CA Director-General David Mugonyi Stories

Kenya ranked Africa’s top ICT regulator, 20th globally in ITU report
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Jun 05, 2025

The ITU, which is the UN’s specialised agency for information and communication technologies, ranked Kenya 20th globally out of 194 countries assessed...

US vetoes UN Security Council draft resolution demanding immediate Gaza ceasefire
XINHUA  |  Jun 05, 2025

The draft resolution, tabled by the 10 elected members of the Security Council, won the support of 14 out of the 15 members of the council.

Tanzania denies torturing Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi and Uganda’s Agather Atuhaire
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jun 04, 2025

Dar es Salaam’s Special Police Zone Commander, Jumanne Muliro, rubbished the claims, describing them as personal opinions that should have been addres...

Rights groups demand justice after torture of activists Mwangi and Atuhaire in Tanzania
Barack Oduor  |  Jun 03, 2025

The Police Reforms Working Group – Kenya, a coalition of national and grassroots organisations, is pushing to petition Kenyan and Ugandan parliamentar...

Tanzania to revive TPI Arusha to boost local ARV production amid foreign aid cuts
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Jun 03, 2025

Tanzania has been a huge benefactor of foreign ARV aid in the past, particularly from the US President's Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (PEPFAR).

Governor Mbarire's outburst exposes deepening internal conflicts within UDA
Barack Oduor  |  Jun 03, 2025

An angry Mbarire issued a stern warning to certain government officials plotting against her in alleged clandestine night meetings.

Gulf states call for Gaza truce, support Syria at ministerial session
XINHUA  |  Jun 03, 2025

The ministers condemned "attempts to displace the population of the Gaza Strip".

Human rights groups demand sanctions on Ruto, Samia and Museveni over state-sponsored abuse
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jun 02, 2025

In Kenya, the coalition called for the prosecution of all individuals implicated in the abduction, disappearance, and killings of youth since June 202...

Tanzanian police chief Faustine Mafwele accused of leading torture, abduction of activists
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jun 02, 2025

According to reports, Mafwele, aged 47, is accused of leading a criminal gang involved in numerous human rights abuses, including extrajudicial killin...

Ugandan activist Atuhaire says Tanzanian officers overdosed her on painkillers after brutal detention
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jun 02, 2025

Atuhaire revealed that the officers stripped her naked and even inserted unknown substances into her body.

Activist Boniface Mwangi details torture, sexual assault by Tanzanian security after arrest
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jun 02, 2025

Mwangi and Ugandan journalist and activist Agather Atuhaire shared their traumatic experiences from a recent trip to Dar es Salaam, where they had gon...

Pension arrears hit Sh108 billion as retirees wait for payments
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 31, 2025

By the end of March 2025, only 52 per cent of the pension allocation, Sh115.14 billion, had been paid out of a total requirement of Sh223.15 billion.

DNA delays add to grief for families of Kibra fire victims
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 30, 2025

The little support they received from well-wishers and the government is fast running out, and the mounting costs of transport, food, and daily needs...

Toi Market traders demand fresh public participation on perimeter wall, fire station plans
Barack Oduor  |  May 29, 2025

They are asking for speedy engagement between the county government and the traders, who fear that a delay in modernising the project might see it pol...

DCI arrests Murang'a MCA Grace Nduta over alleged staged abduction of Juja MP Koimburi
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 29, 2025

The DCI said the arrest followed social media reports about the alleged abduction of Wairimu herself, claims which the investigative agency has dismis...

Environmental activists march against coal project, advocate for safe power
Farhiya Hussein  |  May 29, 2025

In early 2015, Lamu was actively involved in discussions concerning a proposed Sh200 billion Coal Power Plant establishment in the county.

Employers raise alarm over Kenya’s shrinking investment appeal, job losses
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 29, 2025

Official statistics from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics show formal job creation fell to 75,500 in 2024, down sharply from 123,000 in 2023.

Mbadi blasts counties over Sh40bn pension arrears, calls non-remittance ‘theft’
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 28, 2025

Mbadi decried the persistent non-remittance of pension dues by counties, terming it a significant challenge to the viability of public pension systems...

World Bank warns of mounting fiscal pressure as Kenya faces debt distress risk
Alfred Onyango  |  May 27, 2025

The lender highlights the narrowing room for manoeuvre in the country’s budget, driven by ballooning debt servicing costs, persistent revenue shortfal...

Court clears KEBS to proceed with inspection tender
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 27, 2025

A three-judge bench of Justices Gatembu Kairu, Jamila Mohammed and Aggrey Muchelule ruled that the appeal by Precision Experts Ltd was filed late, fal...

Judiciary asks DPP to probe lawyer Ahmednasir Abdullahi over persistent attacks on judges
Carolyne Kubwa  |  May 26, 2025

Among the allegations made by Ahmednasir was a sensational claim that a Supreme Court judge accepted a bribe of millions of shillings to influence a r...

DCI boss urges united effort to empower youth against radicalisation and terrorism
Issa Hussein  |  May 25, 2025

The DCI boss also expressed concern on emerging issues such as gender-based violence, drugs and community land disputes in Wajir County, which he said...

Ugandan activist Agather Atuhaire alleges she was sexually assaulted while in Tanzanian detention
Rachael Mutabasi  |  May 24, 2025

Atuhaire said she was blindfolded, beaten, violently stripped, and sexually assaulted by individuals in plain clothes who detained her.

Civil Society groups condemn rising autocracy, demands justice for tortured activists
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 24, 2025

The civil society groups described these acts as “crimes against humanity and a betrayal of the democratic values our people have long fought for.”

US calls for probe into torture of activists Boniface Mwangi, Agather Atuhaire in Tanzania
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 24, 2025

Their comments come amid growing criticism of Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu following claims that the activists were subjected to abuse by individu...

I was stripped, beaten- Uganda activist Agather Atuhaire recounts ordeal in Tanzania as Amnesty demands probe
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 24, 2025

They were held incommunicado for days at an undisclosed location and reportedly subjected to severe beatings, torture, and humiliation by individuals...

Tortured and left to crawl- activist Boniface Mwangi narrates his ordeal in Tanzania
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 23, 2025

He said any effort to speak to each other during that night was met with kicks and insults. The two were later taken from the torture location in diff...

Ugandan journalist Agather Atuhaire finally freed after arrest in Tanzania
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 23, 2025

Both Atuhaire and Mwangi were held without contact with their lawyers or families, raising alarm over their safety and whereabouts.

Civil society groups give AU, EAC 72 hours to act on alleged abductions, torture in Tanzania
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 23, 2025

While Tanzania released Mwangi on Thursday, he was dumped in Horohoro, on the Coast of Kenya, some 162 kilometres from the Lunga Lunga border, having...

High court intervenes to protect Garissa resident detained by DCI, immigration officials
Joseph Ndunda  |  May 22, 2025

Through lawyer Kibiku Njenga, Mohamed had told the High Court that although his arrest was unlawful, without an explanation of any offences he could h...

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