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Award-Winning African Journalist. Focus on Kenyan Foreign Policy and Africa. Twiplomacy. Fact Checker. Nairobian. Tips: mwangi @kenyanforeignpolicy .com
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NAIROBI: An injured young Kenyan on Koinange Street urges his fellow citizens to continue protesting as he is taken into a waiting ambulance.
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NAIROBI: Military sources indicate that the embattled Kenyan President wanted to deploy the Kenyan military to reinforce the security ring at the KICC to quell the intense protests, but the top brass has stood firm against it.
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BREAKING: The embattled Kenyan government under President William Ruto has ordered the shutdown of KTN News, a 24-hour news channel.
KTN News has pledged to stand firm and continue its journalistic duties despite the shutdown order.
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Embattled President Ruto, burning with rage during the press conference, has declared revenge rather than offering a solution.
That’s not leadership!
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BREAKING: Military undertones have led the embattled president to reassign Aden Duale from the Defence Ministry to the Environment Ministry.
The soldiers were dissatisfied with the Cabinet Secretary.
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He is back.
The embattled Kenyan president appears to have left State House this afternoon aboard a presidential chopper.
Unknown destination.
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BREAKING: The embattled Kenyan president has landed at State House, Nairobi, and is likely to announce a state of emergency.
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BREAKING: The embattled, jet-setting Kenyan President William Ruto, who was tasked by AU leaders to spearhead AU institutional reforms, is unable to attend the AU 6th mid-year summit in Accra, Ghana due to political upheaval in Kenya.
Instead, he opted to attend a church
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It appears that political elites in Kenya are uniting.
Clearly, they feel threatened.
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CS Magoha laughs for the 3rd time since 1986 after seeing DP Riggy G in stunners..
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No Kenyan President has ever faced such humiliation.
But he asked for the interview, so let him dry out and fry himself.
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NAIROBI: A young Kenyan Muslim medic, responding to a medical emergency, sprays youthful protesters in the face to ease the pain from teargas.
@Eastleighvoice
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Can you guess which Kenyan ministry has become a dumping ground for the children of elites and politicians?
This cannot be a coincidence.
You will not believe! 🫢
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Mercy Tarus made a powerful statement on
@citizentvkenya
.
“When they want to tax us, they talk about Singapore, but when we ask for accountability, they mention Sudan.”
This fear is gone.
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The Tonje rules recommend that the CDF position should rotate between Army, Air force and Navy. The current holder of the office, General Kibochi- a four star general is from the Kenya Army.
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BREAKING NEWS: President
@WilliamsRuto
has REVOKED
#Kenya
's recognition of the Sahrawi Democratic Republic as an independent state, says he will initiate steps to wind down the entity's presence in Nairobi. President Ghali of Sahrawi attended Ruto's inauguration yesterday
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Kenyan police officers heading to Haiti were promised Ksh 100,000 as departure amount but will only receive Ksh 20,000, sparking complaints and internal squabbles.
The mission's launch was kept secret, with no media invited.
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Regarding the Adani JKIA deal, a private jet from Chennai, India landed in Nairobi to pick embattled Ruto, took him to Italy for the G7, then Switzerland for Ukraine Summit, and finally to Paris where he boarded a KQ plane.
We documented the journey.
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Something amusing happened today—Ruto chaired the C’tte of African leaders on Climate Change in New York, but not a single head of state turned up, except for Mauritania’s leader, who also happens to be the AU chair, and of course, Moussa Faki.
Are they all avoiding Ruto?
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At State House in Nairobi, where the office of the First Lady is located, there is an entire department dedicated to faith diplomacy. Pastors and intercessors occupy this department, praying for the country every morning when they wake up.
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DIPLOMATIC SOURCES: International Community to release a statement on the intense situation in Kenya at 5:30PM.
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The embattled President wants to appear in control while the country is in crisis.
He's opening a bus park, of all things…
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KENYA: Meet Pastor Dawson Mudenyo, the Head of Faith Diplomacy at the Office of the First Lady.
He leads a team of over 100 pastors and intercessors in praying for the country, all at a significant cost to the Kenyan taxpayer.
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#UPDATE
: A pool of African journalists currently in
#AddisAbaba
report no tension or clashes in Ethiopia’s capital, a city that hosts
@_AfricanUnion
HQ & UN Economic Commission for Africa offices. Those I have engaged say ‘people are blowing this thing out of proportion’
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Sources indicate that the Kenyan Intelligence Agency (NIS) and Military Intelligence are unable to track down the funders of the protests.
The movement is purely crowd-sourced and organic. This country will never be the same again.
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The embattled Kenyan leader missed a church service despite being in the country.
Things have certainly changed.
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Multiple
#Kenyan
based journalists have raised concern's about racial undertones during the
@RoyalFamily
visit.
