A search team just found a family who went missing at Tsavo East National Park. They stayed lost for 24 hours before help came.
The Kenya Wildlife Service told everyone on Tuesday that they spotted the family from the air. A pilot with Tsavo Trust located these four people near Kabaguchi Ranger Camp on the Yatta Plateau, about 50 kilometers away from where the family planned to go. The pilot landed right away and checked that nobody had any injuries. Everyone stayed healthy during their scary adventure. Teams from KWS and Tsavo Trust worked together to bring the family back safely.
The family—two parents and their kids—first drove into the park last Saturday evening through Manyani Gate. They wanted to spend two nights camping at...
Kenya may see new taxes next year. The government needs cash for its plans. Molo MP Kuria Kimani spoke about this on TV. He runs the money team in Parliament. They will check if Kenya has enough funds by June.
The Parliament backed a huge money plan last month. It reaches 4.3 trillion shillings for next year, topping the current plan by over 350 billion. The national share takes 2.523 trillion shillings, 200 billion more than what we spend today. The money team must find ways to pay these bills.
Kimani called this a hard talk about cash needs. His group will study tax income, budget shifts, and foreign help. If these fall short, Kenyans might pay extra taxes. But if today's sources can meet all needs, new taxes won't show up.
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Mutahi Kagwe, the Agriculture and Livestock Cabinet Secretary, has warned tea factories that they'll lose their licenses if caught hawking green leaf. He stated the government wouldn't stand for anything that hurts the tea industry or farmers' earnings. At a big meeting in Nairobi's Kilimo House, Kagwe announced the Ministry would take strong action against rule-breakers. He said factories that hawk green leaf break quality standards and steal what rightfully belongs to farmers.
This warning came after problems between Kapkoros Tea Factory PLC in Bomet County and its smaller factories—Motigo, Tirgaga, and Olenguruone. The situation almost destroyed progress for tea farmers across Bomet and Nakuru counties. Farmers at Motigo and...
Ekuru Aukot slammed leaders who talk bad about the government only after losing their jobs. The Thirdway Alliance boss said these people kept quiet when they had power but spoke up after being fired. He called our government a group of criminals and said fired officials were part of the problem all along.
Aukot told Citizen TV how leadership faces big problems these days. He asked who Kenyans should believe anymore when people change their stories based on whether they work for the government. He said Kenya has officials who hide the truth until someone kicks them out. According to him, these former leaders act like frauds who stay silent when it helps them personally.
He believes these fired bigwigs need to say sorry to regular...
A court in Nigeria put a famous makeup artist behind bars Monday. He must stay in jail for six months because he threw money at his wedding party. The man goes by the name Amuscap, but his real name is Abdullahi Musa Huseini. During his December wedding celebrations, he threw one hundred bills worth 1,000 naira each, totaling about $63.
Nigerian law says nobody can harm or misuse the national money. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has enforced this rule since 2007. They said Amuscap damaged the value of these notes by throwing them around. Many people at Nigerian parties throw cash over happy couples when they dance. This happens all the time at weddings across the country.
The government has started going after famous...
South Sudan said America took away all their people's travel papers because the country sent back one person who wasn't really from there. The US canceled every visa for anyone with a South Sudan passport on Saturday. They said this happened because South Sudan won't take back its citizens when America sends them home.
The person in the middle of this fight came from Congo, not South Sudan. When he talked to border guards at Juba airport, he told them someone made him go there against his wishes. South Sudan checked his story carefully. They learned he truly came from Congo. The rules say they can't let him in, so they put him back on a plane.
South Sudan felt bad about what America did next. They think one mix-up shouldn't hurt many...
A mom and her little girl died Monday night when a big truck crashed into their motorcycle. This happened at Sikri shops on the road between Oyugis and Sondu in Homa-Bay County. Both Pamela Ondiek and her daughter passed away right there on the road after the crash. The motorcycle driver lived but has very bad injuries from the accident.
Police boss Philemon Saera from Rachuonyo South caught the truck driver who tried to run away after he smashed into them. The police team started looking into what caused the deadly crash right away. They want to find out exactly how the truck hit the motorcycle carrying three people. The area has seen many crashes before on this busy road. Local people feel scared about riding motorcycles there...
Niger police caught a rebel leader last week. The man runs part of the Azawad Liberation Front, a group that wants to break northern Mali away from the rest of the country. Security teams found him carrying both Niger and Mali passports when they grabbed him near the Nigeria border.
The arrested commander, Inkinane Ag Attaher, trains fighting units for rebels. Niger officials call him a terrorist. Mali might ask for him soon. He left the Mali army back in 2012 and joined separatist fighters who pushed government forces out of northern areas that year.
Three military-run countries - Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali - made their Alliance of Sahel States as a defense team in 2023. These nations face similar problems with rebels and fighters...
The ICC just said victims of a Ugandan war leader will receive 52 million euros, which equals about 7.4 billion Kenyan shillings. These people suffered under Dominic Ongwen, known as "White Ant," who worked for Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army. Ongwen must spend 25 years in jail for horrible crimes like murder, rape, and making people into slaves.
Last year, judges ordered money for almost 50,000 victims. Each person gets 750 euros plus other help. Ongwen tried to fight this decision, but the appeals court said no. Judge Solomy Balungi Bossa from Uganda announced that everyone agreed he must pay. Ongwen watched through video wearing a dark suit with a red tie.
His life story raises hard questions because someone kidnapped him at...
