Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has said that reforms initiated in the Tea sub-sector are yielding positive results. The Deputy President attributed the positive outcome from the Tea sub-sector stakeholders’ Conference which he chaired in Kericho in July this year. He said the conference provided a much-needed platform to listen to the farmers’ concerns and agreed […]
Kenya has singled out the enactment of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Control Act of 1994 (and reviewed in 2022) that prohibits the cultivation of certain plants including cannabis as one of the key achievements made in the fight against drug abuse in the country. This was revealed during the ongoing 31st Heads of […]
A Milimani court Wednesday allowed police to hold the primary suspect in the murder of Nairobi Hospital Finance Director Eric Maigo for 21 days to conduct investigations. The teenager, who had been evading authorities since September 15, was captured in Kibera by officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI). A miscellaneous application filed by […]
South Africa is currently grappling with a significant challenge posed by a variety of quasi-criminal networks and syndicates, which operate across borders and engage in a wide range of criminal activities, including drug trafficking, armed robberies, and fraud. This is the sobering assessment of the 2023 Global Organised Crime Index, which was released on Tuesday. […]
President Joe Biden’s younger dog, Commander, bit another US Secret Service agent at the White House Monday evening, CNN has learned, the 11th known biting incident involving the 2-year-old German Shepherd. “Yesterday around 8 p.m., a Secret Service Uniformed Division police officer came in contact with a First Family pet and was bitten. The officer […]
At least 100 people died and 150 others injured after a fire broke out at a wedding in northern Iraq, state media reported. The bride and the groom are reported to be among the victims, according to local media. The fire happened in the district of Al-Hamdaniya in Iraq’s northern Nineveh province late on Tuesday […]
Donald Trump “repeatedly” misrepresented his wealth by hundreds of millions of dollars to banks and insurers, a New York judge has ruled. The decision resolves the key claim made by New York’s attorney general in her civil lawsuit against the former president. “The documents here clearly contain fraudulent valuations that defendants used in business,” the […]
South Africa mourns the loss of Zoleka Mandela, the granddaughter of the nation’s revered leader, Nelson Mandela, who passed away at the age of 43. Her battle with cancer concluded on Monday evening, with friends and family by her side, according to a spokesperson. Zoleka Mandela’s remarkable journey was marked by her unwavering commitment to […]
