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Joe Biden and Donald Trump clinch nominations to set up US election rematch

Joe Biden and Donald Trump have sealed their presidential nominations with decisive victories in a string of primaries, setting up a general election rematch that many voters do not want.

The outcome of contests across Georgia, Mississippi and Washington state was never in doubt with neither President Biden not Mr Trump facing major opposition.

There is no longer any doubt that the November election will feature a rematch between the two rivals.

At 81, Mr Biden is already the oldest president in US history, while 77-year-old ex-leader Mr Trump is facing the possibility of years in prison as a defendant in four criminal cases. 

Their rematch - the first featuring two US presidents since 1912 - will almost certainly deepen the nation’s searing political and cultural divides over the eight-month campaign that lies ahead.

In a statement, Mr Biden celebrated the nomination while casting Mr Trump as a serious threat to democracy.

He said the Republican “is running a campaign of resentment, revenge, and retribution that threatens the very idea of America.”

He continued: “I am honoured that the broad coalition of voters representing the rich diversity of the Democratic Party across the country have put their faith in me once again to lead our party - and our country - in a moment when the threat Trump poses is greater than ever.”

In a video posted on social media, Mr Trump celebrated what he called “a great day of victory”.

“But now we have to get back to work because we have the worst president in the history of our country,” Mr Trump said of Mr Biden. “So, we’re not going to take time to celebrate. We’ll celebrate in eight months when the election is over.”

Both candidates dominated Tuesday’s primaries in swing-state Georgia, deep-red Mississippi and Democratic-leaning Washington. Voting was taking place later in Hawaii’s Republican caucus.

Despite their tough talk, the road ahead will not be easy for either presumptive nominee.

Mr Trump is facing 91 felony counts in four criminal cases involving his handling of classified documents and his attempt to overturn the 2020 election, among other alleged crimes. He’s also facing increasingly pointed questions about his policy plans and relationships with some of the world’s most autocratic leaders. Mr Trump met privately on Friday with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who has rolled back democracy in his country.

Mr Biden, who would be 86 years old at the end of his next term, is working to assure a sceptical electorate that he’s still physically and mentally able to handle the world’s most important job. Voters in both parties are unhappy with his handling of immigration and inflation.

And he’s dealing with additional dissension within his party’s progressive base, furious that he hasn’t done more to stop Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza. Activists and religious leaders in Washington encouraged Democrats to vote “uncommitted” to signal their outrage.

In Georgia, retiree Donna Graham said she would have preferred another Republican nominee over Mr Trump, but she said there’s no way she’d ever vote for Mr Biden in the general election.

“He wasn’t my first choice, but he’s the next best thing,” Ms Graham said of Mr Trump. “It’s sad that it’s the same old matchup as four years ago.” By Michael Howie, Evening Standard

A Ugandan lawyer has moved to East Africa's regional court to challenge the removal of Dr Peter Mathuki as the secretary general of East African Community (EAC).

Hassan Male Mabirizi issued a complaint to the East African Court of Justice (EACJ), opposing Kenya's President William Ruto's decision to recall the boss of the regional organisation. President Ruto on March 8, 2024 nominated Dr Mathuki as ambassador to Russia.

The lawyer stated that the decision by Kenya to recall Dr Mathuki and replace him with another appointee was unlawful.

In his complaint to the court, he sought a permanent injunction imposed on Kenya to restrain President Ruto’s government from nominating another Kenyan national to Mathuki’s position.

Read: Why EAC boss Peter Mathuki has to go

“Your applicant states that the March 8 action and President Ruto's decision to replace EAC Secretary General Dr Peter Mathuki before the expiry of his five-year term, any appointment of successor that may arise from such an assumption of office and carrying out any activities or work in that office on the strengths of such a replacement are unlawful,” the filed court documents read in part. 

In his argument, Mabirizi states that this move was in contravention of the EAC treaty which states that “the secretary-general shall serve a fixed five-year term”.

Additionally, he faulted Kenya for disregarding the Rule of Law and Equal Opportunities Doctrine, which is a fundamental principle of the EAC, as well as Article 7(2) of the EAC Treaty which sets the rule of law as an operational principle of the community.

As such, Mabirizi now wants EACJ to issue an order annulling the decision by Kenya to replace Mathuki.

“Your applicant prays that the court issues a permanent injunction restraining Kenya from furtherance with the implementation of the March 8 action and decision by President Ruto to replace Dr Mathuki,” the lawyer added in the petition.

The lawyer also wants the EAC heads, parliament, and council of ministers to implement any decision by Kenya to replace Mathuki.

The EACJ has further been petitioned to award general, exemplary, punitive and aggravated damages to the Applicant. The East African 

Thousands of desperate jobless Kenyans are on a daily basis falling victims to rogue employment agencies fleecing them of millions of shillings in the pretext of getting them jobs abroad. Mostly targeted are people seeking both menial and professional jobs in the Middle East.

Several employment agencies have sprouted out, taking advantage of the unemployment crisis to con unsuspecting Kenyans hoping to get jobs outside the country to better their lives. The rogue employment agencies are in effect derailing the government’s plan on export labour in a bid to reduce joblessness.


Last week, the National Assembly Committee on Diaspora Affairs and Migrant Workers, while on a visit to Mombasa, came face to face with shocking revelations of how some agencies defraud Kenyans under the guise of overseas job recruitment.


