Articles by Patrick Kanga
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01 May 2017 
Mombasa police probing politicians planning election-related violence
Police in Mombasa are investigating a section of politicians suspected of recruiting youth into militia groups purposely to use them to unleash terror in the run up to the August 8 General Election. ...
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15 Apr 2017 
Mombasa police holding wanted terror suspect
Police officers in Mombasa are holding a terror suspect after they raided his home located in Kibundani area of Likoni in Mombasa County Friday, April 14 evening. Regional CID boss, Pius Macharia,...
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06 Apr 2017 
Kalonzo gov’t will arrest Joho over forgery – Senator Omar
Mombasa Senator, Hassan Omar, says the opposition government will arrest and prosecute Governor Hassan Ali Joho over allegations of forging his academic certificates should Kalonzo Musyoka be named th...
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25 Mar 2017 
Raila accuses Uhuru of undermining opposition governors
Cord leader Raila Odinga on Saturday accused President Uhuru Kenyatta of undermining opposition governors questioning Jubilee government's projects. While pointing out the recent case where GSU ...
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15 Mar 2017 
Governor Hassan Joho records statement, claims life in danger
Mombasa Governor, Ali Hassan Joho, has recorded a statement with the police at the Provincial Headquarters claiming his life is in danger. According to the statement, Joho alleges that unknown arme...
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Mombasa gubernatorial hopeful reads malice in party nominations
Wiper Party Mombasa gubernatorial aspirant, Hezron Awiti, has accused a section of local tycoons of working with top party leaders to lock him out of the race. Speaking at Maweni Secondary Schoo...
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20 Feb 2017 
Court orders Mombasa ISIS terror suspects detained
A court in Mombasa has detained four suspects arrested on allegations of engaging in terror-related activities on Saturday, February 18, for 21 days to allow police conclude investigations. Shanzu ...
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19 Feb 2017 
Three terror suspects arrested over ISIS connection released
Police in Mombasa have acquitted three out of seven terror suspects arrested on Saturday, February 18. Confirming their release, Mombasa Urban Police OCPD Lucas Ogaro said that police investigation...
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17 Feb 2017 
Police confiscate 300 cartons of stolen medicine
Police in Mombasa have recovered 300 cartons of medical drugs worth Ksh 8 million alleged to have been stolen from a lorry along the busy Mombasa - Nairobi Highway earlier this month. According to ...
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04 Feb 2017 43 terror suspects arrested in Mombasa set free
43 suspects who were arrested by police and detained for four days at Bamburi police station in Mombasa County over terror claims have been set free. The 40 students from Holistic Educational Trust...
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02 Feb 2017 
41 suspects linked to political criminal gangs arrested in Mombasa
Forty-one suspects who are allegedly linked to political criminal gangs have been arrested in Mombasa County after security agencies raided a residential house in northern part of the coastal town. ...
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01 Feb 2017 
KRA seizes container concealing luxury vehicles
Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) officials on Tuesday evening seized a container suspected to be concealing two luxury vehicles at the port of Mombasa in an attempt to evade taxes amounting to over Ksh4 ...
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30 Jan 2017 
Lawyer of missing Akasha brothers wants police summoned over arrest
The lawyer representing the Akasha brothers now wants the court to order officers involved in the arrest summoned to reveal the whereabouts of his clients. Appearing before Mombasa High Court, Lawy...
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27 Jan 2017 
NIGHT OF HORROR as governor’s house broken into
Less than a fortnight after the government withdrew and later reinstated security detail of Kilifi Governor, Amason Jeffa Kingi, and his Mombasa counterpart, Ali Hassan Joho, robbers have broken into ...
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19 Jan 2017 
Another cruise ship docks in Mombasa despite travel advisory
Despite the U.S. government issuing a travel advisory to its citizens last week over what it termed as a security concern is some parts of the country, hundreds of tourists continue to stream to the...
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17 Jan 2017 
Mombasa Governor Ali Hassan Joho explains why he rejected gov’t security guards
Mombasa Governor Ali Hassan Joho has come out to explain his decision to reject the security guards sent to him by the national government. Speaking outside Mombasa county headquarters du...
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13 Jan 2017 
Four sons of slain drug baron in court
Four people among them three sons of slain drug baron, Ibrahim Akasha, have been charged in a Mombasa Court for allegedly engaging in a fight in a public place. The accused are also wanted by the U...
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11 Jan 2017 Ex-military officers recruited as body guards to cause violence – Marwa
Coast Regional Coordinator, Nelson Marwa, says the government has officially embarked on reorganizing security system in the Coast in a bid to remove illegal firearms from criminals and drug barons be...
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Police ordered to confiscate unregistered guns in Mombasa
Police in Coast region have been ordered to recover unauthorized guns in the hands of politicians and business people. Addressing the media in Mombasa, Coast Regional Coordinator, Nelson Marwa, not...
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10 Jan 2017 Joho is guarded by a whole ‘Police Post’ – Hassan Omar
Mombasa Senator, Hassan Omar, is now demanding for an audit of the number of firearms owned by Governor Ali Hassan Joho saying it is a security threats to the locals. Omar says the number of body g...