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Sean “Diddy” Combs is once again asking the court to release him on bail while he awaits sentencing this October. According to TMZ, his legal team just filed a new motion proposing a $50 million bail package. Diddy was found guilty of two counts under the Mann Act, which involves transporting people across state lines…
A dire education crisis is unfolding in Tharaka Constituency, where hundreds of learners attend classes in crumbling buildings with leaking roofs, cracked walls, and inadequate sanitation. Citizen Digital reports Six public schools in the area—Kathanga, Kiairanthi, Gatiriku, Gakuyu, and Kathandeni primary schools—are facing a severe lack of amenities, with pupils also exposed to risks such…
Two police officers who were found guilty of torturing to death a 31-year-old man for failing to wear a face mask five years ago will serve 35 year in prison, an Eldoret High Court ruled on Monday. Citizen Digital reports. Presiding Judge Reuben Nyakundi stated the duo, Emmanuel Wafula 38, and Godfrey Sirengo 35, had…
When Zubeida Kananu first walked into a Kenyan newsroom nearly two decades ago, she quickly realised what the pecking order looked like. Men set the agenda, occupied the leadership desks, and dictated the subjects and the tone of the news. Stories about women’s health, family struggles, or gender-based violence were often derided as “soft” or unworthy of…
BOSTON — A flight attendant accused of taping his cellphone to the lid of an airplane toilet to secretly film young girls was sentenced to just under 20 years in prison Wednesday. Former American Airlines flight attendant Estes Carter Thompson III received a sentence of 18.5 years, followed by five years of supervised release. Boston U.S. District Court…
Several children were killed in an Israeli airstrike at a water distribution point in central Gaza Sunday, health officials said, one of several deadly incidents in the territory that come as ceasefire talks in Doha falter. CNN reports. Hopes had been high for the latest negotiations but after days of negotiations the two sides accused each other…
Resurgent jihadist attacks, huge cuts in foreign aid and a spiralling cost of living: hunger is looming in northeastern Nigeria, where more than a million people face starvation. AFP reports Before insurgency upended daily life, Damboa was a regional farming hub. Today it stands on the frontline of survival. Located around 90 kilometres (55 miles)…
The nation is in shock after revelations that Susan Njoki, a nurse and founder of Toto Touch organisation, was strangled to death at Chiromo Hospital Group, Braeside branch. An autopsy conducted by six pathologists confirmed that Njoki was killed approximately four hours after her last meal last on Tuesday, a day after she was admitted…
Manyatta Member of Parliament Gitonga Mukunji has filed a petition against the Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja, the Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) Mohamed Ibrahim Amin, and the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Renson Ingonga, over his arrest during the Saba Saba protests. The lawsuit, filed at the High Court in Milimani, alleges a…
The government says police have rescued four individuals and are investigating the mysterious deaths of at least three others in a suspected case of religious radicalisation in the Binzaro village of Chakama, Kilifi County. In a statement on Tuesday, the Interior Ministry said police are conducting an operation on a secluded five-acre homestead following a…