McKayla Maroney

Gunmen kill two in attack on Kenya university students

Kenya - Muslimchronicle

Two staff members were killed and several students were wounded in Kenya when gunmen fired on vehicles carrying students to the Technical University of Mombasa’s campus in coastal Kwale county on Tuesday, a police official and a witness said. “A bus carrying students of TUM (the Technical University of Mombasa) was ferrying them from their hostels to the campus inRead more

Kenyan police probe killing of two terror suspects

Mombasa - Arab Today

Kenyan authorities on Monday launched an investigation into the mysterious death of two wanted terror suspects. The two were killed and dumped in Naivasha County, 90 km northwest of Nairobi. One of the suspects, Fatuma Mohamed Masou, had a 20,000 U.S. dollar bounty on her head. She escaped police dragnet in Mombasa in 2015. Masou, the wife of terrorist KassimRead more

Kenyan police seize 88 pieces of elephant tusks

Mombasa - ArabToday

Kenyan police on Thursday seized 88 pieces of elephant tusks with a street value of 20,000 U.S. dollars in the coastal county of Kwale. Msambweni police commander Joseph Chebusit said the ivory that weighed 41.91 kg was found in a house during an operation led by Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) officers. Chebusit said they are holding a woman suspect whoRead more

Kenya lauds Britain's lifting of travel ban

Mombasa - ArabToday

Kenya's tourism stakeholders on Friday welcomed the lifting of travel ban by Britain that barred its citizens from traveling to Lamu County in the coastal region. Britain had warned its citizens against visiting Kenya's coast and northeastern region, citing terror attack threats by Al-Shabaab and high crime rates. Kenya Association of Hotelkeepers and Caterers Coast executive Sam Ikwaye said theRead more

Kenya carries out test on Nairobi-Mombasa railway

Mombasa - ArabToday

The Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC) on Thursday carried out a test run of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) line and the passenger coaches. A team of experts, engineers and KRC management left Nairobi at 9:30 a.m. and it took them exactly two hours to reach Mtito Andei along Nairobi-Mombasa railway. The train was travelling at 120 Km/h. "It took usRead more

4 daesh suspects charged in Kenyan court

Mombasa - ArabToday

Four suspected members of the Islamic State (IS) were on Monday charged with terrorism related charges in a Kenyan court. The suspects were not allowed to take plea before a Mombasa Magistrate Court until detectives complete their investigation. The four- Nasra Faiz Hyder, Salim Mohammed Rashid, Aisha Faiz Hyder and Fatuma Mohammed, were arraigned in the court accused of beingRead more

Kenyan police arrest 2 Daesh suspects deported from Turkey

Mombasa - ArabToday

The Kenyan anti-terrorism police on Saturday morning arrested two IS suspects in the coastal city of Mombasa during a major operation to nab youth who had joined foreign radical groups. Police sources said the male and female suspected IS fighters aged 20 and 26 years respectively had earlier been deported by Turkish authorities when they sneaked into the country afterRead more

Kenya deports 4 suspected foreign drug barons

Mombasa - ArabToday

The Kenyan government on Sunday deported four suspected drug barons arrested in the coastal city of Mombasa. The authorities on Saturday arrested four nationals from South Africa and Seychelles in the coastal city of Mombasa while in possession of unconfirmed quantity of hard drugs during an anti-narcotics swoop. The four will be handed over on Sunday to Seychelles authority forRead more

Kenyan police arrest 4 foreigners during anti-narcotics swoop

Mombasa - ArabToday

The Kenyan police on Saturday morning arrested 4 nationals from South Africa and Seychelles in the coastal city of Mombasa during an anti-narcotics swoop. Police said the foreigners were arrested in an apartment while in possession of unconfirmed quantity of hard drugs. Regional police boss, Philip Tuimur said the seized narcotics had been dispatched to the government chemist for analysisRead more

Kenya receives second batch of passenger trains

Mombasa - ArabToday

The second batch of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) passenger and freight locomotives docked at the port of Mombasa on Saturday. The port of Mombasa was a beehive of activities as four locomotives -- two passenger and two freight locomotives were being offloaded. The East African nation has now received 10 locomotives, after the first batch of six locomotives receivedRead more