BWIRE: After public lynching of KEMSA, what next?

By Guest Writer,

By Victor Bwire The usual mob injustice, transactional nature and emotional approach to dealing with fraud and corruption in public institutions in...

KEMSA

Gov’t focused on modernization of security sector: President Kenyatta

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has reiterated Government's commitment to the modernisation of the country's security apparatus. The President said despit...

President Uhuru Kenyatta

Messi: I’m tired of being blamed for everything

By Reuters,

A frustrated Lionel Messi said he is tired of being blamed for problems at Barcelona after he was accused by Antoine Griezmann’s former agent of mak...

FC Barcelona , Lionel Messi

Kenya slides down to position 113 in world prosperity ranking

By Kepha Muiruri,

Kenya has fallen one spot in the world’s prosperity ranking to wound up at position 113 in the world out of a survey of 167 countries. This accor...

2020 Prosperity Index , Legatum Institute

British serial killer dies after contracting COVID-19

By CNN,

British serial killer Peter Sutcliffe has died in hospital aged 74 after contracting Covid-19, the UK Ministry of Justice said Friday. Nicknamed th...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , Peter Sutcliffe , serial killer

Nine suspected gang members arrested in Nakuru, drugs seized

By Robert Maina,

Police in Nakuru have arrested nine suspects believed to be members of a notorious gang known as 'Confirm' that has been terrorising residents of the ...

Trump administration removes senior defense officials and installs loyalists, triggering alarm at Pentagon

By CNN,

The Trump administration has carried out sweeping changes atop the Defense Department's civilian leadership structure, removing several of its most se...

Donald Trump , Joe Biden , Pentagon

Recovered Thiem starts preparations for ATP Finals

By Reuters,

Austrian Dominic Thiem said he has recovered from a foot injury he suffered during a tournament in Vienna and will travel to London this week to take ...

ATP Finals , Austrian Dominic Thiem , foot injury , Vienna

Seven opposition politicians arrested in Hong Kong

By Reuters,

Seven prominent opposition politicians were arrested in Hong Kong on Sunday on charges related to obstructing a legislative council meeting in May, th...

Andrew Wan , china , Eddie Chu , Fernando Cheung , Helena Wong , hong kong , Kwok Wing Kin , Opposition , Raymond Chan , Wu Chi Wai

France’s Macron to Muslims: I hear your anger, but won’t accept violence

By Reuters,

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday he respected Muslims who were shocked by cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad but that was no excuse for...

France , French President Emmanuel Macron , Muslims , Prophet Mohammad

Westgate mall attack: Two men jailed for 18 and 33years

By Reuters,

Two men were on Friday sentenced to 18 years in prison for helping al Shabaab gunmen in a 2013 attack on the Westgate mall that killed 67 people. M...

Westgate Mall

President Kenyatta directs police to deal firmly with national security threats

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thursday directed the police to be firm when dealing with threats to national security. At the same time, the President...

Magadi Field Training Campus , Police , President Uhuru Kenyatta

Victims of Kenya, Tanzania 1998 terror attacks reject U.S. deal to delist Sudan

By VOA,

One of the attorneys representing victims of the 1998 terror attacks on U.S. embassies in East Africa and their families says the majority of his clie...

Sudan , U.S. embassy bomb blast

Trump to remove Sudan from terrorism blacklist after Ksh.36B pay to U.S. victims

By Reuters,

President Donald Trump announced on Monday the United States would remove Sudan from its list of state sponsors of terrorism as soon as Khartoum sets ...

Bashir , U.S. Embassy bombing

Cameroon closes schools as Boko Haram suicide bombings increase

By VOA,

Cameroon says it has again closed more than 60 schools on its northern border with Nigeria to save children and teaching staff from increasing Boko ...

How gunmen abducted man acquitted in Westgate Mall attack trial

By Reuters,

Gunmen abducted a man moments after he was released from State custody a day after he was acquitted of charges of helping al Shabaab militants storm t...

westgate

Al Shabaab frees two Cuban doctors who were kidnapped in Kenya

By Citizen Reporter,

Two Cuban doctors who were kidnapped in Kenya and held for over a year in Somalia have been released after months of negotiations. According to the...

Al Shabaab , Cuban doctors

Westgate Mall terror attack: 2 suspects found guilty, one acquitted

By Dzuya Walter,

Two suspects of the 2013 terror attack at the Westgate Mall have been found guilty. A Nairobi Court found Mohammed Ahmed Abdi and Hussein Hassan Mu...

westgate

Six passengers injured as suspected militants attack bus in Mandera

By Citizen Reporter,

Six passengers were injured on Tuesday morning after suspected Al Shabaab militants sprayed a bus they were traveling in with bullets between Elwak an...

Al Shabaab , Mandera

Heavy security deployed ahead of judgement in Westgate mall attack case

By Dzuya Walter,

There was a heavy police deployment at the Milimani Law Courts ahead of delivery of judgement in a case involving three suspects implicated in the Sep...

Westgate Mall attack.