Moving toward a better South Africa is not only the responsibility of black people, writes Eric Miyeni, in response to the NMF's position paper. As I was deliberating on whether or not to respond to the Nelson Mandela Foundation (NMF) position paper on “Race and Identity in 2015 South Africa” and teetering more towards not writing a thing, I came across a Kiffness posting on Facebook called Coming to terms with my white privilege. Dave, the author, was appealing for empathy from “them”, white South Africans, for the pain and or suffering that is felt by “us”, black South Africans – to couch his words in the “us and them” language of exclusion that South Africa still suffers from today. After a description of what he considers the privileges that he has “inherited from being white”, he wrote: “The least I can do is respect that there is a lot of pain in the people who have been oppressed and it is important to not only understand that pain, but to feel it.” I read that posti...

A major security operation is underway in Samburu North to recover illegal firearms and stolen livestock following the lapse of a 48 hour ultimatum issued by the inspector general of police Joseph Boinett . Security teams have been deployed to the volatile Suguta valley where attackers are believed to be hiding (File) Security teams have been deployed to the volatile Suguta valley where attackers linked to a series of raids are believed to be hiding. Contingents of security officers advanced to the volatile region amid tension following the recent raid by armed bandits in Samburu north where more than 1500 herd of livestock were stolen. The exercise began in Suguta valley after the lapse the ultimatum issued by Boinett for those in possession of illegal fire arms to surrender them and the return of stolen animals. Samburu county commissioner Joshua Kanatha said the security teams will comb the entire area including Suguta valley where at least 40 officers were killed and th...

In announcing his bid for the presidency, the Florida senator sought to draw a line between him and his Republican opponents on foreign policy – but is it enough to simply serve up scathing critiques of Obama’s failures? For months, Marco Rubio has positioned himself as the defense hawk rising from the Republican rubble – a John McCain for the millennial set.  Florida senator Marco Rubio: anything less than the ‘Rubio doctrine’ would be ‘chaos’. Photograph: Michele Eve Sandberg/Corbis The junior senator from Florida has taken his position on the powerful Foreign Relations Committee to remind the world that he would re-open the prison at Guantánamo Bay, defend the NSA’s dragnet surveillance and “stand up” against North Korea. Rubio has adopted the “Obama-Clinton foreign policy” line used by Jeb Bush and Ted Cruz and raised them an Ayatollah. Anything less than the “Rubio doctrine”, he says, would be “chaos”. The highly public ramp-up of his borderless credentials has buil...

Statehouse says it is reading in the same script with National Police Service Commission (NPSC) over a new recruitment exercise for 10,000 police officers. In a statement to newsroom state house Spokesperson Manoah Esipisu said the decision by NPSC Chairman Johnston Kavuludi to announce a new recruitment exercise was reached in consultation with President Uhuru Kenyatta. ”National Police Service Commission Chairman Johnston Kavuludi yesterday made a statement in which he announced that a new recruitment exercise for 10,000 police officers will be conducted on Monday 20th April, 2015. I do confirm that the decision was reached in consultation with His Excellency the President,” said Manoah. Manoah urged those who had been recruited in 2014 not to report to the National Police Service training institutions on Sunday as earlier indicated. ”Consequently, those who had been recruited in 2014 must not report to the National Police Service training institutions tomorrow Sunday 12th ...

One student has died while 139 others are nursing injuries at different hospitals after a stampede in the University of Nairobi, Kikuyu Campus. The stampede was caused by the explosion of underground electricity cables The stampede was caused by the explosion of underground electricity cables. The incident, which took place at 5.15am this morning, saw students, both male and female, who were being housed at the nearby Kimberly Hostel scampering out of the hostel after they mistook the explosion for a terrorist attack. Of those injured, 101 are being treated at the Kenyatta National Hospital, 37 are being attended to at PCEA Kikuyu Hospital while two others were taken to Karen Hospital where one of them, a third year student, succumbed to his injuries. Police now say that the situation at the campus has since calmed down. Reports from witnesses indicate that some students jumped from top floors in an attempt to escape the “attack”. The country has been on high alert sinc...