An improvised explosive device (IED) was detonated in the Mobile Nkwen area of Bamenda minutes ago. The explosion was followed by multiple rounds of gunfire. While the exact circumstances surrounding the incident remain unclear, it is believed that the IED was placed by Ambazonia fighters. The explosion occurred at a junction where several women were […]
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Ndop: Soldiers molest, kill popular welder in Bamali
Inhabitants of Bamali, a village in Ndop, Ngoketunjia Division in the North West region are still in shock, following the killing of a popular welder in the village. The deceased, whose only name CNA got as Hubert was picked up by government soldiers in the village, after separatist fighters forced him to give them a […]
Mombasa residents urge the police to hasten investigations on the abduction of a Wajir MCA
Mombasa residents hailing from Wajir County are calling on the police to expedite the probe to unravel the mystery of the abduction of Dala Ward MCA Yusuf Hussein Abdi. The Wajir County Assembly Minority Leader was reportedly abducted by armed people in Nairobi on Friday night. One Adan Issack said in Mombasa that the MCA […]
One million bags of subsidized fertilizer for 650,000 small scale tea farmers flagged off
The Permanent Secretary (PS) State Department of Agriculture Dr. Kiprono Ronoh has flagged off the first batch of 47,300 metric tons (equivalent to over 1 million bags) of NPK fertilizer to be distributed to over 650,000 tea farmers ahead of the October-November-December short rains. The fertilizer is the first batch of 97,000 tons procured by […]
Reprieve for West Pokot residents as KVDA commissions boreholes
Kerio Valley Development Authority (KVDA) has commissioned two boreholes estimated to benefit 6000 households in the arid and semi-arid areas in West Pokot County. According to KVDA Managing Director (MD) Sammy Naporos, one of the mandates is to promote water access among the arid and semi-arid communities due to recurrent drought experienced in the county […]
Red Cross assisting farmers grow bamboo trees to stabilize river banks
The Kenya Red Cross Society has started a programme to assist irrigation farmers along the river Tana grow bamboo trees to stabilize river banks and restore degraded farmlands that were destroyed by floods early this year. During the March-April rains irrigation farmers along the vast river Tana in Garissa County incurred massive financial loses after […]