Kenya has a group called the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority, or EPRA. Their job is to check the gas that people buy for their cars. They want to make sure it's good gas.
From October to December 2024, EPRA checked gas at 1,295 places in Kenya. Most of the gas was good, but at 11 places, it was bad. It had stuff in it that shouldn't be there.
In one city called Nairobi, the police found some gas cans. The gas in the cans was supposed to go to another country. But someone put it in a truck in Kenya instead. That's not allowed. EPRA is looking into it.
Two gas stations got in trouble. One is in a place called Kilifi. The other is in Mombasa. They were selling bad gas. They had to fix the gas and pay money because they broke...
A sad thing happened in a national park in Kenya on Sunday. Some people who take care of animals called herders, went into the park when they weren't supposed to. They had weapons with them.
The herders ran into some officers from the Kenya Wildlife Service or KWS. The officers were there to keep the park safe.
The herders and officers got into a fight. The herders used poisoned arrows and moved scarily towards the officers.
Sadly, one of the herders died during the fight. A poisoned arrow almost hit a KWS officer. It hit their gun instead.
KWS felt bad about what happened and said they were sorry to the family of the herder who died. KWS and the herders' community usually get along well, but this fight was not normal.
KWS told...
A new idea is being discussed in Kenya's Parliament. It concerns how to handle fights over local elections. These elections are for people called Members of County Assembly, or MCAs.
The idea is to make the process easier. It's called the Elections (Amendment) Bill 2024.
Right now, if there's a problem with an MCA election, it can go to the high court. If someone doesn't like what the high court says, they can take it to the highest court in the country, the Supreme Court.
But some people think this takes too long. They want the Supreme Court to have the final say. That way, MCA election fights won't have to go to the Supreme Court anymore.
Part of the bill says exactly that. It states that the high court's decision about an MCA...
Kenya owed a lot of money to other countries. From July to September 2024, they paid back some of it.
Kenya paid 165.6 billion shillings in total. Most of this money went to China, which received 65.4 billion shillings, or about 40% of what Kenya paid.
Kenya paid China in two ways: 44.5 billion shillings for the main debt and 20.9 billion shillings for interest.
China has given Kenya a lot of money over the years, helping pay for big projects like a new railway. This started when Mwai Kibaki was president of Kenya.
A report shows how Kenya paid its debts from July to September. The report is from Kenya's National Treasury.
Kenya's debt to China decreased slightly. In June, it owed China 735 billion shillings. By September, it was...
The police have three men in jail. The men are named Hassan Ali Zahir, Omar Sultan Omar, and Suleiman Abdi. The police think they killed a man named Emmanuel Inyanza.
It happened in Eastleigh Section Three, Kenya. Emmanuel lived on Third Street in Eastleigh.
Emmanuel's father told the police about the killing. He went to the Airbase Police Post on December 29, 2024. The police wrote down what he said. They gave it a special number: 02/29/12/2024.
A police officer named Elphas Simiyu is working on the case. He says Emmanuel was walking with a woman. Three men came up to them. The men had knives. They stabbed Emmanuel in the chest and back. He died right there.
The police arrived at the scene and found that Emmanuel and the three men...
Two people from Ethiopia are in jail in Kenya. The police think they took people from Somalia to Libya. They did this so the people could be used for bad things.
The two people are named Anna Abdirahaman and Hayat Mohamed. They are married. The police say they tricked a 17-year-old girl. They took her from a place called Eastleigh.
The girl's parents live in Pangani. On December 25, 2024, they told the police their daughter was gone. The girl's friend said she went to Libya.
A police officer named Abdirahaman Bulle is working on the case. He says the girl was taken to Libya through Uganda and Sudan. The girl thought she would go to Europe. But she is stuck in Libya now. People are making her do things she doesn't want to do...
Trinidad and Tobago is in a state of emergency. Gangs are causing more and more violence there. The country's president made the decision. She did it because the prime minister said to. He was under a lot of pressure to do something about crime.
Trinidad and Tobago has a very high murder rate. It is one of the worst in Latin America and the Caribbean. There have been over 620 murders this year. That is a record high. The country only has 1.5 million people.
Gangs are to blame for most of the killings. Many are tied to the global drug trade. Trinidad and Tobago is close to Venezuela. It also has borders that are easy to get through. There are straight paths from there to Europe and North America. This makes it a perfect spot for moving...
The High Court made an important decision today. It ordered six people to be freed right away. These people were reportedly kidnapped. Their names are Peter Muteti, Bernard Kavuli, Billy Mwangi, Gideon Kibet, Rony Kiplangat, and Steve Kavingo.
Judge Bahati Mwamunye gave the order. He told the Inspector General of Police to bring the six to court on December 31. The IG's name is Douglas Kanja Kirocho. He must make sure the court order is followed. If he doesn't, he could be punished.
The court also said the police can't arrest or charge the six people. They need the court's okay first. The judge wants a government official to show up on January 3. This official has information about vehicles tied to the case.
The Law Society of Kenya...
Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen plans to make big changes in Kenya's prisons. He wants to finish building houses for prison officers and inmates, which will improve their lives and help prisoners become good citizens again.
Mr. Murkomen visited prisons in Eldoret. He promised to speed up the pardon process. This way, inmates who have earned a pardon can go home sooner, rejoin society, and help the country.
The changes will reduce prison crowding. Mr. Murkomen checked on the prisoners' living conditions and learned about the prisons' education and job training programs.
The CS celebrated the holidays with the prison officers and inmates. He said prisons are important for a safe Kenya. The well-being of officers and...
