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2024 Mai Mahiu flash flood. On 29 April 2024, a blockage in a culvert beneath a railway embankment led to a catastrophic failure and inundation in Kenya, killing at least 50 people. [2] The event was initially described as a 'dam failure'. [3] The flood occurred following heavy rains in the previous month that killed over 110 people.
Capital punishment in Kenya. Capital punishment has been a legal penalty in Kenya since before its independence, and continues to be so under Kenyan law. No executions have been carried out in Kenya since 1987, [1] when Hezekiah Ochuka and Pancras Oteyo Okumu, leaders of the 1982 coup d'état attempt, were hanged for treason.
Death of Arshad Sharif. Arshad Sharif, a Pakistani journalist, was shot and killed in Kajiado, Kenya, by local police on 23 October 2022. [1] The Kenyan police described the shooting as a case of "mistaken identity", [1][2] and there was speculation on social media that he had been assassinated. [1] On 24 October, the Kenyan Independent Police ...
Kenya’s meteorological department has warned that the heavy rains will continue into the new year. In Somalia, the death toll from the deluge stood at 96 on Monday. In Ethiopia, 44 people had ...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — At least three people died when a building collapsed in Kenya’s capital Nairobi, authorities said Wednesday. Six other people were rescued from the rubble and are being ...
The number of people killed by flooding and other impacts of the heavy rains battering Kenya has risen to 228, the interior ministry said on Sunday. ... Death toll from Kenya floods rises to 228 ...
On 15 April, Lumumba did not show up to work. Their co-workers attempted to call their phone, but did not receive a response. [2] Their body was found two days later in their home. A post-mortem report was performed at Karatina Sub-County Hospital and found that they had been sexually assaulted and stabbed multiple times. [3]
A stampede in Kenya during celebrations to mark an annual public holiday killed at least six people on Friday and injured 100 others, authorities said. The stampede happened when thousands of ...