Gatete Njoroge
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JSS intern teachers threaten January strike over contract terms, low pay
At least 20,000 JSS intern teachers who were employed on a one-year contract in January have criticized President William Ruto’s directive to promote them after two years of service. The group has also complained of poor pay affecting their service delivery....
Kenyan family decries delays in repatriating body of teacher killed in Tanzania
Okoth, who was in Tanzania at the time of the unrest, died on October 29.
6 KWS rangers linked to last known moments of missing fisherman Brian Odhiambo
Chief inspector Julius Muhuri told the court that from analysis, Odhiambo's phone signals were close to the suspects’ phones at the time he is alleged to have been arrested for trespassing into Nakuru National Park to do illegal fishing.
Rights Groups demand urgent medical attention, release of abducted activists in Uganda
According to the organizations, credible informal sources indicate that the two activists’ health has deteriorated significantly, reportedly due to torture and inhumane treatment while in detention.
6 Iranians arrested as Kenya Navy intercepts vessel with drugs worth Ksh.8.2 billion
DCI Director Mohammed Amin and Kenya Navy Deputy Commander Brigadier Sankale Kiswaa confirmed that the boat was tracked some 630 kilometres east of Mombasa before being escorted to the port, where the seized substance tested positive for narcotics.
Uganda's military denies holding missing Kenyan activists Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo
In their response to a habeas corpus case filed by two lawyers at the Uganda High Court, the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) said they had carried out investigations and searched all relevant detention facilities and records but found no entry relating to the two missing activists....
Ugandan court orders Museveni Gov't to produce missing Kenyan activists within 7 days
Uganda’s High Court on Tuesday directed the Ugandan government to produce the two, whether dead or alive, within seven days.Uganda Police Force last week denied the abduction allegations, saying there were no formal reports of their kidnapping....
Families of Kenyan activists abducted in Uganda record statements with KNCHR
The family, accompanied by activists, on Tuesday took their complaints to KNCHR, urging the commission to probe the matter and exert pressure on the government to do more to have the two released.
Uganda police deny holding Kenyan activists abducted in Kampala
Uganda Police Spokesperson Kituuma Rusoke, while addressing journalists, denied that the missing individuals were in police custody.
Interior CS Murkomen says gov't to intervene after Kenyan activists abducted in Uganda
The Law Society of Kenya, Amnesty International Kenya and Vocal Africa, in a joint letter to the Uganda High Commissioner in Kenya, Ambassador Eunice Kigenyi, have demanded the immediate release of the two. The organisations have further demanded legal representation and communication with their fam...