Khadija M Farah
An embassy is commonly a fortress or museum but in Kenya’s capital of Nairobi, the French mission is a total manifestation of diplomacy: soft power in the hard form of timber, stone and concrete. It was designed with the environment in mind but also with aesthetics and, of course, security as priorities. The quiet compound sits on a hilltop between two valleys sloping towards the narrow, murky Getathuru river and, beyond that, Nairobi’s Karura Forest. The embassy’s lawns and stands of mature bombax, cedar, cypress, fig and jacaranda can make it feel more like an extension of the woodland sanctuary than a seat of international diplomacy.
THE STANDARD By
Muriithi Mugo |
February 18th 2021 at 17:40:37 GMT +0300
A 33-year-old ECDE teacher is recuperating at Embu level 5 Teaching and Referral Hospital after sustaining serious injuries in a ghastly attack by family members who have accused of witchcraft.
Peter Nyaga Ivara, an ECDE teacher at Gatete Primary School in Mbeere South Sub County of Embu County, says his two nephews wrestled him down before dragging him to their homestead where they set him on fire.
“I left school as usual at around 4:10 pm. It’s walking, about five kilometres to Karura trading centre where I took some time to rest before heading home. It is while walking home that I found my two nephews who had waylaid me and they wrestled me down,” Nyaga said.
NMS Swiftly Puts Out Night Fire at Govt Headquarters
26 January 2021 - 11:54 am
Rangers combating the fire that broke out in the Tsavo West National Park on August 9, 2020.
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Kenya Forest Service (KFS) Chairman Peter Kinyua has praised Nairobi Metropolitan Service (NMS) for swooping in to put out a night fire at the institution s headquarters.
Kinyua noted that the fire had broken out on Monday, January 25 at 11:30 p.m. at the KFS headquarters in Karura along Kiambu Road.
NMS, which is headed by Mohammed Badi, immediately contained the fire in partnership with General Service Unit (GSU).
Videos shared by the
KBC showed a big cloud of fire consuming a section of the headquarters before the officers from the two organisations contained it.
THE STANDARD By
George Njunge |
January 27th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
Lawrence Warunge at a Kiambu court during a mention to submit his mental fitness. The court was told that Warunge was unfit to stand trial. [George Njunge, Standard]
Lawrence Warunge, the chief suspect in the murder of his parents and siblings, is not fit to stand trial.
A medical assessment done at Mathari National Teaching and Referral Hospital shows that Lawrence suffers from induced psychosis, a condition characterised by hallucinations and/or delusions.
It further states that he has a history of smoking marijuana and drinking alcohol.
The prosecution tabled the report yesterday before Kiambu Chief Magistrate Patricia Gichohi and made an application for extension of custodial orders, which the Chief Magistrate granted.
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