President William Ruto has honoured four cabinet secretaries and two other individuals with prestigious awards for their exceptional service and contributions to the nation. In a Gazette notice on Friday, March 15, President Ruto awarded the Elder of the Order of the Golden Heart award (second class) to Njuguna Ndung’u, who serves as the National Treasury Cabinet Secretary, Aisha Jumwa for Gender, Culture, Arts, and Heritage, Florence Bore for Labour, and Alice Wahome for Lands. President William Ruto with Cabinet Secretaries Aisha Jumwa, Njuguna Ndungu, Florence Bore and Alice Wahome. Established in 1966, the Order of the Burning Spear recognises distinguished service to public dignitaries, exemplary members of the public service, and professionals. The award, divided into Chief, Elder, and Moran classes, has been bestowed upon individuals who have made significant contributions to various fields.

President William Ruto on Thursday traveled to Zanzibar to meet Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu. The Political Federation, according to Museveni, will most certainly guarantee the prosperity of people through a larger market while also ensuring their strategic security. The ultimate aim of the EAC's regional integration process is the Political Federation. Article 5 (2) of the Treaty for the Establishment of the East African Community provides for the idea of the Political Federation. In May 2017, the EAC Heads of State adopted the Political Confederation as a transitional model toward achieving the Political Federation.

A court has ordered the detention of three suspects for 14 days in connection with the murder of a businessman during a scuffle in a club in Kisii Town. This is after businessman Jeremiah Mogaka Nyamweya, 37 succumbed to injuries he sustained during the scuffle on March 10. The incident happened at a popular club as a group fought over a woman, witnesses told police. After an autopsy was conducted, it was established that Nyamweya died of the injuries that he sustained in the scuffle. It was then that police started to pursue the matter and visited the club and sought to review the surveillance footage.

President William Ruto has honoured and awarded four cabinet secretaries for their distinguished and outstanding services to the nation. Order of the Golden Heart of the Republic of Kenya is the highest award in Kenya and is split into three classes: Chief of the Order of the Golden Heart (C.G.H. and Moran of the Order of the Golden Heart (M.G.H.). The Order of the Burning Spear was instituted on 21 April 1966. The Order is divided into: Chief of the Order of the Burning Spear (C.B.S), Elder of the Order of the Burning Spear (E.B.S) and Moran of the Order of the Burning Spear (M.B.S).

What is it about, and do you think such artiste organisations are essential to the growth of spoken word poetry in Kenya? I have known you to talk about using spoken word poetry for therapy. How does your background as someone who graduated with a major in psychology intersect with your spoken word poetry? Spoken word poetry speaks to the soul, anchoring us in hope at times that we are grieving. But also so many other spoken word artistes who have come before me have inspired me.

Numerous African nations experienced internet disruption on Thursday, March 14, due to multiple undersea telecommunication cables encountering failures. On Thursday, March 14, an incident involving damage to an undersea cable caused widespread disruption to internet services in Nigeria and other parts of Africa. The affected undersea cables near Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, resulted in downtime for various nations across West and South Africa. According to The Nation, quoting Bloomberg, undersea cables, including the West Africa Cable System, MainOne, and ACE, were affected on Thursday, hindering telecommunications data flow. “This is a result of damage to international undersea cables across East & West Africa.

Despite being a disgraced former president who was sent to jail, Jacob Zuma is turning out to be the political wildcard in South Africa's election campaign. Prof Calland said Mr Zuma was the key to the party getting votes. It helped the ANC cross the 50% line in every national election since 2004," he told the BBC. In December, she was the one who read out a statement on behalf of her father announcing that he had thrown his weight behind the MK party. It showed the deep political animosity that Mr Zuma has for Mr Ramaphosa.

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Joseph Irungu, alias Jowie has filed a notice of his intention to appeal against his conviction and the death sentence passed on him Wednesday. Jowie said through his lawyer Andrew Muge that he intends to appeal against both the conviction and the sentence. Justice Nzioka sentenced the 33-year-old Jowie to death saying he deserved no mercy because he had not for his victim, Monica Kimani. Irungu said he intends to be present at the hearing of the appeal. Justice Nzioka said the sentence meted on Irungu should serve as a deterrence not only to him but to the society, observing that killings especially of women were on the rise.

