Embu farmers have criticized the ban on the muguka trade in Mombasa and Kilifi counties, even as calls by religious and political leaders mount for other counties to take similar action. On Saturday, led by their county deputy governor, Kinyua Mugo, and Women Representative Njoki Njeru, hundreds of farmers held demonstrations in Embu town, protesting what they considered an illegal move. They criticised the decision of Mombasa Governor Abdulswamad Nassir stating they were not consulted before the ban on the stimulant was imposed to provide their views. “It is unfair for Mombasa to ban the sale of muguka, which is…
Author: Samuel Njihia
Kenya has postponed the much-awaited deployment of police officers to Haiti on the advice of a team of local security officials who had travelled to assess the situation ahead of the mission. The advance team, led by Noor Gabow, the deputy inspector general of the Administration Police Service, had travelled to the violence-stricken Caribbean nation last week to assess preparedness before the Kenya policemen are deployed to quell growing armed gang violence. They found that the country lacks the critical equipment to allow the deployment, including armoured vehicles to move the foreign security officers and radios to facilitate communication. The…
PGA Tour golfer Grayson Murray has died, just a day after pulling out of the Charles Schwab Challenge in Fort Worth, Texas.
Retired President Uhuru Kenyatta arrived in Johannesburg, South Africa on Saturday, ahead of the country’s General Elections scheduled for Wednesday. Mr Kenyatta will be leading the African Union Election Observation Mission for the country’s upcoming polls to choose representatives for the National Assembly and the Provincial Legislature across all nine provinces. The African Union Commission (AUC) recently appointed the retired president to lead the African Union Election Observation Mission (AUEOM) for the General Elections in the Republic of South Africa. According to the AU, the mission will collaborate with governmental bodies, the Independent Electoral Commission, political entities, media outlets, civil…
American official says ‘Haiti cannot wait’ as Washington pledges support to expedite the deployment of the Kenya-led force to the violence-hit country.
Preliminary findings from Iranian military investigators show no signs of foul play in the helicopter crash that killed President Ebrahim Raisi on Sunday, according to state media reports. A crash report by the army says the aircraft “caught fire after hitting an elevated area,” and there were no signs “bullet holes” on the wreckage, the IRNA news agency reported on Thursday. The report also stated that Raisi’s helicopter had been flying on a “pre-planned route and did not leave the designated flight path” before the crash on May 19, 2024. “No suspicious content was observed during the communications between the…
Private guards have welcomed a court ruling that stops deductions ranging between Sh5,000 and Sh8,000, which some training institutions have forcefully been charging them as training fees. Through the Secretary-General of the Kenya National Private Security Workers Union (KNPSWU), Isaac Andabwa, the guards condemned institutions for making deductions from their meager salaries without consulting them, especially when they have yet to implement a government directive setting minimum wages. “It is a mockery that some training institutions are deducting salaries of guards, yet a number of security companies have not implemented the directive of Sh30,000 minimum wage for all guards as…
Haitian street gangs have for years plunged the Caribbean nation into an unending political and humanitarian crisis, with gang leaders suspected of ties to the 2021 Haitian president’s assassination now controlling key national infrastructure. The gangs have frequently launched attacks on police stations and prisons, resulting in the release of thousands of inmates. Additionally, they have engaged in various acts of lawlessness that have paralyzed Port-au-Prince, the capital city. Now, in recent times, some of the gangs have begun portraying themselves as paramilitary forces, wielding more sophisticated weapons than the police, as they become ‘stronger, richer, and more autonomous’ due…
Gunfire rang out around 4am in Kinshasa as a group of assailants in army uniform attacked the presidency in the city centre.
Police in Nyahururu are holding a boutique owner and his employees over the death of a 17-year-old Form Two student accused of shoplifting an item from the shop last week. According to Nyahururu Sub County Police Commander Jackline Gacheri, the employees of Seven-Sunday, a second-hand clothes shop located on Koinange Street within the town, were arrested on Sunday after a boy identified as Stephen Njuguna died from injuries he received following a beating by the employees. The teenager is alleged to have shoplifted a garment worth Sh500, after which a staffer who spotted him in the act alerted the entire…
