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How the U.S. helped Museveni stay in power for over 3 decades
By CNN,
133, January 14, 2021 (EAT)
Ugandans go to the polls on January 14, with Bobi Wine and nine other candidates challenging incumbent President Yoweri Museveni, who has been in powe...
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Bobi Wine arrested again, police fire tear gas at protesters
By Reuters,
1055, December 31, 2020 (EAT)
Uganda opposition presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, and his campaign team were arrested on Wednesday. Also Re...
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UN rights experts urge Uganda to halt pre-election violence, arrests
By Reuters,
857, December 30, 2020 (EAT)
United Nations human rights experts called on Uganda on Tuesday to rein in violent security forces and drop charges against political opponents and ac...
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Over Ksh.100M confiscated from Nigerian man to be deposited at CBK
By Citizen Reporter,
1405, December 9, 2020 (EAT)
Over Ksh. 100million that was confiscated from a foreigner at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) is to be deposited at the Central Bank of...
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Mathira MP Rigathi Gachagua’s bank accounts frozen as DCI probes Ksh. 12.5B tender scam
By Hassan Mugambi,
1747, October 25, 2020 (EAT)
Detectives from the Serious Crimes Investigations Unit at the DCI headquarters have concluded a probe against Mathira Member of Parliament Rigathi Gac...
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Mansur Surur wanted in the US for illegal Rhino horn, Ivory trade remanded till October 7
By Dzuya Walter,
1324, September 30, 2020 (EAT)
Mansur Mohamed Surur who is wanted in the US over links to the illegal Rhino and Elephant horns trade will have to wait a little longer to know whethe...
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Civil groups seek to quash Kenya’s tax agreements with 10 ‘tax havens’
By Kepha Muiruri,
1511, September 24, 2020 (EAT)
Two civil society organizations- the Tax Justice Network Africa (TJNA) and the Katiba Institute (KI) have moved to court in a bid to stop the implemen...
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Court bars controversial businesswoman Joyce Akinyi from selling her vehicles
By Dzuya Walter,
1506, September 24, 2020 (EAT)
The High Court in Nairobi has barred controversial businesswoman Joyce Akinyi from selling, transferring or disposing her two motor vehicles pending h...
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FinCEN files: 53 Kenyan banks, individuals made illicit transactions worth Ksh.6 trillion
By Faizal Ahmed,
1220, September 23, 2020 (EAT)
About 53 Kenyan companies and individuals have been named as being part of a global team that involves terrorist networks and drug cartels that moved ...
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Tharaka Nithi Governor Muthomi Njuki freed on a Ksh.6M cash bail
By Dzuya Walter,
1500, September 9, 2020 (EAT)
Tharaka Nithi Governor Muthomi Njuki has been freed on a Ksh.6million cash bail by a Nairobi Court after denying Ksh.34.9M graft charges. He has al...
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Governor Muthomi Njuki to spend another night in cell as bail ruling moved to Wednesday
By Dzuya Walter,
1252, September 8, 2020 (EAT)
Tharaka Nithi Governor Muthomi Njuki and his co-accused will spend another cold night in police cells pending a ruling on their bail application on We...
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Governor Sonko to be charged afresh in Ksh.10M graft case
By Dzuya Walter,
1525, September 7, 2020 (EAT)
Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko will be charged afresh next Monday after the Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP) amended the charge sheet to include a...
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Aisha Jumwa denies Ksh.19M graft charges, freed on Ksh.2M cash bail
By Asha Bekidusa,
1048, August 31, 2020 (EAT)
Malindi MP Aisha Jumwa has been freed on Ksh. 2million cash bail after she denied misappropriating Ksh.19million of the County Development Fund (CDF)....
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Aisha Jumwa surrenders to police, to be arraigned on Monday
By Citizen Reporter,
1010, August 31, 2020 (EAT)
Malindi MP Aisha Jumwa surrendered herself to the Port Police Station in Mombasa on Sunday. She told journalists that she is now waiting to be arra...
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DPP orders arrest of MP Aisha Jumwa over CDF misappropriation
By Benjamin Muriuki,
1917, August 27, 2020 (EAT)
The Director of Public Prosecutions has ordered the arrest and prosecution of Malindi MP Aisha Jumwa and six other officers over alleged misappropriat...
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Court detains Governor Obado, his four children after denying Ksh.73M fraud charges
By Benjamin Muriuki,
1750, August 27, 2020 (EAT)
Migori Governor Okoth Obado and 10 other persons will remain in police custody until next week pending a ruling on their bail application. Obado an...
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U.S. imposes sanctions on two Ugandan judges over children’s adoption scam
By Reuters,
1121, August 18, 2020 (EAT)
The United States has imposed sanctions on four Ugandans including two judges accusing them of participating in a fraudulent adoption scam. The jud...
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Arrest of notorious wildlife trafficker Mansur Surur in Kenya lauded by conservationists
By VOA,
1636, July 31, 2020 (EAT)
Conservationists are lauding the arrest Wednesday in Kenya of alleged wildlife trafficker Abubakar Mansur Mohammed Surur, who also is wanted in the Un...
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Feds used Instagram posts of private jets and luxury cars to track $41M ‘cyber criminal’ Ray Hushpuppi
By CNN,
1201, July 12, 2020 (EAT)
Ramon Abbas openly flaunted a lavish lifestyle of private jets, designer clothes and luxury cars. To his 2.5 million Instagram followers, he went b...
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U.S. Supreme Court rules some Trump financial records can be revealed
By Reuters,
1747, July 9, 2020 (EAT)
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a New York prosecutor can obtain President Donald Trump’s financial records but prevented - at least f...
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