Legal Matters

Life Imprisonment For A Man Who Married A Ten-Year-Old Girl

A Narok court has slapped a fifty-year-old man with a life sentence after he pleaded guilty of defiling and marrying off a ten-year-old girl.Saigulu Ololosereka who appeared before Narok Senior Resident Magistrate Phyllis Shinyada was faced with two co…

Police Target Criminal Gangs As Security Is Beefed Up

The government has assured residents of Trans Nzoia County of their security following a recent wave of crime in the region.Area County Commissioner Mr. Mathias Rioba made the assurance at Kolongei village, Matumbei location in Endebess Sub County wher…

Woman Convicted For Subjecting Her Two Children To FGM

A 30 year -old woman who was convicted on her own plea of guilty for aiding Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) to her two daughters will remain in custody for two weeks as she awaits the court’s verdict.Nooparakuo Rinka confessed to have subjected her dau…

Narok Court Convicts 50-Year-Old Man For Marrying 9-Year-Old Girl

A Narok court has convicted a fifty-year-old man on his own plea of guilty for marrying a nine-year-old girl in the year 2019 at Entasekera area in Narok South Sub County.Mzee Saigilu Ololosereka, who appeared before Narok Senior Resident Magistrate Ph…

Kenyan Police Investigate LGBTQ Activist’s Death

NAIROBI, KENYA — Kenyan police are investigating the apparent killing of a gay model and activist. LGBTQ rights groups allege he was the victim of a hate crime.The body of Edwin Chiloba, an LGBTQ activist, was found Wednesday in the western Kenyan town…

Ivory Smugglers Slapped With 5-Years Imprisonment

Two men have been convicted and sentenced to five years’ imprisonment by a Loitoktok law court for dealing in animal trophy.Bilas Venance Shayo a resident of Meto in Tanzania and Joseph Mutisya a resident of Kalungu in Kibwezi, Makueni County were conv…

Fight against drugs: Seychelles to set up drug observatory

Work has begun to set up a National Drug Observatory (NDO) in Seychelles that will help the health authorities collect, analyse and share information related to the supply and demand of drugs in the country.Representatives from the United Nations Offic…

Twin Suicide Bombing in Central Somalia Kills 15

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA — Somali authorities say two bombings targeting officials Wednesday have killed at least 15 people in the town of Mahas in central Hiran region, about 300 kilometers north of the capital, Mogadishu.Mumin Mohamed Halane, the mayor of …

KENYAN TROOPS INTENSIFY PATROLS IN ITURI PROVINCE

The Kenya Quick Reaction Force KEN QRF 2 deployed in the Democratic Republic of Congo under United Nations Organization Stabilisation Mission in Congo (MONUSCO) are conducting dominance patrols, in the general area of Eringeti in Ituri province.The tro…