The Senate Education Committee has escalated its months-long standoff with Tharaka Nithi Governor Muthomi Njuki, directing Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja Kirocho to issue an arrest warrant and secure his appearance before the committee. The directive followed Njuki’s failure to appear before the committee on Thursday, October 1, despite a succession of invitations and…
Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen says 121,870 youths were incarcerated in Kenya between 2022 and 2026, including 11,824 imprisoned for offences linked to criminal gangs, violent extremism and political goonism. Murkomen gave the figures in a response to a Senate question on youth incarceration, criminal gang activities, violent extremism, political goonism and the rehabilitation of…
The battle between the Senate and former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has entered a new legal phase, with both sides asking the Court of Appeal to overturn parts of a High Court judgment arising from his 2024 impeachment. The Senate wants the appellate court to remove findings that its handling of Gachagua’s defence violated his…
