•Heavily damaged houses and shops At least two people were killed and more than 200 injured in a massive fire when a truck laden with gas exploded in the Kenyan capital, a government spokesman said today. The explosion ignited a “huge ball of fire that spread widely”, Isaac Maigua Mwaura said on social media platform […]
•Paul Nthenge Mackenzie A Kenyan court today charged the leader of a starvation cult with child torture and cruelty over the deaths of more than 400 of his followers. Paul Nthenge Mackenzie and 38 other suspects pleaded not guilty to charges including beating and deliberately starving children, according to court documents from the Mombasa cou...
•Pastor Paul Mackenzie (center) A Kenyan court today charged the leader of a starvation cult with terrorism over the deaths of more than 400 of his followers. Self-proclaimed pastor Paul Nthenge Mackenzie and 94 other suspects pleaded “not guilty” to charges of radicalisation, reports AFP. The cult leader was also charged with “organised crimi...
•Self-proclaimed pastor Paul Nthenge Mackenzie (middle) Kenyan prosecutors said today they intend to charge a suspected cult leader and dozens of other suspects with murder and terrorism over the deaths of more than 400 of his followers after a court warned it may have to free him. Self-proclaimed pastor Paul Nthenge Mackenzie is alleged to [&...
•Education Minister Tahir Mamman Following the suspension of accreditation and evaluation of degree certificates from Benin Republic and Togo, the federal government has said the sanction would be extended to more countries like Uganda, Kenya and Niger Republic. “We are not going to stop at just Benin and Togo,” Education Minister Tahir Mamman...
•Late Benjamin Kiplagat Two suspects appeared in a Kenyan court on Tuesday over the murder of Ugandan Olympic athlete Benjamin Kiplagat who was found dead at the weekend with a stab wound to his neck. The two men were ordered detained for 21 days by a magistrate’s court in the Rift Valley town of Eldoret […]
•Late Benjamin Kiplagat Ugandan athlete Benjamin Kiplagat has been found dead in Kenya, police said today, with local media reports saying he had been murdered. The Kenyan-born Kiplagat, 34, had represented Uganda internationally in the 3,000m steeplechase, including several Olympic Games and World Championships, reports AFP. His body was foun...
At least 15 people have died in Kenya as floods swept away scores of houses and devastated farmland following torrential rains, the Red Cross said today. Heavy rainfall has pounded the country, particularly the bone-dry north, in recent days, and sent water gushing into homes and submerging roads, with similar scenes playing out across other [...
A move by Kenyan authorities to tax travellers on new or used goods brought into the country has caused an outcry, with lawmakers and even a government minister denouncing the scheme. Although the Kenya Revenue Authority has said the directive is not new, it has triggered confusion and concern, with some complaining of harassment by […]
•Britain’s King Charles III (C) inspects the Guard of Honour King Charles III and Queen Camilla began a state visit to Kenya today, facing widespread calls for an apology over Britain’s bloody colonial past. Although the four-day trip has been billed as an opportunity to look to the future and build on the cordial modern-day […]
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