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…
The Mountain Journal Hell broke loose at the troubled Kangunu Farmers Cooperative Society in Mathioya, Murang’a when farmers were lobbed with teargas canisters after the meeting turned chaotic. Unaware of the happening, the farmers as they awaited the presence of senior administrators and Murang’a director of the cooperative were shocked that the meeting they were…
The Mountain Journal A Kenya who fled from the US after he allegedly killed a lady will face a murder charge in Suffolk Superior Court in Boston on September 3. Kelvin Kang’ethe, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) said will face trial in the US after he secured an extradition order from the court. Kang’ethe…
A marketting connector Christine Ndiloko Nyamai found herself in the wrong arm of the law after she was charged with swindling millions of shillings from 45 job seekers while pretending she would facilitate their travel and work abroad. Nyamai was charged that between February 2024 and July 2024 obtained Sh 1.6 million from Beatrice Nkoli…
A former Nevada politician has been found guilty of first degree murder for the death of a journalist who wrote critical stories about his time in office. Robert Telles, 47, has been jailed since 2022 for the stabbing of Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative journalist Jeff German. During trial, prosecutors presented the jury with DNA evidence…
