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Kenya raises drinking age to 21, limits sale of alcohol to bars
GhanaWeb
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July 30, 2025
Kenyans who love their tipple are in for a rude shock after the State moved to ban the sale of alcohol in supermarkets, restaurants, online platforms, and residential areas. In a new notice, the National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol...
‘Kenya’s problem is poisonous alcohol,’ Senator Maanzo says NACADA proposals misguided
Citizen TV Kenya
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July 31, 2025
Makueni Senator Dan Maanzo in an interview with Citizen TV on June 29, 2023. Makueni Senator Dan Maanzo has criticized the National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA) over its latest proposals to tighten alcohol...
Kenyan Court Orders Cult-Related Exhumations
News Central TV
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July 30, 2025
A Kenyan court authorised police on Wednesday to dig up several “shallow graves” found in the same county as a notorious starvation cult that emerged in the East African nation in 2023. Over 400 individuals lost their lives in one of the most...
Kenya Moore’s Hair Spa Accused of Owing $44k, 'RHOA' Alum’s Company Denies
Us Weekly
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July 30, 2025
Former Real Housewives of Atlanta star Kenya Moore has been battling the landlord for her hair spa over alleged unpaid rent — which she adamantly denies, Us Weekly can exclusively report. According to court documents obtained by Us, Moore’s...
No ban yet: NACADA clears air as Kenyans panic over alcohol crackdown policy
The Standard
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National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA) CEO Dr. Anthony Omerikwa (L) with Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen (R) during the launch of the National Policy for the Prevention, Management and Control of...
What new alcohol laws mean for Kenyan youth
The Standard
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A man sitting drinking alcohol. [Courtesy/GettyImages] If you are under 21, the government wants you nowhere near a bottle of alcohol, not in the bar, not even in a wines and spirit shop where it is sold. That is one of the proposals outlined in a...
Why African social media platforms rarely succeed: A digital recolonisation story
The Cable
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July 31, 2025
BY ABBAS HARUNA IDRIS Once upon a digital time, specifically around 2010—a small, efficient mobile social networking app called 2go quietly revolutionised communication in Africa. Developed by two University of Witwatersrand students in South...
Summer: Visa, high airfares drive tourists to Kenya, Mauritius, Morocco
Business Day
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July 31, 2025
Several Nigerians are reviewing their travel destinations, exploring African countries this summer on the back of the current high airfares, naira depreciation and stringent visa conditions introduced by the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E), the...
Kenya’s Christine Njoki is ready to defend her title at the Totalsports Women’s Race Durban
South Africa Today
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July 30, 2025
Kenya’s Christine Njoki will return to Durban this Sunday, 03 August 2025, as she sets her sights on defending her title at one of South Africa’s most iconic Women’s Month celebrations, the Totalsports Women’s Race. Christine Njoki made a...
Kenya Fires Back at Tanzania Over New Taxes, Business Ban on Kenyans
Kenyans.co.ke
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July 30, 2025
Kenya has asked Tanzania to abolish its new excise duties and industrial development levy, as well as laws barring foreigners, including Kenyans, from engaging in certain businesses, calling these measures 'discriminatory.' Through a strongly...
Kenyan scholar Din-Kariuki launches book on migration knowledge and forms
Star
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Kenyan scholar Dr. Natalya Din-Kariuki, UK High Commissioner Neil Wigan and Amnesty International-Kenya executive director Irungu Houghton during the launch of Crossings: Migrant Knowledges, Migrant Forms in Nairobi on July 29, 2025./HANDOUTKenyan...
Revised code for media practice is repugnant and should be withdrawn
The Standard
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Cabinet Secretary in the Ministry of Information, Communications and Digital Economy William Kabogo,arrives at the Annual Media Summit at The Edge Nairobi,he is welcomed by Media Council CEO David Omwoyo.[Benard Orwongo, Standard] The true ill...
Kenya’s protests are not a symptom of failed democracy
The Times Group Malawi
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July 30, 2025
In Kenya, as in many countries across the world, street protests are often framed as the unfortunate result of political failure. As the logic goes, the inability of state institutions to translate popular sentiment into political, legislative and...
Kenya raises legal alcohol drinking age to 21
NTV Kenya
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The government has set 21 years as the minimum legal age for consuming alcohol, effectively ending the 18 year legal limit. Additionally no person under the age of 21 will be allowed to access or enter any alcohol-selling outlets — whether...
Kenya ranked the world's top user of ChatGPT, beating tech giants like the US, Japan, China
The Citizen
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Nairobi. Kenya has emerged as the world’s number one user of ChatGPT, beating powerhouse economies and tech-savvy nations in a new global report that highlights Africa’s fast-growing appetite for artificial intelligence tools. According to the...
NACADA proposes raising legal drinking age to 21
Food Business Africa Magazine
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July 30, 2025
KENYA – The National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA) has proposed raising the legal drinking age in Kenya from 18 to 21 years. The proposal is part of a wide-ranging policy framework unveiled on July 30, 2025,...
Lemala Camps & Lodges acquires Tulia Amboseli Safari Camp, Kenya
Travel Daily News
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July 30, 2025
Tulia Amboseli Safari Camp will retain its name and branding while leveraging Lemala’s operational expertise and established presence in East Africa. ARUSHA, TANZANIA – Lemala Camps and Lodges, a member of the Trouvest Integrated Tourism Group and...
Kenya's transport sector protests Tanzania's ban on foreign businesses
Citizen TV Kenya
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July 30, 2025
Public buses queueing for passengers travelling to the countryside ahead of next week's general election in Nairobi, Kenya August 3, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya Stakeholders in the Kenyan transport sector have condemned Tanzania's move to ban...
Tanzania's ban on foreigners operating small businesses sparks Kenyan backlash
BBC
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July 30, 2025
Tanzania has barred foreign nationals from owning and operating mainly small-scale businesses, sparking concern and a backlash from neighbouring Kenya. The new directive prohibits them from 15 sectors including mobile money transfers, tour...
Kenyan leaders condemn Tanzania's business ban on foreigners
The Standard
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Tanzania President Samia Suluhu makes his speech during the Africa climate summit 2023 Day Two at KICC on September 05, 2023. [Stafford Ondego, Standard] A section of Kenyan leaders has criticised the Tanzanian government for banning foreign...