Liverpool have been crowned Premier Leaguechampions with their 5-1 win against Tottenhamat Anfield on Sunday. Arne Slot’s side needed a minimum of one point to secure the title and match Manchester United’s record of 20 league crowns, and strikes from Luis Díaz, Alexis Mac Allister, Cody Gakpo and Mohamed Salah, as well as a Destiny Udogie own goal, sealed the deal. Salah’s goal was the 185th of his Premier League career, making him the league’s top-scoring foreign player. With Arsenal’s 2-2 draw against Crystal Palace on Wednesday, they cannot mathematically catch the league leaders, even with four games still to…
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A passenger plane headed to Dar es Salaam in Tanzania from the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) was ordered back to Nairobi after a suspected leakage of hazardous biological material. Flight KQ484 was on its way to Julius Nyerere International Airport when Kenyan authorities ordered it back, 25 minutes after take off, passengers and officials said. The plane was ordered back on suspicion of a TB exposure following a leak in the cargo hold from a previous flight resulting in passengers getting grounded. The passengers were told that there might have been some hazardous biological material (Tuberculosis Bacilli) leakage in…
A senior figure from South Africa’s ruling ANC party has defended his country’s sovereignty amid growing tensions with the US over race relations and a new land law. “We are a free country, we’re a sovereign country. We’re not a province of the United States and that sovereignty will be defended,” ANC National Chair Gwede Mantashe said on Sunday. US President Donald Trump has hit out at South Africa’s new expropriation law, signing an executive order in February stating it was a means to which the government could “seize ethnic minority Afrikaners’ agricultural property without compensation”. President Cyril Ramaphosa says…
Interior and National Administration Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen is set to hold a high-level security meeting in Kerio Valley on Monday, April 28, 2025, as the government steps up efforts to consolidate peace in the region. Officials said the meeting, at the Chesongoch Sisters Facility in Elgeyo Marakwet County, will bring together top security and National Government Administrative Officers (NGAO) drawn from Marakwet East, Baringo West, Tiaty, Kerio Valley, and Pokot Central sub-counties. The Kerio Valley engagement comes as Operation Maliza Uhalifu (OMU) — a multi-agency security operation launched in 2023 to flush out bandits and address emerging crimes in…
Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua Sunday termed the government’s efforts to protect Kenyan youth from drug and alcohol abuse futile. He claimed some top state officials are in the drug trafficking enterprise. Speaking at a church service in Ol Jorook, Nyandarua County Gachagua described two of President William Ruto’s Cabinet ministers as “drug barons”, without naming names. “When I left the government, Ruto brought two drug barons into his Cabinet as Cabinet Secretaries. How do you expect the fight against drugs to be won? It cannot. Our youth are left in God’s protection,” Gachagua said. Gachagua was impeached last October…
Heath Cabinet Secretary (CS) Aden Duale has urged more Kenyans to enroll in the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) under the Social Health Authority (SHA). Speaking at a fundraising event for Harhosa Mixed Day Secondary School in Marsabit County on Sunday, Duale noted that the new health care programme will allow all citizens to access affordable healthcare, unlike the defunct National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF), which benefited employed Kenyans. He added that the enrolment has been slowed down by critics, who he says were making illegal financial gain with the defunct NHIF. “Those opposing SHA are fraudsters. We have discovered that…
Kenya’s Sabastian Sawe produced a blistering performance to beat a star-studded field and win the men’s London Marathon in a time of 2hr 02min 27sec on Sunday. The 29-year-old, who won the Valencia marathon last December, came home alone in blazing sunshine ahead of Uganda’s world half marathon record holder Jacob Kiplimo. Defending champion Alexander Mutiso Munyao edged Abdi Nageeye for third in a photo finish while four-time champion Eliud Kipchoge finished sixth. At the halfway mark the lead group, which included Kipchoge, Olympic champion Tamirat Tola and Kiplimo, timed outside world record pace at 1:01:30. Kipchoge, though, was dropped…
