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latest news & developmentsKenya’s deputy president faces impeachment vote
Rigathi Gachagua says the charges against him, including corruption, are a ploy to push him out of office
Kenya’s addiction to scandal-prone leaders
Once again, the voters have chosen leaders tainted by scandal, though there is a small reason for hope
Maasai warrior hairdressers break taboos
Maasai warrior Lempuris Lalasho went to Kenya’s tourist haven Mombasa to find a white woman to marry, but he ended up working as a hairdresser.
Kenyan opposition calls for rallies to continue
Kenya’s opposition party, determined to bring down the government of President Mwai Kibaki, has called for another day of ”peaceful rallies” across Kenya in defiance of a ban and…
Kenya pioneers ‘mobile money’ in African first
Eyeing his cellphone with a mixture of suspicion and amazement, Paul Kangethe reads and rereads the SMS he has just received. ”I’ve never seen anything like this before,”…
Commonwealth chief hopes Zim will rejoin bloc
Commonwealth secretary general Don McKinnon on Wednesday voiced disappointment at Zimbabwe’s worsening political crisis and hoped the Southern African nation would eventually…