Mackenzie’s followers believed he was “Jesus’s mouthpiece”, Justice Mochache said as she delivered her eight-hour judgement last month. Those who opposed Mackenzie’s teachings were beaten to death. One of his co-accused said he had told his followers that anyone who “resisted the directive to fast must be forced to go to heaven through kicks and…
Dakar — African women’s rugby made its mark at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games. At the Iba Mar Diop complex, Kenya secured gold after a spectacular final against Australia, while Madagascar took bronze. For Senegal, the host country, this first international experience opens new avenues for the development of the sport among young girls….
Nairobi — Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale has been appointed to represent Kenya on the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) Governing Board alongside representatives from six other African countries. Kenya is among seven Member States nominated by the African Union Commission to represent their respective regions on the continental health body’s…
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) expresses its strong solidarity with the Government and people of the Republic of Kenya and supports their call for the urgent review and lifting of the Ebola-related travel restrictions imposed by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Africa CDC recognises and fully respects the sovereign responsibility…
Vodacom Group expects a sharp surge in basic earnings per share for the six months ending 30 September 2026, driven by a once-off, non-cash gain of R23.2 billion following its accounting consolidation of Kenya’s Safaricom. Read: Apple unveils 2026 iMac with M6 and upgraded AI architecture According to a trading statement issued on Wednesday, the…
Kenya is Africa’s largest avocado producer. Miraj Shah and his cousin, Mitul, saw an opportunity to turn the country’s surplus avocados into oil. Their company, Crofts Ltd, now exports Kenyan-made avocado oil to more than a dozen markets around the world. How we made it in Africa editor-in-chief Jaco Maritz spoke to Miraj about his…
The Kenyan man had travelled from the Democratic Republic of Congo through Uganda before arriving in Nairobi on 3 October. He later died, becoming Kenya’s first recorded Ebola death in the current outbreak. Although both patients passed through Entebbe airport on the same day, health officials have not established whether they met, used the same…
A self-proclaimed Kenyan preacher and his associates were found guilty of murdering 191 people, all but one of them children, in an infamous starvation cult by a Mombasa court on Monday. “I am satisfied that the prosecution has proved the case against all the 29 accused persons for the murder of 190 children and one…
Addis Abeba — Ghana is projected to overtake Ethiopia as Africa’s eighth-largest economy in 2026, with its gross domestic product (GDP) forecast to reach US$128.64 billion, exceeding Ethiopia’s projected US$127.15 billion by US$1.49 billion, according to the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) October 2026 World Economic Outlook (WEO), as reported by African Business Insider on 17…
Mackenzie’s son, Dan Paul Mackenzie, said he worked as a cameraperson in the church. “The children would sit at the back, adults in the middle, and everyone would sing worship songs all morning.” The pastor would start his fiery sermons at noon, some of which included “casting out demons”. The main church shut down in…