Those who I have spoken to say they were mistreated and felt degraded in their own country. A sovereign country, so to say.
Thread.
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BREAKING: The security barricades on all roads leading to State House, Nairobi have been removed, along with the GSU officers, police vans, Mahindras, and riot control trucks that were previously stationed there.
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DIPLOMATIC SOURCE: The
#Ukrainian
Ambassador to Kenya, who also represents Ukraine in Uganda, visited Kampala to invite President Museveni to the peace summit in Switzerland.
“Museveni declined the invitation and lectured the delegation for two hours.”
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BREAKING: Zambia suspends
@KenyaAirways
flights from October 8, citing Nairobi’s delay in granting landing rights to Zambia Airways.
Lusaka says they contacted Kenya’s transport minister in July with no response.
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The embattled Kenyan president appears to have left State House this afternoon aboard a presidential chopper.
Unknown destination.
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Using rape and sodomy to silence political dissent is a horrific violation of human rights that undermines the very foundation of our democracy.
This tragic story from Mombasa County is utterly repulsive and deeply concerning. I am greatly disturbed.
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Interesting statement from
#Kenya
's former leader and
@jumuiya
peace facilitator Uhuru Kenyatta on engaging with Pres.
@PaulKagame
who "agreed to urge" the M23 on the need for immediate ceasefire and withdrawal from captured positions. This is VERY BIG!. THE STORY IS HERE!
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A former military Brigadier tells me that the military should never be involved in the affairs of the capital, where politics is centered.
The country is not at war.
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Senator Okiyah has stated that Raila Odinga is engaging in political promiscuity, aligning with anyone and everyone who has made an offer. 😂
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In countries with progressive militaries like Kenya, you can only have one four-star GENERAL who is the Chief of the Defence Forces. Uganda has 2 generals in the military now, General Mbadi the CDF and General Muhoozi. Promoted with no troops to command? Something is cooking.
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That video of President Salva Kiir though... I think it should have never been put online. The role of Presidential handlers in times of crisis!!? There is a nice way of telling pressmen, look- this cannot go out bcs of this & that. We hear. We are human beings. Paints him badly!
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JUST IN: Heavy Redeployment/Reshuffling at the Foreign Ministry, Nairobi.
More to follow.
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BREAKING: The embattled president has ousted his police chief.
IG Koome has resigned.
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UPDATE: President
@WilliamsRuto
first trip to an African country will be
#Ethiopia
. He is expected to jet in tomorrow for Safaricom Ethiopia launch. Interestingly, PM
@AbiyAhmedAli
was the first world leader to congratulate the
#Kenyan
HoS after he was announced winner by IEBC
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JUST IN: 7 Kenyans have been rescued today by Thai Army from Myanmar & are currently in Thailand awaiting repatriation. Another four are still hold up in the factories.The rescue comes amid numerous distress calls of nationals duped into non-existent jobs in the South East region
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FALSE. This mission is not funded by the UN. Delete!
CS NOMINEE Professor Kithure Kindiki confirms Kenyan police in Haiti are insured and paid by the UN, says mission has seen significant infrastructure recovery.
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BREAKING: Tanzanian opposition party Chadema's leader, Freeman Mbowe, and other members have been arrested in Mwanza. Mbowe was due to speak at an event organized by Chadema youth wing
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BREAKING:
#Burundian
President Evariste Ndayishimiye accuses his
#Rwandan
counterpart, Paul Kagame of sheltering , funding, training and protecting the armed group (Red Tabara) who attacked
#Burundi
on Christmas Eve, and killed twenty people in Gatumba.
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Minutes after the Kenyan presidential jet KAF 308 took off from Mombasa and went off radar, it has landed back at the same airport in the coastal city. What’s going on?
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I'm saddened that KTN News, East Africa’s first 24-hour news channel, has closed and merged with its mother station, KTN Home. This station has shaped many of us. Unfortunately, incompetence tends to breed incompetence, and that's where the problems at KTN News began.
Best
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M7 on language. Hilarious but can easily brew diplomatic frictions😂
“We have a dialect that is not contested. This is SWAHILI. We are not like the European Union who don’t have language. When they meet in Brussels they can’t talk. Somebody is talking German, another one is
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KENYA: The embattled leader requested the interview; it should be noted that the media did not initiate it.
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An Airbus private chopper with registration 5Y-DSN, associated with the embattled Kenyan leader, is airborne conducting aerial surveillance at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.
An Airbus private chopper with registration 5Y-DSN, previously associated with the embattled Kenyan leader, is also airborne conducting aerial surveillance.
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BREAKING: President Uhuru Kenyatta has called for immediate ACTIVATION of the East African Regional Force meant to help restore peace and security in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The Regional Force shall be deployed to the Ituri, North Kivu and South Kivu provinces
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Protesters began chanting and singing upon seeing the military, appearing to feel safer with them than with the police.
