Category: East Africa

The LSK argues that Dr Mokua does not qualify for the position.

Kenya’s nominee judge for the East African Court of Justice Zablon Muruka Mokua will also be appointed to the First Instance Division on the same day.

But in an Africa where China, the US, Russia, the European Union, Britain and India have already pitched their ideas, the South Koreans say the two-day event should also be a reflection of shared experiences and lessons learned.

By press time, some of the regional body’s workers were yet to be paid their May 2024 salaries, and a number of organs and institutions had suspended their activities due to lack of budget.

State House Spokesman Hussein Mohamed later said the government saved money after the UAE gesture, allowing Kenya to pay just Ksh10 million ($76,923) instead of the Ks200 million ($1.54 million) it would normally cost.

The horrifying details emerged even as Nairobi pushed backchannels for a new track seeking to coalesce movements opposed to main warring factions and help weaken the desire for war.

After a three-day State visit to the US this week, President William Ruto witnessed several multimillion-dollar deals in infrastructure and security. But these are a reward for his staying closer to Washington in the past 20 months of his administration.

The bodies of five miners have been recovered from the Hillo artisanal mine, and another three people were unaccounted for, regional commissioner Paul Rotich told Reuters by telephone late on Friday.

Instead, on a joint podium with US President Joe Biden, Ruto told the audience his country is a voluntary contributor to what humanity needs. The two leaders spoke at a joint press briefing in Washington after a bilateral meeting that formed part of Ruto’s state visit.

US officials had previously indicated that the officers would be in Port-au-Prince by Thursday to coincide with Kenyan President William Ruto's state visit to the White House.