Roseline Njogu: We received 26 Kenyans from South Africa. We are expecting a group of 63 others later tonight and tomorrow. About 100 Kenyans are in a shelter at the Kenya High Commission in Pretoria. Since we received alerts from people wanting to return home, we have registered over 200 people.
Joyce Nyaruai Ndirangu (π°πͺ 1841), from Karatina, Kenya, got into chess when she challenged her father to a game while her brothers taught her how the pieces move.
She is one of the Kenyan players sponsored by @KCBInKenya. An avid reader of novels, her chess dream is to one day compete at @STLChessClub or in New York.
Nelson Mandela:
βΎThe ANC does not believe in socialism
βΎwe range from far Right to extreme Left
βΎThere's no nationalization of the land
βΎCapitalism will flourish
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The High Commission is pleased to announce that His Excellency Dr. William Samoei Ruto, President of the Republic of Kenya, will undertake a State Visit to the Republic of South Africa from 3β5 June 2026.
As the highest form of diplomatic engagement between sovereign states, the visit underscores the longstanding friendship, mutual respect, and strong bilateral relations between Kenya and South Africa.
The State Visit is aimed at further strengthening the mutually beneficial partnership between the two countries and enhancing cooperation in key areas of shared interest.
The visit reflects the shared commitment of Kenya and South Africa to deepening collaboration and advancing the prosperity and development of their respective peoples.
What is life Anyway? Elizabeth Njoki is 21 years old. She was born and raised in Nakuru by a banker father and a businesswoman mother. Her father built a 12-bedroom mansion and owned two cars while her mother ran a boutique. Life was comfortable until she was 12, when her father was diagnosed with cancer and diabetes. He died a month later.
Two weeks after the burial, her father's two brothers showed up and kicked the family out of their own home. They took the cars and the boutique, claiming everything belonged to their late brother. The family had nowhere to go.
They were taken in by a friend of her mother for two weeks. They then moved to Naivasha where another friend helped her mother find a job to provide for the children. The children went back to school and tried to accept their new reality.
After some time, the mother fell into depression and nearly lost her mind. Together with a friend, Njoki helped take her to Mathare Hospital where she was admitted. With her mother gone, Njoki dropped out of school and started doing casual jobs to buy food for her three siblings.
Her mother eventually got better and was discharged from hospital with help from the area MCA. Despite everything, Njoki managed to score 378 marks in her KCSE and a Good Samaritan paid for her entire secondary education.
But in Form Three, her mother's condition worsened again. She started disappearing for days at a time before returning home. Without her knowledge, some men took advantage of her situation and she came back pregnant. Njoki once again had to leave school and look for casual jobs to keep the family fed. Her mother later gave birth to their fifth child.
When they could not pay rent, the landlord locked them out with all their belongings still inside. A family friend then relocated them to their rural home in Kinangop to live with their grandmother. Things stabilised for a while. The children went back to school and Njoki adapted to a life of casual work because her mother's mental health kept deteriorating.
Their grandmother died in 2024 and they were kicked out of that home too. Njoki used her savings to rent a single room and life went on.
In June last year, Njoki collapsed and was rushed to hospital by a neighbour after she was found bleeding. Doctors discovered she had fibroids in her uterus requiring urgent surgery, or the uterus would have to be removed entirely to stop the bleeding. She could not raise the 80,000 shillings needed for the operation and continued living with the daily bleeding.
She was trying to manage her own condition, care for her mentally unstable mother, provide for the younger children and pay rent all at once. It became too much. The landlord kicked them out again and a neighbour took them in.
Then in August last year, their second born son was involved in an accident and died on the spot. Njoki went to the area chief who helped organise a simple burial within two days at a public cemetery in Longonot. Only a handful of people attended. Their mother was absent.
Njoki scored a B plus in KCSE. She had the grades to build a future for herself. Instead she chose to stay behind and hold her family together. Today she lives on hope alone, trusting that God will find a way through.
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Kenyan police allowed Arsenal fans to gather and disperse peacefully but they never allow the same youth to protest against the government without killing some
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βJacob Zuma and Cyril Ramaphosa caused high levels of crime and unemployment, not illegal immigrants. I was the head of state here, there were undocumented immigrants and the economy was growing, crime levels were down.β - President Thabo Mbeki πΏπ¦
Kenya's Bella Nashipae, 15 year old Chess Woman Candidate Master has drawn with both Women International Masters in the top category and remains unbeaten at the 2026 Africa Youth Chess Championship. I thought you should know. #AYCC2026#AfricaChess#AfricaChess50
Welcome to the new Permanent Representative of #Kenya, Edwin Afande, who presented his credentials today to the Director-General of #UNVienna Monica Juma - more β‘ https://t.co/Y2YIs2G31c
I am deeply proud and honoured to start my tenure as Director-General/Executive Director of the UN Office at Vienna/@UNODC.
I look forward to leading the @UNβs work in addressing the challenges of drugs, organized crime, corruption and terrorism, for a safer and more just world.
Press release: New Director-General of @UN Office at #Vienna and Executive Director of UN Office on Drugs and Crime @UNODC takes office - more : https://t.co/ueAkMlUjHs