Kenya and the United Kingdom signed a memorandum of understanding Wednesday aimed at bolstering border security cooperation and combating transnational organized crime across Kenya’s frontier regions. The agreement between Kenya’s Ministry of Interior and National Administration and the British government deepens joint efforts to counter cross-border threats, including terrorism, human trafficking, migrant smuggling and other…
Kenya has vowed to challenge a regional court decision that suspended a crucial trade agreement with the European Union, warning the move puts USD 1.56 billion in yearly exports and hundreds of thousands of jobs at risk. Trade minister Lee Kinyanjui said on Wednesday the government has already filed an appeal against Monday’s ruling by…
A London court has refused bail to a former British soldier wanted in Kenya for the 2012 murder of 21-year-old Agnes Wanjiru, whose body was found in a septic tank in Nanyuki. Robert James Purkiss, 38, will remain in custody pending extradition proceedings after appearing at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Monday. District Judge Paul Goldspring…
