Articles by Asha Bekidusa

Two killed, six injured following lightning strike in Kwale

1027, March 19, 2020 (EAT)

Two people were on Thursday morning killed and six others injured following a lightning strike in Mtsamviani area in Matuga, Kwale County. Witnesse...

Mother, 4-year-old daughter confirmed dead in Likoni ferry accident

1559, September 30, 2019 (EAT)

Police have identified the victims of Sunday's ferry accident in Mombasa as a 35-year-old woman and her four-year-old daughter. The 6pm accident oc...

Magistrate arrested over missing Ksh.30M heroin freed on Ksh.20K cash bail

1350, September 9, 2019 (EAT)

Mombasa Magistrate Kagoni Edgar Matsigulu who was arrested over the loss of heroin exhibit worth Ksh.30 million has been freed on a Ksh.20,000 cash ba...

11 suspects arraigned over shooting porn movies released

2018, July 16, 2019 (EAT)

Eleven suspects arrested for allegedly shooting porn movies in Nyali, Mombasa County, were on Tuesday freed on cash bail after denying the charges in ...

Police officer shoots himself dead in Kilifi

1655, July 14, 2019 (EAT)

A police officer in Kilifi County on Sunday morning shot and killed himself following a suspected domestic row. According to the County Police Comm...

Court convicts British national found with explosives in Mombasa

2023, April 24, 2019 (EAT)

A Mombasa court has found a British national guilty of being in possession of explosives in Kisauni area, Mombasa County. Jermaine Grant was convic...

NEMA seizes 1.7 tonnes of banned plastic bags in Mombasa

616, October 22, 2018 (EAT)

Police in Mombasa on Sunday nabbed 1.7 tonnes of plastic bags that had allegedly been transported from Tanzania. Head of the National Environment M...

Deputy President William Ruto and Opposition leader Raila Odinga at the late Kenneth Matiba's home.

DP Ruto accuses Raila of ‘conmanship’, plotting to destroy Jubilee

1626, September 30, 2018 (EAT)

Deputy President William Ruto has lashed out at opposition leader Raila Odinga accusing him of having a plan to wreck the Jubilee party. Ruto on Su...

Missing Mombasa woman found in Nairobi

726, September 24, 2018 (EAT)

A 20-year-old woman from Mombasa who had allegedly been kidnapped was on Sunday found in Nairobi. Saida Abderahman, who was eight months pregnant a...

Swimming expedition turns tragic as two men drown in Mombasa

2107, August 1, 2018 (EAT)

Two men drowned after they were caught up in a strong current while swimming in the Indian Ocean in Mombasa on Wednesday afternoon. Confirming the ...

Wetangula blames Odinga as Ford-Kenya leaves NASA

1705, July 16, 2018 (EAT)

FORD-Kenya Party leader Moses Wetangula has officially announced the party’s exit from the National Super Alliance (NASA) opposition coalition. S...

Kenya seeks Interpol help in search for 3 suspected drug barons

1821, July 1, 2018 (EAT)

Kenya has sought the help of the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) to pursue three suspected drug barons who are believed to have ...

Idd Ul Fitr: Chief Kadhi confirms end of Ramadhan, says moon sighted

2010, June 14, 2018 (EAT)

Chief Kadhi Sheikh Ahmed Muhdhar has asked Muslim faithful to celebrate Idd Ul Fitr on Friday, June 15 after confirming that the moon had been sighte...

Court reinstates Kenya Ports Authority MD Catherine Mturi-Wairi

2026, June 5, 2018 (EAT)

The High Court in Mombasa has reinstated Catherine Mturi-Wairi as Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) Managing Director, barely a week after she was sent on ...

Train transporting 250,000 litres of super petrol overturns in Mombasa

1236, May 20, 2018 (EAT)

Transport was paralysed in Changamwe, Mombasa County after a train transporting fuel overturned spilling thousands of litres of super petrol. Momba...

Floods: 87 schools in the Coast region to remain closed

1513, April 30, 2018 (EAT)

As schools re-open this week, more than 80 schools in the coastal region will remain closed due to the heavy rains and flooding being experienced acro...

Mombasa toothbrush man undergoes 45-min operation

1022, May 7, 2018 (EAT)

It was joy and relief on Friday after doctors at the Coast General Hospital successfully removed a toothbrush lodged inside the body of a man. Dav...

Aboud Rogo widow sentenced to 10 years in prison

1904, February 16, 2018 (EAT)

The Shanzu Law Courts on Friday sentenced the widow of the late Muslim cleric Aboud Rogo to ten years in prison. Haniya Saggar was found guilty of ...

Woman burns husband with boiling cooking oil

1758, December 27, 2016 (EAT)

Police in Likoni, Mombasa County are searching for a woman who allegedly burnt her husband with hot oil on Sunday, December 25. Police say the susp...

Ruto has no authority to speak on graft – Joho

1635, November 9, 2016 (EAT)

Mombasa Governor, Ali Hassan Joho, has condemned Deputy President William Ruto for speaking publicly on matters of corruption saying that the DP shou...