| 5,622,988 |
-0.6 |
36 |
Kenya |
|
Armed Maasai youths continued to keep vigil at the controversial 2,400-acre Rose Farm in Mau Narok to prevent government surveyors from sub-dividing it. A contingent of security personnel was sent on Saturday night to the disputed piece of land, raising fears of a clash with the armed youths. The youths armed with machetes, rungus, bows and arrows at one point barricaded the road leading to the farm in Tipis trading centre to block the police officers from accessing it. |
| 5,622,992 |
-4.03333 |
39.68333 |
Kenya |
|
Chaos broke out at an anti-drugs demonstration in Kisauni, Mombasa on Monday. A 16-year-old pupil was among four protesters who were seriously injured when unknown people attacked the demonstrators. The protesters, waving placards and chanting slogans against substance abuse, were confronted by a gang of youths who reportedly pelted them with stones next to the Kisauni CDF offices. |
| 5,622,996 |
1.7833 |
36.7833 |
Kenya |
|
On December 28, Turkana and Samburu raiders exchanged gunfire during the day in the town of Baragoi and a Samburu herdsman, 16-year-old Nkilei Lekupuny, was killed in the gun battle and his 43 sheep and goats taken. |
| 5,623,002 |
-1.28333 |
36.81667 |
Kenya |
|
A pro-new-Constitution group demonstration was forcibly dispersed by police who stopped their march to the ministry responsible for constitutional affairs. |
| 5,623,006 |
-1.15 |
36.9667 |
Kenya |
|
On the evening of December 28 two mechanics boarded a matatu registration number KBK 334J plying the Nairobi route at Kahuro market. On reaching Ruiru, the matatu stopped and two people who claimed to be police officers arrested the two. The bodies of the arrested were found in Ruiru the next day with gunshot wounds, a few kilometers from where they had been arrested. |
| 5,623,010 |
-1.28333 |
36.81667 |
Kenya |
|
Refugees drawn from the Oromo community of Ethiopia but living in Nairobi yesterday took to the streets in a peaceful demonstration over what they termed harassment by the police. The refugees, mostly from Eastleigh and South C estates, say that they are being targeted unfairly. |
| 5,623,013 |
-0.1 |
34.75 |
Kenya |
|
Hundreds of Kisumu youth took to the streets to protest the alleged involvement of Mombasa businessman Ali Punjani in drug trafficking Thursday. Led by Kisumu Youth Forum secretary general Joshua Omondi, they described Mr Punjani as a successful businessman both in Kenya and internationally, exonerating him from the illicit drug trade. |
| 5,623,017 |
-1.28333 |
36.81667 |
Kenya |
|
Mystery surrounds the death of a prominent Machakos businessman after a post-mortem examination revealed a gun shot wound in the head. Mr Abed Makau Kikuyu, the proprietor of Tea Tot Hotels, was found dead at the Haile Selassie Road roundabout in Nairobi on the morning of December 31. |
| 5,623,021 |
1.7833 |
36.7833 |
Kenya |
|
Villagers accuse security agencies of reign of terror. A man was attacked by security forces on New Years Day, accusing him of murdering a police officer. |
| 5,623,024 |
0.38333 |
34.4833 |
Kenya |
|
Protests disrupted learning in several schools in Kakamega County with parents locking out head teachers whose pupils performed dismally in last years KCPE examination. In Mumias district, parents stormed Etenje Primary School and forced out the head teacher. |
