Fight for land to blame for Tana massacre - KNCHR
The uncertainty over land tenure systems and land use are the main causes of the Tana Delta massacre, a report has said. The reported released yesterday by the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights...
View ArticleKWS rangers swoop nets 37 ‘poachers’
37 suspected poachers are in police custody following an anti-poaching raid by Kenya Wildlife Service rangers that netted 38kg of ivory, two rifles and 77 bullets. Game meat weighing 472kg has been...
View ArticleVietnamese found with lion teeth
A Vietnamese national has been arrested in connection with the ivory trade yesterday at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. Ngiyen Xuan Nam was boarding Kenya Airways flight number KQ886 to...
View ArticleNgong crash hearings takes a two-week break
Public hearings into the possible cause of the helicopter crash that claimed the lives of former cabinet minister George Saitoti, his assistant Orwa Ojodeh and four police officers were put off for...
View ArticleKenya bans GM foods until experts prove they are safe
THE government has banned the importation of genetically modified foods until adequate research is done to determine their safety. Government regulators and agencies involved in overseeing the...
View ArticleKuppet officials arrested
THREE Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers union officials were yesterday afternoon arrested following a clash with their Knut counterparts over claims of poaching of members in Kisii county....
View ArticleCall to list Naivasha flower staff
THE IEBC has called on flower farms in Naivasha to allow hundreds of their workers to register as voters. This came as it emerged that many of the workers could be locked out for lack of time to...
View ArticleKajiado, Wajir leaders fault drive
Leaders in Kajiado and Wajir yesterday complained over the low start of the voter registration in the counties. The leaders from Kajiado West constituency said the Independent Electoral and Boundaries...
View ArticleMagistate refuses Tett kin’s request to gag journalists
A relative of former nominated MP Betty Tett said to be part of an armed gang that raided her Karen home a year ago yesterday failed in his bid to have the media barred from reporting on the case....
View ArticleWananchi hiding 680,000 guns – report
There are at least 680,000 illegal firearms still being held by civilians that should be surrendered to enhance peace, it has been revealed. Kenya National Focal Point on Small Arms and Light Weapons...
View ArticleIEBC will overcome BVR hitches – CEO
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission was yesterday optimistic that it will overcome the challenges still being experienced with the biometric voter registration system. Among the...
View ArticleDutch man’s case put off
A fraud case involving a Dutch national has been postponed until after the general election. Elroy Kraneveld was arrested at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi as he was leaving for...
View ArticleYouth charged over Rogo riots
ONE more youth was yesterday arrested and charged over the grenade attack on police that left three officers dead during the August Mombasa riots that followed the shooting of cleric Aboud Rogo....
View Article87 in court over Sunday violence in Eastleigh
Eighty-seven people were yesterday arraigned in a Kibera court over the Sunday violence at Eastleigh Estate in Nairobi . They were charged with terrorising and extorting money from the public on Sunday...
View ArticleJudges asked to quash death sentence over robbery
The High Court has been asked to quash death sentence imposed to a young man charged with robbery with violence five years ago. Lawyer John Swaka told justices Fred Ochieng and Lydia Achode that that...
View ArticleMinister Haji testifies in Godhana incitement case
Former Livestock assistant minister Dhadho Godhana' utterances escalated the Tana Delta clashes, a Nairobi court heard yesterday. Defence minister Mohammed Yussuf Haji told chief magistrate Kiarie...
View ArticlePolice question three over Sunday blast
Police are interrogating three terror suspects in connection with Sunday's blast in Eastleigh. PPO Moses Ombati says they are however yet to arrest the masterminds who are believed to be in the...
View ArticleUneasy calm returns to Garissa
An uneasy calm has returned to Garissa as a chief who was shot on Tuesday died earlier today. Chief Abdullahi Bare who was caught up in a confrontation between KDF officers and protesters in Garissa...
View ArticleCourt dismisses Nanok, Ethuro incitement cases
TWO Turkana MPs were all smiles yesterday after a magistrate rejected charges of incitement to violence preferred against them. Chief magistrate Kiarie Waweru Kiarie said the charges against Turkana...
View ArticleCorridors of Power
One of the city's most distinctive night club will be no more. This is after the lease by the current night club owner runs out at the end of the year. Our moles tell us that an MP who has been trying...
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