A high-ranking police officer was shot dead on Thursday afternoon after he opened fire on a senior magistrate during a live court session in Nairobi. According to police, Makadara Principal Magistrate Monica Kivuti was shot and injured by Chief Inspector Samson Kipruto after delivering a ruling in a case involving his wife. Other police officers who were present during the incident responded and fatally shot the senior assailant, killing him on the spot. The suspect is said to have been angered by the magistrate’s decision to cancel the bond granted to his wife Jenniffer Wairimu, 48, who was in the…
Author: Samuel Njihia
Lebanon’s Hezbollah miltant group fired hundreds of rockets into northern Israel on Wednesday, and vowed to intensify its attacks.
What started Monday night as news of the abrupt closure of Directline Assurance Company has revealed the intensification of a long-standing war between Royal Media Services owner SK Macharia and the Kenyan insurance regulator over the ownership of the company that controls nearly 70% of the local PSV insurance business. In a statement aired by Citizen TV on Monday night, Macharia, in his capacity as chairman of Royal Credit Limited, stated that the insurance company had ceased operations and terminated its staff contracts. He added that all assets owned by Directline would be taken over by Royal Credit. Macharia attributed…
Directline Assurance, which commands the largest share of the Kenyan PSV insurance market, has abruptly ceased operations in a shocking development that has left the industry stunned. All staff have been terminated, according to Citizen News. In a statement aired on Monday night, Royal Credit Limited Chairman SK Macharia said the company had stopped offering services and terminated its staff contracts. He added that all assets owned by Directline will be taken over by Royal Credit. Macharia attributed this move to the closure of all Directline Assurance bank accounts by the Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA). SK Macharia seeks control of…
Wells Fargo is embroiled in a lawsuit alleging involvement with an aiding and abetting case associated with a $300 million Ponzi scheme, which targeted more than 1,000 investors, mainly senior citizens, who were left both penniless and with minimal life savings. The American financial giant, based in San Francisco, is accused of aiding the ‘scheme operators’ in diverting funds from proposed class members to ‘maximize assets’ and generate revenue, per a case filed on June 4, 2024, in the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida.” Wells Fargo was allegedly aware of the scheme from 2011 until 2021…
Gatundu MP Gabriel Kagombe was released on a Sh2 million bond or Sh1 million cash bail, with surety of similar amount, after pleading not guilty to murder charges at the Machakos High Court on Friday. Appearing before Judge Francis Olel, Kagombe’s release was pegged on the meeting of the specified bail conditions. This was following an earlier directive by the Judge to have a mental assessment done on the accused before he could take a plea. “The court has considered applications by both the prosecution and defence lawyers and hereby orders that the accused person be released on a Sh2…
The Kenyan government has reportedly enlisted a battalion of evangelical pastors to guide the deployment of police officers to Haiti.
A majority of Kenyans are opposed to the proposals contained in the Finance Bill 2024, which outlines the taxation plans for the upcoming fiscal year scheduled to start on July 1. The Infotrak report, released on Thursday, showed that 77 percent of Kenyans were pessimistic that the bill would have a positive effect on the current state of the economy, while only 13 percent were optimistic about its prospective benefits. “Nearly 8 out of 10 say that whether it is passed, zero impact, so that should ring an alarm bell to our financial infrastructure that in as much as we…
Nyeri Town MP Duncan Maina Mathenge has opposed Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua’s calls to unite the Mount Kenya region.
The US House of Representatives has passed a bill to impose sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC) over its prosecutor’s decision to seek arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other officials for alleged war crimes during the war with Hamas. The sanctions bill, proposed by pro-Israel Republicans, was passed on Tuesday by a vote of 247-155. No Republican member voted against the proposal. However, the bill is unlikely to become law as it is expected to be rejected by Democrats who control the US Senate, where it must pass before reaching the president for approval. Indeed,…