Articles by Patrick Kanga

Mombasa MCAs impeach Tawfiq Balala

1211, March 20, 2019 (EAT)

Mombasa County Assembly Members (MCAs) on Tuesday impeached the County Transport Executive Tawfiq Balala, accusing him of incompetence and gross viola...

Mombasa: Man stabs his two daughters to death

1942, December 6, 2018 (EAT)

Police in Mombasa are holding a 30-year-old man who stabbed his two daughters to death at Mshomoroni area in Kisauni Sub-county. James Maina was ar...

Boda boda riders to undergo safety training in Mombasa

1230, December 2, 2018 (EAT)

More than 200 boda boda riders in Mombasa County are set to undergo road safety training in new efforts to reduce road accidents. Speaking during a...

Chinese nationals in Ksh.500K SGR bribe case denied bail

1131, November 30, 2018 (EAT)

Three Chinese nationals charged with three counts of offering a bribe in order to influence an ongoing criminal investigation were on Friday denied bo...

Student found hanging in Mombasa classroom after KCSE exam

1258, November 25, 2018 (EAT)

A Form Four student has allegedly committed suicide shortly after he completed his last Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations p...

An excavator on its way to demolish illegal buildings.

Mombasa residents write to DPP over ‘illegal’ demolitions

2119, November 24, 2018 (EAT)

More than 50 people whose houses were demolished in Utange area, Mombasa county have written to the office of Director of Public Prosecution seeking j...

Mozambique President Filipe Nyusi and Kenya's DP William Ruto at the Mombasa Port on November 24, 2018. ...

Mozambique to start shipping coal through Mombasa port: Nyusi

2025, November 24, 2018 (EAT)

Mozambique President Filipe Nyusi has said his country will start shipping coal to Kenya through the Mombasa port. Speaking to journalists during a...

Six killed by armed gang wearing police uniform in Mombasa

1144, November 18, 2018 (EAT)

Six people were last week killed following a series of attacks allegedly conducted by an armed gang wearing police uniform in Mombasa County. Confi...

250 tourists from Poland arrive in Mombasa

1506, November 4, 2018 (EAT)

Over 250 tourists from Poland landed in Mombasa on Saturday night aboard a polish airline -- Lot Polish Charter. The flight, which was received by ...

Operations ongoing at the Kenya Ports of Authority. [Photo/Courtesy]

Jomvu MP Twalib wades into Mombasa port MD wrangles

1717, October 27, 2018 (EAT)

Jomvu MP Badi Twalib has urged President Uhuru Kenyatta to end the controversy surrounding the position of the Mombasa port managing director. Twal...

University of Nairobi students at Mombasa campus protest killing

954, October 13, 2018 (EAT)

University of Nairobi students at the Mombasa campus students took to the streets to protest the killing of their colleague in Kisauni area. The ir...

Mombasa port dispute persists as AG opposes petition

1243, September 28, 2018 (EAT)

The office of the Attorney General has opposed a petition filed seeking to determine whether the county should be allowed to run Mombasa port. In a...

Two suspects shot dead in Mombasa

1929, September 16, 2018 (EAT)

Police in Mombasa County on Sunday gunned down two suspects linked to the murder of a Barsheba Village elder in Kisauni area. The elder, Mohammed A...

Outrage over Feisal Mohammed acquittal in ivory tusks case

1711, August 4, 2018 (EAT)

The Kenya Wildlife Service has said it will appeal the acquittal of suspected ivory kingpin Feisal Mohammed. KWS criticised the Mombasa High Court ...

Changamwe MP Mwinyi gets 4 years in jail for assaulting police officers

1909, August 2, 2018 (EAT)

A Mombasa court on Thursday sentenced Changamwe MP Omar Mwinyi to four years in jail after he was found guilty of assaulting two police officers last ...

7 NGOs in court to block implementation of Mombasa County budget

1855, July 11, 2018 (EAT)

Seven Mombasa-based non-governmental organizations have moved to court seeking to block the implementation of the 2018/2019 county budget. This com...

Kenyans jam KRA offices to file tax returns before deadline

1627, June 30, 2018 (EAT)

Thousands of Mombasa residents jammed Kenya Revenue authority (KRA) offices in a last minute rush to file their annual tax returns. This comes even a...

DP Ruto rubbishes claims he is against lifestyle audit

932, June 21, 2018 (EAT)

Deputy President William Ruto says he is ready and willing to be among the first leaders to undergo the lifestyle audit as directed by President Uhuru...

Containers at the port of Mombasa. Photo/FILE

KRA seizes containers with fake goods worth Ksh.50M

1233, June 9, 2018 (EAT)

The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has seized three containers loaded with counterfeit and concealed power cables whose value is pegged at Ksh.50millio...

One shot dead, three wounded as police rescue murder suspect in Mombasa

1844, April 24, 2018 (EAT)

Police on Tuesday shot and killed a middle-aged man and injured three others in Miritini, Mombasa County. 37-year-old Hussein Nguta, a father of fo...