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Kenya court frees pastor accused of links to cult leader

Kenya court frees pastor accused of links to cult leader

A Kenyan court released on bond a televangelist detained last week as part of an investigation into the deaths of dozens of people whom police say starved themselves to death on the instructions of a cult leader. Kenya's interior minister accused Pastor Ezekiel Odero after his arrest last Thursday of involvement in the "mass killing of his followers", without elaborating. A document presented in court last week said police had established that several deaths were recorded at Odero's church and that those bodies may have been moved to a forest about 66 km (40 miles) away, where more than 100 bodies have…
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Meta appeals Kenyan court’s decision it can be sued in Kenya

Meta appeals Kenyan court’s decision it can be sued in Kenya

FACEBOOK parent company Meta has filed an appeal in Kenya challenging a ruling that said the company could be sued in the East African country even though it has no official presence there. A Kenyan labour court earlier this month ruled that Meta could be sued in the country after a former content moderator filed a lawsuit alleging poor working conditions. In the appeal, seen by Reuters on Tuesday, the U.S. company disputed the court's finding that Kenyan courts had jurisdiction over Meta. Meta outsourced its content moderation work via Sama, a U.S.-headquartered company with operations in Kenya. Sama said last month…
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Meta can be sued in Kenya by ex-content moderator, the country’s court rules

Meta can be sued in Kenya by ex-content moderator, the country’s court rules

A labour court in Kenya ruled that Meta, the parent company of Facebook, can be sued in the East African country after a former content moderator filed a lawsuit against it alleging poor working conditions. The lawsuit was filed by one person on behalf of a group and was also filed against Meta's local outsourcing company Sama. It seeks financial compensation, an order that outsourced moderators have the same healthcare and pay scale as Meta employees, that unionisation rights be protected and an independent human rights audit of the office. The decision from Kenya's employment and labour relations court could have implications…
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Kenya: Police officers jailed for lawyer’s murder

Kenya: Police officers jailed for lawyer’s murder

HUMPHREY MALALO A Kenyan court sentenced three police officers and their civilian informant to decades in prison for the 2016 murder of human rights lawyer Willie Kimani and two others. The case triggered outrage in Kenya, where police face frequent allegations of brutality and extrajudicial killings but are almost never charged. Kimani, his client Josephat Mwendwa and their driver, Joseph Muiruri, were killed shortly after filing a complaint of police brutality, alleging that Mwendwa had been shot and wounded by police. Their bodies were later recovered from a river outside the capital Nairobi. The four defendants were convicted of murder last year.…
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KENYA: Venezuelan diplomat convicted of murder

KENYA: Venezuelan diplomat convicted of murder

A Kenyan court found a Venezuelan diplomat guilty of murdering the Latin American nation's acting ambassador a decade ago at her home in an upmarket Nairobi neighbourhood. Dwight Sagaray, who was the first secretary at the embassy, was found guilty of the July 2012 killing of Olga Fonseca, Judge Roselyn Korir said in her ruling. The court also convicted three Kenyan nationals who had been charged alongside Sagaray, saying they were involved in a common plan to carry out the murder. Another suspect who fled after the murder is still at large and the court said his arrest warrant should…
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Kenyan court drops $60 million corruption case against deputy president

Kenyan court drops $60 million corruption case against deputy president

HUMPHREY MALALO A Kenyan court allowed a request by public prosecutors to withdraw a 7.4 billion shillings ($60 million) corruption case against Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, citing insufficient evidence. This is the latest case to be set aside by the courts under new President William Ruto’s government, where prosecutors have withdrawn cases against some of his allies on the same grounds, drawing criticism from veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga. Gachagua and several and his co-accused were charged with corruption in July last year. He has denied any wrongdoing. "The application by Director of Public Prosecutions is hereby granted," Victor Wakumile,…
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$40-million in Flutterwave’s accounts frozen in Kenya

$40-million in Flutterwave’s accounts frozen in Kenya

A court in Kenya has frozen over $40 million in accounts belonging to Africa-focused payments giant Flutterwave under the country's anti-money laundering laws, court documents showed. Founded in 2016 in Nigeria, the San Francisco-headquartered firm specialises in individual and consumer transfers, one of several fintech firms facilitating and capitalising on Africa's booming payments market. Earlier this year, the firm raised $250 million, valuing the startup at more than $3 billion. Kenya's Assets Recovery Agency sought and was granted a High Court order to freeze several accounts with three banks belonging to Kenyan-registered Flutterwave Payment Technology Ltd. Flutterwave confirmed to Reuters…
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Kenyan‌ ‌ex-sports‌ minister‌ ‌jailed for‌ ‌6 years‌ ‌

Kenyan‌ ‌ex-sports‌ minister‌ ‌jailed for‌ ‌6 years‌ ‌

A Kenyan court has sentenced a former sports minister to six years in prison after finding him guilty over the siphoning of funds meant for athletes in the Brazil Olympics five years ago. Former National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOC) official Stephen Soi and former Kenyan sports minister Hassan Wario look on during their sentencing for corruption charges in connection with the 2016 Rio Olympics funds, at the Milimani Law Courts in Nairobi, Kenya September 16, 2021. REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi The East African nation enjoyed its most successful Olympics in Rio, winning six gold medals, six silvers and one bronze in…
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Kenyan court finds two men guilty for roles in 2013 shopping mall attack

Kenyan court finds two men guilty for roles in 2013 shopping mall attack

A Kenyan court today found two men guilty of helping al Qaeda-linked militants launch a 2013 assault on a Nairobi shopping mall in which gunmen killed at least 67 people. A third man who also faced charges under the country's terrorism prevention act was acquitted on all charges. The trial is the only prosecution Kenya has mounted so far over the attack by gunmen from the Somali militant group al Shabaab on Nairobi's Westgate shopping mall, at the time seen as a symbol of the East African country's growing prosperity. It was the worst attack by Islamist militants in Kenya,…
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