Kenyan police
Shock as historic charges against Kenyan police dropped
Nearly an entire station in western Kenya faced criminal charges over a single act of alleged police brutality. The victims filed into a courtroom in February...
Rashid Kassim assaulted Fatima Gedi after confronting her about funds not allocated to his constituency.
Very quickly, elite Kenyan police units took over, while officers attached to the presidency also rapidly showed up.
A magistrate granted a request from the prosecution to detain four men and one woman for 30 days while investigations continue.
According to police, the bus was travelling from Nairobi to the western town of Kakamega and carrying 52 passengers.
The accident, which resulted in a fireball that incinerated both vehicles, took place near the town of Emali, 125 km southeast of Nairobi, television station NTV reported.
Dozens of senior officials and business people are being held in custody and face charges related to the theft of nearly $100 million from the youth agency.
The search and rescue efforts were being hampered by bad weather in the area, including dense fog that limited visibility, Maringa said, urging the public to be patient.
Miguna Miguna, was detained on Monday when he returned on a flight from abroad, a month after being deported in a dispute over his dual citizenship.
The unprecedented act of censorship sparked a local and international backlash against the government of President Uhuru Kenyatta, who won an election in October.
The government has ignored a court order issued on Thursday that the stations be allowed to reopen. They were shut on Tuesday when trying to broadcast live footage of Raila Odinga’s presidential inauguration.
The arrest follows that of opposition politician Miguna Miguna, who was detained in a dawn raid on his Nairobi home on Friday and that of another opposition leader a day earlier.
Miguna Miguna was taken from his Nairobi home to a police station, the NASA coalition wrote on its Twitter feed.
Police described the school in Likoni, south of the port city of Mombasa, as a centre for indoctrinating young men and children with militant ideology.
Police also used teargas to break up small demonstrations in Kenya’s three main cities.
Last month, Kenya’s Supreme Court voided the 8 August presidential election, citing irregularities.
Uhuru Kenyatta beat rival Raila Odinga by securing more than 54 percent of the vote, official results show.
First results are not expected before Wednesday, but a very close race might mean as long as three days before a winner emerges.
Kenyan media who initially reported the raid had taken place withdrew stories from websites soon after. Police could not be reached for comment.