The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke The embattled Nairobi Central Police Station OCS, Samson Talam has appeared before the Milimani Law Courts in connection with the death of social media influencer and teacher, Albert Ojwang. Talam was named by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) Chief Mohamed Ibrahim Amina person of interest during a Senate grilling session,…
Portus Chege/The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke The recent death at the hands of Kenyan police of a teacher-cum-blogger painfully recalls the assassination in 2009 of an outspoken human rights activist and brings into sharp focus the spectre of police extrajudicial killing in Kenya. Albert Omondi Ojwang’, a teacher and social media influencer, was tortured before being…
A section of Lol Daiga Conservancy which the British soldier helped to putt after a fire broke in 2021. By BBC A British soldier accused of raping a woman near a controversial army camp in Kenya has been sent back to the UK, as investigations continue, the BBC understands. The alleged rape happened last month close…
Policemen make way for a prison van after a security raid at the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party’s headquarters in Islamabad on July 22, 2024. [AFP] By AFP More than 200 Pakistani inmates escaped from a jail in the mega coastal city of Karachi on Tuesday after several earthquake tremors, government officials said. Of the 216 inmates…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Juja MP George Koimburi has picked by unknown individuals, a day after he escaped a similar situation on a motorcycle. Koimburi was taken on the afternoon of Sunday, during a church sermon in full glare of the congregation,. The congregation watched as Koimburi an ally to former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Members of the Democracy for Citizens Party (DCP) strongly condemn the recent acts of violence, harassment, and intimidation directed at our party and its supporters. These cowardly and criminal acts strike at the core of our democratic ideals—freedom of expression, freedom of association, and the fundamental right of all Kenyans to…
There were chaos at Mwiki PCEA Church in Kasarani after goons struck briefly disrupting a church service attended by former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua. Chaos reigned after unknown individuals attempted to storm the church as the faithful took charge and reinstrated them . There are claims gunshots rent the air during the commotion as faithful…
The front view of Oceanic Bar The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Two administrators in Kiharu are implicated in attacking two helpless bar attendants. On Saturday morning, there was an outcry as the attendants of Oceanic Bar reported after they were physically assaulted by administrators known to them. The two administrators attached at Murang’a East DCC office…
By Abid Hussain/Aljazeera Islamabad, Pakistan – Separatist fighters say they have attacked and seized a train in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan, taking hundreds of people hostage. Railway sources confirmed to Al Jazeera that more than 400 passengers were on board the nine coaches of the Jaffar Express when it was attacked on Tuesday while travelling from…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Police in Uasin Gishu have launched investigations after a man was found to have illegally set up a police patrol base in Cherus Centre, Kesses Sub-County, without the knowledge or authorization of the National Police Service (NPS). Collins Leitich, alias Chepkulei, a resident of Asis Village in Ndugulu location, took it…
