US authorities are seeking the extradition of six Kenyan nationals over an alleged business email compromise fraud. Prosecutors say the group deceived American institutions into sending money to accounts the syndicate controlled. USA wants Elvis Omari Obaigwa, Francis Mobisa Asanyo, Peter Omari, Linus Karani, Bernard Morara Osoro and Godfrey Julius Mbogori extradited to the USA, claiming that they were allegedly engaged in business email compromise fraud schemes that siphoned billions of Kenyan shillings from the US government entities and academic institutions. The named suspects face charges tied to a scheme that Kenyan media describe as running into billions of shillings.…
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Mulching robot mowers need regular maintenance to cut neatly, safeguard grass health, and last longer. Blade condition and deck cleanliness impact performance since these machines cut often and leave fine clippings as grass nourishment. Turf accumulation, dull blades, wetness, and improper settings can impair mulching effectiveness and yield inconsistent results. Simple maintenance helps the mower cut grass neatly, distribute clippings uniformly, and operate reliably. A robot mower can cut grass smoother and healthier all season with proper cleaning, blade upkeep, and smart settings. Daily and Weekly Cleaning Routine for Better Performance Removing Grass Clippings from Blade Deck Grass clippings…
Fifa president Gianni Infantino has written to all 211 member associations saying they will receive $40m (£30m) if they back his controversial plan to sell off stakes in its major competitions. Infantino has set a deadline of 19 September for football federations to accept his plans if they want to access an initial $20m (£15m). Football’s world governing body has said it wants to create a commercial subsidiary to run its main events, including the World Cup, and external investors will be able to buy stakes in it. Uefa, European football’s governing body, accused Fifa of using football “to enrich…
Oscar-winning Irish musician Glen Hansard has died in a motorbike crash in Dublin. Hansard, 56, was the frontman for rock group The Frames and also featured in The Commitments. He won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for Falling Slowly in 2008 which he wrote for the low-budget film Once. Hansard was born in Dublin in 1970 and busked on its streets before landing the role of Outspan Foster in Alan Parker’s The Commitments, a 1991 film about a soul band made up of a group of working-class young people from Dublin. He had founded The Frames a year…
French DJ and electro-house musician Kavinsky has been found dead at his home in Paris aged 50. The star, whose real name was Vincent Belorgey, enjoyed a slow-burning hit with his 2010 track Nightcall, which soundtracked the opening credits to the 2011 stylish neo-noir crime movie Drive, starring Ryan Gosling. After being performed at the Paris 2024 Olympics closing ceremony, the modern synthwave cult classic became the most Shazamed song in a single day in the history of the music identifying app. President of France Emmanuel Macron led the tributes to the late DJ, posting on Facebook that Kavinsky was…
Former top US health official Anthony Fauci refused to answer questions at a US Senate hearing about the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic, saying he feared Republican lawmakers would try to use his testimony to prosecute him for perjury. He invoked the Fifth Amendment to the US Constitution, which says no individual can be “compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself”. Days before the hearing, Republican Senator Rand Paul released more than 1,000 pages of Fauci’s pandemic-era writings, in which he mused about fame and the origins of Covid. Fauci said Paul has a grudge against…
Prominent Kenyan clinical psychologist and mental health researcher Dr Victoria Nthunya Mutiso was shot dead by gunmen in a suspected targeted attack in Nairobi on Wednesday morning. Police said Dr Mutiso was ambushed near Kenyatta National Hospital while travelling in a taxi. According to investigators, a four-wheel-drive vehicle blocked the taxi before two gunmen riding on a motorcycle opened fire at close range. She sustained critical gunshot wounds and was rushed to hospital, where she was pronounced dead. She was second wife to Professor David Musyimi Ndetei who is a prominent Kenyan psychiatrist and academic, serving as Professor of Psychiatry…
Japan is reeling from the latest major earthquake to hit the country. Nineteen people are missing at an Aeon shopping centre and a paper factory after the 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit Kyushu island, an official said. The quake has also caused power cuts, damaged roads, collapsed a castle wall and destroyed a footbridge. Information is still coming out of Japan but here is what we know so far. When and where in Japan was the earthquake? The quake hit the Kumamoto prefecture on Kyushu island at 16:27 local time (07:27 GMT) on Tuesday, with hundreds of thousands of people being…
