Meru County needs a new leader because the High Court backed the Senate decision to fire Governor Kawira Mwangaza. Her deputy, Isaac Mutuma M'Ethingia, steps up to fill her shoes. Judge Bahati Mwamuye decided on Friday that legal challenges failed to reverse what the Senate did. He stated that Mwangaza had plenty of chances to defend herself during the process.
The government plans a ceremony where Mutuma takes the oath as Meru County governor. This will happen Monday morning at Mwendantu Grounds starting at 8:30 AM. Officials published this information on March 14 in an official notice to inform everyone about the big change coming soon to local leadership.
Mutuma ran with Mwangaza back in 2022 without any party backing them. They...
Armed attackers shot a Kenyan cop dead at the border with Somalia. These gunmen came from Somalia's National Intelligence and Security Agency, known as NISA. They surprised five Border Police Unit officers guarding a checkpoint between Kenya and Somalia. About twenty NISA members attacked the Kenyan team at border point 4. They fired weapons directly at the officers last Friday, March 14.
The bullets killed Officer Dennis Omari right away. A second officer took a shot in his upper left arm. Doctors at Mandera Referral Hospital treated his wounds, and he remains stable. The other Kenyan officers ducked for cover during the attack. The shooters grabbed two weapons from the Kenyan police - a G3 rifle loaded with sixty bullets and an AK47...
Raila Odinga traveled to Machakos today for the funeral of Colonel James Gitahi. The retired military officer died on March 7 when his car smashed into a truck at Kyumvi Junction along Mombasa Highway. The crash caused his vehicle to catch fire right away. He drove alone in his small car at the time of the accident.
The deceased served as husband to ODM-nominated Senator Betty Batuli Montet. Even after leaving military service, Gitahi kept flying planes commercially from Wilson Airport. During his military career, he flew former President Daniel Arap Moi around for nearly twenty years. He later became the pilot for President Mwai Kibaki from 1992 until 2010.
People who saw the crash said Gitahi was headed toward Nairobi when he tried...
Justin Trudeau stepped down as Canadian Prime Minister on January 6 under pressure from his Liberal Party members. He ended his nine-year leadership but said he would stay until the party picked someone new. Parliament activities paused until March 24, 2025. Trudeau explained he needed to leave because internal fights prevented him from being the best choice for the upcoming election. He decided to quit after the party held a nationwide selection process.
The Liberal Party selected Mark Carney as their new leader on March 9. Carney, an economist without previous political experience, became Canada's prime minister on Friday, March 12. During his first speech, he promised Canada would never become part of the United States. Carney was...
Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen promised stronger action against harmful drinks and drugs harming Kenyan youth. He talked about this problem Friday in Narok, where he stressed his goal to stop dealers who sell dangerous substances to young people. Murkomen said he wants to fight against illegal alcohol sold in small packets that contain deadly ethanol. He stated all chiefs and police officers must remove these harmful substances.
Murkomen expressed sadness about how drugs waste young lives, especially students in colleges and universities. He described finding young men passed out early morning who should be family breadwinners instead. The Cabinet Secretary feels most troubled by drug dealers entering schools and targeting the...
A Palestinian official told the BBC that talks aimed at keeping the Gaza ceasefire going have failed. The US blamed Hamas for making demands they called "entirely impractical" during meetings held in Qatar. The first part of the temporary truce ended on March 1, leaving negotiators searching for new ways to move forward. American officials suggested extending this first phase until mid-April, which would include more swaps of hostages held by Hamas and prisoners held by Israel.
The unnamed Palestinian source explained that Hamas and Israel could not agree on major parts of the deal presented by US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff at the indirect discussions. Israel has not yet made any official statements about this failure. Prime...
South Africa expressed sadness after America kicked out their Ambassador. On Saturday, the South African President released a statement asking everyone involved to act professionally about the situation. The message urged maintaining proper diplomatic behavior throughout this process. South Africa emphasized they still care about keeping a relationship with America that benefits both nations.
Trouble escalated when US Secretary Marco Rubio announced Friday that Rasool must leave the country. He posted on X claiming the Ambassador disliked both America and President Trump. Rubio described him as a politician who plays with racial issues. He stated communication with Rasool would stop completely.
This represents an unusual diplomatic...
Ruth Tsopotsa plans to release her new poetry book, Footprints of the Sun, soon. She already made waves with her first book, Oasis in Crisis, from 2021, which almost won a National Arts Merit Award. Her fresh poems dive into themes like love, who we are as people, and how humans connect with everything around them.
She writes many different kinds of poems - some short, like haikus, others that tell stories or paint pictures with words. Critics love her style. Memory Chirere praised how she puts a modern spin on traditional Japanese poems, and Vuso Mhlanga called her work "a body of diverse knowledge rendered through poetry." Readers can grab her new book when it launches between late April and early May this year.
Tsopotsa's special...
A Harare court recently found Takudzwa Munyawarara guilty of cheating Garwe Restaurant owner Mandy Mvukwe out of $48,000. Munyawarara, who runs Exclusive Projects Private Limited, promised to buy mobile toilets from China but never delivered them. Judge Munashe Chibanda handed down an 18-month prison term last week. The judge then reduced it by suspending six months for good behavior and another six if Munyawarara pays back the money by April 15. This left him with six months of actual jail time to serve.
The case started back in May when Mvukwe wanted to start renting portable toilets for events. She contacted Munyawarara because he claimed he could bring toilets from China at $300 each. They agreed he would handle everything - buying...
