Venezuelan opposition politician Juan Pablo Guanipa has announced on social media that he has been freed after “almost nine months of unjust imprisonment”. His comments come shortly after the country’s interim President, Delcy Rodríguez, signed an amnesty bill approved by its National Assembly that could lead to the release of hundreds of political prisoners. Rodríguez’s interim government has faced pressure from the US to speed up the release of Venezuela’s remaining political prisoners after delays to the law. However, Guanipa described the bill as a “flawed document” that excludes many Venezuelans who remain “unjustly” behind bars. Guanipa is the leader…
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Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) intensified investigations into a chilling series of murders linked to 23-year-old Joseph Njoroge Weru. Under the stewardship of Homicide detectives, augmented by experts from the Crime Scene Investigations Unit (CSI), the Photographic Imaging and Acoustics Unit, and the Crime Research and Intelligence Bureau (CRIB) at DCI Headquarters, the sleuths have unraveled a grim trail of calculated deception and brutality. The detectives have established that two young women — Mary Yamasei Merutuni (28) and Beatrice Nyawira Nyokabi (22) — were brutally killed in carefully premeditated attacks. On January 17, 2026, Mary Yamasei left…
The prosecution secured a significant breakthrough in the ongoing Shakahola manslaughter trial after one of the key accused persons entered into a plea bargain agreement with the State. Enos Amanya Ngala, alias “Hallelujah,” a co-accused of Pastor Paul Mackenzie, was today charged afresh with 43 counts of manslaughter following a plea bargaining agreement with the prosecution. Under the agreement, Amanya pleaded guilty freely and voluntarily to all 43 counts, confirming to the court that his decision was made without threat, force, intimidation, or coercion of any kind. As part of the plea arrangement, Amanya undertook to provide full and truthful…
The United Opposition announced it will no longer engage the office of the Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja and his team. The group said it will instead initiate private criminal prosecutions against 12 police officers and two Members of Parliament over the attack at Witima ACK Church and what they term as an attempted assassination plot targeting former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua. In a statement signed by Gachagua alongside Kalonzo Musyoka (Wiper), Eugene Wamalwa (DAP-K), and Fred Matiang’I (Jubilee), the coalition said it had lost confidence in the leadership of the National Police Service (NPS) and would stop holding…
Senior Counsel Charles Kanjama was elected President of the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) after garnering 3,728 votes in a competitive race that attracted nationwide attention in the legal fraternity. According to the final tally, Kanjama secured a decisive lead over his closest rival, Peter Wanyama, who received 2,616 votes. Current LSK Vice President Mwaura Kabata finished third with 2,086 votes. The closely contested election saw advocates from across the country participate in the voting exercise, underscoring the significance of the LSK leadership in shaping legal practice and policy in Kenya. The results reflect a strong mandate for Kanjama –…
The British government has not given permission for the US to use UK military bases to support potential US strikes on Iran, the BBC understands. The US has in the past used RAF Fairford, in Gloucestershire, and the UK overseas territory of Diego Garcia, in the Indian Ocean, to carry out strikes in the Middle East region. The Times reports that US President Donald Trump’s latest criticism of Sir Keir Starmer’s deal to hand the Chagos Islands over to Mauritius and lease back a joint UK-US military base was prompted by the UK withholding permission to use bases. A UK…
The US Commission of Fine Arts overwhelmingly approved design plans for President Donald Trump’s ballroom project at the White House. The panel made up of Trump appointees signed off on the design after architects made changes in response to commission concerns. “We have to protect the country and the country’s guests, and this is a facility that is definitely needed for over 150 years,” Chairman Rodney Mims Cook Jr said. The East Wing of the White House was demolished last fall to make way for the ballroom. The National Trust for Historic Preservation, a nonprofit, sued to halt ballroom construction,…
Selling supplements online sounds simple at first. Good product. Decent margins. Repeat customers. Then payments hit you like a wall. One day everything is fine. Next day: “Your account is under review.” Payout delayed. Reserve raised. Transaction volume capped. Sometimes the processor just pulls the plug. No warning that feels fair. No explanation that helps. This space has a reputation. Some of it was deserved, some of it just guilt by association. Either way, the payments side treats supplements like a higher-risk category. So the real question becomes: how do you run the business in a way that payment partners…
Orthovisc sits in that category of medical products where “buying” is never just buying. It’s sourcing. It’s risk control. It’s logistics. It’s also the kind of product where a perfectly fine clinician can end up with a bad patient experience simply because something went wrong before the box ever reached the clinic. So let’s talk like people who have to make real decisions: how to judge supply legitimacy, what storage actually needs to look like, and how to handle it once it lands in your hands. No fluff. Just the stuff that keeps you out of trouble. Start with supply…
President Donald Trump says the world will find out “over the next, probably, ten days” whether the US will reach a deal with Iran or take military action. At the inaugural meeting of his Board of Peace in Washington DC, Trump said “we have some work to do” in coming to an agreement with the Islamic Republic about its nuclear programme, and that “we may have to take it a step further”. In recent days, the US has surged military forces to the Middle East, while progress was also reported at talks between American and Iranian negotiators in Switzerland. Democratic…
A rogue police officer posing as a traffic was arrested on Thursday morning after allegedly attempting to extort money from a former Safaricom board chairman and motorist in the Muthaiga area of Nairobi. The officer had also extorted an expatriate who is a foreigner of USD300 and Sh9,000 in Karen. According to the ex-Safaricom chairman John Ngumi, a resident of Muthaiga, the incident occurred at around 10:00 a.m. while he was driving his motor vehicle, a Toyota saloon, along Muthaiga Road towards his residence. Ngumi reported that he was stopped by a man dressed in a khaki police uniform adorned…
The government will ensure completion of 6000kms of roads countrywide that have stalled since 2020 after clearing pending bills owed to contractors, Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has said. The DP stated that contractors have been instructed to hasten construction works and strictly adhere to completion dates without compromising the quality of the roads that are spread across the country. Speaking on Thursday when he inspected the construction of the 66kms Taveta-Challa-Njukini-Rombo-Illasit Road, Prof. Kindiki said the economy is now stable because of fruitful interventions by the government since 2022 hence the focus on completion of stalled roads and commencement of…
A woman was arrested after police recovered suspected fake foreign currency amounting to USD 25 million during a raid at a residence in Runda, Nairobi. The operation was conducted by officers from Runda Police Station following a case of obtaining money by false pretence that had been reported on February 16, 2026. Police said the officers proceeded to a house along Pan Africa Insurance Lane within Runda Estate, where the main suspect in the fraud case is believed to reside. Upon entering the premises, they found three adult occupants — two workers and a woman believed to be the wife…
Police authorities are pursuing individuals suspected of being illegally in possession of teargas canisters and other ammunition, Interior and National Administration Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has announced. Speaking in Nanyuki, Laikipia County, following a high-level security and consultative meeting with conservancies, the CS revealed that security agencies are also investigating police officers suspected of colluding with criminals to unlawfully issue them teargas and ammunition, warning that those found culpable will face the full force of the law. “The Inspector General of Police is investigating whether some civilians are in possession of teargas canisters or whether there are police officers colluding…
President William Ruto rallied Members of County Assemblies to stand behind his ambitious development plan to take Kenya into the league of first world economies within a generation. He urged MCAs to support the proposed National Infrastructure Fund which, he said, would unlock financial resources necessary to build dams, airports, roads, and extend electricity across the country. “I am asking for your partnership to change Kenya; it is doable; it is possible,” he told the annual County Assemblies Forum meeting held at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre in Nairobi on Thursday. Present were Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi, Nairobi Governor…