Kenyan journalist Yassin Juma released by Ethiopian court on bail

By Citizen Reporter,

Kenyan journalist Yassin Juma has been released by an Ethiopian court on bail. The court ordered his release after police failed to present evidenc...

Ethiopia , yassin juma

Criminal proceedings against Infantino grotesque and absurd: FIFA

By Reuters,

Global soccer body FIFA has described the decision by Swiss authorities to open criminal proceedings against its president Gianni Infantino last week ...

Criminal proceedings , FIFA , Gianni Infantino , Swiss Attorney General Michael Lauber

Two chiefs among 16 to be charged for incitement over Mariashoni clashes

By Maryanne Nyambura,

Two chiefs are among 16 people in police custody for allegedly fueling violence in Mariashoni, Nakuru County, leading to inter-ethnic clashes in the a...

George Natembeya , inter-ethnic clashes , Mariashoni , Nakuru County

Criminal proceedings launched against FIFA boss Infantino

By Reuters,

A special prosecutor looking into dealings between Swiss Attorney General Michael Lauber and FIFA President Gianni Infantino has launched criminal pro...

FIFA , Gianni Infantino , Swiss Attorney General Michael Lauber

Children of Rwandan genocide suspect Kabuga want him released, say he suffers diabetes & dementia

By Reuters,

The children of detained Rwandan genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga accused French authorities of violating his “fundamental human rights” on Friday...

Kabuga

Rwanda’s most-wanted genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga appears before French court

By Reuters,

Felicien Kabuga, accused of funding the 1994 Rwandan genocide, appeared before a French court on Wednesday, four days after his arrest following a qua...

Felicien Kabuga , GENOCIDE

Court summons Narok Senator Ledama Ole Kina over inciteful remarks

By Dzuya Walter,

Narok Senator Ledama Ole Kina has been summoned to appear in court on June 2, 2020 to answer charges of ethnic contempt over previous remarks on live ...

ethnic contempt , Incitement , Kilimani police station , senator ledama ole kina

Rwanda genocide fugitive Félicien Kabuga arrested in Paris

By Citizen Reporter,

Félicien Kabuga, one of the world’s most wanted fugitives who is alleged to have been a leading figure in the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rw...

Kabuga , Rwanda genocide

Senator Ledama Ole Kina arrested after leaving RMS

By Tonny Ndungu,

Senator Ledama Ole Kina was arrested shortly after leaving Royal Media Services on Tuesday morning. The vocal senator who was arrested outside the ...

Ledama Ole Kina

Emurua Dikirr MP Johana Ngeno arrested for holding anti-BBI meeting

By Citizen Reporter,

Emurua Dikirr Member of Parliament (MP) Johana Ngeno was arrested on Monday evening by police officers in Narok County for holding an outlawed anti-BB...

Emurua Dikirr , Johana Ngeno

Buyer Beware’s Mildred Atieno arrested in dramatic fashion after row with city cop

By Tonny Ndungu,

Mildred Atieno, the outspoken admin of popular Facebook group Buyer Beware was on Saturday arrested at her home in Donholm by sleuths from the DCI. ...

Court orders Babu Owino be treated in prison, not private hospital

By Dzuya Walter,

A Nairobi court on Thursday declined to order Embakasi East MP Babu Owino be taken to a private hospital for treatment. Instead, Trial Magistrate K...

Babu Owino , Magistrate Kennedy Cheruiyot

Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei arrested over hateful utterances

By Ian Omondi,

Nandi County Senator Samson Cherargei has been arrested by detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI). According to the DCI, ...

DCI , Nandi County , Senator Samson Cherargei

BWIRE: Why “cockroaches, dogs” coded talk is dangerous

By Victor Bwire,

By Victor Bwire Hapana! No! Stop it! It’s unacceptable! We cannot allow the use of coded language meant to isolate Kenyans and create tension in ...

Close to 30 people injured in fresh Trans Mara clashes

By Hassan Mugambi,

Tension remains high at the Enoororet-Nkararo border in Trans Mara West, Narok County following renewed inter-clan fighting. Close to 30 people sus...

Enoororet-Nkararo border , Trans Mara

Drama in Kirinyaga court as suspect sings, speaks in tongues

By Johnson Muriithi,

A woman alleged to be among seven suspects linked to the torching of a police vehicle in Kirinyaga County on Wednesday caused a scene in court after s...

Gichugu Law Courts , Kirinyaga County. , Magistrate Ann Katheria , OCPD Afred Ng’eno

Baringo MCA, Chief arrested for allegedly inciting locals to boycott census

By Evans Chumo,

A Member of County Assembly and a Chief in Baringo County were on Monday arrested after allegedly inciting residents to boycott the ongoing census exe...

baringo , census

Nigeria security agents arrest activist for calling for revolution

By Reuters,

Nigerian security agents arrested Omoyele Sowore, an activist, news organization founder and former presidential candidate who was calling for revolut...

Nigeria , Omoyele Sowore

Moses Kuria now acquitted of incitement charges against Raila, Ida

By Sophie Njagi,

Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria was on Friday acquitted of hate-speech and incitement to violence charges pressed against him at the Milimani Law Courts....

Ida Odinga , Moses Kuria , raila odinga

Court declares law criminalizing publishing of obscene information unconstitutional

By Dzuya Walter,

The High Court has declared section 84 (d) of the Kenya Information Communication Act, which criminalizes publishing of obscene information in electro...