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Kyrgyzstan faces hard choices on a half-empty fuel tank East Asia ForumCabinet endorses 2026-2027 anti-inflation strategy to stabilize consumer prices AKIpress News AgencyRussia and Kazakhstan account for 90.3 % of Kyrgyzstan’s oil product imports 24.KGDaniyar Amangeldiev: State subsidies cover 40 percent of fuel prices 24.KGKyrgyzstan’s Cabinet to allocate 39 billion soms to curb inflation in 2027 24.KG
Read briefing🇫🇷 🇻🇦 During #Pope Leo XIV's giant Mass at the Place de la Concorde in #Paris on Saturday, he spoke directly to Catholic youth, calling them the "Church of today". The pontiff made efforts to connect with young people during his visit, holding a youth vigil at the Stade de #France on Friday.
Read briefingThe eviction of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal on Wednesday sparked a thousands-strong protest in the streets of Madrid Saturday, with demonstrators calling for greater protection for tenants. Widespread anger at rising housing costs have put pressure on centre-left Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, whose government is expected to approve a package of pro-tenant measures in its next cabinet meeting.
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Read briefingA cargo ship carrying 2,930 metric tonnes of heavy machinery has docked at the Port of Lamu, with Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) saying equipment will be used in the development of the Ksh 2 trillion Dangote Refinery project. KPA Chief Executive Officer Captain William Captain Ruto said the vessel’s arrival was significant to the refinery […]
Read briefing🇻🇦👀How do you get into one of the largest outdoor Mass in the world? Pope Leo XIV celebrated an open-air Mass in front of hundreds of thousands of faithful on Saturday, September 26, in Paris. France 24’s Stella Elgersma was there to tell you more! #Pope #France #LeoXIV
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Read briefingThe proposed 10,000-seat indoor sports arena at Nairobi Railway City has moved to the public review stage after the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) invited Kenyans to submit comments on the project.NEMA said it had received an Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) study report for the proposed development on Plot L.R. No. 209/12180 in the Railway Station area of Nairobi.The project by Metroarena Development Company will comprise a 10,000-seat multi-purpose indoor arena, a 140-key branded hotel, a 77-key serviced apartment tower and a three-level public podium.The development will also include a sports park, parking areas and other supporting amenities and facilities as part of the proposed mixed-use project.NEMA has invited members of the public to submit oral or written comments within 30 days from September 25, when the notice was published in the Kenya Gazette, before the authority makes its decision on the project.The environmental assessment identifies traffic disruption as one of the potential impacts during construction, with the developer expected to prepare a traffic management plan and coordinate with Nairobi County and traffic authorities.Other potential impacts identified in the report include dust emissions, construction noise and vibration, generation of construction waste, and possible contamination of surface water.The proposed mitigation measures include restricting construction near settlements and other sensitive areas to daytime hours, regularly watering roads to control dust and establishing measures to manage construction runoff and waste.The project is part of a wider development planned for Nairobi Railway City, with the arena expected to provide a venue for sporting events, concerts, conferences and cultural programmes.The development was previously disclosed as a $294.5 million (Ksh38.2 billion) project backed by Pan-African investment firm Zaria Group and U.S.-based Helios Sports & Entertainment Group, with the partners holding a long-term lease for the land from Kenya Railways.Zaria Group was co-founded by Masai Ujiri, President of the Dallas Mavericks, and the Nairobi project is expected to form part of a wider sports and entertainment district within the Nairobi Railway City urban renewal plan.The developers have projected that the wider project will create about 3,500 direct construction jobs and 1,500 permanent positions once operational, while events hosted at the facility could generate up to 25,000 temporary jobs annually across hospitality, retail and live production.
Read briefingManchester City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak has insisted he remains confident that the club will prove their innocence despite reports that they have been found guilty of breaking Premier League financial rules.In an open letter to the club's supporters on the club's website, Al Mubarak stated the process was far from over and City's confidence in proving the club's innocence “is just as strong as when this began”.On Friday, The Athletic reported that the club were guilty of 114 breaches of financial rules in the long-running case. Sanctions have yet to be announced but these could include a points deduction, expulsion from the Premier League or a fine.“Following Friday's media reporting, many of you will have spent your evening answering questions and responding to messages from friends, family and colleagues. So have I,” Al Mubarak said.“Here's what I said to my family: The Premier League process still has a long way to run, and our confidence and intent in proving the club's innocence is just as strong as when this began.A letter from the Chairman.🔗 https://t.co/JcwCQpzBOk pic.twitter.com/PBNVCdjue8— Manchester City (@ManCity) September 26, 2026“There are so many things that I would like to be able to share with you to help you understand why we feel so confident in our position.“But the strict confidentiality of the legal process and our determination to respect it mean...
