Monthly Archives: January 2012

Gangsters get away with KShs54million bank heist

Posted on January 31, 2012 by

By Collins Wanzala Police in Nairobi are investigating an incident in which suspected gangsters struck at Barclays Bank in Eastleigh on Sunday evening and made away with KShs54million. Three bank employees and two security guards who were on duty at the bank are being held by police on suspicion of robbery. According to police sources, three gangsters armed with guns attacked the bank posing as customers. The police want to know how the bank manager let armed police officers who were on duty on the material day leave and then allowed customers in after working hours. Normally banks in Kenya do not operate on Sundays but the Eastleigh branch operates … Continue reading →

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Kampala magistrates court defers journalists case

Posted on January 31, 2012 by

By Our Correspondent in Kampala Kampala Chief Magistrate Joyce Kavuma has differed a ruling in a forgery case against the Daily Monitor Managing Editor, Daniel Kalinaki and the paper’s political editor Henry Ochieng. It is alleged that the duo, between July 31, 2009 and August 2, 2009 at the Monitor publication offices in Kampala, published a letter by President Museveni that appeared to have been altered from the correct one written by the Ugandan leader in which he was proposing that elective positions in Bunyoro be ring-fenced formatives that are out-numbered by the majority immigrants. Despite publishing the correct content of the letter on the newspaper website on July 31, the … Continue reading →

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Kenyan army creating havoc among Al Shabaab hierarchy

Posted on January 28, 2012 by

By Collins Wanzala in Nairobi Kenya Defense Forces fighting the Al-Shabaab militia in Somalia have dealt the terror group a big blow rendering them desperate and divided, Colonel Cyrus Oguna, the Kenya’s military spokesman has said. Briefing the press at the Police headquarters in Nairobi during the weekly Linda Nchi press conference (Protect the Nation) Saturday January 28, Col Oguna said that there was also a leadership row at the helm of Al-Shabaab since the killing of its top leaders, among them the head of Al-Qaeda in East Africa Fazul Abdullah Mohammed who was killed in the Somali Capital, Mogadishu in June last year.  Al-Shabaab draws a lot of support in … Continue reading →

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Sudanese leaders meet to discuss deepening crisis over oil

Posted on January 28, 2012 by

The presidents of Sudan and South Sudan are meeting in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa ahead of the African Union annual meeting, to discuss a deepening crisis over sharing their oil wealth. When South Sudan became independent last July, Sudan lost most of its oil. However, the export pipelines go through Sudan, which has seized some $815m (£520m) in oil revenue, accusing the south of not paying transit fees. South Sudan last week said it was suspending oil production, accusing Sudan of “stealing” its oil. The leaders of Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia are trying to broker a deal between South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and his Sudanese counterpart – … Continue reading →

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Kenya Police release proof Mungiki never met at State House

Posted on January 27, 2012 by

By Collins Wanzala in Nairobi Police in Kenya have released names of 33 people from eight different groups who visited State House on November 26, 2007 and held a meeting with President Mwai Kibaki and the then head of the Civil Service Mr. Francis Muthaura, describing them as youths who went to petition the President to help the youths in reciprocation of campaigning for him. The purpose of the release is an attempt by supporters of former Finance Minister Uhuru Kenyatta and former Head of the Civil Service Francis Muthaura to show that the International Criminal Court (ICC) was wrong to say both held a meeting of the Mungiki, a … Continue reading →

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Libya’s transitional government struggling to exert control

Posted on January 27, 2012 by

By Liam Stack Torture and death in detention have become widespread problems in post-war Libya, international humanitarian groups said Thursday, a troubling indication that some Qaddafi-era abuses continue under the fractured rule of the country’s interim government and regionally organized militias.  Amnesty International (AI) said in a statement that “several” people had been tortured to death in detention “by officially recognized military and security entities,” as well as by “a multitude of armed militias.” AI said its researchers in Libya met detainees in prisons in and around the cities of Tripoli, Misurata and Gharyan who bore injuries consistent with torture, including open wounds on their heads, limbs and back. Many … Continue reading →

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Ex Police Commissioner thankful to ICC for sparing him a trial

Posted on January 26, 2012 by

BY COLLINS WANZALA IN NAIROBI Former Kenya Commissioner of Police Maj Gen Hussein Ali (Rtd) has come out openly for the first time to speak on the International Criminal Court (ICC) by describing his satisfaction at the court decision to set him free alongside a former Cabinet Minister Mr. Henry Kosgey.   The former Police Commissioner told a press conference he addressed at a hotel in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi Wednesday that he wished the other four Kenyans whose cases were confirmed on Monday the best of luck. He also   wished the Post-Election Violence victims and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) the best in the days to come saying justice and … Continue reading →

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AMISOM to train Somali police

Posted on January 21, 2012 by

By Collins Wanzala in Nairobi The Police Component of the African Union Mission for Somalia (AMISOM) has launched a capacity building and leadership-training, contributing to an ongoing Somali Police Force (SPF) training of 97 junior police commanders. The training which is currently underway at Brigadier General Kahiye Police Academy in Mogadishu has been organized and funded by the Somali Police Force. A statement released by AMISOM  said that the 12-week training course will equip junior Somali police commanders selected from various police stations across Mogadishu with skills and knowledge to perform their duties in newly liberated areas of Mogadishu. AMISOM’s Police Training Co-coordinator identified only as Dr Benjamin was quoted … Continue reading →

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Congolese businessman denies Kabila accusations

Posted on January 15, 2012 by

By Collins Wanzala in Nairobi A businessmen named by the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)’s President Joseph Kabila as being involved in the smuggling of KShs 8 billion worth of gold from his country, has refuted the allegations saying he is a genuine businessman involved in a haulage business and sports administration. In an exclusive interview with The London Evening Post, Mr Elly Mboni Kalekwa said he has never been involved in the gold business but only trades in transport, gaming and betting and running his Kenyan Premier League team Sofapaka Football Club which he founded in July, 2004.  The Congolese leader travelled to Nairobi on March 03 last year to meet his … Continue reading →

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Al Shabaab now forcibly recruiting young boys

Posted on January 10, 2012 by

By Collins Wanzala in Nairobi The war on Al-Shabaab has a taken a new dimension as fighters in southern regions of Somalia on Saturday issued strict orders against young boys living under their control especially in Lower and middle Shabelle region in southern Somalia to join the ongoing battle against the United Nations (UN) backed Somalia government and African Union  (AU) peacekeepers in Mogadishu. Al- Shabaab rebel group are also reported to be recruiting local Koran teachers in the area in its effort to counter government forces in parts of southern Somalia. Area rebel leader Yussuf Kaba-kutukade was recently quoted as ordering Koran teachers to immediately register themselves together with … Continue reading →

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