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Cops are now saying their target is Francis Gaitho, not Macharia Gaitho. Our enforcement officers, though...
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JUST IN:
#UN
Sec Gen
@antonioguterres
has appointed
#Kenya
's Foreign Affairs PS
@AmbMKamau
along nine other eminent individuals for a term of two years as members of the 7th advisory Group of the Peace building fund.
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A visibly frustrated
@jumuiya
peace facilitator and Kenya's former leader Uhuru Kenyatta making calls minutes after he revealed on Monday evening that key people tasked in organizing the Nairobi 3 process made underhand dealings & shortchanged the participants their allowances
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Rt,Her employer is on your timeline.With this kind of economy,we need to do favors for fellow sufferers.
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Seen as a novice when he came to power four years ago, the Congolese President modus operandi continues to surprise many people. From divorcing Kabila to handling Rwanda's
@PaulKagame
. Diplomacy & IR researcher
@MathiasSsemanda
describes him as a 'great leader with a vision'...
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Ferrying Ruto, who attended UNGA in New York, always includes a stop in Dubai—a rather intriguing city.
Kenya AF Fokker 70 KAF308
#04C030
as KENYA01 returning to Nairobi from Dubai. Callsign consistent with presidential flight.
@Dinlas3
@MwangiMaina_
@mary_ethan
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BREAKING: Defence Minister Aden Duale announces that KDF has implemented a policy to cease ferrying politicians using Defence Forces assets.
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Jill hosted a farewell lunch for all visiting First Ladies.
Communication should emphasise the context.
Kenya's First Lady, H.E
@MamaRachelRuto
was hosted by United States of America's First Lady
@FLOTUS
for a working lunch meeting on the sidelines of
#UNGA79
in New York.
The meeting explored new ways to collaborate on key global issues, including education, health, and Women
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The Kenyan ambassador to Latvia, based in Stockholm, Sweden, is Angeline Kavindu Musili, not Agnes.
As the custodian of foreign policy, you should know the names of all those deployed abroad on your fingertips.
It is a matter of basic knowledge.
In Latvia, the Kenyan flag was hoisted for the first time in the Baltics when Ms. Agnes Kavindu Musili presented her papers to H.E. Edgars Rinkēvičs President of the Republic of Latvia.
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NAIROBI: Pressure is mounting on Kenya’s embattled President Ruto to dissolve his cabinet.
Many of his ministers have been accused by Kenyans of sheer arrogance, excessive opulence, and incompetence.
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END OF THE ROAD? Kigali is facing condemnation globally for 'supporting' the M23 rebels. A group of independent UN experts tabled a report this week indicating that Rwanda's Army "engaged in military ops" against Congolese army in the mineral rich region.
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The international community, particularly Western embassies in Kenya, has remained silent on the intense situation. Protesters have been killed, and Parliament has been occupied.
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‘Rich friends’ from Abu Dhabi are in Kenya to see the embattled Kenyan President.
IHC Capital Holding LLC Jet landed in Nairobi today.
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“Africa must not become a casualty of geopolitical tensions. What Africa wants and needs first is peace.” President
@PaulKagame
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#Kenya
’s Foreign Minister Director of Press, Salim Swaleh, has been arrested for aiding fraudsters who have been conning foreigners at Mudavadi’s office.
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DIPLOMACY: Rwanda's Pres.
@PaulKagame
went bananas today when addressing parliament in Kigali. In his long speech, the Rwandan leader spent 43mins addressing issues on
#DRC
. He attacked President Tshisekedi directly saying "he never won the election" & should look for other ways.
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MILITARY:
#Kenya
's President
@WilliamsRuto
being shown some of the military vehicles that will be deployed to Eastern Congo at Embakasi Garisson ahead of the flag hand over to the Kenyan troops that will form an
@jumuiya
regional force aimed at quelling violence in the region.
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Kenya is condemning the attack on the UAE ambassador’s residence in Sudan, yet remained silent when the Kenyan ambassador’s residence was attacked.
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An AW-139 helicopter from the Kenya Air Force, part of the Presidential convoy, has landed at State House, Nairobi, from Moi Air Base in Eastleigh.
The helicopter will likely ferry the embattled Kenyan President, criticized for his heavy taxation policies, to an unknown
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Dear Hussein,
Where did you hear 150,000 Ksh per month?
The gentleman states he earns USD 40 per week, which translates to approximately Ksh 5,000.
He takes home USD 150 per month, roughly Ksh 19,000. He also mentioned that he has earned a total of USD 600 over four months,
Samson Nyamweya earns Ksh 150,000 per month through online writing after enrolling with the Jitume programme, an initiative that provides the youth with access to digital services, digital skills, and online job opportunities.
