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Blood in the Mission: The Human Cost of Kenya’s Deployment to Haiti

On a quiet morning in February 2025, a casket wrapped in the Kenyan flag touched down at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. Inside lay the body of Police Constable Samuel Tompei Kaetuai, the first Kenyan officer killed during a mission in a country most of his fellow citizens could not locate on a map—Haiti. His death …

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Kenya’s Descent into State-Sanctioned Lawlessness: Who Is Truly in Charge?

When Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua returned to Kenya, what should have been a routine political moment turned into a disturbing spectacle of organized thuggery, sanctioned silence, and terrifying disorder. Videos and eyewitness accounts revealed scenes of unprovoked violence at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, where goons—some masked, some openly identifiable—assaulted, mugged, and terrorized innocent citizens. All …

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Ruto’s Bribery Circus: A President Playing Prosecutor in a System That Denies Him That Power

“What emerges is not a portrait of a reformer but of a leader playing prosecutor without the constitutional tools, preempting institutions while ignoring the stench within his own backyard.“ President William Ruto’s thunder against parliamentary bribery collapses on contact with the law: a president does not arrest—institutions do. On Monday, August 18, 2025, Ruto alleged …

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Flight of Anxiety: Will Rigathi’s Return to Kenya Ignite the Fall of Ruto?

“Gachagua’s return flight to Kenya is more than a scheduled arrival—it is a political event with all the markings of a potential turning point. Whether it signals the beginning of a revolution or the final nail in his political coffin remains to be seen, but one thing is certain—Kenya will never be the same again.“ …

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Ruto’s Fake Crusade: Fighting Corruption with One Hand, Feeding It with the Other. Parliament reacts furiously.

The Fire Ruto Cannot Contain: When the President Points Fingers with Dirty Hands In a nation already simmering with discontent, President William Ruto has thrown gasoline into the fire. During a public address, the Head of State accused members of Parliament of accepting bribes to pass the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Bill—an accusation so …

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The Hypocrisy of Power: Why the World Will Still Roll the Red Carpet for Ruto at the UNGA.

By Arch. Dr. D.K. Gitau |The Diaspora Times Editor. President William Ruto walks into the 88th United Nations General Assembly as one of the most polarizing African leaders of his time. At home, he is battered by protests, accused of corruption, and condemned for a brutal crackdown that has left Kenyans dead or disappeared. Abroad, …

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Everything Ruto Touches Turns to Ash: The Inua Jamii Confusion and the Collapse of Compassion.

“Ruto promised to include more beneficiaries—without increasing the budget. The result? A ballooned list of dependents with no money to support them.” Report by Serah Kiraitu | Diaspora Times Correspondent-Kisumu Over 1.76 million Kenyans—elderly citizens, orphans, vulnerable children, and persons with severe disabilities—are staring at an uncertain and potentially devastating future after the National Assembly’s …

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Angolan Writer Nituecheni Africano Among the Top 5 Most Promising Writers in Africa

PRESS RELEASE — FOR IMMEDIATE DISTRIBUTION Author won the Sankofa Book Awards Kenya 2025 with the novel The Inmate: The Beginning and the End of an Injustice and leads the list of 97 young African literary talents. Nairobi, Kenya — August 15, 2025, 12:00 PM (local time) — Angolan writer Nituecheni Africano has achieved a historic milestone by being ranked …

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