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KENYA | Prominent Nyeri businessman, Stephen Wang’ondu, on Tuesday denied charges of murdering his son, Daniel Mwangi, in Nyeri on January 1. He, along with four alleged accomplices, James Mahinda, Eddy Kariuki, Raphael Wachira, and Geoffrey Warutumo, all pleaded not guilty to the charges. The altercation reportedly began between father and son after the son […]
A Kenyan teachers union wants teachers in areas affected by militant attacks to undergo military training and have guns for their own safety. The Kenya National Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (Kuppet) officials made the statement after a meeting with teachers who fled after an attack on Monday in Kamuthe, Garissa county. Three teachers […]
Kenyan teachers have have two weeks to declare their wealth failure to which they will pay a Sh1m ($9000: £7000) fine, according to a circular reissued on Monday. The teachers are part of a wider group of public servants in the country who are expected to fill wealth declaration forms by 31 December. Public servants […]
A multi-storey residential building has collapsed in a suburb of Kenya’s capital Nairobi. People are believed to be trapped inside. There are not many details at the moment, but photos from the scene in Tassia show people sorting through the rubble:
Kenyan runner Eliud Kipchoge has thanked former US President Barack Obama for his Twitter message commending him for his historic achievement over the weekend. The World and Olympic marathon champion became the first person to cover the 26.2 miles (42.2km) distance in one hour 59 minutes 40 seconds in the Ineos 1:59 Challenge in Austria’s […]
The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics has said the country exported goods worth $74m (£61m) to China in the first six months of 2019 compared with $43m worth of goods exported during a similar period last year. Kenya has been conducting an aggressive trade and marketing campaign targeting potential Chinese buyers. Coffee, tea and avocados […]
Kenyan police have summoned Finance Minister Henry Rotich for questioning for a second time over a multi-million dollar scandal involving advance payments for two dam projects, the head of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) said. Mr Rotich is currently at the headquarters of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) in the capital, Nairobi. “He […]
Four Americans and their Kenyan pilot were killed when their helicopter crashed shortly after taking off from a remote island in Lake Turkana in a national park in northwest Kenya, officials said on Monday. The aircraft came down in Central Island National Park at around 8 p.m. on Sunday, Kenya’s National Police Service said on […]
The High Court in Kenya on Thursday sentenced to death a senior policeman who killed a suspect by severely beating him whilst he was in custody, one of the harshest punishments over widespread police brutality in the East African country. Such a conviction is extremely rare, despite the fact that human rights organisations have documented […]
Five people have died after a small plane carrying them crashed in Kericho, the west of Kenya. The plane, piloted by a Kenyan national, was carrying four foreigners from Maasai Mara nature reserve when it crashed. The police chief for the Rift Valley region said the plane was heading to Lodwar. Emergency services have been […]
A human rights activist Caroline Mwatha who went missing last Wednesday has been found dead, Kenyan police spokesman Charles Owino has confirmed to the Report Focus News. She worked with a community group looking into allegations that police in the capital have perpetrated atrocities, including extra-judicial killings. Her relatives had been searching the city’s hospitals […]
The Kenyan opposition figure who was arrested last night is expected to be charged with “incitement”, one of his lawyers has said. Police arrested David Ndii last night at his hotel in the coastal city of Kwale, as we reported earlier. His lawyer Otiende Amollo said that police moved him to the capital Nairobi overnight in […]
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