On Saturday, September 14, local newspapers reported extensively on the unusual sentencing of Acting Inspector General of Police Gilbert Masengeli to six months in prison by Judge Lawrence Mugambi.
Source: UGC
The dailies also discussed the Senate inquiry into the controversial deal between the government and India's Adani Group.
1. The Star
20 soldiers and four police officers from Jamaica arrived in Haiti to join a UN-backed mission led by Kenya fight against powerful criminal gangs.
Jamaica is the second country to join the mission, which was approved by the United Nations Security Council in October 2023.
The work began when the first Kenyan police force arrived in Haiti at the end of June.
Joining the Jamaicans were two senior military officers from the Central American country of Belize, according to its government. A US military plane flew Jamaicans and Belizeans to Haiti.
Authorities in Jamaica had announced the deployment and said the troops would be responsible for providing command, planning and logistical support.
They will work alongside the Haitian military and police to fight gangs that control 80% of the capital, Port-au-Prince.
Jamaica had pledged a total of 170 soldiers and 30 police officers, but Prime Minister Andrew Holness said it was not possible to send them all at once.
This is happening while the United States warns that the mission lacks resources and says it is considering the UN peacekeeping mission to get more money and personnel.
2. Nation Today
Controversial preacher Paul Mackenzie lashed out at his followers who complained when they were ordered to starve their children to death, while claiming he was going to heaven, a court has been told.
A witness who was in the Shakahola forest at the time of the incident said that many parents found it difficult to kill their children by denying them food.
“Mackenzie held a meeting where he announced that the fast should begin with children. After the meeting, some supporters began to grumble, saying that it is difficult for a parent to kill his own child while watching, but Mackenzie called them fools. told Senior Magistrate Alex Ithuku.
He went on to say that Mackenzie explained to the parents who were complaining that killing is stabbing someone with a knife or strangling them to death, but denying a child food until it dies is love, because that child will go to heaven.
He said Mackenzie advised his followers by quoting the Bible, where Jesus Christ told his disciples that whoever loves his life will hate it for him (Jesus).
3. Saturday Nation
The Department of Criminal Investigation (DCI) on September 13 released new information about three men who were shot dead in a mysterious manner on September 9 in Mutoho village.
The three were shot dead by men in two cars during the 9pm incident which the National Police Service (NPS) is still investigating.
The killings have occurred amid a national outcry against police officers suspected of involvement in extrajudicial killings, kidnappings, and enforced disappearances.
“We have now discovered important information about the three victims of Mutoho, including their names and where they lived. After their close relatives came forward to identify the bodies, we can reveal that those killed are Francis Maingi Mwaura, 39, Michael Kimando Maina. , 36, and Kennedy Mwaura Mwangi, 27,” chief of DCI of Murang'a South John Kanda said on Friday.
He added that all three were residents of Kiandu Estate, on the outskirts of Thika town there Kiambuna “unfortunately, they were all wanted by the security people for their criminal activities.”
“We have gathered important evidence that they all had several incidents of extortion using violence and cases of serious harm. That day when they met their deaths, they were in the process of committing crimes,” said Mr. Tape.
He appeared to blame the Judiciary for the deaths of the three, saying that although they were in custody, they were released on suspicion or leniency.
4. The Saturday Standard
The newspaper reported that three children died, and properties of unknown value were destroyed following a fire incident in Nyakairu village in Naivasha.
During the midnight incident, their mother managed to save one child, but the others were burnt beyond recognition.
Emotions continued to rise as relatives and neighbors struggled to come to terms with the loss of the children aged six, four and two.
According to a neighbor, Julius Kariuki, the fire started on one side of the house, and strong winds, along with the lack of water, hampered rescue efforts.
Kariuki mentioned that the residents of the area managed to enter one side of the house and took one child, but unfortunately the child had already died due to the severity of the fire.
MCA of Naivasha East Stanley Karanja called for an investigation into the incident, explaining that the incident was painful.
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