Four police officers charged with killing lawyer
Four police officers have been charged with the murder of lawyer Willie Kimani, his client Josphat Mwenda and taxi driver Joseph Muiruri.The four denied the charges when they appeared before High Court Judge Jessie Lessit on Monday.
The court directed the police officers, represented by lawyer Cliff Ombeta, to apply for bond after a month as police are yet to complete interviewing witnesses. The four are Fredrick Leliman, Leonard Mwangi, Silvia Wanjiku and Stephen Cheburet.
They are alleged to have murdered Mr Kimani, his client and taxi driver on the night of June 23 in the Soweto area of Mlolongo, Machakos County.
Uganda’s president opposes arms embargo on South Sudan
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni said he was opposed to a UN plan to impose an arms embargo on his neighbour South Sudan, saying it would weaken its army just as the country was trying to contain a resurgence of violence.
The statement from one of the region’s main powers, issued over the weekend, came after U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the Security Council to block arms sales to try and end more than two years of fighting in the world’s newest nation.
Museveni told Ban he was against the embargo at an African Union summit in Rwanda’s capital Kigali on Saturday, officials said.
“When you impose an (arms) embargo on South Sudan you destroy the local force on which you need to build a strong integrated army,” a statement from his office read.
He did not say if Uganda would take any more concrete action against the plan for South Sudan, which declared independence from Sudan five years ago.
Uganda sent troops into South Sudan to back Kiir during latest conflict, which started in December 2013, and sent troops back again during this month’s resurgence in fighting, saying they would rescue Ugandan citizens there.
British PM May to visit Berlin, Paris in first foreign trip
Theresa May will visit Berlin on Wednesday in her first foreign visit as Britain’s new prime minister, Downing Street said, for talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel on the UK’s preparations to leave the EU.
She will then head for Paris on Thursday for similar talks with French President Francois Hollande, and for discussions on counter-terrorism cooperation following the Nice truck attack, a spokeswoman said Monday.
They are May’s first foreign visits since she became prime minister last Wednesday following Britain’s referendum vote to leave the European Union.
Incoming British premiers normally make early visits to establish personal links with key European leaders, but this week’s trip will be highly charged by the referendum outcome and the need to forge a new relationship between Britain and the continent’s major powers.
House committee to table IEBC probe report Tuesday
Members of the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee (JLAC) insist that they will table a probe report on issues affecting the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC).
JLAC says it will continue with its parallel probe on the petition seeking for the disbandment of the IEBC despite calls by members of the Joint Select Committee to have a single investigation on the electoral body.
Committee members led by Githunguri MP Njoroge Baiya and his Makadara counterpart Benson Mutura have said the committee led by Samuel Chepkonga will deliver it’s report to the National Assembly Tuesday, July 19th when MPs come back from their short recess.
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