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A 36-year-old man has been handed a life sentence after the Kibera Law Courts found him guilty of defiling his 13-year-old daughter. Principal Magistrate Zainab Abdul also imposed an additional five-year term for cruelty, after evidence showed the man repeatedly assaulted the child with a knife and pinched her ears …

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has unveiled plans to scale up security operations on Lake Victoria to address persistent disputes affecting Kenyan fishermen. Speaking at the Jukwaa La Usalama forum in Kisumu, Murkomen said the lake has long been a hotspot of tension, particularly in relations with Uganda, and stressed …

Kisii County topped the list of best-performing devolved units after surpassing its revenue collection target by 178 percent, raising Sh1.53 billion in the 2024/2025 financial year, according to new data from the Controller of Budget (CoB). Click here to join our WhatsApp Channel The County Governments Budget Implementation Review Report …

The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has reiterated its pledge to deliver free, fair, and transparent by-elections scheduled for November 27, 2025. Chairperson Edung Ethekon gave the assurance on Thursday while meeting gazetted Returning Officers and staff during a planning session to assess preparedness and logistics. Click here to …

The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has promoted 117 magistrates across different levels, in a move aimed at boosting the country’s judicial capacity and improving access to justice. The promotions, which were confirmed during commission meetings on September 11 and 15, 2025, followed interviews held between August 4 and 13, 2025. …

Chad’s national assembly has endorsed constitutional revisions that would extend the presidential term from five to seven years and allow the president to serve an unlimited number of times. President Mahamat Idriss Deby seized power in Chad after his father, long-serving President Idriss Deby, was killed as he was visiting …

The Kenya Meteorological Department has announced that several parts of the country will experience rainfall this week, though many areas will remain largely sunny and dry. In its weekly forecast for September 16–22, the department said showers are expected in sections of the Central Highlands, including Nairobi, as well as …

Police in Athi River, Machakos County, arrested a man on Sunday night and recovered four goats after intercepting a suspected livestock theft operation. A motor vehicle believed to have been used in the crime was also impounded. Click here to join our WhatsApp Channel According to authorities, the arrested man …

A Safaricom PLC manager on Monday testified that call data records linked a mobile number registered to Isaiah Murangiri to activity within Nairobi’s Central Business District, contradicting Murangiri’s earlier statement that he had stopped using the line a year earlier. Murangiri is a witness in the inquest into the shooting …

A court in Zambia has sentenced two men to two years in prison for attempting to use witchcraft to kill President Hakainde Hichilema. Zambian Leonard Phiri and Mozambican Jasten Mabulesse Candunde were convicted under the Witchcraft Act after being arrested in December with charms in their possession, including a live …