A group of 40 Chinese nationals deported from Uganda passed through Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) on Tuesday morning while on transit to China under a coordinated security operation. The group, comprising 39 men and one woman, arrived at JKIA aboard Kenya Airways Flight from Entebbe at 3:43 a.m. The deportees, who were escorted by Ugandan police officers, were placed in the Prohibited Immigrants Holding Area at Terminal 1A as they awaited formal handover to Chinese authorities. A Chinese escort team later arrived at JKIA aboard China Southern Airlines Flight CZ633, which landed at 6:03 a.m., after which the handover…
Five Kenyan security officers, including four members of the elite Special Operations Group (SOG) and a National Police Reservist (NPR), were killed on Tuesday after their vehicle struck an improvised explosive device (IED) in Mandera County before coming under attack from suspected al-Shabaab militants. The incident occurred in the El-Raamo area of Kutulo, along the Alungu Main Supply Route (MSR), near the Kenya-Somalia border, police said. According to security sources, the IED had allegedly been planted on July 21, with the militants lying in wait for a security patrol before launching the coordinated ambush. The explosion was followed by a…
Defending champion Wycliffe Kinyamal made a strong start to his quest for a historic third consecutive Commonwealth Games men’s 800m title after comfortably winning his opening heat at Scotstoun Stadium on Tuesday. The two-time Commonwealth champion controlled Heat One from the front before crossing the finish line in 1:46.79 to book his place in the semi-finals. Kinyamal, who won gold at the 2018 Gold Coast Games and successfully defended his title in Birmingham in 2022, admitted that retaining the crown comes with enormous expectations. “I have a lot of pressure because being a defending champion is not easy,” Kinyamal said.…
Deputy President Kithure Kindiki says Kenya is ramping up efforts for the establishment of the East Africa oil refinery as it builds consensus with regional partners on the most suitable location for the multi-trillion-shilling investment. The DP said it is important to smoothen the path for the setting up of the Sh2.2 trillion shillings refinery by Nigerian entrepreneur Aliko Dangote who is keen to ensure it is established in the region. “Kenya is keen and is engaging regional partners for consensus on that facility being hosted in this region. It will create jobs hence cushioning our economy and the region…
A Nairobi court convicted a man on seven terrorism-related charges after the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) proved he was a member of the outlawed terrorist group al-Shabaab and possessed extremist propaganda materials. At the Kahawa Law Courts, Principal Magistrate Gideon Kiage found Ibrahim Hussein Hassan guilty of membership in a terrorist organisation, collection of information connected with terrorism, and possession of articles linked to the commission of terrorist acts, all contrary to the Prevention of Terrorism Act, 2012. The prosecution established that on September 6, 2022, at Eastleigh Section III in Nairobi, Hassan was a member…
If you’re a non-technical founder, hiring your first machine learning engineer can feel like buying a car in a language you don’t speak. Everyone sounds confident, the vocabulary is dense, and by the time you realize the fit was wrong, you’ve burned months of runway and a salary you couldn’t really spare. The instinct to hire machine learning engineers is usually right the execution is where founders stumble The good news: almost every mistake here is predictable, which means it’s avoidable. Here are the ones that trip founders up most, and how to get the hire right the first time.…
Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja unveiled plans to construct a state-of-the-art garage to relocate mechanics affected by the ongoing Nairobi River Regeneration Programme, with the facility expected to accommodate up to 1,200 vehicles. Speaking on Monday after separate meetings with leaders of Grogon mechanics and Central Business District (CBD) traders, Sakaja acknowledged that the regeneration works have disrupted businesses but assured stakeholders that the inconvenience is temporary and necessary to pave the way for a cleaner, more organized, and economically vibrant city. “We are planning to build a modern facility that will improve your working conditions, grow your businesses, and create…