The identities of two Kenya Defense Forces personnel who were Saturday killed in a plane crash in Kwale County was revealed. The incident happened at about midday moments after the fixed wing plane crashed on June 14. On board the plane was Maj Evander Ochieng Amondi who was the instructor and his student Lt DM Nzuva, officials said. They both died on the spot. The aircraft belonged to Kenya Airforce and was based in Mombasa for training purposes. It crashed in Mafundani village after takeoff from Mombasa International Airport. KDF said a Kenya Air Force Grob 120A aircraft experienced an…
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There were chaos in Nairobi Central Business District on Friday, June 13, 2025, when angry hawkers burnt a Nairobi City County vehicle near Afya Centre. The van was first overturned and set on fire near following confrontation. Police officers were forced to fire teargas canisters to disperse the irate mob. The chaos, happening at the heart of the city, unfolded after the hawkers and county askaris reportedly engaged in a standoff. The county officials had tried to push the traders out of the streets in vain. Shop owners have been complaining of obstruction from the defiant hawkers and sought the…
Deputy President Kithure Kindiki and a host of Kenya Kwanza leaders visited Gisii region Friday with messages reaffirming the administration’s commitment to empower citizens as a cornerstone of President William Ruto’s leadership agenda. They emphasized that the government’s policies and programs were firmly focused on uplifting ordinary Kenyans through job creation, affordable credit access, and support for small and medium-sized enterprises. The Deputy President especially insisted that much has already been done during the pre COVID period to slash down the cost of living. “Empowerment is not just a promise—it is the heartbeat of this government and there are projects…
A black box was found at the site of the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad, India’s civil aviation minister said on Friday. The flight data recorder was recovered within 28 hours by India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu confirmed. All but one of the 242 people on the London-bound flight died when it crashed into a residential area less than 60 seconds after take-off on Thursday. An official told the BBC that at least eight people on the ground were also killed. “The [recovery of the black box] marks an important step forward in the…
As the massive size and scope of Israel’s overnight attacks on Iran have come into view on Friday, Donald Trump is presented with a major new foreign policy crisis – as well as a diplomatic dilemma. How does the American president who promised to be a peacemaker handle a dramatic military escalation in the Middle East? In the hours after the strike, Trump appears to be struggling to find a consistent message in the face of a grave blow to his diplomatic efforts. Last night, US diplomats reacted coolly to the first reports of the Israeli strikes. While it was…
Oil market participants have switched to dreading a shortage in fuel from focusing on impending oversupply in just two days this week. After Israel attacked Iran and Tehran pledged to retaliate, oil prices jumped as much as 13% to their highest since January as investors price in an increased probability of a major disruption in Middle East oil supplies. Part of the reason for the rapid spike is that spare capacity among OPEC and allies to pump more oil to offset any disruption is roughly equivalent to Iran’s output, according to analysts and OPEC watchers. Saudi Arabia and the United…
Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, briefly showed up to the New York sex trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs on Friday to support the hip-hop mogul, a longtime friend. Ye, dressed in white, arrived at Manhattan federal court before noon while the trial was on a break and spent about 40 minutes in the building. He didn’t get into the main courtroom and instead observed testimony on a closed-circuit monitor in an overflow room. Asked if he was at the courthouse to support Combs, he responded “yes” and nodded. He then hustled to an elevator and did…
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The Nairobi Central Officer Commanding Station Samson Talam was trailed and arrested on Friday after dramatic hunt. Police said Talam was trailed to Eldoret town where he was nabbed in what police believe was part of an attempt to escape. He had switched off his mobile phones since Thursday amid a hunt on him. He was later handed over to the Independent Policing Oversight Authority for processing, police said. Police said this brings to three, the number of those in custody over the murder. Another female police office targeted in the case was found and questioned for the better part…
Kenya unveiled a Sh4.29 trillion budget for the 2025/26 financial year, with education, national security, and infrastructure emerging as the biggest beneficiaries. Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi, addressing the National Assembly on Thursday, said the budget focuses on stimulating economic recovery and creating jobs under the Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA), with continued investments in manufacturing, ICT, and the creative economy. The education sector received the largest allocation, with Sh702.7 billion set aside. This includes Sh387.2 billion for the Teachers Service Commission (TSC), Sh58.9 billion for free primary and secondary education, and Sh58.5 billion for higher education loans and scholarships.…
Former President Uhuru Kenyatta regained full control of the Jubilee Party. This follows a High Court ruling that validated key resolutions made during the party’s National Delegates Convention (NDC) in May 2023. The Civil Division of the Milimani High Court allowed a consent filed by the party’s legal team and key respondents, effectively overturning a previous decision by the Internal Disputes Resolution Committee (IDRC) that had nullified the NDC. “The National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting and the National Delegates Convention (NDC) held on April 28 and May 22, 2023 respectively be and is hereby upheld and consequently the resolutions from…
A New York judge declared a mistrial on a rape charge in Harvey Weinstein’s sex crimes trial after one juror refused to continue deliberations over an alleged attack in 2013 on actress Jessica Mann. The jury had found Weinstein guilty of one count of sexual assault and not guilty of another count on Wednesday, but kept deliberating about a final rape charge. Thursday’s mistrial comes after Weinstein’s earlier sex crimes conviction in the state was overturned last year, leading to new charges last September. A panel of seven female and five male jurors deliberated for six days in the six-week…
A man survived the Air India crash that killed at least 200 people, a police chief has told an Indian news agency. Ahmedabad Police Commissioner GS Malik told ANI there was one survivor who was in seat 11A on the London-bound Boeing 787-8 flight – a seat the flight manifest shared by authorities said was occupied by British national Vishwashkumar Ramesh. His cousin in Leicester, Ajay Valgi, told the BBC that Mr Ramesh called his family to say he was “fine”, but he does not know the whereabouts of his brother, Ajay who was also on the plane. Mr Ramesh’s…
A Police Constable was Thursday arrested in connection with the brutal murder of 31-year-old teacher Albert Ojwang. Constable James Mukhwana is based at the Central Police Station in Nairobi. He had claimed he was off duty when the incident happened on June 7. But other witnesses fixed him as one of those who participated in the murder of Ojwang. Mukhwana was apprehended by officers from the Internal Affairs Unit (IAU) of the National Police Service and the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA). IAU joined the probe on Thursday to complement that of IPOA. Mukhwana, who is set to be charged…