Kenya’s police service announces plans to beef up numbers with 10,000 recruits

Kenya’s police service announces plans to beef up numbers with 10,000 recruits

The NPSC, chaired by Amani Yuda Komora, used the Mombasa sitting to deliberate on human resource matters and officially named Collette Suda as the commission’s vice chairperson.

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Interior minister issues routine ‘stern warning’ to bootleg whisky traffickers as Somali insurgents ravage north-eastern Kenya    

Interior minister issues routine ‘stern warning’ to bootleg whisky traffickers as Somali insurgents ravage north-eastern Kenya    

The cabinet secretary said a special security team covering all counties has been formed to deal with the issue of criminal gangs, noting that already 175 suspected goons have been arrested in Trans Nzoia County and arraigned in court.

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Kenya steps up efforts to protect effort to safeguard vast ocean wealth through MSP

Kenya steps up efforts to protect effort to safeguard vast ocean wealth through MSP

Kenya is now positioning itself to achieve 100 per cent transparency and compliance in all industrial fishing vessels by 2030 through the adoption of Electronic Monitoring (EM) systems. These systems, equipped with on-board cameras, GPS and sensors.

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Kenya: Investigating agencies detail how Ruto regime uses budget cuts to protect rogue police

Kenya: Investigating agencies detail how Ruto regime uses budget cuts to protect rogue police

IPOA long-standing frustrations are captured by Independent Medico-Legal Unit (IMLU), which in June this year launched a report titled, Silenced but Unbowed, that details police criminality and obstruction of justice.

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Jubilee Asset Management Ltd expand to Mombasa as it eyes bigger stake in Kenya’s economy

Jubilee Asset Management Ltd expand to Mombasa as it eyes bigger stake in Kenya’s economy

According to the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS), the port city is home to over 1.5 million ($115,920) people, and the population is expected to rise to 3.2 million ($247,296) by 2040.

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Somalis defy al Shaabab militants to celebrate Prophet Muhammad’s birthday

Somalis defy al Shaabab militants to celebrate Prophet Muhammad’s birthday

Some young people filmed the processions on their phones, livestreaming chants to friends abroad, while others hoisted banners adorned with verses of praise. Security forces, rifles slung over their shoulders, stood at the edges of the crowds, scanning for threats but unable to suppress the festive mood.

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African states moot plan to front climate change and conflict during international forums

African states moot plan to front climate change and conflict during international forums

Common African Positions aren’t normally concerned with this because we understand that things change from time to time, and this is a document that is going to guide the African Union and Africa for the next decade or more. So we can’t base that on particular changes or political issues, temporary political issues around the world, because things change all the time.

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Kenya building 8th international status airport in world-famous Masai Mara Game Reserve

Kenya building 8th international status airport in world-famous Masai Mara Game Reserve

Masai Mara International Airport will be the eighth such facility in Kenya after Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Moi International Airport in Mombasa, Malindi Airport, Kisumu Airport, Eldoret Airport, Wajir International Airport and Kakuma Airport.

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Safety of students in Kenyan boarding schools questioned again following mysterious murder of pupil

Safety of students in Kenyan boarding schools questioned again following mysterious murder of pupil

Preliminary investigations revealed blood smeared on a bench outside the dormitory, traces of blood in the boys’ toilet, and drops of blood in the clothesline area, suggesting the boy may have been attacked elsewhere before returning to the dormitory.

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US health secretary engages senators in fiery exchanges, accuses CDC of grand corruption

US health secretary engages senators in fiery exchanges, accuses CDC of grand corruption

Senators accused Kennedy of holding a contradictory position on Operation Warp Speed, which Senator Bill Cassidy (Republican-Los Angeles) said deserved a Nobel Prize, but few gave him time to respond to the accusations.

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