A father and his son were sentenced on Wednesday to a one-year jail term each for assaulting a woman on false claims of causing the disappearance of the son’s genitals. Benson Ngala Daniel, 49, and Ruphus Chai Ngala, 19, pleaded guilty to assault causing actual bodily harm contrary to Section 251 of the Penal Code. Kilifi Principal Magistrate Ivy Wasike heard that the two jointly and unlawfully assaulted Asha Samini, occasioning her actual bodily harm. The incident occurred on July 5, 2026, at around 5.00 p.m. in Mdangarani village, Kauma sub-county, Kilifi county. The two convicts ignited the incident when…
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Tehran has launched fresh attacks on US military bases in neighbouring Gulf states, while Washington continued to strike sites across Iran overnight. Tehran said it had struck targets in the region, including in Jordan, Kuwait and Bahrain, as a sixth day of renewed hostilities strained their preliminary deal to end the war. Meanwhile, the US military said it inflicted a six-hour wave of strikes in multiple locations to “degrade Iran’s ability to threaten innocent mariners” in the Strait of Hormuz. The latest exchanges came after US President Donald Trump warned Iran it had “better behave” or face further military action…
Police in Ruiru, Kiambu County, launched investigations after the body of an unidentified man was discovered floating in a drainage tunnel near Zetech University. The incident was reported on Wednesday by officials from the university, who alerted authorities after spotting a body in the drainage system outside the institution. Police officers responded to the scene along the Thika Superhighway and confirmed the report. Preliminary investigations established that the body of a middle-aged man was found floating in sewage water inside the drainage tunnel. Police said the deceased had not yet been identified and the cause of death could not be…
Defending champions Ruaraka A maintained their flawless start to the Nairobi County Cricket Association (NCCA) Super Division 50-Overs League with a commanding 127-run victory over Nairobi Gymkhana A, thanks to another batting masterclass from Satyalaksha Jain and Omkar Ghule. The win, their third in as many matches, lifted Ruaraka A to the top of the standings on 12 points, underlining their dominance in the opening weeks of the season. Batting first at Sir Ali Ground after Gymkhana opted to field, Ruaraka piled up a daunting 389 all out in 49.5 overs. Jain smashed a breathtaking 164 from 107 deliveries, striking…
A special police team has begun investigating the killing of a provincial leader of an anti-migrant group in South Africa. Police confirmed that Andile Mvuyelwa Somgxada, the Gauteng province leader of March and March, was shot outside his home east of Johannesburg earlier this month and died several days later in hospital. “It’s a retaliation,” March and March spokesperson Sandile Dube told the BBC, explaining how the movement believed he was targeted because of its campaign to get undocumented migrants to leave the country. He said other leaders of March and March, which has been organising anti-migrant demonstrations across the…
Veteran sports administrator and table tennis icon Jane Pinto has died at the age of 91, exactly one week after celebrating her birthday. Pinto passed away in Nairobi on Wednesday, bringing to a close a remarkable career that spanned decades and left an enduring mark on Kenyan and international table tennis. She served as President of the Kenya Table Tennis Association from 2002 to 2014, having previously held the position of Deputy President for eight years. During her leadership, she played a pivotal role in transforming the sport in Kenya by strengthening the national team and championing opportunities for talented…
A day after Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were directed to halt most traffic stops in the wake of two fatal shootings by federal officers, President Donald Trump urged them to resume. Trump’s administration ordered the pause on most ICE traffic stops on Tuesday, after the fatal shootings of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston and Joan Sebastian Durán Guerrero in Biddeford, Maine, prompted calls for independent investigations and reignited criticism of the agency. Both were killed during federal immigration enforcement operations, but neither man was the target of those operations, sources have said. The nation’s border czar, Tom Homan, on…
