The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says it is closely monitoring the situation in Kenya following the nationwide youth-led anti-finance bill protests. In a statement, the IMF affirmed its commitment to helping Kenya overcome its economic challenges. “The IMF is closely monitoring the situation in Kenya. Our main goal in supporting Kenya is to help it…
Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has called on Kenyans to call off planned protests and embrace dialogue as he condoled with families of those who lost loved ones in the demonstrations. Mr Gachagua on Wednesday appealed to the young people of Generation Z and others to heed to President William Ruto’s call…
After a day of deadly clashes between protesters opposed to the Finance Bill and anti-riot police on Tuesday, President William Ruto has announced that he will not sign the Finance Bill 2024, finally yielding to widespread public opposition. In a statement read at State House in the company of UDA Members of Parliament, President Ruto…
President William has officially written to the Speaker of the National Assembly Moses Wetang’ula to withdraw the Finance Bill 2024. In a statement on Wednesday, June 26, 2024, Ruto expressed his decision to withdraw the bill, saying it was informed by widespread public dissatisfaction with the contents of the bill. “This evening President William Ruto,…
President William Ruto on Wednesday announced the withdrawal of the contentious Finance Bill 2024, a day after violent protests that saw Parliament invaded by those who took part in demonstrations. In doing so, the head of state said he was acting in the best interests of the ordinary citizens given the opposition that greeted the…
Following the events of Tuesday, it was clear that Kenya’s anti-riot security apparatus was overwhelmed. Images and videos of protesters pushing back the police over and over again blazed our TV screens, with no amount of deterrent working for the determined crowd. All this culminated in parliament, where the police opened fire killing several protestors…
Makadara Principal Magistrate Monica Kivuti worried about her 18-month-old daughter, Elianna Wanjiru, as she fought for her life in the emergency room shortly after a police officer shot her during a court session on Thursday, June 13. This was revealed by her spouse Mutima Kang’ata during the funeral at Mamba Village in Machakos County on…
By MONITOR Uganda President Yoweri Museveni is expected to receive a global award next month in Canada for his “distinguished leadership and dedication” in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. The award will be given at the First International Post-Covid Conference in Toronto, Canada. About 11 government officials, scientists and businesspersons are also expected to…
President William Ruto on Monday flagged-off the first 400 group of police officers for the United Nations peace mission in Haiti. The President expressed confidence that the Kenyan contingent, together with others from contributing countries, will help in returning lasting peace in the conflict-ravaged Haiti. Speaking at the National Police College, Embakasi Campus in Nairobi,…
Thousands of Kenyans took to the streets of Mombasa on Tuesday, June 25, 2024, joining nationwide protests against the contentious Finance Bill 2024. Demonstrators from various neighbourhoods within Kenya’s second city voiced their frustrations with the government, with Mombasa’s Central Business District (CBD) seeing a particularly large turnout. Anti-Finance Bill protesters in the streets of…
Since the anti-Finance Bill protests commenced on June 18, 2024, numerous protesters have faced arrests and abductions. Victims have been taken by plainclothes police officers to undisclosed locations, escalating concerns about the government’s tactics to quell dissent. The Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) has strongly condemned these abductions. In a statement released on Tuesday, June…
President William Ruto spoke out about the ongoing protests by Kenyan youths over the Finance Bill 2024, praising Kenyan youth for taking a stand in matters of the country. Speaking in Nyahururu on Sunday, Ruto expressed pride in the young people for stepping forward tribeless and peacefully to be counted. He acknowledged that their actions…
Saboti Member of Parliament (MP) Caleb Amisi has revealed that he will be joining the ongoing countrywide anti-Finance Bill demonstration. Amisi, in a statement he published on Monday, June 24, 2024, revealed that on Tuesday, June 25, 2024, he will join the young generation on the streets to protest against the 2024 Finance Bill. The…
UDA SG Cleophas Malala. UDA Secretary General Cleophas Malala has issued a stern warning to the party’s legislators against opposing Finance Bill 2024, which advanced to its second reading last Thursday. Speaking in Butere, Kakamega County on Sunday, Malala stated that UDA MPs who vote against the bill should prepare to leave the party and…
Peter Kimani, 25, from Kiambu County, was one of the 101 students selected to participate in a trip to the Arava International Centre for Agriculture Training (AICAT) in Sapir, Israel, in 2016. This comes after former President Uhuru Kenyatta and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signed an agreement in early 2016 dubbed the Jerusalem Declaration,…