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More than 1,500 killed between April and June in Haiti
UN News  |  Aug 02, 2025

As many gangs expand their territory, they have committed human rights violations, according to the UN, including extrajudicial killings, child exploi...

Kwale: Several suspected gang members arrested in major crackdown
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Aug 02, 2025

The suspects were apprehended on Friday, August 1 after officers acted on a public tip-off that led them to a hideout in the Ngeneni area, where weapo...

SHA announces 65 job vacancies as 225 former NHIF staff remain in limbo
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jul 29, 2025

In the notice, SHA urged qualified individuals to apply online or submit their applications physically to its headquarters on Ragati Road, Nairobi, by...

Court hears how police surveillance systems tracked suspects in Ahmed Rashid murder case
Carolyne Kubwa  |  Jul 28, 2025

According to intelligence officer Fredrick Gichuki, on March 31, 2017, a group of young men believed to be members of the notorious ‘Gaza’ gang boarde...

Court rules ex-NHIF staff to retain salaries after SHA transition
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jul 26, 2025

The decision came after a petition filed by some former NHIF workers who wanted the court to intervene and stop a reduction of their salaries followin...

Haiti: Violence and displacement driving humanitarian crisis as funding needs go unmet
UN News  |  Jul 24, 2025

Nearly 1.3 million people in the Caribbean country have fled their homes, with an additional 15,000 uprooted last week after armed attacks in the comm...

UK sanctions 25 people-smuggling kingpins, enablers in global crackdown
Mary Wambui  |  Jul 23, 2025

The sanctions aim to disrupt the flow of money and materials that sustain these criminal networks, freezing property, bank accounts and other assets u...

SHA disburses Sh3 billion for emergency, oncology and dialysis services
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jul 22, 2025

The Authority further disclosed that reviews for inpatient care, surgical packages and other services are ongoing, adding that payments for these will...

US set to deport permanent residents over Haitian gang links
DW News  |  Jul 22, 2025

Thousands have been killed by gang violence that has swept Haiti in recent years. The Trump administration previously classified one of the main armed...

SHA eases hospital cash strain with two-phase claims payment
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jul 15, 2025

The development follows persistent complaints from a section of health providers about payment delays, which they say have disrupted service delivery...

NHIF staff face fresh vetting for SHA jobs as court upholds open hiring mandate
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jul 13, 2025

In his judgment, Justice Byrum Ongaya clarified that the key concern was not job loss, but whether the transition followed due process.

Nearly 5,000 killed in Haiti gang violence between October and June 2025 - UN
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jul 12, 2025

To help stabilise the situation, Kenya is leading a multinational support mission to assist the Haitian National Police. The team includes officers fr...

Nigeria records 2,266 insurgent-related deaths in first half of 2025
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Jul 09, 2025

The deaths, documented nationwide, represent more than double the 1,083 fatalities recorded during the same period last year and the 2,194 fatalities...

Mercy Mwangangi to face Senate over Sh9 billion SHA debt to counties
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jul 05, 2025

The committee wants a clear breakdown of the outstanding balances, a payment schedule, and the current status of remittances to all 47 counties.

Former MCA files petition to impeach Governor Sakaja over gross misconduct, abuse of office
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Jul 03, 2025

Achar claims Sakaja abused his powers by allegedly hiring criminal gangs on June 17 to disrupt peaceful anti-government protests in Nairobi, saying th...

Haitian capital ‘paralysed and isolated’ by gang violence, Security Council hears
UN News  |  Jul 03, 2025

Since January, the UN Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH), recorded over 4,000 individuals deliberately killed – a 24 per cent increase compared to the...

Garissa County Commissioner Mohamed Mwabudzo warns youth against Libya-based human trafficking syndicate
Issa Hussein  |  Jul 01, 2025

Garissa County Commissioner Mohamed Mwabudzo expressed concern that families were being impoverished by selling their livestock to raise ransom money...

Haiti on the brink: Gangs fill power vacuum as current solutions fail a nation in crisis
The Conversation  |  Jun 18, 2025

But rather than charting a path to stability, the CPT remains mired in dysfunction as Haiti’s crisis deepens with no end in sight. Armed gangs now con...

Family of missing officer in Haiti moves to court in search for answers
Carolyne Kubwa  |  Jun 17, 2025

Benedict Kabiru disappeared in Haiti on March 26 this year. However, the family has criticised the State’s silence on whether he is still alive.

SHA in crisis: Former NHIF staff in limbo amid Sh9bn retirement gap and court blow to hiring plan
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jun 10, 2025

More than 1,800 workers from NHIF were absorbed into SHA, and many who are nearing or past retirement age had hoped for a retirement package.

Haiti’s interim government loses control as gangs demand a seat at the table
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jun 02, 2025

The report released on June 1, 2025 states that few Haitian government officials still operating are cornered in Pétion-Ville, an affluent hillside ne...

UN urged to rethink peacekeeping mandates to tackle organised crime in conflict zones
Mary Wambui  |  May 29, 2025

The findings come at a time when peacekeeping operations in the world are folding, with the last United Nations mission having been deployed in 2014.

One year on: Kenyan-led Haiti Mission faces uncertain future amid logistical and funding crises
Mary Wambui  |  May 16, 2025

The report highlights that the mission is caught between political realignment in the United States and paralysis in international aid efforts, leavin...

State moves to sign pacts on medical evacuation, territorial access for Kenyan police officers in Haiti
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 11, 2025

Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi is expected in the Dominican Republic capital, Santo Doming,o between May 11 and 13 to hold talks with the co...

Four suspects linked to criminal gang arrested over Kasipul MP Charles Were murder
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 04, 2025

The probe has now been extended to Kasipul Constituency in Homa Bay County, as detectives investigate the possibility of political motives behind the...

261 officers stranded as deployment to Haiti stalls due to lack of equipment, support
Mary Wambui  |  Apr 22, 2025

The United States, the mission's main financier, stated that it could not continue shouldering such a significant burden, while France announced a con...

UN forum renews calls for France to repay Haiti’s independence ‘ransom’
UN News  |  Apr 21, 2025

Officially, the payment was meant to compensate French plantation owners for “lost property” following independence, but the amount far exceeded actua...

Haiti ‘awash’ with guns leaving population ‘absolutely terrified’
UN News  |  Apr 20, 2025

"The gangs have powerful automatic weapons that fire many rounds per minute as well as sniper rifles which some gang members have been trained on. Peo...

DCI dismisses 'gangsters paradise' claims, assures heightened security in Coast region
Farhiya Hussein  |  Apr 19, 2025

Amin urged the public to continue cooperating with security agencies and to report any suspicious activity through the appropriate legal channels.

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