Thousands of mourners in Homa Bay County, Kenya, carried the body of slain blogger Albert Ojwang to Mawego Police Station, where he was first detained, and set the station ablaze in a fiery protest against alleged police brutality that led to his death.
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations summoned Makueni MCAs Urbanus Wambua and Francis Mutuku, alongside County Executive Member Sebastian Kyoni, for questioning over their alleged involvement in the violent June 25 protests in Wote, Emali, Makindu, and Kibwezi, which left two dead.
Read MoreThe Central Bank of Kenya ended a 10-year moratorium on licensing new commercial banks, requiring new entrants to meet a Sh10 billion core capital threshold, up from Sh1 billion, to foster competition, innovation, and financial stability in Kenya’s banking sector.
Read MoreKenyan blogger Ndiang’ui Kinyagia, missing since June 21 after a reported police raid on his Kinoo home, broke his silence with a statement on X, declaring, “I’m alive and safe,” from an undisclosed location, amid ongoing court orders demanding the DCI explain his whereabouts.
Read MoreKenya’s teachers’ unions, KNUT and KUPPET, issued a seven-day strike notice after failed negotiations with the Teachers Service Commission for the 2025-2029 Collective Bargaining Agreement, demanding a 60 percent salary increase and enhanced allowances, threatening to disrupt the education sector.
Read MoreTeso North MP Oku Kaunya presented the National Police Service (Amendment) Bill, 2025, to the National Assembly, proposing a mandatory retirement age of 60 for the Inspector General and Deputy Inspectors General, addressing legal gaps and ensuring structured leadership transitions in Kenya’s police service.
Read MorePresident William Ruto, speaking in London, defended Kenya’s Social Health Authority, emphasizing its success in serving 4.9 million Kenyans in eight months and vowing to eliminate corruption, following challenges and criticisms surrounding the scheme’s rollout.
Read MoreBaltasar Ebang Engonga, former head of Equatorial Guinea’s National Financial Investigation Agency, was convicted of embezzling over 1 billion CFA francs, sentenced to 18 years in prison, and fined $1.5 million, amid a separate scandal involving leaked explicit videos.
Read MoreLiverpool FC forward Diogo Jota, aged 28, tragically died in a car accident on the A-52 highway in Zamora, Spain, alongside his brother André, just two weeks after marrying his long-term partner, Rute Cardoso.
Read MoreThe Kenya Revenue Authority announced a five-day extension for filing 2024 income tax returns, setting the new deadline for July 5, following technical difficulties with the iTax system that disrupted taxpayers’ ability to comply by the original June 30 deadline.
Read MoreUS President Donald Trump sharply criticized Elon Musk, claiming the billionaire receives unprecedented government subsidies and threatening to terminate federal contracts with Tesla and SpaceX, potentially impacting billions in funding and sparking a heated public dispute.
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