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Kenya's ambitious $1 billion Microsoft data centre project faces delays due to disagreements over power supply and financial guarantees. President Ruto highlighted the immense electricity demand, potentially requiring half the country to go offline. While officials insist the project isn't dead, its future hinges on restructuring and addressing significant power needs.

French President Emmanuel Macron pledged €23 billion in new investments for Africa, emphasizing mutual respect and sovereignty in a renewed partnership. Kenyan President William Ruto echoed this sentiment, stressing that future cooperation must be built on equality and mutually beneficial investment, not dependency. This marks a significant shift from France's historical influence in its former colonies.

Global condom giant Karex Bhd is hiking prices by up to 30% due to Iran war-induced supply chain disruptions and soaring raw material costs. Naphtha shortages are crippling production, leading to a worldwide shortage of essential goods, from condoms to plastic packaging, impacting public health initiatives, especially in developing nations.

Kenyan national cricket team’s coach Thomas Odoyo said here on Sunday that Modi had talked of signing an agreement with kenyan government wherein cricketers there would get help from Indian coaches.

Cricket is the first love and football is an also-ran here. But this Gujarati might cause the first spark of change.

American YouTuber MrBeast's video about constructing 100 wells in Africa has received mixed responses. Kenyan activists and journalists pointed out the failures of the kenyan government. Despite potential backlash, MrBeast believes the wells will provide clean drinking water for 500,000 people in Cameroon, Kenya, Somalia, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. The associated fundraising campaign has raised over $300,000. MrBeast also donated supplies to Kenyan schools and built a bridge and donated bicycles to Zimbabwean villages.

NEW DELHI: India on Sunday night said it has no confirmation about reports of release of three of its nationals kidnapped by a militant group in Iraq attributed to Kenyan Foreign Minister Chirau Ali Mwakwere but hoped that the hostages would be freed.

Kenyan president William Ruto will not sign a controversial finance bill after mass protests resulted in at least 22 deaths. The bill aimed to raise taxes, prompting a public outcry against economic hardship. Ruto labeled the protests "treasonous" but later acknowledged the widespread dissatisfaction. The high court has ordered the military to withdraw from the streets amidst ongoing tensions.

India on Saturday said it was monitoring the situation in Nairobi, where a terror attack in a mall has left around 22 people dead, and all its mission staff were reportedly safe.

Kenyan para-athletes are competing at the World Para Athletics Championships under protest due to a meager $60 pocket allowance. They demand equal pay, citing able-bodied athletes received $200 for a similar event. After staging a protest, they reluctantly competed following intervention, but their grievances remain unresolved.

Two Kenyan nationals assaulted a uniformed Government Railway Police (GRP) constable at Byculla station early on Monday with his own lathi. While no case has been registered yet, the CST GRP has initiated a probe into the incident.

A street in the port town of Mundra in southern Kutch is known as 'Swali Sheri', meaning Swahili street.

Mumbai police busted an alleged international prostitution racket run by Agnes Hamilton (56), who runs a dance class in the Bollywood hub of Lokhandwala. Hamilton’s arrest also exposed how fraudulent acting and dance classes indulge in prostitution rackets. She shuttled between India and Malaysia and was busted after kenyan government deported one of the trafficked women.

Pope Francis on Friday condemned the attack by Islamic militants on a Kenyan university as an act of “senseless brutality” and called for those responsible to change their violent ways. In a telegram of condolence, Francis also urged Kenyan authorities to work to bring an end to such attacks and “hasten the dawn of a new era of brotherhood, justice and peace.”

Kenya's president William Ruto faced severe backlash and deadly protests over a proposed tax hike, prompting him to backtrack amid escalating unrest in Nairobi. The move highlights growing dissatisfaction with his administration, previously seen as championing economic relief for ordinary Kenyans, but now accused of authoritarian tactics and disconnect from public sentiment.

The reported murder of Balaji Telefilms' former COO Zulfiqar Ahmad Khan and his friend Zaid Sami Kidwai by a disbanded special services unit in Kenya seems to be a fallout of their contribution to Kenyan president William Ruto's win in his bitterly fought election campaign, said an aide of Ruto. Khan and Zaid were missing since July.