Public Service, Human Capital Development and Special Programmes Cabinet Secretary Geoffrey Ruku Sunday reaffirmed the government’s commitment to delivering quality services to Kenyans through enhanced public sector efficiency and citizen engagement. Speaking during a service at Matira-ini AIPCA Church in Konyu Ward, Mathira Constituency, Nyeri County, Ruku emphasised that the Kenya Kwanza administration values public feedback. He said that his ministry will continue engaging citizens directly to gather firsthand information. “The government takes feedback from Kenyans seriously, which is why we hold public participation in high regard,” Ruku said. “You will see me moving around the country to hear directly…
Crystal Palace reached the FA Cup final in spectacular style as Eberechi Eze and Ismaila Sarr fired them to a fully deserved victory against Aston Villa at Wembley. Eze unlocked a tense semi-final after 31 minutes when he rifled a magnificent drive high past helpless Villa goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez from the edge of the penalty area. Palace’s Tyrick Mitchell miskicked in front of an open goal before the break, then Jean-Philippe Mateta failed from the spot when his penalty glanced off the post. But the Eagles kept pushing to increase their lead and Sarr hit another stunning goal after 58…
At least four people were killed and more than 500 injured in a powerful explosion on Saturday that ripped through a vital port in southern Iran, state media said. “Unfortunately, at least four deaths have been confirmed by rescuers,” the head of the Red Crescent Society’s Relief and Rescue Organization, Babak Mahmoudi, told state TV. State television, citing emergency services, reported that “516 people have been injured as hundreds have been transferred to nearby medical centres” in the southern province of Hormozgan, where the Shahid Rajaee port is located. It blew out windows and roofs of nearby buildings and destroyed…
Tanzania lifted a ban on imports of agricultural produce from Malawi and South Africa, it said late on Friday, days after imposing it in retaliation for similar measures imposed by the two southern African nations. Tanzania Plant Health and Pesticides Authority (TPHPA)’s director general, Joseph Ndunguru, said that Tanzania was lifting the ban effective immediately to allow for “a diplomatic ministerial discussion.” A normally bustling border crossing between Tanzania and Malawi was noticeably quieter than usual on Thursday as a result of an escalating regional trade row. Tanzania banned the entry of all agricultural imports from Malawi and South Africa…
The death of Virginia Giuffre will leave questions that are now likely to remain unanswered. Her name will always be associated with the scandals and criminality surrounding the late billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his circle – with Ms Giuffre one of the most prominent among his accusers, revealing the trafficking and sexual exploitation of young women. The photo of her and Prince Andrew, taken in London in 2001, became emblematic of the royal’s entanglement with Epstein and was central to his disastrous Newsnight interview in 2019. The origins of the picture remain uncertain. But Ms Giuffre’s death adds…
Interior and National Administration Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has told off former president Uhuru Kenyatta for calling on the youth to agitate for good governance. Murkomen wondered how the former president has all over a sudden become very clever barely before his administrative ink could dry since he left high office. He argued that it is absurd the former Head of State has now noticed the critical role the youth play. “Suddenly, he is very clever and lecturing us, urging the youth to fight for good governance. He left office just the other day and even his ink has not…
The government has launched a major crackdown on betting firms. Internal Security and National Administration Principal Secretary Dr Raymond Omollo said this is in order to save many young people hooked to gambling. “Our people are hooked into betting and we are focused on cleaning this space,” said the PS. “We are targeting rogue businessmen and women and call on the public to help security officers to rein in these rogue individuals.” Dr Omollo revealed that so grave is the damage brought by betting that President William Ruto himself is keeping tabs on the crackdown. “Changes will be done to…
Brussels Airport, Belgium’s main international flight hub, will cancel several flights on Tuesday, while Charleroi Airport plans to suspend all departures the same day due to a nationwide strike over the new government’s austerity policies. Brussels Airport said in a statement that some of its baggage and security service providers were due to participate in the industrial action. While it did not specify how many flights would be cancelled, Belga news agency reported that at least 30% of departures were to be axed and that disruption to incoming flights was also possible. Charleroi Airport said in a statement that a…