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The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has published the names of four wanted terror suspects who are "armed and dangerous".

The agency said the suspects are linked to the Alshabab terror network and responsible for the recent attacks in Lamu County.

"The DCI is appealing to members of the public to volunteer information that may lead to the arrest of the following terror suspects, linked to the Alshabab terror network and responsible for the recent attacks in Lamu County.

"The suspects who are trained, armed and dangerous have been linked to several acts of terror that have occurred in the country in the past.

"Members of the public are asked to provide information that may lead to their arrest through our #FichuakwaDCI HOTLINE number 0800 722 203," DCI said in a statement on Friday, January 13.

The four are Abdullahi Banati, Maalim Ayman, Ramadhan Kioko, and Abdikadir Mohamed Abdikadir

US and DCI announce Ksh1.2B bounty

The United States and the DCI on Thursday, January 12 placed a Ksh1.2 billion bounty on one of the masterminds of the 2019 DusitD2 terror attack.

US Ambassador to Kenya Meg Whitman and DCI boss Mohammed Amin released the photo of Mohamoud Abdi Aden, a leader of the terrorist group al-Shabaab, said to be part of the cell that planned the attack on the hotel. By , People Daily

By JULIUS MBALUTO 

Topi Lyambila read the Eulogy of Catherine Kasavuli, former Kenya’s best broadcaster. In the eulogy , Topi shared that many Kenyans never knew where the late newscaster for VOK  and KTN TV came from.

“Some thought she was, not even Kenyan, some thought she was from Kambaland, Taita whatever,  but she was from Nzululu, a village in Maragori.” Topi said.

Catherine Kasavuli was born on 22 Feb 1962. She was the fourth daughter of Ezekiel Kasavuli and Rachel Inyangala Kasavuli who were both career civil servants. She grew up in Nairobi West and went to school in Langata Road School and Ngara Girls High School.

Requiem Mass at Nairobi Church for Catherine Kasavuli

She started her media career in 1980 as a radio continuity announcer. She got this job after her uncle who listened to her reading the bible in church decided to take her to VOK for voice testing which she passed. She later attended KIMC (Kenya Institute of Mass Communication)

In 1990, Catherine was recruited by KTN joining the likes of Joseph Warungu, Njoroge Mwaura veteran broadcasters. Catherine mentored many journalists into the industry. She later founded Kasavuli Media Group where she trained and mentored more journalists.

In 2007, she joined Citizen TV as Group Corporate Manager. In 2021, she was awarded Order of the Grand Warrior by President Kibaki in recognition to her outstanding Service.

Catherine was called back to KBC TV where she started to host the Legends’ show. Unfortunately, she fell ill and was admitted to Kenyatta National Hospital and later died on 29th December 2022.

Speaking at the Eulogy, Martha Karua said Catherine was amiable and had a smile throughout. She will be buried on 14th January 2023.

 

To resolve a class-action lawsuit alleging that it illegally shared user information with Cambridge Analytica, a data analytics business utilized by the Trump campaign, Facebook parent company Meta has agreed to pay $725 million. 

The proposed compensation is a response to 2018 disclosures that the third-party company, which declared bankruptcy in 2018, may have inappropriately accessed the data of up to 87 million users. 

According to the plaintiffs’ attorneys, who filed a court document on Thursday, this is both the greatest recovery ever in a data privacy class action and the highest amount Facebook has ever paid to resolve a private class action. 

Meta did not admit wrongdoing and maintains that its users consented to the practices and suffered no actual damages. 

According to the plaintiffs’ attorneys, between 250 million and 280 million people could receive money as part of the class action settlement. The number of people who submit legitimate claims will determine the size of the individual rewards. 

Earlier this year, personal data of more than 500 million Facebook users have been posted on a website for hackers. According to reports, that leaked data is comprised of phone numbers, Facebook IDs, full names, locations, birth dates, bios and in some cases email addresses from over 533 million users from 106 countries including the US, UK, India and Canada. By Justus Adejumo, Independent

Pre-seed venture capital (VC) fund and accelerator Catalyst Fund has announced a $2 million investment in 10 startups developing solutions to improve the resilience of communities most vulnerable to climate change in Africa.

