Based in Nairobi, Kenya-Akinyi is The African Exponent's East African Correspondent-bringing to you all important stories from the Eastern part of Africa right on your computer.
Ugandan members of parliament have voted for a controversial bill that will see the presidential age limit lifted. The supporters of the bill took the day with legislators voting to remove the age limit of 75 for presidential candidates. This means that 73-year- old President Yoweri Museveni can seek re-election
Zambians have forced the government to backtrack its decision to hire Chinese national residents in the country as police reserve officers. Zambians were in utter shock following the circulation of images showing the induction of eight Chinese nationals as police reservists. The country’s inspector general of police Kakoma Kanganja
Africa's former colonialists continue to wield a lot of unrivalled power over the continent through the phenomenon of foreign aid. Foreign aid, presented with the good intentions of extricating Africa out of her poverty, has not alleviated any problem but has actually aggravated our misery. Almost every African
A family spokesperson has revealed that the late Muammar Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam Gaddafi will announce plans to contest for president during next year's presidential elections in Libya. Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, who is the second son of the late leader was freed from detention earlier this
When Kofi Annan was asked who is to blame for the looting in Africa, he said, “It takes two to tango”. He then added, “The African officials who are signing away their country’s resources at an almost giveaway rate in the expectation that they will get something are really
South Africa’s African National Congress (ANC) has picked Cyril Ramaphosa, an anti-apartheid hero, and business mogul as its new leader, and possibly the next president if the party wins in the 2019 presidential elections. Ramaphosa, also the current Deputy President of South Africa narrowly defeated Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, president Zuma’
What happened in Zimbabwe still feels like a dream. Many people had hoped for the day to come, but had least expected it to come in the manner that it did. For many years, Zimbabweans had tried to force Robert Mugabe out of power. He never flinched to these threats,
In a heist reminiscent of a Hollywood movie, Kenyan robbers spent months tunnelling into the bowels of a bank located opposite a police station and stole the equivalent of half a million dollars, police said on Tuesday. Police said they had arrested two men and one woman over the robbery
If there has ever been a great human rights activists, an advocate for the equal treatment of blacks, it has been Malcolm X. His name is incontestably inscribed indelibly in the books of history as one of the greatest and most influential African-Americans. And like many celebrated human rights activists,
Angolan President Joao Lourenco dismissed Isabel dos Santos as chair of the state oil company Sonangol on Wednesday, in a dramatic move against the family of the former president. Analysts said the change was likely aimed at cementing Lourenco’s power and trying to avoid a decline in production at
Let’s begin in August 2016, in South Africa, when two white farmers, Theo Martins Jackson and Willem Oosthuizen, were convicted of attempted murder and kidnapping after forcing Victor Mlotshwa, a black man, into a coffin while threatening to burn him alive. They accused Mlotshwa of trespassing on their farmland
The hostile and tense political situation in Kenya has left many a Kenyan drenched in agonizing uncertainty. On one hand, it seems as if the country may slide back into the precarious position of 2007, and on the other, it seems that the fate of Kenya's politics has
Muammar Gaddafi was an outspoken and controversial leader of Libya who was never afraid to speak his mind out, even if it would attract some unfavourable results. He had a knack of touching on sensitive issues, and he always stood by his words. Some of his words would draw a
The United Nations adopted a robust set of global development goals in 2015 that included promoting mental health and well-being for the first time. The plan is to also reduce premature deaths from noncommunicable diseases, including metal disorders. In 2006, the World Health Organisation launched The Chain Free Initiative which
By Alfred P.B. Kiadii I am beginning to lose hope in the ongoing political process in Liberia, as the visibility of betrayal lends a veneer of hope to the presidency of the tabula rasa, everything is indicating this except there is a dramatic recalibration and U-turn in the Sisyphean
Africa is notoriously synonymous with leaders who are selfish, cruel, heartless, greedy and who abuse power to secure their own ends at the expense of the populace. This is not the case with Botswana's former president Ketumile Masire, who is now late. He is one of the few
