Court bars police from using water cannons, tear gas against peaceful protesters
The High Court of Kenya sitting at Malindi Constitutional and Judicial Review Division has issued orders barring the police from using brutal force against peaceful protesters. Lawyer Saitabao Ole Kanchory had on June 24, 2024, moved to the court seeking orders to bar the police from using brutal force, carrying out extra judicial killings, making […]
Bumula MP Jack Wamboka’s PA found after two days of missing
Wangila Wabomba, the Personal Assistant to Bumula Member of Parliament (MP) Jack Wamboka has been found after he went missing two days ago. Wamboka through his official X account on Friday, June 28, 2024, announced that they had managed to find his PA, who is currently recuperating in a hospital. The lawmaker stated that his […]
Police nab suspected supermarket looters in Ongata Rongai
Police officers in Ongata Rongai, Nakuru, waylaid suspected looters inside a supermarket on Thursday, June 27, 2024. The suspected looters were caught and compelled to lie flat inside the supermarket after the police conducted a successful raid. “This supermarket pays a lot of people and you want to steal here. Why are you doing that,” […]
FBI offers Ksh647M reward in hunt for fugitive crypto queen Ruja Ignatova
A $5m (Ksh647,225,000) reward is being offered in the hunt for the fugitive “Cryptoqueen” Ruja Ignatova. Bulgarian-born Ignatova, who has German citizenship, has been on the FBI’s most-wanted list since 2022 for fraud and money laundering. The 43-year-old is accused of defrauding investors out of $4bn by selling a fake cryptocurrency called OneCoin, founded in […]
Uganda gov’t calls for investigations into burning of Uganda House during Tuesday demos
The government of Uganda has called for investigations into the burning of the just renovated Uganda House in Nairobi. The building located along Kenyatta Avenue which housed Uganda’s Consular Office caught fire on Tuesday, June 25, 2024, in the wake of the anti-Finance Bill protests that turned deadly. Uganda House re-opening Uganda has condemned the […]
Kisumu man guilty of manslaughter to serve 30 years in prison
A Kisumu man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after being found guilty of manslaughter. The man, Vincent Odhiambo Okeyo will be forced to spend the next three decades at a government holding facility after he was found guilty of poisoning his two children. Mr. Odhiambo was accused of poisoning his two children, […]
Salim Swaleh, 5 others to spend night behind bars
The Director of Press Service at the Office of the Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi, Salim Swaleh Abdallah, will spend the night behind bars. According to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP), Swaleh and five others will be detained at Capital Hill Police Station. In the statement on Monday, June 24, 2024, […]