Police on Sunday, October 5 morning intercepted a Lamu-bound bus at Sabaki Bridge in Malindi, Kilifi County, and discovered bhang hidden in the luggage compartment. The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) says that the bus, operated by Tawakal Bus Service, was making its routine trip from Nairobi when officers flagged it down for inspection. “What…
Police on Sunday, October 5 morning intercepted a Lamu-bound bus at Sabaki Bridge in Malindi, Kilifi County, and discovered bhang hidden in the luggage compartment. The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) says that the bus, operated by Tawakal Bus Service, was making its routine trip from Nairobi when officers flagged it down for inspection. “What…
We spoke with farmers, traders, middlemen, farmer associations and co-operatives, processors and exporters and observed the avocado trade. We found that avocados are damaged because brokers and transporters routinely jump on sacks to compress them for transport, or use their feet to spread them. This is because of the misperception that unripe fruit is “as…
A team of police officers from the Kenya Police Service (KPS), the Administration Police Service (APS), and the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) visited the family of Simon and Beatrice in Njoro, Nakuru County, on Saturday, 4th October 2025. The delegation was led by Ms. Beatrice Kiraguri, CP, also known as “Mama Yao” and in…
She remembers with deep emotion the pain of returning to school after maternity leave while working under a Board of Management (BOM) contract, a period marked by uncertainty, heartbreak, and silent tears. After months of caring for her newborn, she went back to class only to find that her job was no longer hers. “I…
Nairobi (HOL) — Regional leaders of Jubaland and Puntland, along with prominent opposition figures under the Somali Salvation Forum, convened a meeting in Nairobi on Thursday to discuss Somalia’s political and security situation. The meeting brought together Jubaland President Ahmed Mohamed Islam, Puntland President Said Abdullahi Deni, former Prime Ministers Hassan Ali Khayre and…
Mogadishu (HOL) — Somalia’s Minister of Defense, Ahmed Macallin Fiqi, has criticized the recent meeting held in Nairobi between the leaders of Puntland, Jubaland, and members of the National Salvation Forum, describing its outcomes as serving foreign interests rather than the Somali people. In a post on his official Facebook page Thursday, Minister Fiqi…
The Wagalla massacre, one of the darkest chapters in Kenya’s post-independence history, unfolded on February 10, 1984. Wajir West Member of Parliament Farah Yussuf Mohamed has protested what he terms a discriminatory and selective government plan to compensate victims of police brutality only up to 2017, saying it deliberately excludes survivors of earlier atrocities…
– University’s Faculty of Agriculture is ‘one of the main human capital producers in Somalia in agriculture,’ says Mohamud Mohamed Hassan Harbi MOGADISHU, Somalia/ISTANBUL: Zamzam University of Science and Technology (ZUST) in Somalia is making strides in tackling the country’s food security issues by increasing agricultural production. The Mogadishu-based university, supported by Turkish institutions such…
Mogadishu (HOL) — Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has defended the ongoing demolitions, asserting that the Banadir Regional Administration is legally responsible for managing land in the capital. Speaking at the Presidential Mosque after Friday prayers, President Mohamud dismissed opposition claims that the federal government is forcibly displacing residents, stating that all land-related matters…