The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) has announced the suspension of Bungoma Line Safari Ltd and Smart Highway Sacco licenses for non-compliance. In a statement issued by the Director General, George Njao, on March 29, the two are accused of grossly violating road safety regulations including over speeding, “The suspensions were necessitated by the […]
In an operation launched to bring to an end the era of city thugs dreaded for stealing from locked motor vehicles, Nairobi region detectives have rounded up five suspects that stole Ksh 900,000 and another USD 15,000 from a businessman based in Nairobi’s South C area two weeks ago. The distressed victim who reported at […]
Agriculture CS Mithika Linturi. Kenya could see a significant increase in agriculture funding with improvement of rural infrastructure and adoption of smart solutions that support the value chain. According to speakers at the Financing Agriculture Sustainability 2024 conference, poor state of rural infrastructure such as lack of proper access roads and electricity which have contributed […]
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi is set to launch its first electric vehicle (EV) and begin taking orders on Thursday. Its chief executive Lei Jun said this week that the Speed Ultra 7 (SU7) would be priced below 500,000 yuan ($69,186; £54,836). The move will see the technology giant taking on rivals like Tesla and BYD. […]
Jobseekers are forced to pay as much as Sh163,260 in bribes to secure employment, a report released by the anti-corruption agency has revealed. Those seeking passports give out up to Sh74,428 while those requiring a police abstract are forced to part with as much as Sh20,300, reveals the new report, compiled by the Ethics and […]
A Swiss national has been found guilty of extracting blood from Kenyan athletes in Iten, Elgeiyo-Marakwet County. Bassile Samuel David Moreillon was found guilty by Iten senior principal magistrate Emily Kigen and sentenced to serve a two-year jail sentence or pay a fine of Ksh400,000. The foreigner said he was on a research mission in […]
A suspected fraudster who posed as a Senior Employee at Kenha and allegedly defrauded a businesswoman Sh 2.5M fail to appear in court today. According to the chargesheet tabled in court, the accused person, Odol Okombo Paul defrauded a businesswoman Sh 2.5M on September 27,2023 at Palacina Hotel in Kilimani within Nairobi County after lying […]
Former Sports Cabinet Secretary Rashid Echesa has been arrested in an investigation into claims of an extortion racket targeting Kakamega Governor Fernandez Barasa. Echesa has been locked up at the Muthaiga police station after being picked up from his house on Thursday afternoon and is set to be charged on Tuesday. According to his lawyer […]
FTX’s founder and former CEO Samuel Bankman-Fried on Thursday was sentenced to 25 years in prison in fraud and conspiracy case that saw the collapse of his cryptocurrency exchange platform and a related hedge fund. “I was the CEO of FTX and I was responsible,” Bankman-Fried told at Manhattan federal court in New York, adding: […]
The population is severely deprived of enjoying its human rights in Haiti, where state institutions are close to collapse, warned a UN report on Thursday. “Corruption, impunity and poor governance, compounded by increasing levels of gang violence, have eroded the rule of law and brought state institutions… close to collapse,” according to the UN Human […]
A Mombasa court has charged a businessman suspected of falsely obtaining millions of shillings from women across the country. Simon Ekai Ewoi was charged before Senior Resident Magistrate Hon. David Odhiambo on four charges of acquiring money under false pretences in violation of Section 313 of the penal code. The suspect is accused of posing […]
A recent ruling in Mombasa has overturned the ban on shisha in Kenya, with the court declaring it unconstitutional. This decision led to the release of 48 individuals who had been arrested and charged for selling and smoking shisha in January 2024. Senior Principal Magistrate Joe Mkutu, presiding at the Shanzu Law Courts, emphasized that […]
