Shipping rates for oil tankers have spiked sharply in the Persian Gulf.
Sinokor (a major South Korean tanker operator) has booked a vessel to carry oil from the Gulf to India at 900% of the normal benchmark rate, meaning the cost is nearly 9 times higher than the standard rate for that route.
This is the highest rate seen this year and reflects a shortage of available tankers as more oil starts flowing again after the ceasefire.
Tomorrow marks two years since young Kenyans who stood up against political tyranny were killed for it. Many others were maimed. They are living scars of our brutal political system.
Two things must be clear as we commemorate June 25th: First, the right to peaceful assembly and to picket is constitutional. The government is duty-bound to respect and protect it. It should not unleash goons or interfere. Second, government officials must desist from threatening citizens who are organising to exercise their rights and remember their departed loved ones. Kenyans, killed in 2024 and 2025, deserve justice.
Accountability must be followed with appropriate compensation and permanent memorialization. Cobbling together sham compensation is not justice.
Kenyans must be allowed to exercise their democratic rights, and never again should we witness abductions or forced disappearances.
Enough.
Tuonane kesho!
#ukombozi @UGMParty@Maraga27
Two years after Gen Z protests rocked President Ruto’s government, thousands in Kenya are gearing up to take to the streets again.
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