Cameroon President Paul Biya, the world’s oldest active head of state at 92, will seek re-election in the 12 October presidential vote, aiming for another term after 42 years as president. Biya, Cameroon’s longest-serving leader who succeeded its first president, Ahmadou Ahidjo, has stayed in power by controlling politics and suppressing opponents despite repeated claims of vote rigging. “I am a candidate in the presidential election,” he wrote on his official X account. “Rest assured that my determination to serve you matches the urgency of the challenges we face.” The confirmation ends months of speculation, although Biya’s candidacy had long…
Author: Samuel Njihia
Kenya is in mourning after the passing of Chief Kadhi Sheikh Athman Abdulhalim Hussein, who passed away on Wednesday evening in Mombasa. The death was confirmed Thursday morning by Jamia Mosque Imam Sheikh Jamaludin Osman. “Indeed, we belong to Allah, and indeed, to Him we will return. I am saddened to inform you of the passing of our Chief Kadhi, Sheikh Abdulhalim Hussein, a while ago in Mombasa. He shall be buried in Mombasa,” Osman said in a post on social media. The funeral service will be held following the afternoon) prayer today in Mombasa. Sheikh Abdulhalim took over from…
Former Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB) CEO Ezekiel Mutua has been ordered to refund Sh27 million he received as part of an irregular salary increase during his second term. The State Corporations Appeal Tribunal has backed a decision requiring former KFCB boss Ezekiel Mutua to return over Sh27 million he was paid in a questionable salary increase. Mutua’s monthly salary jumped from Sh348,840 to Sh1,115,850 after his contract was renewed in 2018 — even though the Sports Cabinet Secretary had already declined to renew his term. The tribunal found that the KFCB board went ahead with both the contract renewal…
The Communications Authority (CA) has directed all TV stations to immediately suspend live broadcasts of the ongoing 25 June Gen Z anniversary protests. In a statement signed by Director General David Mugonyi, the CA instructed television and radio stations to cease any live coverage of the demonstrations, warning that failure to comply would attract regulatory action. “The live coverage of the 25th June 2025 demonstrations is contrary to Articles 33(2) and 34(1) of the Constitution of Kenya and Section 461 of the Kenya Information and Communications Act, 1998,” Mugonyi said. “This is therefore to direct all television and radio stations…
A heavy police presence was reported across Nairobi and other towns early on Wednesday as demonstrators marked the one-year anniversary of last year’s deadly anti-Finance Bill protests. Police fired tear gas along Kimathi Street and near the General Post Office on Kenyatta Avenue to disperse crowds. Riot officers lobbed canisters at groups—some simply walking or even playing football—promptly forcing them to scatter. At Central Police Station, where teacher and blogger Albert Ojwang was killed on June 8, 2025, police used more tear gas to disperse mourners attempting to lay wreaths. Security was bolstered around Parliament and State House, with razor…
The High Court has declared the mandatory 2.75 per cent deduction from gross income for the Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF) illegal, dealing a significant blow to the government’s efforts to finance Universal Health Coverage (UHC). In a ruling delivered on Monday, Justice Chacha Mwita found that the levy amounts to double taxation, stating that it imposes an additional charge on income that has already been taxed under the Income Tax Act. “The law is clear that gross income is chargeable to income tax. Subjecting it to any other statutory deduction, particularly of a similar nature, is unlawful,” said Justice…
Deputy Inspector General of Police Eliud Lagat will step aside if he is found culpable in the death of blogger Albert Ojwang, Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja told Parliament on Thursday. Appearing before the National Assembly Committee on Security, Kanja said an investigation by the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) is ongoing and that “no one will be spared” should the probe establish wrongdoing. “There is an ongoing investigation by IPOA, and every person whose name is mentioned as having played any role in the death of the late Albert Ojwang must record a statement and give their side,”…
Police Douglas Kanja, and DCI chief Mohamed Amin over the death of Albert Ojwang in police custody. The three had been summoned to explain the circumstances surrounding the incident. Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) Chairperson Issack Hassan, who was also summoned, failed to appear. Ojwang, a 31-year-old teacher and blogger based in Voi, was arrested on Saturday, 7 June, in Homa Bay over alleged defamatory statements directed at Deputy Inspector General Eliud Lagat. He was transferred to Nairobi’s Central Police Station, where he later died in his cell under unclear circumstances. The Senate session, held on Wednesday, saw Murkomen and…
Long-serving Nation Media Group (NMG) chairman Dr Wilfred Kiboro is set to retire at the end of this month after three decades of leadership at the company. In a leadership transition, Joseph Muganda – a former chief executive of NMG – has been appointed as the new chairman of the Board of Directors, effective during the Annual General Meeting slated for June 27, 2025. Mr Muganda has over 30 years of experience working with big companies in Africa and the UK. He joined the Nation Media Group Board on November 1, 2024, and was the Group CEO from 2015 to…
The Trump administration ignited a firestorm in higher education this week after abruptly revoking Harvard University’s certification to enrol international students — a move critics decry as a politically motivated attack on academic freedom. The decision, announced by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on 22 May 2025, threatens to upend the lives of thousands of students and scholars while escalating a bitter feud between the White House and one of America’s most prestigious institutions. Noem justified the revocation of Harvard’s Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) certification by accusing the university of fostering an “unsafe campus environment,” promoting antisemitism, and…
