The Finance Bill 2024 has sailed through the Committee of the Whole House stage where MPs were voting on the amendments to the Bill, now moving to the Third Reading. This comes after 195 Members of Parliament voted to pass the Bill with 106 voting to oppose the financial bill. There were three spoilt votes….
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In response to a request for a nationwide shutdown by youth protestors, Kenya prepared for a nationwide strike on Tuesday as momentum builds against the government’s proposed tax rises. President William Ruto’s administration was caught off guard by the primarily Gen-Z-led protests, despite the Kenyan leader’s declaration over the weekend that he was prepared to…
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Several social media users and content creators are missing after they were abducted in overnight operations in the country hours to anti-Finance Bill demonstrations. Officials said this was among strategies being used to defuse the planned protests against the proposed taxes. Among those taken were vocal social media and political activist Gabriel Oguda. He was…
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More than 1,300 people died during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia as the faithful faced extreme high temperatures at Islamic holy sites in the desert kingdom, Saudi authorities announced Sunday. Saudi Health Minister Fahd bin Abdurrahman Al-Jalajel said that 83% of the 1,301 fatalities were unauthorized pilgrims who walked long distances in soaring…
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Substitute Niclas Fullkrug scored a late equaliser for Germany as they rescued a draw with Switzerland to top Group A. The Swiss thought they were going through to the last 16 as group winners after an early goal from Dan Ndoye until Fullkrug headed in the equaliser. There was an outburst of celebration from home…
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Eight Palestinians were killed on Sunday in an Israeli airstrike on a training college near Gaza City being used to distribute aid, Palestinian witnesses said, as Israeli tanks pushed further into the southern city of Rafah. The strike hit part of a vocational college run by the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA now providing aid…
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Madagascar capital city has launched first cable car rode as new means of public transport. The first cable car rode over neighborhoods of Antananarivo carrying President Andriy Rajoelina, city officials and project contractors. Capable of carrying up to 75,000 passengers a day, the cars are designed to reduce congestion in the Malagasy capital, which today…
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A protester displays a Kenyan flag at the Holy Family Basilica in Nairobi on June 23, 2024, in protest of the Finance Bill 2024. The Holy Family Basilica and the Catholic Church at large are calling on Kenyans to voice their concerns about the Finance Bill 2024. In a statement issued from the Basilica, the…
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Portugal outclassed Turkey to secure their place in the last 16 of Euro 2024 with a 3-0 win in Dortmund on Saturday, while Belgium kept their hopes alive with a 2-0 victory over Romania. Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portuguese side, European champions in 2016, are among the favourites to win the title in Germany and they lived…
In a landmark ruling for gay rights campaigners, laws banning same-sex acts between men have been ruled unconstitutional in Namibia. Convictions for the colonial-era offences of “sodomy” and “unnatural sexual offences” were rare but fuelled discrimination against gay men who lived in fear of arrest. No laws exist prohibiting sex between between women in Namibia….