This is the first cohort of startups to receive funding from Catalyst Fund's new $30M investment fund, backed by the financial sector development agency FSD Africa , aimed at helping early-stage founders develop technologies that will make Africa less susceptible to the impact of climate change.

These companies join Catalyst Fund's existing portfolio in emerging markets which is made up of 61 startups. Catalyst Fund's portfolio companies have so far raised more than US$640 million in follow-on financing and their solutions have already benefited more than 14 million people and small and medium-sized businesses worldwide. 

The startups include Eight Medical, Farmz2U, and PaddyCover from Nigeria, Farm to Feed and Octavia Carbon from Kenya, and another two from Egypt - Bekia and VAIS. Others include Agro Supply from Uganda, Assuraf from Senega, and agroforestry startup Sand to Green from  Morocco.

"We are delighted to have the opportunity to invest and support these ten African startups who are working through their innovative solutions to build a more resilient and sustainable future," said Maelis Carraro, partner and director of Catalyst Fund. “Our goal is to support entrepreneurs who share our vision of a world in which everyone has the tools and opportunities they need to thrive. From AgTech and InsurTech, to waste management, natural disaster response and carbon finance, these startups showcase technology and business model innovations that will help communities better adapt. to climate impacts and to increase their resilience.

Each of the 10 startups received $100,000 in capital investments as well as $100,000 in personalized support from Catalyst Fund experts aimed at accelerating their growth. In addition, each startup may be offered direct relationships with investors and talent networks that allow them to evolve.  by: Nixon Kanali, Africa Tech

Second batch of classified Biden documents discovered at new location© N/A/Photo Courtesy 

The papers were found in a location separate from the Washington office he used after leaving the Obama administration, NBC News reported, citing a source familiar with the matter.

It comes after the White House said on Monday that the US Justice Department was reviewing a batch of potentially classified documents found in the Washington office space of the president's former institute.

Special counsel to the president, Richard Sauber, said "a small number of documents with classified markings" were discovered as Mr Biden's personal lawyers were clearing out the offices of the Penn Biden Center.

Mr Biden had kept an office there after he left the vice presidency in 2017 until shortly before he launched his 2020 presidential campaign in 2019.

The president's aides have since been searching for any additional classified materials that may be in other locations he used, according to the source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to provide details about the ongoing inquiry.

The White House did not return a request for comment. The Justice Department had no comment.

The classification level, number and precise location of the additional documents was not immediately clear, NBC News reported.

It also was not immediately clear when the additional documents were discovered and if the search for any other classified materials Mr Biden may have from the Obama administration is complete. 

 

Read more:

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The source said that Mr Biden's aides have been sifting through documents stored at locations beyond his former Washington office to determine if there are any other classified documents that need to be turned over to the National Archives and reviewed by the Justice Department.

The search was described as exhaustive, with the goal of getting a full accounting of all classified documents that may have inadvertently been packed in boxes when Biden cleared out of the vice president's office space in January 2017.

The initial documents were found on 2 November last year in a "locked closet" in the office, Mr Sauber said.

He added that the lawyers immediately alerted the White House Counsel's Office, which notified the National Archives and Records Administration and subsequently took custody of the documents the next day.

"Since that discovery, the president's personal attorneys have cooperated with the Archives and the Department of Justice in a process to ensure that any Obama-Biden Administration records are appropriately in the possession of the Archives," Mr Sauber said.

On Tuesday, Mr Biden told reporters that he was "surprised" by the discovery, and that he didn't know what was in the documents.

For months, the Justice Department has been investigating the retention of roughly 300 classified documents that were recovered from the Florida estate of Donald Trump.

Prosecutors have interviewed an array of Mr Trump's associates and have been using a grand jury to hear evidence.

It remains unclear when a decision will be made on whether Mr Trump, or anyone else, should be charged over the papers.   Sky News

 

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