on Thursday afternoon, Wahome, who was nominated to the same docket before her dismissal by President…
Samuel Gathimba in action at Paris Olympics. [Kelly Ayodi] Race walker Samuel Gathimba’s dream of an Olympic medal was shattered on Thursday morning after the Commonwealth bronze medallist finished 22nd in Paris. Gathimba was the sole Kenyan man in the 20km race walk showdown in the ongoing 2024 Paris Olympic Games. The race walk event…
The 28-year-old athlete’s journey took an unexpected turn when an administrative oversight by the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) left her off the list submitted to World Athletics. Jamaica hammer thrower Nayoka Clunis has maintained a defiant stance vowing not to give up her dreams despite missing a spot at the Paris Olympics. The 28-year-old…
The Court of Appeal has denied Miriam Juma’s request to block her eviction from a contested property in Nairobi’s Loresho area. Miriam Juma, the widow of Jacob Juma—a businessman murdered in a drive-by shooting along Ngong Road in May 2016—had sought to halt the eviction process, but her bid was rejected by the appellate court….
By REUTERS A Ugandan man held in pre-trial detention for nearly a year under anti-homosexuality laws that have drawn international condemnation has been released on bail, a rights group representing him said. Campaigners say Uganda’s LGBTQ community has faced increasing rights abuses, including home evictions and torture, after the East African country passed its Anti-Homosexuality…
President William Ruto is today expected to chair a meeting of the National Executive Council of the ruling UDA party at its headquarters in Nairobi. This was disclosed by Senate majority leader and Kericho Senator, Aaron Cheruiyot, who also sits in the party’s National Executive Council. The move is in a…
Kenya’s Daniel Mateiko with Elkanah Kibet and Nicholas Kipkorir during the Wanda Diamond League Prefontaine Classic on May 25. [AFP] Athletics has no doubt been the country’s goose that lays the golden egg at the Olympic Games. For Kenya, the real hunt for medals begins. Rugby Sevens and women’s Volleyball teams, as well as Fencing…
The trio of Mary Moraa, Lilian Odira, and Vivian Chebet will be out to reclaim Kenya’s gold medal won at the 2008 Beijing Olympics courtesy of Pamela Jelimo. As the 800m women step foot on the purple track on August 2 for the Paris Olympics heats, Kenyans eyes will be on the trio of Mary…
The High Court has ruled that retiring county governors and their deputies are not entitled to a defined benefit pension scheme similar to that available for State officers at the national government level. This decision, made by Judge L. N. Mugambi on July 25 at the Milimani Law Courts in Nairobi, followed a petition by…
By NDI EUGENE NDI Cameroonian authorities have released a young activist detained last week after posting a video on TikTok advocating democratic change in the country ahead of next year’s presidential election, his lawyers said. Barrister Akere Muna, lead lawyer for Junior Ngombe, 23, told the media in Yaoundé on Wednesday that the activist had…
Undercover detectives from the Anti-Narcotics Unit at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) have intercepted a drug trafficker disguised as a normal passenger and recovered 1080 grams of cocaine. The suspect, Bioma Alice Gbassay from Sierra Leone was arrested upon her arrival in Kenya en route to Mumbai. “The suspect, Bioma Alice Gbassay from Sierra…
Algeria’s Imane Khelif arrives for her women’s 66kg preliminaries round of 16 boxing match against Italy’s Angela Carini during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the North Paris Arena, in Villepinte on August 1, 2024. [AFP] Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, who failed a gender eligibility test last year, pummelled her Italian opponent in 46 seconds…
State House has advertised for the supply of cut flowers and flower arrangements in what is seen as defiance of President William Ruto’s order for austerity measures. This comes in the wake of budgetary crisis sparked by the withdrawal of the Finance Bill 2024, which left a Sh346 billion hole in the 2024/25 budget. Despite…