Tag: KENYA

Kenyan Marathon runner Ekiru gets 10-year doping ban

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Kenyan marathon runner Titus Ekiru has been banned for 10 years, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said Monday, for both doping and tampering in a case that involved collusion with a high-ranking doctor in a Kenyan hospital. One of his positive tests, for triamcinolone acetonide, came at the Milan Marathon in May 2021, which he won in a time of two hours, two minutes and 57 seconds, which would currently rank him the seventh-fastest all-time marathon athlete. The ban comes after an investigation found the 31-year-old obstructed the AIU’s probe…

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2025, 2027 AFCON: CAF names hosts

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir
AFCON CUP

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has named Morocco hosts for the 2025 AFCON, while a joint bid from Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania got the nod for the 2027 AFCON. Morocco won the hosting right by garnering 22 votes, after Algeria, Zambia and a joint bid by Nigeria/Benin Republic withdrew before the voting. At their voting at the Cairo Marriott Hotel in Egypt on Wednesday, the Executive Committee of CAF announced the North Africans and East Africans as hosts for the 2025, 2027 editions respectively A joint bid by Nigeria…

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Kenya Election: From campaign team treasurer, Ruto declared president-elect 

Aminu Imam

…Officials dispute outcome William Ruto was yesterday declared the winner of Kenya’s presidential election by a razor-thin margin after seeing off a challenge from 5-time contender, Raila Odinga, whose campaign officials and supporters rejected the official results.  Ruto, 55, garnered 50.5% or 7.1 million of the valid votes cast on Aug. 9, and his main rival Odinga 48.9%, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission said at a ceremony in the capital Nairobi, yesterday. The President-elect has pledged to rein in debt, spend 500 billion shillings ($4.1 billion) to support entrepreneurs and…

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Kenya to pay subsidy arrears amid tackling fuel shortages

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Kenya government officials on Monday said the government would pay subsidy arrears to petrol retailers this week as it seeks to allay fears of potential fuel shortages and forestall crisis. Kenya was reeling from a surge in crude oil prices since 2021 which have forced it to start subsiding retail prices like other frontier economies. The government of East Africa’s biggest economy rolled out a fuel subsidy in April 2021 to cushion consumers from the surge in the price of oil in international markets. It has so far spent 36…

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Man marries triplets in Congo

Aminu Imam

A Congolese man, identified simply as Luwizo, has tied the knot with triplets of the same mother. The 32-year-old groom said he met one of the triplets called Natalie via Facebook, chatted a while, fell in love with her, and decided to meet her in person, Afrimax English reported. He said that after Natalie introduced him to her sisters, Nadege and Natasha, the duo soon fell in love with him too. Wizo, as he is fondly called, said he was shocked to meet three identical women after visiting Natalie’s house…

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Women in Kenya celebrate as government legalises polygamy

Aminu Imam

A new law that went into effect in Kenya this week makes it legal for a man to marry as many women as he wants. And a leading women’s group is applauding it. President Uhuru Kenyatta signed the polygamy measure into law on Tuesday, formally recognising what has long been a cultural practice in the nation. The country’s parliament passed the Bill in March despite protests from female lawmakers, who angrily stormed out of the late-night session at the time. The Bill initially allowed the first wife the right to…

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FG inaugurates task force to revamp TV, Radio advertising market

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Federal Government on Tuesday in Abuja inaugurated a task force to bring the under-performing Nigeria TV and radio advertising market to higher productivity. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who inaugurated the 15-member Audience Measurement Implementation Task Force, said it could result in additional $400 million revenue or more in the industry in the next three years. He reiterated that the absence of a scientific audience measurement system had resulted in under-development in the broadcast and advertising industries and stunted their growth. “Nigeria’s broadcast advertising market…

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Somalia recalls ambassador to Kenya over political interference

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Somali government said it had recalled its ambassador to Kenya Mohamud Ahmed Nur Tarsan, citing political and economic meddling in an apparent diplomatic spat between the two neighboring countries. Somalia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs further said it had also ordered the Kenyan ambassador to the country, Lucas Tumbo to return to Nairobi for consultations. Mohamed Ali Nur, permanent secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said the decision was taken in response to Kenya’s intervention in the forthcoming elections of Jubaland regional state. “The government took this decision while…

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