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Kenyan court rejects bid to stop Deputy President's ouster

A Kenyan court on Tuesday dismissed a last-minute attempt to halt the Senate's debate and vote on the impeachment of Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua.

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Kenya’s presidents have a long history of falling out with their deputies – Rigathi Gachagua’s impeachment would be no surprise

The process of removing Kenya’s deputy president Rigathi Gachagua is part of a long history, dating back to independence, of fallouts between the president and his deputy. The difference this time around is the process.

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Kenya and Haiti urge partners to boost support for peacekeeping mission amid a funding shortfall

The leaders of Kenya and Haiti are urging international partners to honor their commitment to the U.N.-backed peacekeeping mission in Haiti, saying the mission needs more resources and that its budget will run out in March 2025

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Kenya is overhauling its national healthcare scheme after 58 years – what would make the transition less painful

Kenya’s pursuit of universal health coverage has evolved over three decades through incremental reforms. But by far the boldest step taken so far was in 2022 when the government embarked on an overhaul of the healthcare system under President William Ruto’s economic transformation agenda.

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Kenyan MPs vote to impeach Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua

Kenya's National Assembly has voted to impeach Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua. Some 281 MPs voted for the motion, with 44 voting against. Having fallen out of favour over the past year, Gachagua was criticised by both the opposition and deputies aligned with President William Ruto. Meanwhile, the civil war may…

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Kenya MPs Vote To Impeach Deputy President In Historic Move

Kenyan lawmakers on Tuesday voted to impeach Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua for abuse of office in an unprecedented political drama that has transfixed the nation.

International Business Times

Kenyan MPs vote to impeach deputy president in historic move

Kenyan lawmakers have voted to impeach Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua for abuse of office in an unprecedented political drama that has transfixed the nation.

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Kenya Deputy President Faces Impeachment Amid Public Clashes

Kenya's political landscape is in turmoil as supporters and opponents clash over an impeachment motion against the deputy president, sparking violence and ...

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Kenya's deputy president faces impeachment as ruling coalition fractures

Kenyan lawmakers have launched an unprecedented motion to impeach Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua – accusing him of undermining the government, stoking ethnic tensions and corruption.

Radio France Internationale

Kenyan Lawmarkers Seek To Impeach Deputy President

Kenyan lawmakers on Tuesday initiated a motion to impeach the Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua in an unprecedented political move portending an acrimonious fallout within the ruling party.

International Business Times

Haiti Security Mission Extended For One Year As WFP Sounds Alarm

The UN Security Council extended on Monday its authorization of the multinational policing mission in crime-ravaged Haiti, but without any call to transform it into a UN peacekeeping mission, as floated by Port-au-Prince.

International Business Times

Kenya promises full Haiti deployment by January amid calls for UN mission

Kenya's President William Ruto has promised to complete the deployment of a Kenyan-led stabilisation force in Haiti by January, as Haiti's leader suggests boosting the intervention into a larger UN peacekeeping mission.

Radio France Internationale

Kenya set for full Haiti deployment amid call for shift to UN mission

Kenya is aiming to complete by January its full deployment of a stabilization force in violence-torn Haiti, President William Ruto said Thursday, as Haiti's leader suggested making it a UN peacekeeping mission.

France 24

Kenya supports turning Haiti mission into formal UN peacekeeping operation

Kenyan President William Ruto, on a visit to Haiti, said this weekend that he was open to Kenya's anti-gang mission in the country being converted to a full UN peacekeeping operation.

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As UN meets, Haitians express hopelessness at finding an international solution to gang crisis

As world leaders discuss the future of efforts to wrangle the gangs strangling Haiti, Haitians are expressing hopelessness over an international response to the tide of violence

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Kenyan President Ruto Arrives In Haiti To Combat Gangs

Kenyan President Ruto supports U.N. mission in Haiti to combat gang violence post-Moïse's assassination and aid in restoring stability.

Al Jazeera

Kenya’s Ruto lands in Haiti to assess police mission as insecurity deepens

Kenya-led police mission to Haiti’s mandate expires next month as country continues to reel from widespread violence.

The Independent UK

Kenya's president visits Haiti as UN grapples with future of peacekeeping efforts

Kenyan President William Ruto has arrived in Haiti as the United Nations grapples with how to best support a peacekeeping mission of resource-strapped Kenyan and Jamaican forces

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Kenya Starts DNA Testing To Identify School Fire Victims

DNA testing was due to begin in Kenya on Monday to help identify the boys who lost their lives in a deadly school dormitory blaze last week.

France 24

Kenya mourns victims of fatal school fire

A horrific and devastating fire: these are the words of Kenyan President William Ruto following the tragedy that struck a school in Nyeri County. The blaze broke out in a boarding school late on Thursday night. By Friday, 18 children were confirmed dead and dozens were still unaccounted for. The…

Al Jazeera

Why have so many school fires occurred in Kenya?

Arsons targeting schools have caused scores of student deaths in the past two decades.

International Business Times

Anguished Parents Wait For News After Kenya School Fire Kills 17

Families of children at a Kenyan primary school where a dormitory blaze killed 17 boys were facing an anguished wait Saturday for news of their missing loved ones.

International Business Times

Kenya School Dorm Fire Kills At Least 17 Children

At least 17 young children were killed in a fire that ripped through their primary school dormitory in central Kenya overnight, with initial reports Friday indicating it was overcrowded in breach of safety standards.

Radio France Internationale

At least 17 children killed after fire rips through Kenyan primary school

A fire at a primary boarding school in Nyeri County, central Kenya, has killed 17 students and seriously burned 13 others, police said on Friday. President William Ruto has promised a thorough investigation into what he described as a "devastating" incident.

Al Jazeera

At least 18 students killed in Kenya boarding school fire

President Ruto says those responsible will be ‘held to account’ for the blaze that also injured 27 pupils.

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