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Mombasa based politician Ali Mwatsau has escaped death by a whisker after his car was sprayed 22 bullets by unknown gunmen.
Mwatsau was returning home following a prayer session when he was approached by gunmen in Tudor’s informal settlements, according to a police investigation.
Additionally, reports indicate that the gunman fled the scene in two vehicles soon following the attack. The incident happened at around 10pm near JCC Buxton.
The aspirant however suffered major arm and leg injuries. He was rushed to the Mombasa Referral hospital for treatment.
Mwatsau is amining to replace Abdulswamad Nassir as the next Mvita MP in the August elections.
More to follow.. By Ezra Nyakundi, KDRTV
•After having the dreadlocks for over 70 years, as a testimony to the fight for independence, Muthoni cut them down on Saturday, April 2.
•Muthoni underlined that she resorted to shaving her head to signify that Kenya had finally gained full independence.
Kenya will fine fuel marketers accused of hoarding petrol and diesel as it released Ksh8.2 billion ($71 million) subsidy arrears to petrol retailers to ease nationwide fuel shortage and forestall a crisis.
Petroleum Principal Secretary Andrew Kamau said on Monday that investigations into the shortage were being finalised, setting the stage for financial penalties and licence withdrawals.
He added that the supply hitches that caused the nationwide fuel shortage are expected to ease from Thursday after oil marketers steeped supplies to stations from depots.
“By Thursday we will be back to normal, today we paid Ksh8.2 billion to the marketers and since yesterday (Sunday) depots were opened and marketers have been working to refill their stations,” Mr Kamau told the Business Daily.
The marketers are said to have gone slow in evacuating their products from the depots to protest delays in the payment of subsidies to the companies.
The UN chief on Tuesday together with the Security Council, strongly condemned an attack by suspected militia members, on peacekeepers serving in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which left one Nepali ‘blue helmet’ dead.
In a statement issued by his Deputy Spokesperson, Secretary-General António Guterres said that the attack, believed to be carried out by the Coopérative pour le dévelopement du Congo (CODECO), had taken place which troops from the UN mission MONUSCO, were in Bali, Djugu territory, in Ituri province.
“The Secretary-General expresses his deepest condolences to the family of the fallen peacekeeper, as well as to the Government and the people of Nepal”, said the statement, adding that attacks against United Nations peacekeepers may constitute a war crime.”
Mr. Guterres called on the Congolese authorities to investigate the incident and “swiftly bring those responsible to justice”.
He said the UN would continue to support the Congolese Government and people through the 18,000-strong MONUSCO mission, in their efforts to bring about peace and stability in the east of the country.
The members of the Security Council also delivered rapid condemnation of Tuesday’s attack, expressing their deepest condolences to the family of the victim and to Nepal, as well as to the United Nations.
“The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms all attacks and provocations against MONUSCO. They underlined that deliberate attacks targeting peacekeepers may constitute war crimes under international law. The members of the Security Council called on the Congolese authorities to swiftly investigate this attack and bring the perpetrators to justice, and to keep the relevant troop-contributing country informed of the progress.”
The Council also expressed concern “at the increase of armed group activity in the eastern provinces”, and once again, condemned all armed groups operating in the country. They called on “all actors” to end violence and their violations and abuse of international human rights and international humanitarian law.
Ambassadors stressed the importance of MONUSCO “having the necessary capacities to fulfil its mandate and promote, including by taking additional measures as appropriate, the safety and security of the United Nations peacekeepers and its operations, pursuant to relevant Security Council resolutions.”
Just last week, a helicopter carrying our reconnaissance for MONUSCO, crashed over eastern DRC, killing eight peacekeepers and UN observers, six from Pakistan, one Russian and one Serbian.
Some reports cited a news release from the Congolese military, accusing an armed group of shooting down the helicopter.
They had been reporting on community displacement movements, following armed attacks, in order to coordinate humanitarian assistance, according to news reports.
The UN said last week that it was too early to establish the exact cause of the crash, which took place in North Kivu, but confirmed that there had been clashes in the days preceding the incident, between M23 militia, and Congolese troops on the ground. Source: UN
Months of nonviolent protest by brave Sudanese women and youth led to the fall of Sudan’s brutal dictator, Omar al-Bashir, in 2019. Following two years of uneasy balance, Sudan’s military abrogated its political agreements and disrupted the country’s transition to democracy, when in October 2021 it seized power, jailed civilian leaders, and cracked down on dissent. The massive prodemocracy protests that followed, and which continue to this day, were met with increasing violence by Sudan’s security forces.
The Sudanese Central Reserve Police, or CRP, is a militarized police unit that has been documented by Sudanese and international organizations as having been involved in violent crackdowns of protests in Sudan.
On March 21, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, or OFAC, designated the CRP pursuant to Executive Order 13818. This executive order implements and builds upon the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act, and authorizes the blocking the assets of, among others, persons or entities responsible for or complicit in, or directly or indirectly engaged, in serious human rights abuse or corruption.
Treasury sanctioned the CRP for using excessive force against demonstrators following the October 2021, military takeover.
"On January 17, CRP officers used live ammunition against protesters, resulting in numerous deaths and injuries,” said Secretary of State Antony Blinken in a written statement. “Reports of rape, killings, torture, and arbitrary detentions, among other abuses committed by CRP officers as recently as March 14, are ongoing.”
As a result of the designation, all property under U.S. jurisdiction in which CRP has any interest is blocked and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in any transactions with this organization. this first sanctions action since the military’s takeover demonstrates the United States’ commitment to both Sudan’s democratic transition and respect for the rights of all individuals in Sudan.
The United States fully supports the ongoing effort by UNITAMS, AU, and IGAD to facilitate an inclusive, Sudanese-led political process to restore a civilian-led transition to democracy. But this process cannot begin until military and security services “create an environment where all actors can safely participate in negotiations,” said Secretary Blinken.
To demonstrate the United States’ continued resolve in combating efforts to quash the Sudanese people’s aspirations for democracy, Secretary Blinken added, “We remain poised to use all tools at our disposal to support the Sudanese people in their pursuit of a democratic, human rights-respecting, and prosperous Sudan.” Source: VOA
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