Nairobi — Police have arrested four suspects in connection with the murder of Keagan Githua, a 24-year-old man who was stabbed to death last month by robbers on a motorcycle at Ridgeways, Kiambu County. A statement from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) social media platform says that Starehe-based sleuths mounted an early dawn operation […]
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Nairobi — Speaker of the National Assembly Moses Wetangula has suspended the approval hearings on President William Ruto’s 51 nominees for Principal Secretaries, in compliance with a court order issued on Tuesday by the Employment and Labour Court. In his communication to the National Assembly departmental committees, Wetangula further directed parliament’s litigation counsel to challenge […]
Police in Nansana have apprehended a 15-year-old teenage mother for the alleged murder of her six weeks old son in cold blood. Shanita Nalumansi ,a resident of Nansana East A 1 zone in Nansana Municipality is accused of murdering her son Ezra Bogere on November 11 this year. The facts gathered by Police indicated that […]
The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC), Cooperazione per lo Sviluppo dei Paesi Emergenti (COSPE), Centre for Civil and Political Rights (CCPR), Nyasa Rainbow Alliance (NRA), the Rock of Hope (ROH), and Trans Research, Education, Advocacy & Training (TREAT) under the Out & Proud: LGBTIQ+ Equality and Rights in Southern Africa project, developed the “From the […]
Murang’a — Former KTDA officials from Mt Kenya region, who were ousted from office, have alleged that the current directors have drastically increased their expenses in many of the factories from between Sh8 million to Sh.12 Million annually. The officials led by Professor Johnson Kang’ethe and Francis Macharia claim the factories are now indebted to […]
Nairobi — President William Ruto has ordered the deployment the deployment of the General Service Unit and the Rapid Deployment Unit (RDU) in Nairobi. A dispatch following a cabinet meeting on Tuesday indicated that while the national security was in good standing, there had been an increase in crime in the nation’s capital in the […]
Paul Gicheru died in Kenya. The Kenyan lawyer was accused of witness tampering at the International Criminal Court (ICC), after the collapse of a big case on the 2007 electoral violence that involves the newly appointed president of Kenya. One month later, the ICC closed the case, looking away from the local investigation on the […]
The City of Cape Town says Cissie Gool House has been “hijacked” and that Reclaim the City has lost control Woodstock Hospital, which activists have renamed Cissie Gool House,was raided on Friday morning and 16 people were arrested. Residents claim that officials were heavy-handed and searched minors without permission. The City of Cape Town says […]
As the festive season approaches, the South African Police Service (SAPS) is ramping up efforts to improve service delivery to communities by injecting additional policing resources in identified high crime areas. Police Minister, General Bheki Cele, said that if police want to flush out crime, they must operate with extra capacity. “This display of force […]
Khartoum / Omdurman — Chairman of Sudan’s Sovereignty Council and Commander-in-Chief of the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) Lt Gen Abdelfattah El Burhan accused ‘enemies of the Sudanese people’ of driving a wedge between the police and the people yesterday. Lawyers condemned El Burhan’s defence of the police. El Burhan defended the performance of the Sudanese […]
Gunmen suspected to be members of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) invaded Obudi Agwa in Oguta Council Area of Imo State on Monday. President Muhammadu Buhari has directed security agencies in Imo State, south-east Nigeria, to investigate the killing of Ignatius Asor, the traditional ruler of Obudi Agwa, and three others in the […]
The Bushiris magistrates court ruling that witnesses in their extradition case should testify in South Africa. Lilongwe Chief Resident Magistrate Madalitso Khoswe Chimwaza ruled that witnesses in the Shepherd and Mary Bushiri extradition case should testify in South Africa. Defense lawyer Wapona Kita said they want the High Court to overturn the ruling by the […]
Mombasa — As the festive season and New Year celebrations draws closer the government has intensified security patrols across the coastal city of Mombasa and its environs. Mombasa County Commissioner (CC) John Otieno asked residents and visitors to be alert during the festive season to avoid any mishaps even as the government scales up security […]
More than 150 people have been braving the weather for weeks More than 150 people have been sleeping outside the Constitutional Court in Johannesburg to demand reparations for crimes committed during apartheid. Some say they have been overlooked in the reparations process managed through the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, others say they want more than […]
Monrovia — Ahead of the 2023 general and presidential elections in Liberia, the United States government, through its Ambassador accredited near Monrovia, Michael McCarthy, has again warned individuals and financial institutions against doing business with former and current officials of the Government of Liberia (GOL) who have been sanctioned by its Treasury Department. The former […]
Nairobi — Baringo County police commander Adamson Bungei has been named as the new Nairobi police chief in changes announced by Inspector General of Police Japhet Koome. Bungei takes over from Manasse Musyoka who was yet to take over the position a week after he was also named to take over from James Mugera who […]
Nairobi — A viral video clip showing an apparent street mugging in Nairobi, Kenya, suggesting spiraling crime in recent weeks is false. The incident is traced to Guyana, and surfaced in November 2022 and was shared on multiple social media accounts including by @Moseax, a Kenyan Youtuber and Travel Blogger. A tweet by Moseax on […]
Air Peace airline, yesterday, announced suspension of its Dubai operations indefinitely over inabilty of Nigerians to get visa to the country. In a press statement by Airpeace management and a copy made available to LEADERSHIP, the airline said their operation will be suspended from Tuesday, 22nd November, 2022. The statement reads, “We hereby inform the […]