Despite claiming to have facilitated the deployment of more than 600 Kenyans, two of the agencies visited by the committee lacked essential office documentation, raising serious concerns.


According to the committee, Al Hadhramy and Mahla and Attawakul recruitment agencies are reportedly involved in a con scheme where owners are said to have collected millions of shillings from hundreds of Kenyans and left them stranded.

Questions have also been raised over the culpability of the National Employment Authority (NEA) over the con game scheme that has continued to take place under its nose.


Besides fleecing Kenyans, reports and cases abound of how some agencies end up dumping people in countries where they can hardly communicate in the local language, with no place to live and without money.


Scores of Kenyans have also ended up in the hands of cruel employers who torture and enslave them. Quite a number have returned home in coffins.


Promises by the Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs that it is working closely with its Labour counterpart to weed out rogue employment agencies have unfortunately remained on paper.


Though the government earns about Sh309 billion in remittances every year from export of labour, the sector should not be left in the hands of unscrupulous people to take advantage of the desperation of jobless people.


The government through NEA, the police and other investigative agencies must crack the whip on the crooked recruitment agencies. People Daily

 Five communities control over 70 percent of the National Social Security Fund (NSSF), it has now emerged.

Documents tabled before the Senate National Cohesion and Equal Opportunities Committee revealed in addition to the government parastatals being ethnically imbalanced, the majority of the staff are aging staff.

NSSF Chief Executive Officer (CEO) David Koross told Senators over 60 percent of the working force are aged between 50 and 60 years with the last massive employment recruitment having been conducted in 1996.

“We have an aging workforce and its something we want to address by ensuring in our recruitment we will be more biased to the young people by also considering the ethnic balance,” stated Koross.

The NSSF CEO mentioned plans have been instituted to ensure a balanced workforce is prioritized in the next recruitment

“We are facing a risk of people with a lot of knowledge having invested a lot on them and this knowledge not being passed on to the incoming generation,” said Koross.

Submission before the Senate Committee chaired by Marsabit Senator Mohammed Chute shows that Kalenjin Community has the highest representation in the workforce at 18.24 percent which translates to 199 members of staff out of 1,091.

Kamba Community comes in second with 17.51 percent (191), Luo Community is the third highest with 13.38 percent (146), and Luyha community follows closely at 12.47 percent which translates to 136 staff.

Kikuyu Community holds 12.47 percent of the workforce at the state agency amounting to 135 members of staff.

 

The other 44 ethnic groups share the remaining 26.03 percent of positions with only 22 communities making it on the list.

The Constitution and the National Cohesion and Integration Act of 2008 require that all public entities seek to represent the diversity of the people of Kenya in hiring staff and that no public establishment shall have more than one-third of its staff from the same ethnic community.

Under the diversity policy for State Ministries, Departments, and Agencies released in December 2015 by the Public Service Commission, ethnic groups whose job representation surpasses their corresponding national population proportion are considered to be over-represented.

The diversity policy was expected to tackle the problem of over-representation by setting hiring quotas for ethnic groups and disadvantaged classes such as the disabled.

The Constitution introduced the ethnic representation requirements to check a historical trend where the tribesmen of those in power were favoured during recruitment. By Irene Mwangi, Capital News

Africa’s financial technology leaders are gathering in Washington DC, US, on the sidelines of the IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings on April 17, 2024. The Africa Fintech Summit, Africa’s most influential bi-annual confluence of regulators, policymakers, founders, investors, and entrepreneurs from across the globe, is excited to be back in the US Capital, hosting 2024’s first event at Halcyon House in Historical Georgetown.

The fintech industry in Africa has witnessed considerable innovation and development over the past 20 years. The Africa Fintech Summit drives the mission to support meaningful financial inclusion and sustainable economic development via fintech innovation across all industries in Africa, from Cape to Cairo.

Since 2017, the Africa Fintech Summit has led trade missions, bilateral partnerships, ecosystem tours, investment initiatives, and launches with startups, multinational corporations, and governments alike.

AFTS at IMF/WM 2024 is an exclusive gathering of 150+ ecosystem movers, policymakers, finance and treasury ministries, and industry-moving technology executives representing billions in investment capital. The focus for this edition of AFTS is 2024’s theme: Fintech in Every Industry.

“We are very pleased to host AFTS at the IMF/WB Spring Meetings here in Washington. We will be focusing on the role financial technology is playing across industries including, ClimateTech, Artificial Intelligence (AI), cross-border trade, and investment under AfCFTA as well as US-Africa fintech connections,” stated Zekarias Amsalu (Managing Director, Africa Fintech Summit).

This April’s summit takes place on the first anniversary of Prosper Africa’s Tech for Trade Alliance, a multi-billion dollar initiative launched at last year’s AFTS in Washington DC. The summit will also delve into the tractions, impacts, and trajectories of the alliance and its member’s activities across Africa.

April 17th’s AFTS precedes the 11th Africa Fintech Summit which is coming to Nairobi, Kenya on September 4-6, 2024 and will welcome over 1,000 delegates to the newly opened JW Marriott at the Global Trade Centre.

Global delegates can take advantage of 12% discount provided by our Airline Partner Ethiopian Airlines using the promo code ETH90 at www.ethiopianairlines.com for travel dates between April 07 and April 27, 2024 ET to Washington DC, U.S.A. Click this link to learn more about #AFTSDC2024 and register for the summit.

Distributed by African Media Agency in partnership with Africa Fintech Summit

 

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