Billionaire Elon Musk likely broke Wisconsin law when he handed out $1 million checks to voters in the 2025 state Supreme Court election, a bipartisan panel has found. The Wisconsin Elections Commission last week referred two complaints to the Brown County district attorney’s office, which can choose to bring criminal charges over violating the state law against election bribery. Prosecutors have 40 days to report back to the commission. Musk, the founder of SpaceX and CEO of Tesla, was deeply involved in the effort to flip majority control of the highest court in battleground Wisconsin. The tech titan and groups…
The government fulfilled President William Ruto’s pledge of Sh20 million to the Harambee Starlets and Junior Starlets, handing over the funds as Kenya’s senior women’s national team departed for the 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) in Morocco. The cash reward was delivered on Wednesday by Sports Principal Secretary Elijah Mwangi during a farewell meeting with the Harambee Starlets before their departure. President Ruto had made the pledge during the teams’ visit to State House on Tuesday, announcing Sh10 million for the Harambee Starlets and a similar amount for the Junior Starlets as part of efforts to motivate and…
Iran threatened to block further trading routes in the region, as the US launched a fresh wave of strikes on military targets. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said the Strait of Hormuz would remain shut until the US ended its “acts of aggression”. They also threatened to close off other regional oil and gas export channels. The warning came as the US military’s Central Command (Centcom) said it had carried out drone, air and navy strikes on Iran on Wednesday morning, following another seven-hour operation overnight. Fresh hostilities between the US and Iran in recent days have served to underscore the strategic…
Sir Keir Starmer told MPs it was the “end of my political journey” and he was “proud of everything I have achieved” at his final Prime Minister’s Questions before standing down. Normal political hostilities were largely set aside during the 50 minute session, as MPs on all sides paid tribute to the departing PM, traded jokes and shared anecdotes. There were tears from some of Sir Keir’s closest allies, with the outgoing PM thanking his staff who he said had been “prepared to walk through fire for me”. As he left the chamber, he was given a standing ovation by…
The head of a bogus government agency allegedly set up in the Nigerian president’s office has been arrested after weeks in hiding. Adeniyi Adeyemi Matthew described himself as director general of what he called the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC). He was detained in the south-western state of Osun State. His arrest followed a warrant issued on Tuesday by the Federal High Court in the capital, Abuja, after he failed to appear at a hearing to face charges of forgery and impersonation. The case has gripped Nigeria since President Bola Tinubu ordered a corruption investigation into the fictitious agency…
Deputy President Kithure Kindiki says the country is witnessing unprecedented transformation in every part of the nation courtesy of an all-inclusive development agenda being pursued by the government. The DP affirmed that the relentless pursuit of national development is informed by the need to elevate the socio-economic status of each of the 47 counties including those that previously suffered marginalization. “I am very happy to support the President in running the affairs of this country because for the first time in every county, in every part of Kenya we have big projects that we can talk about: roads, electricity, water,…
Sierra Leone’s government has dropped its charges, including treason, against ex-President Ernest Bai Koroma, who was arrested in connection with an attempted coup nearly three years ago. The charges had been dropped on health grounds, Information Minister Chernor Bah told the BBC. The 72-year-old former president has always denied involvement in the November 2023 attempted coup when gunmen broke into a military armoury and several prisons, freeing almost 2,000 inmates. Responding to his case being dropped, Koroma noted his “enduring conviction that peace, justice and reconciliation must always triumph over adversity”. In his statement on Tuesday, Koroma also expressed gratitude…
The Catholic Bishop of Maralal, Hieronymus Emusugut Joya, has suspended seven priests and announced sweeping accountability measures aimed at strengthening clergy discipline, financial transparency, and the administration of Church property in the Diocese of Maralal. In a four-page pastoral letter dated July 12, Bishop Joya said the decisions followed an assessment of the diocese and the receipt of what he described as “credible information” regarding the conduct of some clergy and the management of Church resources. Reflecting on nearly four years since assuming leadership of the northern Kenya diocese in October 2022, the bishop said he inherited significant financial, administrative,…