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Read briefingHeads of OpenAI and Anthropic called to face Senate inquiry after rogue agent incidents The GuardianOpenAI’s A.I. Tried to Breach 4 Other Targets, Without Prompting The New York Times‘Extreme concern’ over first known AI hack of a government system | CNN Business CNNOpenAI agent hacked Medicare portal, PM says ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting CorporationMounting cases of rogue AI agents raise questions over legal responsibility Caliber.Az
Read briefingThe National Land Commission (NLC) has issued fresh notices for the compulsory acquisition of land for the Nairobi-Naivasha Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) Phase 2A project and several road and water projects across the country.The latest notices published in the Kenya Gazette on Friday, September 25, cover projects in Kajiado, Kiambu, Nyeri and Migori counties, with affected landowners required to appear before the commission for inquiries into the proposed acquisitions and compensation.For the Nairobi-Naivasha SGR Phase 2A project, the NLC listed three parcels in Kajiado County for supplementary acquisition, including two in Ngong and another in Kitengela.The commission has scheduled an inquiry into the acquisition for November 19, 2026, at the Scheme 6 Kandisi Chief’s Office from 10am.Affected persons will be allowed to raise issues concerning the proposed acquisition and compensation.The latest notices also cover the Gatiiguru-Ithanga-Gakungu and Gakungu-Kamahuha-Mbombo Road Project in Kiambu County, where the NLC has added several parcels to the land required for the road construction.An inquiry into the proposed acquisition has been scheduled for November 26, 2026, at the Kirimiri Chief’s Office, with affected landowners expected to present their claims and relevant ownership documents.In Nyeri County, NLC has listed an additional parcel for the Mukurweni-Ini-Gakonya Road Project after correcting an earlier entry. The inquiry is scheduled for October 22, 2026, at Upper Hill Chambers in Nairobi.The notices also affect the Toku Bridge and approach roads project in Migori County, where the NLC has added several parcels to the list of land required for the project.Among them is a parcel measuring 1.1925 hectares, making it one of the larger pieces of land listed in the latest notices. The inquiry for the affected parcels will be held on November 16, 2026, at the Kitere Chief’s Office.The NLC has further issued notices for the Gatundu Water Supply and Sewerage Project in Kiambu County, with additional land required for both the water supply and sewerage components.For the sewerage component, two parcels have been listed for compulsory acquisition, with the inquiry scheduled for November 26, 2026, at the Juja Town Chief’s Office.The notices require people with an interest or claim in the affected land to submit written claims for compensation together with identification documents, land ownership records, and bank account details before or on the day of the inquiry.
Read briefingHe promised to address infrastructure challenges affecting Coast residents.
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Read briefingBusinessman Ronny Raburu (left) in a photo he took with former Prime Minister Raila Odinga on March 14, 2025 at Mr Odinga's home in Karen, Nairobi. In 2021, Mr Odinga assigned Mr Raburu with the task of coining a name for his yet-to-be unveiled coalition, and he came up with Azimio la Umoja among other names for Mr Odinga. When former Prime Minister Raila Odinga called businessman Ronny Raburu in 2021 asking for a Kiswahili coalition name that could carry his ambitions after a constitutional amendment collapsed, Mr Raburu says he turned to Tanzania’s history for inspiration.Now, the Kenya-born businessman who has lived in Tanzania for 25 years says he is pained that the name he proposed – Azimio la Umoja, inspired by Tanzania’s Azimio la Arusha of 1967 – has now been consigned to history following the opposition coalition’s decision to rebrand as The Ukombozi Alliance (TUA).“I’m disappointed,” Mr Raburu told the Nation on Thursday. “Baba [Mr Odinga] himself was doing ideological politics. Anything Baba was doing was backed with something. How quickly Baba’s legacy is being discarded has shocked me so much.”The Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Coalition announced on Monday that it had unanimously agreed to change its name to The Ukombozi Alliance, with Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka saying the opposition was reorganising ahead of the 2027 elections.Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka (centre) addresses journalists, flanked by DAP-K leader Eugene Wamalwa (right), Siaya Governor James Orengo and Democratic Party leader Justin Muturi, among other leaders, at the SKM Command Centre in Nairobi on September 21, 2026. Kalonzo announced the rebranding of Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Coalition to Ukombozi Alliance.Mr Raburu says the 2021 request came after the courts blocked the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI), the constitutional reform process associated with Mr Odinga and then-President Uhuru Kenyatta after their 2018 handshake. Mr Odinga, he says, wanted a name that would preserve the BBI idea of national unity while being relatable to Kenyans by being in Kiswahili.“He called me and asked me: ‘BBI has collapsed and I need a name that will also embrace the BBI spirit and be a Kiswahili name. So, talk to your friends there and come up with a suitable name,’” Mr Raburu recalled.He said he consulted friends and elders in Tanzania, including people familiar with the legacy of founding president Julius Nyerere, before sending Mr Odinga about six or seven possible names.Among them was “Azimio la Umoja”, a phrase Mr Raburu says he adapted from Tanzania’s Arusha Declaration or “Azimio la Arusha” that was associated with Nyerere’s socialist and nation-building project.“Because BBI had failed, I felt something that would somehow resemble building bridges would match the situation,” he said.Mr Raburu noted that it was not lost to him that Jaramogi was once associated with the “Azimio” brand.“Somebody once told me, ‘You see this as Azimio thing? His dad had done it in the ’60s when KPU was banned. They called it a Azimio la Wananchi.’ And I was like, ‘Wow, what a great coincidence that I coined this for him and I simply reminded him of his dad?’” he said.Days later, he says, he saw Mr Odinga launching the phrase publicly in Nakuru. This later evolved into the Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Coalition Party, bringing together ODM, Jubilee, Wiper, Kanu and several smaller parties behind Mr Odinga’s fifth presidential bid.The late Raila Odinga, then the Azimio presidential candidate, at the Azimio Manifesto launch at Nyayo Stadium, Nairobi, on June 6 2022. Also Read: ODM’s headache - Party faces tough test to retain Nairobi political base The addition of “One Kenya” followed negotiations with Mr Musyoka’s One Kenya Alliance. The coalition agreement filed with the Registrar of Political Parties tied Mr Odinga, Mr Kenyatta and Mr Musyoka together ahead of the August 2022 General Election and limited withdrawals by constituent parties before and immediately after the contest. Mr Odinga and his running mate Martha Karua lost the 2022 presidential election to William Ruto and Rigathi Gachagua. Azimio thereafter became Kenya’s main opposition formation.For Mr Raburu, however, the new Ukombozi Alliance name lacks the ideological weight he says Mr Odinga attached to political branding.“It’s now sloganeering,” he claimed. “It’s just looking for a name that will fit the day and win the election if it can. There is no ideology to it.”Mr Raburu, who comes from Karateng in Kisumu County, has built much of his adult life in Tanzania. He first moved there as an employee in the tourism sector and later ventured into business as a tour operator. He is now a partner in a company that also builds luxury tented camps for the tourism industry in Tanzania and Kenya.He says his fluency in Kiswahili and his long stay in Tanzania made him useful to Mr Odinga, who had a deep affection for the country and its liberation history.“My Kiswahili is okay. I speak like Tanzanians,” he said. “I speak like someone in Bongo as I’ve been here for 25 years.”
Read briefingIreland have confirmed that their Uefa Nations League game against Israel being held in Hungary will go ahead as planned on Sunday.The match looked in serious danger of not taking place after a pre-match news conference with manager Heimir Hallgrimsson – who said his squad were “playing against genocide” when announcing his squad for the upcoming fixture – and a player was postponed 15 minutes before it was due to start.Reporters covering the game were told the conference would take place after the team's morning training session but that also failed to happen with the players still in back in their hotel.Then, five hours after the original news conference was due to start, Football Association of Ireland [FAI] chief executive David Courell – flanked by Hallgrimsson and FAI director of football John Martin – announced that a players' vote passed by a significant majority to play the game at the Nagyerdei Stadion in Debrecen.But one player, Bolton Wanderers goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu, has withdrawn from the squad, while public opinion in Ireland remains opposed to the game taking place.“The squad were in Pristina yesterday. An extensive conversation took place where ultimately the consensus from the group was to travel to Hungary,” Courrell told reporters at the rescheduled press conference.FAI CEO David Courell says a vote took place among the Republic of Ireland squad on whether...
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Read briefingThe Port of Lamu has received 2,930 metric tonnes of heavy machinery for the planned Dangote East Africa Refinery, days before the project is expected to break ground.The machinery was delivered by MV Da Yang and is expected to be used in the construction of the Ksh2.2 trillion (USD17 billion) refinery and petrochemical complex planned for Lamu.The arrival of the vessel comes ahead of the planned groundbreaking ceremony scheduled for next week, marking one of the first major deliveries linked to the construction of the facility.The refinery is expected to process up to 700,000 barrels of crude oil per day, with plans to source crude from Kenya’s Lokichar oilfields in Turkana as well as other parts of East and Southern Africa.The Port of Lamu is expected to play a key role in the project by supporting marine operations and handling vessels involved in the movement of petroleum and other cargo linked to the development.Kenya Ports Authority Chief Executive Officer Captain William Ruto received the vessel and presented its master, Captain Wang Shengli, with a certificate of first call and a plaque.“The arrival of this vessel is very critical and shows the Government’s commitment to ensuring this project succeeds. It will be a game changer for the entire region,” Captain Ruto said.This comes after the refinery project has also secured an engineering and project management partner, with an Indian state-owned engineering firm receiving a contract worth more than Ksh58 billion from Dangote Group.The firm, which operates under India’s Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, will serve as Project Management Consultant and Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management consultant for the refinery and petrochemical complex.Its work will include overseeing project planning, engineering, procurement and construction management, while coordinating contractors and monitoring costs, timelines, quality and safety.The Ksh58 billion contract covers consultancy, engineering and project management services and is separate from the overall construction cost of the refinery, which has been estimated at Ksh2.2 trillion (USD17 billion).President William Ruto has also assured the Dangote family of government support for the project, saying Kenya had already secured the land required for the refinery and was working on other measures needed to prevent administrative delays.Ruto made the remarks in Lagos after touring Aliko Dangote’s refinery, saying Kenya viewed the Lamu project as more than an energy development and expected it to contribute to industrialisation, jobs and opportunities in engineering and business.
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