LeBron James hits back at Ibrahimovic criticism of political activism

By Reuters,

Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James on Friday fired back at Zlatan Ibrahimovic and vowed to never stay silent about social causes after he was cri...

LeBron James , Los Angeles Lakers , Social justice , Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Senior Kenyans raise Ksh.2M in phase one of campaign to feed the elderly

By Citizen Reporter,

Kiligrit, a group of senior citizens have completed phase 1 of a month-long campaign to raise Ksh.5 million (USD 50,000) towards Mama Ibado Charity’...

Outrage as Somali parliament drafts law permitting child, forced marriage

By Reuters,

The Somali parliament has sparked outrage by replacing long-awaited legislation to protect women and girls from violence with a new bill permitting ch...

child marriage , Forced marriage , Sexual Intercourse bill , Sexual Offences bill

Tension in Eldoret as boda boda riders protest killing of their sacco chairman

By Cyrus Sholim,

Tension was for the better part of Saturday morning witnessed in Eldoret town as boda boda riders engaged the police in running battles after their sa...

Boda boda , eldoret , murder , Uasin Gishu County.

Ksh.18 million found in ex-NLC Director’s home forfeited to Gov’t

By Dzuya Walter,

The High Court has ordered that a total of Ksh.18 million recovered from the house of a former National Land Commission (NLC) official be forfeited to...

EACC , NLC

Coronavirus: Chief Justice Maraga, Supreme Court judges to take pay cut

By Dzuya Walter,

Chief Justice David Maraga and his deputy Philomena Mwilu have agreed to take a voluntary pay cut of 30 percent. Maraga further said that the other...

david maraga , supreme court

Waititu impeachment: How Senators voted

By Tonny Ndungu,

Ferdinard Waititu ceased being the Governor of Kiambu County after the senate voted to uphold his impeachment on Wednesday. The senate which was ho...

Governor Waititu impeachment , Waititu impeached

FULL LIST: Hussein Mohamed, Mike Okinyi, Bi Msafwari awarded State commendation

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Journalists Hussein Mohamed and Mike Okinyi are among over 400 individuals honoured by President Uhuru Kenyatta with the coveted State commendation du...

State commendations

ODM’s Imran Okoth wins Kibra by-election

By Benjamin Muriuki,

ODM candidate Bernard Imran Okoth has emerged winner in the hotly-contested Kibra by-election. Imran Okoth garnered 24,636 votes with Jubilee Party...

Imran Okoth , Kibra by-election , ODM party

Drug lord Baktash Akasha sentenced to 25 years in U.S prison

By Citizen Reporter,

Kenyan drug lord Baktash Akasha Abdalla has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for drug-trafficking. Akasha, 41, was at the same time ordered to ...

Baktash Akasha , Drug lord , Ibrahim Akasha , U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara

Four school children shot dead at Sudan protest: opposition campaigners

By Reuters,

At least four schoolchildren and one adult were shot dead when security forces broke up a student protest in the Sudanese city of El-Obeid on Monday, ...

Amer Mohamed Ibrahim , omar al bashir , protest , Sudan

Sentencing for Akasha brothers postponed to August 16, Nov 8

By Karanja Morgan,

The Southern District of New York Court has postponed the sentencing of Baktash Akasha and his brother Ibrahim Akasha to August 16, 2019 and November ...

Akasha brothers , Baktash Akasha Abdalla , Ibrahim Akasha , Mombasa , New York , nyali

Sudan protest group makes strike call with talks deadlocked

By Reuters,

Sudan’s main protest group called on Tuesday for a general strike, saying two late-night negotiation sessions with the military had failed to reach ...

omar al bashir , Sovereign Council , Sudan

Sri Lanka bans face veils after attacks by Islamist militants

By Reuters,

Authorities in Sri Lanka on Monday banned women from wearing face veils under an emergency law put in place after deadly Easter Sunday attacks by Isla...

Maldives leader heads for landslide win at parliament poll

By Reuters,

Maldives President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih’s party is heading for a historic landslide victory in parliamentary elections, provisional results showed,...

Maldives

Guard in Supreme Court judge Ibrahim gun threat case withdraws

By Dzuya Walter,

A security guard who claimed that Supreme Court judge Mohammed Ibrahim threatened to shoot him has withdrawn the case. Ronald Ayira said he and the...

ayira , Justice Mohamed Ibrahim

Supreme Court judge Ibrahim denies Wajir petition bribery allegations

By Dzuya Walter,

Supreme Court judge Mohamed Ibrahim has denied all allegations of bribery and gross misconduct raised against him in a petition filed by one Jared Ong...

supreme court , Wajir petition

Militia head refutes his group responsible for Mali massacre

By VOA,

The head of an ethnic Dogon militia blamed for a massacre in central Mali denied Monday that his fighters had been involved in the gruesome attack tha...

MALI

Petitioner seeking removal of 4 Supreme Court judges now wants case withdrawn

By Dzuya Walter,

One of the petitioners who filed a case at the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) against four Supreme Court judges now wants the petition withdrawn. ...

JSC , supreme court

JSC wants Supreme Court Judge Ojwang out over Obado ruling

By Citizen Reporter,

The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has recommended that President Uhuru Kenyatta establishes a tribunal to investigate Supreme Court Judge Jackton ...

Jackton Ojwang , Judicial Service Commission , President Uhuru Kenyatta , supreme court