Source The High Court in Mombasa has terminated the trial of a murder suspect because it hinged heavily on a confession he made to ordinary people not recognised by law. Malindi Resident Judge Reuben Nyakundi said any statement made to a private citizen or a police officer below the rank of a chief inspector is […]
Source Turkana County administration is set to register Community Land after receiving survey and mapping equipment from the Food and Agriculture Organization through funding by the European Union. The equipment received includes Global Positioning System (GPS), Geographical Information System (GIS) and plotter machines. EU acting Ambassador to Kenya Katrin Hagemann and FAO Country Representative to […]
Source The High Court in Meru has upheld a 15-year jail term handed to a boda boda rider who married a woman he had defiled when she was 16. Justice Edward Muriithi ruled that even though the woman had told the court she was now Jackson Bundi’s wife, she was not in a position to […]
Source They are young, aged between 13 and 26, and residents describe them as “young and dangerous”. They have no second thought about hacking or shooting a person they think stands in their way of getting what they want. They are vicious, sometimes acting under the influence of strong hallucinatory drugs. These are the “police-taunting […]
Source NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 30– More than 70 percent of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the construction and manufacturing sector in the Middle East and Africa are optimistic about business improvement and performance in the next 12 months, a survey conducted by Mastercard Middle East and Africa (MEA) has revealed. The study conducted between […]
Source A key ally of President Uhuru Kenyatta is drafting an amendment to the law to remove Chief Justice Martha Koome from the chairmanship of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) and expand its composition in what will escalate the tensions between the Executive and Judiciary. In the sweeping legislative changes proposed by Nyeri Town MP […]
Source TMP Systems and International Rivers have collaborated to create a geospatial assessment tool for hydropower projects called Riverscope. It is a comprehensive tool to assess often-overlooked environmental and social risks and connect them on a quantitative level to the commercial performance of hydropower projects. Dams have a significant and irreversible impact on ecosystems and […]
Source At long last, Kenya’s Customs Recordation Regulations have been published. Over the last two years, the Anti-Counterfeiting Agency (the ‘ACA’), working with industry stakeholder representatives have developed the Anti-counterfeit (Recordation) Regulations to guide the implementation of a new customs recordal system in Kenya. These Regulations have now been published as “The Anti-Counterfeit (Recordation) Regulations, 2021” (see […]
Source Every year, thousands of Nigerians collectively lose millions of naira to online banking fraud. A suspected fraudster recently arrested by the Nigerian Police revealed that Access Bank and First Bank were the easiest banks to hack. The 46-year-old suspect Zakarriyah Yahaya, paraded by the Police, alongside thirty-eight other suspects, disclosed how his gang emptied the bank […]