Kenya Seed Company boss Wangui Ngirici wants President Ruto to meet young protesters face to face. She thinks a massive youth gathering could stop future street demonstrations that turn deadly. Ngirici believes Gen Z kids have real problems that leaders need to hear about. The government chairwoman says talking beats fighting every time. She wants Ruto to call thousands of young people to Kasarani stadium for honest conversations.
Recent protests left businesses burned and people dead across the country. Ngirici saw the damage and destruction that hurt innocent families. She thinks smart planning can prevent more violence and save lives. The chaos hurts everyone and scares away business investments. Peace talks work better than tear...
Government officials rushed to help fire victims after flames destroyed a major market in Garissa. The deadly blaze started at 6 am Monday morning at Suq Mukti market on Posta Road. Strong winds pushed the fire through dozens of stalls and burned millions of shillings worth of goods. Firefighters and local people tried to stop the flames but failed to save most businesses. Desperate shop owners watched their livelihoods turn to ash.
Public Service Minister Geoffrey Ruku visited the burned market on Tuesday with local leaders. He promised government help for all the affected traders who lost everything. Ruku ordered county officials to give him a complete list of victims by Wednesday. The minister said his office would provide emergency...
A cop killer stays locked up after a judge refused to let him walk free on bail. Police officer Kipkosgey Limo faces murder charges for shooting his buddy Eric Muga dead at a Gigiri bar back in March. The gunman also wounded another officer named Philip Kae during the same attack. Justice Kanyi Kimondo made the tough call on Tuesday to keep Limo behind bars until his trial starts. The judge worried that Limo might skip town or mess with witnesses who could testify against him.
Prosecutors fought hard to keep Limo locked up because they thought he would run away from court. They told the judge that Limo already proved he was a flight risk when he hid under a car after the shooting. Police had to use teargas to force the killer out from...
A Ugandan military helicopter slammed into the ground at Somalia's biggest airport. Eight people rode inside the aircraft when it went down at Aden Adde International Airport. The crash happened at the main hub for flights coming into Mogadishu. Emergency crews raced to the scene after flames erupted from the wreckage. Thick black smoke poured across the airport grounds as firefighters battled the blaze.
Airport workers heard a loud explosion before seeing the helicopter burst into flames. Farah Abdulle watched smoke completely cover the damaged aircraft from his workplace. Video cameras captured huge clouds of gray smoke rising from the crash site. The fire department put out the flames before they could spread to other areas. Nobody...
Eight fraudsters walked into Milimani Law Courts facing charges of stealing over half a billion shillings from Safaricom. The suspects stood before Senior Principal Magistrate Robinson Ondieki on a hot Wednesday morning. Their lawyer failed to show up for the important hearing. Prosecutors also came empty-handed without any witnesses ready to testify. The judge sent everyone home until July 17 when the case will start again.
Police caught Isaack Kipkemoi, Gideon Rono, Maxwell Ributhu, Gideon Kirui, Moses Rono, Collins Kipyegon, Edwin Cheruiyot and ringleader Peter Gitahi red-handed. Seven criminals lived together in a Nakuru apartment before officers stormed their hideout. Detectives tracked down Gitahi all the way to Kitale where he...
President Trump started selling fancy perfumes with his face on the bottles. He posted about the new fragrances on Truth Social during Monday evening. The bottles cost $249 each and come shaped like little golden statues of Trump wearing a business suit. People can buy them at a special website called getTrumpFragrances.com. Trump named the perfumes Victory 45-47 after his two presidential wins.
The fragrance bottles show Trump's signature at the bottom of each golden statue. Trump made versions for both men and women who want to smell like victory. The president said the perfumes represent winning, strength and success for everyone. He told people to buy bottles for their family members and friends. The website only sells these...
Former Attorney General Justin Muturi slammed Kenya's police forces for grabbing people off the streets. He called these surprise kidnappings state terrorism that breaks down the country's legal system. Muturi said officers hide their faces and use cars without license plates to snatch citizens from their homes. The police hold these people for days without letting families know where they are. Nobody tells the victims why they got taken away from their families.
Muturi pointed out that Kenya's constitution promises arrested people several rights. People must learn why police arrested them and can talk to lawyers right away. Courts must see arrested people within one day of their capture. Muturi said these police actions are...
The Nairobi Hospital shot down a fake letter that spread across the internet. The bogus document claimed the medical center had new leaders running the show. Hospital bosses called the letter completely false and warned people not to believe it. Dr Barcley Onyambu heads the Kenya Hospital Association that runs the facility. He stated no board meeting happened when the fake letter said it did.
The phony document used a made-up letterhead that does not exist anywhere. Scammers created fake paperwork with the wrong hospital name on top. The real hospital operates under Kenya Hospital Association and calls itself The Nairobi Hospital. The fake letter used The Nairobi Hospital Convention Center as its title. This wrong name proves the...
Former Chief Justice David Maraga got some of his security back after it was taken away when he joined protests on June 25. His driver came back to work but one bodyguard still has not returned to his job. Maraga told KTN News on Wednesday that officials started bringing back his driver first before the bodyguards. He said they brought back the driver but one bodyguard remains missing from his team. The former top judge expressed surprise that his security was removed without anyone telling him first.
Maraga woke up one morning to find his security officers had been taken from his home gate and told to leave. Someone at his house informed him that the officers had been picked up and taken away during the night. The security team was...
