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Media Observer is a publication of the Media Council of Kenya aimed at debunking fake news, taming hate speech & promoting responsible & accountable journalism
Nairobi, Kenya
Joined November 2019
Headlines: 1/5 The Standard highlights renewed pressure on police chiefs to explain the four-year disappearance of security analyst Mwenda Mbijiwe, as ordered by the High Court. ➡️ https://t.co/lK9msiDPsF
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5/5 Taifa Leo highlights intensifying opposition wrangles after @rigathi Gachagua insists that his DCP party will field all Nairobi candidates in 2027, a claim disputed by other opposition leaders.
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Mini ATG Gym Design + Knee & Lower Back Recipes That Have Been Wonderful For My Clients (Heads up: long article format) I measured off 200 square feet (10’ x 20’), including ample walking space, and polished off my own mini ATG. In fact, only 100 square feet of it is really
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4/5 People Daily paints a grim picture of “Rutonomics”, describing how heavy taxation, high prices and spiraling public debt are suffocating households and businesses. @WilliamsRuto
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3/5 Business Daily reports that the government plans to raise about Sh245 billion by selling a 15 percent @SafaricomPLC stake to @Vodacom under a wider privatisation drive. The Star covers @rigathi Gachagua’s declaration that he will not work with the opposition.
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2/5 Daily Nation examines how the opposition unexpectedly lost the Malava and Mbeere North by-elections by narrow margins, weakening its momentum ahead of 2027.
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Claim: The Standard's headline on December 3, “I Blame Gachagua”. Fact Check: No, the depicted headline is FALSE and manipulated. @MediaCouncilK @AfricaCheck @PesaCheck @debunkdotmedia @EtalePhilip
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5/5 The Standard focuses on the president's move to empower chiefs, arming the administrators as he hands them fresh battalions of officers, and restoring a command structure that Kenyans thought they had abolished years ago.
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4/5 The Star focuses on the former deputy president @rigathi Gachagua growing political gaffes, and how they threaten to fracture the young opposition coalition. Daily Nation focuses on Kenya’s growing gang problem and the govt's plan to confront it through security reforms.
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3/5 People Daily focuses on the recent moves by GenZ who failed to queue to vote in the recent mini-polls, which has made them come under sharp scrutiny for staying away from the polls despite having recently demanded accountability in leadership during the anti-gov't protests.
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2/5 Business Daily focuses on a major dispute inside Kuscco over the ownership and control of its housing subsidiary, Kuscco Housing Co-operative (KHC).
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Headlines: 1/5 Taifa Leo focuses on education as JSS teachers fail to secure the permanent jobs promised by the @TSC_KE, undermining earlier assurances of transition from contract to permanent and pensionable positions. ➡️ https://t.co/kvwAD0vPMs
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6/6 Finally, The Standard has a chilling investigation on desperate Africans, including Kenyans, being lured through shadowy networks into fighting for Russia in Ukraine - poverty weaponised into a covert recruitment machine.
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5/6 Daily Nation, reports on a devastating Oxfam study exposing brutal inequality in education: children from poor households in public schools are getting fewer years of learning and far worse outcomes than their private-school peers.
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4/6 Business Daily offered a rare bright spot: fresh KNBS data shows the Sh50,000–Sh100,000 salary bracket has ballooned to 1.46 million Kenyans - officially the fastest-growing and most populated income band in formal employment.
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3/6 The Star shifted to the @Kenyajudiciary , reminding everyone that Supreme Court Justice Mohamed Ibrahim and Deputy Chief Justice Philomena Mwilu will both retire before 2027, handing the president a golden opportunity to shape the bench for years to come.
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2/6 People Daily, connected the dots from last week’s by-elections to 2027, suggesting the outcome and reactions have accidentally exposed President @WilliamsRuto 's quiet strategy of fragmenting the opposition ahead of the big race.
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Headlines: 1/6 Taifa Leo led with DCP leader @rigathi Gachagua’s bold (and instantly controversial) call for Nairobi’s governorship and two other key seats to be handed to his party - a statement the paper branded a gaffe. ➡️ https://t.co/kvwAD0vPMs
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6/6 Taifa Leo examines the intensifying 2027 succession puzzle, with Deputy President @KindikiKithure facing mounting competition from ambitious loyalists within Ruto’s trusted camp as the president weighs his next running mate.
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5/6 People Daily pulls back the curtain on President @WilliamsRuto 's shadowy inner circle - an invisible, controversy-laden group of silent strategists who operate behind closed doors, amass billions, and quietly dictate the nation’s direction.
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