U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is considering significantly expanding its travel restrictions, potentially banning citizens from 36 additional countries from entering the United States. The countries include Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Ghana, Egypt, Cameroon, and others across Africa, Asia, and the Pacific. Caribbean nations such as Saint Lucia and Dominica are also on the list. If these countries fail to address identified security and immigration concerns within 60 days, their citizens could be barred from entering the U.S. During his first term in office, President Trump announced a ban on travellers from seven Muslim-majority countries—a policy that underwent several revisions…
Author: Edwin Edgar Mutugi
President William Ruto has stated that he will not hand over leadership to the Opposition, whom he claims have no clear plan for the country. He described its leaders as disorganised, bitter, and solely fixated on removing him from office without offering any credible solutions to the country’s problems. Speaking in Lugari Constituency, Kakamega County, during a church service at Kivaywa Primary School, President Ruto questioned the Opposition’s intentions, saying they lacked a coherent agenda for Kenyans. “Their only message is, ‘Ruto must go’. But how does that solve challenges in healthcare, education, or agriculture? They are angry and bitter,…
Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has alleged that a killer squad exists within the police service, formed under the orders of President William Ruto. While speaking during a church service in Kirinyaga County, Gachagua claimed the squad is composed of highly trained individuals, and that its formation was endorsed by the National Intelligence Service (NIS), led by Noordin Haji. Gachagua linked the squad to the recent killing of social media influencer Albert Ojwang. “This issue is just a tip of the iceberg. Hundreds of young people have been tortured to death by a special squad set up on the instruction…
Zambia’s former President Edgar Lungu left instructions that his successor, Hakainde Hichilema, “should not be anywhere near” his body, a family spokesperson has said. Lungu died on Thursday, 5th June, at the age of 68, six months after an attempted return to politics was blocked by a court ruling that he could not run for office again. He was the sixth president of the southern African nation, serving from 2015 to 2021, when he lost an election to long-time opposition leader and current President Hakainde Hichilema. The government had planned to fly his body back home on Wednesday but was…
Kayole police have launched an investigation into the disturbing case of Fred Omondi, an 11-year-old boy who was tortured and killed. His lifeless body was discovered inside a fenced compound in Chokaa, near Maua Primary School, where the tragic incident occurred. Fred Omondi went missing on June 4, 2025, and his badly mutilated body was found the following Wednesday morning, with some body parts missing. A post-mortem revealed that Fred died from severe assault and strangulation. His body bore multiple bruises, his left hand was missing, and there were three deep cuts on his head. According to Njiru Sub-county Police…
Horror and anger have engulfed Jacaranda Gardens Apartments in Roysambu, Nairobi County, after residents witnessed 5-year-old Amanda Mutheu being thrown from the third floor by her uncle. Witnesses recounted that the incident unfolded on Thursday night when the man, her uncle, stormed into their house and found baby Amanda in the care of her nanny. He created a commotion before overpowering the nanny and forcibly taking Amanda from her arms. “The uncle overpowered the house girl and snatched baby Amanda from her. The house girl, sensing danger, ran out of the apartment screaming for help,” said Lilian Gichuru, the property…
An Air India plane bound for London with 242 people on board crashed shortly after taking off from the western Indian city of Ahmedabad on Thursday, 12 June. The aircraft was en route to Gatwick Airport in the UK, Air India said, while police reported that it crashed in a civilian area near the airport. The plane plunged into the Meghani area of the city, sending up a massive plume of black smoke and triggering an immediate emergency response. According to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), the aircraft was carrying 242 people: 217 adults and 11 children. Of…
All eyes are on Parliament Buildings in Nairobi today, Thursday, 12 June 2025, as Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi prepares to unveil the much-anticipated 2025/2026 national budget. This year’s budget, the first under Mbadi’s stewardship, comes at a time of economic pressure and high public expectations, with President William Ruto’s administration planning to spend over Sh4.2 trillion in the new financial year. According to the National Treasury, the ambitious expenditure plan will be financed through a mix of tax revenue, borrowing, grants, and fees charged for government services. CS Mbadi is expected to outline a raft of revenue-raising measures, with…
President William Ruto has appointed Erastus Edung Ethekon as Chairperson of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), alongside six commissioners, despite a standing High Court order barring their gazettement and swearing-in. The appointments were formalised through Gazette Notices No. 7724 and 7725, dated 10 June 2025. Erastus Edung Ethekon will serve a six-year term, in accordance with the provisions of Article 250(2) of the Constitution and the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission Act. The same gazette notices also confirmed the appointment of Ann Njeri Nderitu, Moses Alutalala Mukhwana, Mary Karen Sorobit, Hassan Noor Hassan, Francis Odhiambo Aduol, and Fahima…
A disturbing pattern of unexplained deaths in police custody is raising serious concerns about oversight, accountability, and the protection of inmates’ human rights in Kenya. Law enforcement agencies are either directly or indirectly implicated in these incidents, which span nearly two decades. At least seven cases involving individuals who died shortly after being arrested at police facilities across the country have come to light between 2008 and 2025. Some have gained national attention, while others remain obscure. Although official investigations have been launched in several instances, the victims’ families are still waiting for answers—and justice. May 2008: Nairobi Benson Mwangi…
