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Interior and National Administration Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen Wednesday cautioned politicians against inciting locals to violence, saying they will face the full force of the law. He noted that Nyandarua is one of the counties that is enjoying relative peace despite witnessing isolated cases of violent protests recently. “We have challenges of late when it comes to public protests, political organisers have been using and misusing young people to organise violent demonstrations,” the CS noted. He put on notice the planners, organisers and executors of the violent protests that they will not be spared regardless of their stature in society.…

M23 rebels killed at least 140 people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo last month in one of the worst atrocities by the armed group since its resurgence in late 2021, Human Rights Watch has said in a report. This is despite a peace process, brokered by the US and Qatar, to end the conflict in the region. Witnesses told the advocacy group that the Rwanda-backed rebels “summarily executed” local residents, including women and children, largely from the ethnic Hutu group in the Rutshuru area, near the Virunga National Park. The rebels have previously strongly denied any role in these…

The US has reached bilateral deportation agreements with Honduras and Uganda as part of its crackdown on illegal immigration, according documents obtained by the BBC’s US partner CBS. Uganda has agreed to take an unclear number of African and Asian migrants who had claimed asylum on the US-Mexico border, while Honduras will receive several hundred deported people from Spanish-speaking countries, CBS reports. The move is part of an attempt by Donald Trump’s administration to get more countries to accept deported migrants who are not their own citizens. Human rights campaigners have condemned the policy, saying migrants face the risk of…

A traffic accident in western Afghanistan has killed 79 people, including 17 children, most of whom were on a bus carrying Afghan migrants deported from Iran, a Taliban interior ministry spokesperson confirmed to the BBC. The bus, en route to Kabul, caught fire on Tuesday night after colliding with a truck and motorcycle in Herat province. Everyone aboard the bus was killed, as well as two people from the other vehicles, Ahmadullah Mottaqi, the Taliban’s director of information and culture in Herat, told BBC Pashto earlier. In recent months Iran has stepped up its deportations of undocumented Afghan migrants who…

CFAO Mobility Kenya Limited has completed the transfer of assets from DT Dobie & Company Kenya Ltd, consolidating the operations of the two entities under a single brand in a move aimed at improving efficiency and strengthening its market offering. The restructuring, which took effect on April 1, 2023, followed an internal realignment within the CFAO Group. Prior to the changes, the Group operated three subsidiaries in Kenya — CFAO Mobility Kenya (formerly CFAO Motors Kenya), DT Dobie, and LOXEA Kenya. Through the consolidation, CFAO Mobility Kenya has broadened its product and service portfolio to cover 12 internationally recognized automotive…

A man was attacked and killed by an assailant who raided a miraa yard in Maua, Igembe, Meru County. Police said Mauta Kanampio Njao was assaulted while guarding the yard in the Thaico area and sustained serious head injuries. The incident happened on Tuesday August 19 morning, police said. The man was rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival. The body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and investigations, police said. Police said the assailant is known and efforts to trace him for grilling are ongoing. Elsewhere in Magumu, Nyandarua County, a woman was murdered…

Three men were on Tuesday August 19 arrested as they waited to meet a potential buyer of elephant tusks weighing seven kilos in Lungalunga, Kwale County. The tusks were valued at Sh700,000, Kenya Wildlife Service and police said. The men had traveled from Samburu County to the area with the six pieces of tusks when they were intercepted by both police and KWS personnel. They told police they were to meet a buyer of the ivory. The buyer failed to show up. The three were detained pending arraignment. Police said the suspects will be charged with the offence of being…

A Mozambique national who was wanted over terror links was arrested at the Kenya-Tanzania border after crossing into the country. Police said Ahmed Said Agjar alias Ahmed Said Agtar, 43 was arrested by Anti-Terror Police Unit and immigration officials attached to the border as he checked into the country on August 18 at night. The arrest follows a stop order issued to the immigration on September 6, 2022 on allegation of being a terrorist operation leader involved in recruitment of foreign nationals to join ISIS that operates in Mozambique, officials said. He was in possession of a Mozambique passport and…

A man died after falling into a pit latrine in Olkalau area, Nyandarua County. The incident happened on August 19 at about 3 am when James Kagombe Karanja, 22 went for a long call within his compound in Bankers estate, police said. A relative reported Karanja slipped into the latrine after part of its floor suddenly caved in. His body was later removed and moved to J.M Kariuki Hospital Mortuary awaiting for autopsy. Meanwhile, police in Awendo, Migori County are investigating the murder of a man aged 35 in a Kwoyo village. Police said Tyson Oluoch Ongacho was killed in…

Six severed heads were found on a road in central Mexico, in an area not normally associated with cartel violence. Local authorities made the discovery early on Tuesday morning on a route that links the broadly peaceful states of Puebla and Tlaxcala. Police have not given a motive for the killings or said which of the criminal groups operating in Mexico might have carried them out. Local media has reported that a blanket was left at the scene with a message issuing a warning to rival gangs and apparently signed by a group called “La Barredora”, meaning the sweeper. It…

The White House confirmed on Tuesday that the Trump administration is working on a deal that could see the US government taking a 10% stake in chip giant Intel. “The president wants to put America’s needs first, both from a national security and economic perspective,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters. The potential deal could involve swapping government grants for Intel shares, according to US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. The highly unusual move could help Intel as it struggles to compete with rivals like Nvidia, Samsung and TSMC, particularly in the booming artificial intelligence (AI) chip market. Intel…

The US director of national intelligence says the UK has withdrawn its controversial demand to access global Apple users’ data if required. Tulsi Gabbard said in a post on X the UK had agreed to drop its instruction for the tech giant to provide a “back door” which would have “enabled access to the protected encrypted data of American citizens and encroached on our civil liberties”. The BBC understands Apple has not yet received any formal communication from either the US or UK governments. “We do not comment on operational matters, including confirming or denying the existence of such notices,”…

Israel’s prime minister accused his Australian counterpart of having “betrayed Israel” and “abandoned” Australia’s Jewish community, after days of growing strain between the two countries. Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that history would remember Anthony Albanese “for what he is: a weak politician”. Australia barred a far-right member of Netanyahu’s ruling coalition from entering the country on Monday, and Israel in turn revoked the visas of Australian representatives to the Palestinian Authority. Australian Immigration Minister Tony Burke said Netanyahu was “lashing out” in response to Canberra recently announcing it would join the UK, France and Canada in recognising a Palestinian…

Brash, controversial and unafraid to speak his mind, South Africa’s Sports, Arts and Culture Minister Gayton McKenzie has been swift to call out racism in others but he himself has now been branded a racist – a charge he refutes. He is often seen as the lightning rod for the frustrations of the country’s coloured community, as people of mixed heritage are referred to in South Africa’s population census. But old comments McKenzie made on social media, using a profoundly offensive term referring to black people, have created a political storm. He has until the end of Wednesday to respond…

Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) listed agribusiness firm Kakuzi Plc has posted a Sh295.5 million net profit in its half-year trading results. Within the period under review, Kakuzi’s total revenue grew to Sh1.51 billion, up from Sh1.17 billion realised within the same period last year. Speaking when he confirmed the half-year 2025 trading results, Kakuzi Managing Director Chris Flowers said the firm has adopted strategic operating strategies to facilitate growth within a challenging operating environment. “The year-to-date trading in our two core crops is in line with expectations. The international avocado market has been well supplied, with price levels reflecting this…