Law of the jungle? Court jails Besigye lawyer for 9 months without ...
4 days ago · One of the over 30 lawyers representing Dr Kizza Besigye and his aide Obeid Lutale has been jailed by a Ugandan military court, despite not being formally charged. Lawyer Eron Kiiza was swiftly sentenced to nine months in Kitalya Prison for contempt of court on Tuesday. He was arrested inside the ...
It’s 2025, expose sex offenders and let children be children
4 days ago · Throughout my teens, I received unwanted attention from grown men, including some family friends, which I was ill-equipped to stop. I remember one family friend asking me to hug him and write him a love letter, and yet another, a youth pastor, inviting me to stay back in his office one day after the youth service “just to talk”.
Why ‘Occupy concerts’ trend is causing sleepless nights ... - Nation
6 days ago · On New Year’s eve, as Nairobi’s skyline lit up with fireworks to welcome 2025, chaos brewed outside the gates of Uhuru Gardens. Groups of young Kenyans, emboldened and unrelenting, gathered at the venue, buzzing with anticipation. Their plan was simple: overwhelm security, force their way in and ...
State to parents: Take Grade 7 pupils to school as they wait
4 days ago · Parents with learners who sat the Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA) last year have been asked to allow the children to proceed to Grade 7 even as they wait for their results. This came after reports that some learners did not report to school on Monday as the results are not yet to ...
Cash crunch and grade 9 crisis: Rough start for schools, again
5 days ago · Once again, millions of learners will resume learning in primary, junior, and secondary schools today amid various challenges that have continually plagued Kenya’s basic education sector. Schools will open without the 50 per cent annual capitation due to them, while some learning centres will not ...
Cosmetic surgery caused me gangrene, seizure; can I hold the …
6 days ago · The Constitution guarantees the right to health, which includes access to the highest attainable standard of healthcare. This right extends to all medical procedures, including cosmetic surgery, and healthcare providers are expected to deliver …
KV league: Pipeline, DCI prepare for showdown in Iten | Nation
4 days ago · Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) women’s volleyball team assistant coach Patrick Sang has dismissed past results, saying history will count for nothing when they face former champions Kenya Pipeline in the third leg of the Kenya Volleyball Federation (KVF) National League. The matches ...
Africans with Kenyan roots to get citizenship if draft law passes
6 days ago · The Kenya Citizenship and Immigration (Amendment) Bill, 2024 sponsored by Suba South MP Caroli Omondi seeks to enable Africans in the diaspora but with Kenyan roots to acquire citizenship through an expedited process. Africans in the diaspora who claim Kenyan descent by ancestry will be allowed to ...
Relief for borrowers, guarantors as law prohibiting harassment of ...
5 days ago · “A non-deposit-taking microfinance business (MFB) shall, in the course of debt collection or loan recovery a) not harass, abuse or oppress a borrower, guarantor or any person in connection with collection or recovery of a debt, b) not threaten or use violence or illegal means in collection or recovery of a debt, or c) not use obscene or profane language to a borrower, …
Who released them? Unanswered questions on abductions
4 days ago · Sometime in September, 2022, then acting Inspector-General of Police Noor Gabow summoned Mohammed Amin to Jogoo House. At that time, Mr Amin was the Director of Police at the Internal Affairs Unit in Upper Hill. After hours of discussion, Mr Amin was handed the task of leading investigations into ...