He shares his experience with President
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It’s important to note that Kenya has severely violated human rights and freedoms over the past 100 days, including incidents of killings, maiming, and forced abductions.
Pleased to announce Kenya’s successful election to the United Nations Human Rights Council during elections held today in New York.
@ForeignOfficeKE
Kenya elected to sit on UN Human Rights Council
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The embattled Kenyan president appears to be retreating to his village following a church service in Nyandarua.
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BREAKING: The Kenyan nominee for the Permanent Representative role at the UN Geneva, Dr. Fancy Too, the first Kalenjin female lawyer with a PhD, is unaware of the name of the individual to whom she will present her credentials in Geneva.
The Director-General of UN Geneva is
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Michael Kimingichi, Deputy Director of ICT at Foreign and Diaspora Minister Musalia Mudavadi's office, sighed in frustration, remarking "jealousy will kill me" when discussing the perception of a ministry as a landing spot for elites' and politicians' children.
I didn’t even
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Second Lieutenant Ian Kagame, son of Rwandan President
@PaulKagame
seen in these pictures as part of the Presidential Guard responsible for ensuring the personal security of his father. Ian underwent military training from the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst UK last year.
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The 'rice farmer' from Embu is currently flying the Strix-DF drone towards the capital's center.
This drone is reportedly used by the Kenyan intelligence agency for surveillance.
Stay alert.
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African Union Picks Kenya's ex-Leader Uhuru Kenyatta, to Lead Nigeria Election Observation Team.
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#Rwandan
leader Paul Kagame has been accused by some of his regional counterparts of sowing chaos in the Great Lakes Region.
#Congolese
President is bitterly hounding PK for supporting M23, a rebel group causing chaos in Eastern Congo.
#Burundian
President Evariste Ndayishimiye
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Interesting that the
@_AfricanUnion
would plan peace talks in
#SouthAfrica
and not involve the key actors.
#Kenya
's former leader Uhuru KENYATTA's team caught unaware, now
#Tigray
says they were not consulted. Seems the whole plan is shrouded in secrecy.
@AUC_MoussaFaki
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DIPLOMATIC HEADACHE: A delegation from the UNSC led by the Gabonese PR to the UN, Michel Xavier Biang who chairs the UN Sanctions Committee met with
#Uganda
's
@KagutaMuseveni
yesterday in Kampala & tasked him to explain on reports that Uganda & Rwanda are the main backers of M23
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@DrDennisOuma
Na wewe daktari wa miti shamba huwa unapeana prescriptions za muarubaine saa ngapi!?
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The Kenyan candidate for the African Union Commission has skipped a significant African event in Nairobi, opting to remain in London cooling his heels.
An intriguing choice of strategy. 😂
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Shots fired.
Anonymous joins the game.
Referee waves; play on!
Anonymous issues a warning towards the Kenyan government to respect the rule of law and right to protest of
#RejectFinanceBill2024
participants.
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That teary left eye MP Moses Kuria is mocking was part of the ultimate price that our former Premier, Raila Odinga had to pay for our country's freedom, democracy. Those tears gave us freedom of speech! Live long Tinga
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MILITARY DIPLOMACY: Newly commissioned
#Rwandese
Cadets looking dapper in their Green Tunics at the
#Rwanda
Military Academy in Gako on Friday. President Kagame awarded the graduating cadets with a rank of 2nd Lieutenant. A symbol of grandeur and power!
@RwandaMoD
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Kenya's Trade Minister
@HonMoses_Kuria
was in Doha, Qatar last week for an official mission. Interestingly he was escorted by two mysterious
#Belarusian
businessmen accused of engaging in arms deals in Africa. They were designated as "Advisors-Gulf Countries" during the trip
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SOURCES: Kenyan government is caught off guard, with no human intelligence on the protests and no idea of what's next. Nairobi dismisses it as a popular uprising, leading to recent abductions and captures in search of a leader.
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27 is the perfect age to start freaking out about how soon I'll be 30. Happy birthday to me and 🥂 to more life and blessings.
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Kenya's President
@WilliamsRuto
on trading with the US dollar.
"Why is it necessary for us to buy things from Djibouti and pay in dollars? Why? There is no reason,".
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I will headline it as Segregated Press Buses, Stale Sandwiches & Used Toothpicks: Behind the Scenes of a Well-Choreographed but Tone-Deaf Royal Visit to
#Kenya
.
Journalists have complained of being segregated from their British counterparts during pool transportation...
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The Kenyan Presidency has truly outdone itself this time.
This meeting took place two or three days ago, was posted, then mysteriously deleted, only to be officially "relaunched" today.
Quite embarrassing.
I engaged with Ahmed Ali Dinar, leader of the Fur in Darfur and Abdulwahid Mohammed Ahmed Alnour, Chairman and Founder of the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army. They provided me with an update on the progress made by civilian coalition groups in addressing the challenges facing
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