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By Grace Mwende  NAIROBI, Kenya, July 31, 2025 — A coalition of Kenyan Muslim organizations under the banner Voice of Palestine has launched a nationwide tree-planting initiative aimed at raising funds to support Palestinians amid what it describes as an “unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe” in Gaza. Speaking at a press event in Nairobi, Voice of Palestine—which includes the Jamia Mosque Committee, the National Muslim Leaders Forum (NAMLEF), the Supreme Council of Kenya Muslims (SUPKEM), and the Council of Imams and Preachers of Kenya (CIPK), among others—called for urgent international intervention to end what they termed a “systematic genocide” in Palestine. “Our goal is twofold: to raise much-needed humanitarian aid for Palestinians and to support the Government of Kenya’s environmental restoration efforts through tree planting,” said Ahmed Shariff, who signed the statement on behalf of the coalition. “In doing so, we plant both trees and the values of justice, hu...

By Jane As Kenya nears the historic Saba Saba anniversary on July 7th—a day that marks a major turning point in the nation’s democratic struggle—the country is once again engulfed in a wave of protests, economic distress, and growing public dissatisfaction. Against this backdrop, the National Alternative Alliance (NAA) has released a hard-hitting open letter to President William Ruto, calling for urgent and decisive leadership to prevent the nation from descending into further chaos. In its strongly worded statement, the NAA warned that Kenya is “sliding into anarchy,” pointing to rampant corruption, youth unemployment, police violence, and systemic governance failures. “Kenya is burning. The dreams of generations and the lofty promises enshrined in our Constitution are fading from the daily realities of ordinary citizens,” said NAA leader Maliba Arnold. The alliance demanded an immediate end to abductions and extrajudicial killings, the unconditional release of arrested pr...