Luongo joined Town in January 2023 after a brief spell at Middlesbrough and has since become a mainstay in the Blues midfield in both League One and the Championship. (Image: Newsquest)SHEFKI KUQIThe Finnish forward joined Ipswich from the Owls, having scored 19 goals in 68 games during his spell in Sheffield. He made 76 appearances, scoring four goals, including one against Norwich in the East Anglian derby. (Image: Newsquest)JIM MAGILTONThe midfielder joined the Blues in 1999, initially on loan from Sheffield Wednesday, having made 26 appearances during his spell at Hillsborough. DALIAN ATKINSONThe forward came through the youth ranks at Town, scoring 21 goals in 69 games before he joined Sheffield Wednesday for £450,000 in the summer of 1989.

The fast food operator said the problem has now been “resolved” at its sites in the UK and Ireland. On Friday morning, customers in the UK, Australia, New Zealand and Japan complained about issues trying to buy from the fast food giant on social media. In the UK, a number of customers said on social media that their local restaurants were closed although they were able to make orders through the company’s app. The company blamed the issue on a “technology outage” and stressed that it was not linked to any cybersecurity issues. A McDonald’s spokeswoman said: “We are aware of a technology outage which impacted our restaurants.

IN SHORT: A graphic claiming that the national dialogue committee recommends a minimum of 18 female governors to meet the two-thirds gender rule is fake. “NADCO proposes a minimum of 18 women governors (TWO-THIRD GENDER RULE),” reads a graphic allegedly published by Kenyan newspaper the Star. On 8 March 2024, both Kenyan president William Ruto and opposition leader Raila Odinga were individually presented with the report of the national dialogue committee (Nadco). The report proposes changes to Kenya's constitution, such as the creation of the positions of prime minister and leader of the opposition. A parliamentary committee is considering the report and will decide within 45 days whether a referendum or parliamentary vote is needed to implement the proposals.

In the early days of the Oscars, studios manufactured that glamour, grooming and refashioning the talent, keeping their images tightly controlled. It was understood and accepted in that prehistory of gender understandings that brooches were jewels to be worn exclusively by women. “This Tiffany brooch really gets around,” one observant jewellery blogger wrote. Historically, of course, men have been the largest consumers of jewels, for the obvious reason that they controlled the majority of the wealth. “It’s obvious that when you wear black tie, you have all this neutral canvas to play with,” Landrigan said.

Elias Coke has another Big Ten college offer to consider. The Harrisburg Cougars rising junior receiver said Thursday that Wisconsin was the latest school to join the mix for his services. The 6-foot-2, 195 pounder has a long list of offers that includes Penn State, N.C. State, Michigan, Pitt, Virginia Tech, Michigan State, Maryland, Purdue, Iowa State, West Virginia, Florida State, Kent State, Boston College, Akron, Rutgers, Syracuse, Temple, Toledo, UCF and UNLV. Coke caught 45 passes for 843 yards and 12 touchdowns last season for the District 3 champs. He was also in on 55 tackles with 10 passes defensed.

A Manitoba First Nation wants to make southwestern Manitoba's biggest city more accessible for northern communities by reopening Brandon's bus depot. Wuskwi Sipihk First Nation, located about 375 kilometres north of Brandon, purchased the former Greyhoud bus depot about a year ago and is now completing renovations. Bus line fills gapWuskwi Sipihk First Nation is one of the six First Nation co-owners of Mahihkan Bus Lines, which launched in 2019. Aynsley Smith, Mahihkan operations manager, says there has been a service gap for northern communities since Greyhound ended services across Manitoba in 2018. Wuskwi Sipihk First Nation Chief Elwood Zastre says purchasing the former Greyhound Bus Depot is an opportunity for economic expansion and ensuring northerners have easier transportation to Brandon.