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John Cena has commented on Matt Cardona’s return to WWE with his opinions. Cardona had long been associated with the Stamford company from 2006 to 2020, where he even had a plotline with John Cena. He engaged in an on-screen love affair with Eve Torres, who then would go on to John Cena. John Cena commends Cardona’s stability and effortJohn Cena has been active on social media after the retirement from wrestling and has been sharing his opinions frequently on X. He also lavished praise on Cardona’s wife, Chelsea Green, saying they were ‘a tremendous example of making luck through effort.’
The United Opposition has announced that it will delay naming its joint presidential candidate for strategic reasons, according to former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua. We will declare our flagbearer a few months before the election,” Gachagua said. “I make this commitment to you: by the first quarter of 2026, the name of our presidential candidate will be made known to Kenyans. The United Opposition is not just a coalition; it’s your government-in-waiting. During the Murang’a event, Gachagua also defended retired President Uhuru Kenyatta amid criticism from some ODM members.
Leaders around the world have responded with a mix of condemnation and support to the US capture of Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro. In an initial response, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said his government would "shed no tears" for the end of Maduro's regime. China said it was "deeply shocked and strongly condemns" the use of force against a sovereign country and its president. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said the legality of the US operation was "complex" and international law in general must apply. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said he was "deeply concerned that the rules of international law have not been respected", his spokesperson said.
A CIA source inside the Venezuelan government helped the US track Nicolas Maduro's location in the lead-up to his capture by the US Army's elite Delta Force, CBS News has learned, as first reported by NYT. CIA Director John Ratcliffe has previously said the agency would prioritise the recruitment of human sources. The US government had offered a $50 million reward for information leading to Maduro's arrest. Wearing a military uniform, the mayor said that she and others had taken to the streets to protest against what she described as Maduro's "kidnapping". Thousands of those who protested or expressed their opposition to Maduro's re-election were arrested and sentenced to lengthy jail terms.
President William Ruto during the launch of the Rironi–Mau Summit dual carriageway project at the Total Junction in Mau Summit. [File, Standard]Securing a New IMF ProgrammeDiscussions with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will dominate the first half of the year. Kenya is actively negotiating for a new funding arrangement. The core sticking points remain, analysts warn, including the treatment of securitised debt (like the road annuity programme), the pace of fiscal consolidation, and tangible progress on structural reforms, particularly privatisation. Failure to secure a credible programme would severely strain public finances and shake market confidence, analysts say.
ODM party leader Oburu Odinga and Homa Bay Governor Gladys Wanga during former Prime Minister Raila Odinga's memorial service at Sony Sugar Green Stadium in Awendo, Migori County, on November 6, 2025. [Anne Atieno, Standard]Is President William Ruto the poisoned chalice in the lap of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Party? ODM looks internally ruptured and bleeding, especially after the demise of Raila Odinga. If it is not dying as a political machine, is what it has stood for dying, or perhaps even dead?
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Hawa Hassan (l) and Hadoma Muhammed (r), whose sons were trapped after South C building collapsed. How tall was South C collapsed building? South C building investigations ongoing“We only want to get the body and bury it according to our Islamic religion. South C building collapse captured on CCTVCCTV footage captured the final seconds before the building, located at Plot No. Source: FacebookJalango speaks after South C building collapseLang’ata Member of Parliament Jalang’o visited the scene to assess the damage and check on the safety of residents.
In an escalation of US-Venezuelan tensions, President Donald Trump confirmed the United States had carried out a “large-scale strike against Venezuela”. Source: UGCIn a post shared on his Truth Social platform, Trump stated that they had captured President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. The operation, Trump said, involved US law enforcement and removed the Venezuelan leader from the country. The operation marks the first US military action inside Venezuela since a December CIA drone strike on a port facility. Maduro has repeatedly accused the US of backing coup attempts, sabotaging the economy, and seeking control over Venezuela’s vast oil reserves.
Sifuna instead shifted the blame to individuals close to former President Uhuru Kenyatta. Junet claimed the failure was the result of decisions taken by individuals close to the former president, not party officials tasked with campaign coordination. “The answer is simple, clear and verifiable: Former President Uhuru Kenyatta released the funds meant for election agents to his blood brother, Muhoho Kenyatta,” Junet claimed. To underscore Mburu’s continued proximity to Uhuru Kenyatta, Junet cited a recent trip abroad. “The fact is, once they took charge, they never procured any agents for Raila Odinga, not in Mt Kenya and not in Luo Nyanza,” Junet claimed.
In contemporary Kenya, few warnings are more urgent than the attempt to fragment Mt Kenya into artificial political sub-regions. The idea of “Mt Kenya East” and “Mt Kenya West” is not innocent cartography; it is political engineering. Those promoting this scheme understand that a divided Mt Kenya cannot assert itself effectively at the national bargaining table. A fragmented Mt Kenya would find itself negotiating not as one bloc but as rival sub-units competing for favour. If Mt Kenya is to remain relevant in 2027 and beyond, it must resist attempts—subtle or overt—to fracture its political voice.
These moments state an uncomfortable fact: human power is never as sovereign as it imagines itself to be. This culture breeds political schemers who believe that history can be bent at will by money, muscle, and messaging. Crises in creative forms expose the limits of human power. If prayer is to shape Kenya’s future, prayer spaces must become places of revolution. And when God interrupts political designs—scattering schemers, unsettling arrogance, exposing injustice—the Church would not scramble to interpret events.
Every morning, millions of Kenyans dress to support other economies while wondering why their own livelihoods remain fragile. During Uhuru Kenyatta's presidency, Kenyans were encouraged to wear national dress to work on Fridays. The idea was simple: Wear locally made clothing to work. For decades, simple national signals, such as wearing specific colours on certain days, have moved entire supply chains. We supply foreign supply chains with our bodies while our cotton regions decline and our tailors hustle without enough scale.
Former Public Service Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria has slammed former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, saying that he is a dangerous person. In a message on X, Kuria was responding to Gachagua’s earlier remarks referring to his party, Chama Cha Kazi, as a “wheelbarrow”. He insisted that while he did not support President William Ruto’s re-election, he is for it now. He singled out parties associated with former Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria, former Kiambu Governor William Kabogo and Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mwangi Kiunjuri. Small parties like that one owned by Moses Kuria, William Kabogo and Mwangi Kiunjuri.
