Born in Nairobi, Kenya, Bankslave has traveled the world making murals of all kinds. His major exhibitions have been held in Australia and Denmark. His messages have made headlines in Kenya for pushing boundaries using art as the catalyst.
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The ‘height and depth’ of advancing internet rights to fight GBV
In Uganda, according to UN Women Global Database, 50 percent of women aged between 15-49 have or will experience IPV or GBV with the leading being lifetime physical or sexual intimate partner violence.
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Govt to table National Kiswahili Council Bill 2023 next week
Uganda’s neighbors Kenya and Tanzania use Kiswahili as their first national languages.
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List of 24 countries barring women from conferring nationality to their children
A total of 12 countries have taken steps to remove gender discrimination from their nationality laws – crucial to ensuring that children are not left stateless if their fathers are stateless or unable to confer their nationality,” the global refugee agency stated.
Posted inKenya News / Politics
“The Ruto-led UDA regime must go,” says Raila Odinga
Odinga added should their demand be ignored, a huge rally and more unrest would follow.
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Commonwealth Secretary General pledges support for Kenya’s innovation ambitions
The Commonwealth Secretariat signed a partnership with e-scholarships provider Simplilearn at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Rwanda in June.
Posted inKenya News / Politics
Commonwealth SG congratulates Kenya’s President-Elect William Ruto
The Secretary General thanked the President of Kenya, HE Uhuru Kenyatta, for his stewardship of the country since 2013 and called on him to become a beacon of peace and unity in the region and across the Commonwealth.
Posted inKenya News / Politics
William Ruto declared President-elect of Kenya
Ruto, unless Raila goes to the Supreme Court and his victory disputed, will succeed his boss, President Uhuru Kenyatta, on August 30, 2022.
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Fairview Hotel hosts wine & cheese pairing experience
The Fairview hotel was lovingly crafted from a colonial-style manor house by the Szlapalc family, who arrived from Europe and
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China promises Africa 1b doses of vaccines in 2022
As of 18, December, Uganda had vaccinated 7,888,584 people against Covid, data from the Ministry of Health is showing.
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The Rockefeller Foundation commits nearly USD35m to Covid-19 response efforts in Africa
Collaborating with 24 organizations, businesses, and government agencies, this pan-African effort will also focus on 10 countries: Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.
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Museveni’s critic and FDC’s Dr Stella Nyanzi flees to Kenya
She was released from prison on February 20, 2020, after serving over a year in detention on charges of misuse of a computer and cyberbullying.