1. Uasi waenea
Taifa Leo newspaper reported that rebellion has spread widely in Kenya after Azimio la Umoja supporters along various streets, especially in Kisumu, Turkana, Mombasa, Nyandarua, and Nairobi. The SabaSaba rally was called to protest Ruto’ s new taxes and increased in the price of food commodities despite many families struggling to make ends meet.
2. Pan- African Ruto woos Comoros to join EAC
The East African newspaper reported that President William Ruto has taken it upon himself to ask Comoros to join EAC to increase market investment areas in the regional block. Speaking in Comoros, President Ruto also announced that students from Comoros will be able to study in Kenya at the same cost as Kenyan students.
3. Raila’ s 10 million signatures push t kick out Ruto
The newspaper, Daily Nation, reported that Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga has launched an exercise of collecting ten million signatures at Kamukunji Grounds that he believes will enable him to withdraw the Kenya Kwanza government. However, according to Article 145 of the Kenyan constitution, signature collection is not a requirement for impeaching the president.
4. Twitter threatens to sue Meta
The Standard newspaper reported that the giant social media platform Twitter has threatened to sue Meta over its newly launched app Threads. In a letter, a Twitter lawyer claimed that Meta hired former Twitter employees to create Tread, allegations that Meta Spokesperson Andy Stone refuted stating that no one on the Tread engineering team was a Twitter former employee.
5. Senators Now Want the US government to compensate 1998 bomb blast victims
The Star newspaper reported that Senators are set to create a committee that will push the governments of the United States and Kenya to pay the victims and families of Kenyans who died during the 1998 bombing of the United States embassy in Nairobi. The Senators also urged the Ministry of Health to provide treatment for the victims.
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