ByNalini Sivathasan, Patrick Clahane & Debula Kemoli BBC News Investigations & Africa Eye TikTok is profiting from sexual livestreams performed by teens as young as 15, the BBC has been told. We spoke to three women in Kenya who said they began this activity as teenagers. They told us they used TikTok to openly advertise…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Murang’a water Company (Muwasco) lost water infrastructure worth Sh4 million in the past six months, with the majority found in the scrap metal dealers. In a major operation in Murang’a town, Muwasco staff and the police netted three suspects who were cornered with water equipment. The crack down follows many of…
Photo: A section of the owners of the 2,000 acres of land under Tumu Tumu/ Mathingira farm. The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Protest has emerged in TumuTumu/ Mathingira Farm in Machakos County following claims that the locals are subject to arrest by the law enforcers. The land measuring 2,000 acres is occupied by 1,500 people whose…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke The Law Society of Kenya (LSK) has called for the resignation of Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja, citing his failure to uphold his core mandate of protecting Kenyans. The call by the lawyers comes amid a national outcry over the alleged abductions of social media users critical of President William…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Turkana South MP John Ariko Namoit was arrested yesterday in Eldoret, the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party has claimed. ODM in a statement alleged that officers from DCI arrested Ariko. “DCI officers in Eldoret have this evening arrested Turkana South MP John Ariko, our National Vice Chairman, without any explanation. He…
The US Defense Department said Tuesday that it had released a Kenyan man from its Guantanamo prison, leaving 29 men still held extrajudicially at the American base in Cuba. Mohammed Abdul Malik Bajabu was repatriated to Kenya after it was determined that his detention was “no longer necessary to protect against a continuing significant threat…
By BBC The UK and US governments have imposed sanctions on a British-Kenyan businessman over his alleged involvement in the illicit gold trade. Kamlesh Pattni, and four others including his wife and brother-in-law, will have their assets frozen, a statement from the UK Foreign and Commonwealth and Development Office read. He was implicated in one of Kenya’s…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua detailed how an attack was executed against him. Gachagua attack occured when he was in a funeral in Limuru in Kiambu county. He has revealed that the goons approached him while heading to his car and subsequently stoned it and hit it with iron bars. “I…
BBC News, Polokwane The case of two black women who were allegedly shot and fed to pigs by a white farmer and two of his workers has caused outrage in South Africa. Maria Makgato, 45, and Lucia Ndlovu, 34, were allegedly looking for food on the farm near Polokwane in South Africa’s northern Limpopo province…
The Mountain Journal The besieged Deputy Inspector General of Police Gilbert Masengeli appeared in court on and apologised, as he explained his absence from the court for seven summons. In the witness stand, Masengeli, said his absence from court followed official duties as the major reason for his non-appearance. He told the court that he…
