Five Kenya Forest Service Officers Charged with Murder of High School Student

Five Kenya Forest Service officers were arraigned at the Eldama Ravine High Court on Monday over the death of 19-year-old high school student Stephen Mwangi in Eldama Ravine, Baringo County, last month. Charles Korir Kipkoech, Lemiso Francis Kiparus, Stanley Njoroge Chege, Simon Mbugua Mwaura, and Eric Mwaura Njenga are accused of jointly causing Mwangi’s death…

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50 Killed, Many Kidnapped in Attack on Northwest Nigerian Village

At least 50 people were killed and an unspecified number kidnapped, including women and children, when gunmen attacked the village of Yargoje in northwest Nigeria over the weekend, residents reported on Monday. A year into President Bola Tinubu’s administration, which promised to address widespread insecurity, attacks in the northwest by armed gangs, often referred to…

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Government Responds to Former President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Claims on Retirement Benefits

The Kenyan government has responded to former President Uhuru Kenyatta’s allegations about inadequate support for his retirement benefits. Kenyatta, through his spokesperson Kanze Dena, claimed that his office has been deprived of its rightful budgetary allocations, forcing him to cover expenses that should be state-funded. Government’s Position Government spokesperson Isaac Mwaura addressed these claims, asserting…

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