Fred Kagonye

1 month ago | standardmedia.co.ke | Fred Kagonye |Kamau Muthoni

Traders from the Gikomba market have gone to court protesting their looming eviction to pave the way for the construction of affordable housing units. According to the petitioners, Nairobi County and the government issued a public notice dated March 6, 2025, which declared that the Nairobi River corridor riparian land expanded to 60 meters. The notice in the dailies was signed by Nairobi County Executive Committee member in charge of Environment and Urban Planning Patrick Mbogo.

1 month ago | standardmedia.co.ke | Fred Kagonye

Police are investigating an incident where three men were abducted by unknown people on Monday in Mandera County. According to a police report, Derow Adan, together with his pillion passenger, Isak Abdulahi, were travelling from Elwak to Iresuki when their motorcycle developed mechanical problems. The two then called Amare Ibrahim, a mechanic, to come assist them in repairing the motorcycle.

1 month ago | standardmedia.co.ke | Fred Kagonye

The government, through Broadcasting Principal Secretary (PS) Edward Kisiang’ani, on Monday cancelled Standard Group’s media contract with the Ministry of Irrigation due to its critical coverage. SG had been selected alongside Nation Media Group (NMG), The Star, Cape Media, and government broadcaster Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) to run a campaign for the launch of the National Irrigation Sector Investment Plan (NISIP).

2 months ago | standardmedia.co.ke | Fred Kagonye |Kamau Muthoni

In 2024, Kenya's police reported the arrest and rescue of 1,019 illegal immigrants. Among them, 968 were Ethiopians, 46 were Eritreans, and 5 were Burundians. For instance, on January 2, 2024, authorities nabbed a human trafficker in Lucky Summer and rescued 73 Ethiopians. In addition, a Burundian was deported to his home country via the Busia border, while an Eritrean was sent back to Uganda on May 13 for his involvement in trafficking operations.

2 months ago | standardmedia.co.ke | Fred Kagonye

One of the DusitD2 terror attack suspects, Hussein Mohamed Abdille, Thursday, told the court how his primary school headteacher lured him into being arrested by the police. Abdille stated that at the time of his arrest in January 2019, he was a high school student at a day school in Mandera, and the teacher reached out to inquire about his educational journey. “He called me and said that there was something he needed us to talk about and that I should meet him at Jamia Mosque,” said Abdille.