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The High Court quashed the supply, installation, and maintenance of the Excisable Goods Management System (EGMS), also referred to as EGM. The EGM is a track and trace system implemented by the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) to monitor and account for excisable goods like alcohol, cigarettes, and bottled water. The court found that the procurement process was not transparent and violated the Constitution, leading to the nullification of the entire decision concerning the system’s supply, installation and maintenance. Despite the ruling, the court granted a 30-day stay of the judgment, effective November 27, 2025. Justice Bahati Mwamuye, in delivering the…

Police in Mochorwe, Molo, Nakuru County are investigating the death of a woman whose decomposed body was found in a family borehole. The body of Damaris Nyagothie, 26 was found in the borehole on Wednesday November 26, five days after she was reported missing. She had had a dispute with her husband. Some of her family members had gone to fetch water from the borehole when they realized the water had a bad smell. They checked and found clothes and decomposed human body floating. The clothes happened to be those of the deceased woman, police said. The body was later…

Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday declared a “nationwide security emergency” as the country scrambled to respond to a wave of mass kidnappings that have seen hundreds of people, mostly schoolchildren, captured in a week. “This is a national emergency, and we are responding by deploying more boots on the ground, especially in security-challenged areas,” Tinubu said in a statement. Within days, assailants across the country kidnapped two dozen Muslim schoolgirls, 38 worshippers, more than 300 schoolchildren and teachers from a Catholic school, 13 young women and girls walking near a farm, and another 10 women and children. Dozens have…

A four-wheel-drive car belonging to Malava constituency candidate Seth Panyako was set on fire in fresh violence that broke out in Manyonje, Kakamega County. The car, a Toyota Prado in the candidate’s convoy, was torched by goons in the Manyonje area on Thursday morning, police said. No arrest was made even as some locals said this was meant to scare voters in the area seen as a stronghold of the candidate. Police said they are investigating the incident. Tension remained high in parts of the constituency on Thursday as voting got underway. Earlier on, at least two people were injured…

Three suspects were arrested in connection with the murder of a 14-year-old boy who had just been circumcised in a Kiamaina village, Kiugoine, Nakuru County. The boy died three days after his circumcision, which took place on November 20. A postmortem conducted on his body on Wednesday, Government Pathologist Dr. Titus Ngulungu at the Annex Farewell Home, Nakuru, revealed the cause of death was due to serious assault and trauma on the stomach, which caused it to rupture. The deceased also had other serious injuries on the back hands and head. The boy had complained of stomach pain before he…

A third man was shot and killed on Wednesday in the latest clashes between two communities in the Angata Barrikoi area, Transmara, Narok County. The man was killed in Kapkures village, Oldonyorok area on Wednesday November 25 evening as he and his group attempted to cross to another village for a suspected revenge mission. This increased to three the number of those killed in the area in the past three days in clashes that were sparked by an attempted cattle rustling incident, police said. On Wednesday, angry villagers stoned police who responded to the scene where the body of Phillip…

The High Court in Mombasa briefly paused proceedings in a murder trial after a 22-year-old man accused of killing a 17-year-old girl indicated he wished to pursue a plea bargain. Lewis Kazungu Charo is charged with the murder of Farida Changawa Julius, who died on June 6, 2025, at Mferejini Village in Kijipwa, Kilifi South. Charo, a palm-wine tapper, had reportedly worked at the girl’s family homestead for six months before the incident. Prosecution has already presented three witnesses in this case, including testimony that a knife allegedly linked to the killing was similar to one routinely used by the…

The Tanzanian government ordered all petrol stations to limit the sale of fuel to tuk-tuks and motorbikes to two litres, a move aimed at curtailing planned demonstrations scheduled for December 9, 2025. Police Commander Nestory John of Chunya District alleged that boda boda riders and tuk-tuk drivers are prone to transporting protesters to designated areas, causing chaos. “We advise that ahead of the December 9, the boda boda riders and tuk tuk operators should not be sold more than two liters of fuel,” he said. In line with the latest fuel prices by the Energy and Water Utilities Regulatory Authority…

There was tension in a section of areas where voters were set to elect their leaders in mini polls set for Thursday, November 27. Police said they had mobilized hundreds of security personnel and deployed them to the 22 by-election centres. There were reports of violence on Wednesday night in parts of Narok and Kakamega ahead of the polls, police said, adding that at least two people were injured in both cases. A man identified as Dennis Imbayi was held captive at a hotel in Kakamega Town and beaten up over claims he and others had been sent there for…

Two National Guard soldiers are critically injured after being gunned down in Washington DC, less than two blocks from the White House, in what the city’s mayor called a “targeted shooting”. Police said a lone suspect opened fire on the National Guard members on Wednesday afternoon, before being subdued by other National Guard nearby who had heard the gunfire. The attack prompted the White House to briefly go into lockdown and a temporary flight stoppage at the city’s main airport on the eve of Thanksgiving. President Donald Trump, who was in Florida at the time of the attack, vowed that…

A devastating fire has ripped through several high-rise tower blocks in Hong Kong, killing at least 44 people, making it the deadliest in more than 60 years. More than 270 have been reported missing and thousands of residents are in evacuation shelters. Pictures show several buildings ablaze, and thick smoke billowing into the air, dominating the Chinese territory’s skyline. As night fell, the fire was still burning hours after it was first reported, with more than 760 firefighters deployed to the scene. Three men have since been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter connected to the fire, according to local media…

Nvidia has claimed it is “a generation ahead” of rivals in the artificial intelligence (AI) industry amid growing suggestions a rival may emerge to threaten to its market dominance – and multi-trillion dollar valuation. Shares in the chip giant fell on Tuesday, following a report Meta planned to spend billions on AI chips developed by Google to power its data centres. In a statement on X, Nvidia, the world’s most valuable company, said it was the only platform which “runs every AI model and does it everywhere computing is done”. In response, Google said it was committed to “supporting both”…

Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema has come out fighting after a bruising month that saw him come under attack by stone throwers as he was trying to make a speech. Video clips of him crouching and then being whisked away from a rally in the Copperbelt province shocked Zambians and many people, irrespective of their political affiliation, condemned what happened. But with nine months to go until elections and a run for a second term, the president is under pressure. On Tuesday, in his first press conference for 18 months, Hichilema set out to defend his record and laid out his…

Makadara Member of Parliament George Aladwa has sharply criticised former Deputy President and Democracy for the Citizens Party (DCP) leader Rigathi Gachagua over what he terms “reckless, divisive and ego-driven” attacks on Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja. In a strongly worded statement on Wednesday, Aladwa accused Gachagua of attempting to intimidate independent institutions after the former DP called for the dismissal of IG Kanja and threatened to report him to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. Aladwa described the move as “extreme, dangerous and irresponsible,” saying such threats undermine national stability and public confidence in the police…

Kenya has sounded the alarm over the surge of harmful anonymity online, warning that it is rapidly becoming one of the most serious barriers to accountability and justice across Africa. Principal Secretary for Internal Security and National Administration Dr. Raymond Omollo said harmful anonymity has enabled a vast marketplace for cybercrime where stolen personal data for identification and access is openly traded,child exploitation material distribution rings thrive, while more advanced actors sell malware, ransomware kits, and hacking tools that can target States, individuals and corporations. “INTERPOL uncovered a Kenyan cybercrime operation that siphoned off Sh1.1 billion (approximately $8.5 million USD)…