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Seven wardens arrested! Matiang’i says jailbreak due by laxity, incompetence

16Nov

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Seven wardens arrested! Matiang’i says jailbreak due by laxity, incompetence

Seven wardens at the Kamiti Maximum Prison have been arrested following the escape of three convicts who were serving jail terms for terrorism-related crimes. Interior CS Fred Matiang'i said preliminary investigations suggested the escape was abetted by laxity and incompetence. Speaking on Monday at the Prison, Matiang'i vowed to ensure more arrests and prosecutions. He further announced that a massive manhunt involving specialized teams had been launched . The three escapees are; Musharraf Abdalla Akhulunga a.k.a Zarkarawi, Mohammed Ali Abikar and Joseph Juma Odhiambo. The DCI has put Sh60m bounty on the heads of the terror suspects. The CS however urged Kenyans not to panic over the latest mysterious escape of dangerous prisoners saying security teams were on high ...

Miguna return in limbo as Court refuses to lift red alerts

12Nov

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Miguna return in limbo as Court refuses to lift red alerts

The High court has declined to lift the red alerts issued by the Kenyan government preventing self declared NRM leader Miguna Miguna to travel to the country. Judge Hedwig Ong'undi said there was no evidence showing that Miguna had been stopped from returning to the country. He noted that the burden of proof was on Miguna to show that the red alerts exist "There is no evidence to prove the alerts exist. This court cannot rule on speculation to grant the orders he is seeking. Case dismissed," Justice Hedwig said. "Court being a Court of law expected him to adduce evidence to prove existence of the red alerts." Under a certificate of urgency, Miguna said the alerts had prevented Lufthansa and Air France airlines from allowing him to board its planes for purposes of travel...

Uhuru directs heightened security as cops look for five terror suspects

12Nov

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Uhuru directs heightened security as cops look for five terror suspects

President Uhuru Kenyatta has directed internal security institutions to heighten vigilance and surveillance across the country following the unfolding security situation in the region. The Head of State gave the instructions during Friday's National Security Council meeting. Uhuru gave the directive even as police officers put Sh50m bounty on five terror suspects. The police put the bounty on missing terror convict Elgiva Bwire, Salim Rashid Mohammed, Mohammad Abubakar, Barigi Abdikadir Haila and Trevor Ndwiga. Tales of Bwire took a new twist after the state announced he had gone underground and described him as armed and dangerous. According to DCI, Bwire, either joined terror groups, including al Shabaab and ISIS, or went underground to plan attacks. Afte...

Man sentenced to 30 years in prison for killing Machakos priest

11Nov

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Man sentenced to 30 years in prison for killing Machakos priest

Embu Court has sentenced one Michael Mutunga to 30 years in prison after he was found guilty of killing a Catholic priest Michael Maingi in 2019. Judge Lucy Njuguna on Thursday, said there was no justification for Mutunga's action. Mutunga through his Lawyer Kirimi Gwantai had applied a mitigation factor which indicated his action was out of grief and anger after he was sodomised by the priest. Judge Lucy said Mutunga should have used the available legal means to seek justice instead of taking the matter onto his own hands. She said the conduct of the accused after committing the offence betrayed his innocence by all means after he withdrew sh400,000 from the M-pesa of the deceased, took into possession his vehicle and converted it to be his own. "I find the circumstanc...

8Nov

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Missing lawyer found dumped in Mwingi

A lawyer who had gone missing after an apparent abduction has been found dumped in Mwingi. Hassan Nandwa was found alive in Mwingi on Monday at 1 am and later reunited with his family. This is after he disappeared for more than a week after his abduction. Nandwa was dumped about 200 kilometers away from Nairobi. It is not clear who was behind his abduction and where he was during that time. Supreme Council of Muslims chairman Hassan Ole Nado said he had heard about the release of Nandwa but did not have details. “I have heard he has been found alive and reunited with his family but we are waiting for more information on this,” he said. A spokesman for Jamia Mosque Abu Ayman said he had spoken to him and his family and that they were in Mwingi preparing their jou...

Msytery dawn inferno visits Gikomba market again

8Nov

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Msytery dawn inferno visits Gikomba market again

Gikomba Market, East Africa’s largest open-air market, has experienced unpredictable fires annually. For decades, the market has been a source of income for many including food vendors, second-hand clothes traders, carpenters, business people and many more. However, for many years they have constantly been in tears, encountered losses as fire mocked their success by razing down the market. The latest fire this year was experienced on October 19, barely two months after another fire in August that prompted the traders to sue the county government over frequent fires. Also in February this year, a fire broke out and the "mitumba "section was still affected. Seeking to address the problem, Nairobi County Government and the National Government opted to built a new fiv...

8Nov

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2 killed in Mombasa Road crash

Two people have died on Monday while two others were critically injured in a road accident along the Nairobi – Mombasa highway at Still Plant area in Athi River. Athi River subcounty police commander Anderson Njagi said the two died on the spot in an accident that involved a lorry and trailer at around 6am. Njagi said the lorry was travelling from Nairobi to Mombasa, while the trailer was headed in the opposite direction leading to a head on collision. He blamed the lorry driver for the accident. The driver didn’t follow the instructions to divert. He proceeded against the traffic. So, there was a head on collision. The lorry’s driver died on the spot with his turn boy, the passenger was seriously injured and has been rushed to Shalom Community Hospital in Athi River...

Six passengers killed by unknown bandits in Marsabit, 11 injured

5Nov

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Six passengers killed by unknown bandits in Marsabit, 11 injured

The police have reported that at least six people have been killed by unknown bandits in Marsabit. According to the police, the bandits attacked passengers who were onboard a lorry traveling from Marsabit to Bardassa Manyatta. The 6pm incident saw eleven others suffer gunshot wounds. The injured were rushed to Marsabit Referral Hospital. The police said that they are pursuing the bandits who disappeared after the attack. This comes barely a day after 14 people were killed and five others injured in a 12-hour gunfight between herders and suspected bandits in Suiyan, Samburu County. The fighting broke out after gunmen raided villages and stole about 1,000 animals in Samburu North. Police said the deaths were reported on both sides of the bandits and herders. Six ...

Three gunmen linked to slain Laikipia police officers killed

1Nov

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Three gunmen linked to slain Laikipia police officers killed

Three gunmen who were linked to the killing of three police officers in Laikipia Nature Conservancy have been killed. Their killer weapons were dropped at the home of their spiritual leader in the area hours after they died in an ambush. Police revealed surrendering the weapons indicated the gunmen were killed and buried in a thicket. A source aware of the incident said seven other gunmen were injured and are being trailed. “The weapons used in the killing of the officers on October 27 were surrendered to the elder and later to the police. The killers also died,” an officer aware of the operation said. The ambush happened as Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle the offices were travelling in drove through a thicket overlooking a gorge where the gunmen were hidi...

Uhuru to commission Nairobi’s first Level 5 hospital

1Nov

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Uhuru to commission Nairobi’s first Level 5 hospital

Nairobi’s first Level 5 hHospital will finally open its doors to patients this week, Nairobi Metropolitan Services has said. The Sh400 million five–storey Korogocho-Mathare hospital is expected to reduce the patient load at Mama Lucy Hospital, which serves more than 2.1 million people in Eastlands area. NMS director general Mohamed Badi last week told the Senate Health Committee that it is expected President Uhuru Kenyatta will commission the hospital this week. “Construction works at the Korogocho – Mathare hospital are complete and we are hoping it will be commissioned by His Excellency in the first week of November ,” he said. A Level 5 hospital is a county referral hospital with more than 100-bed capacity and is run by a chief executive officer who must be a doct...