![]() This comes a few weeks after Mr Njenga's homes in the capital, Nairobi, and in central Laikipia county were reportedly raided by security officers for unknown reasons. Mr Njenga was summoned to appear at police headquarters in Nakuru, but failed to do so and instead went into hiding, local media reported.Ĭorporal Eliud Misoi, a detective based in Nakuru, said the eight individuals who were arrested were suspected to be members of an organised criminal gang. The items were recovered following a raid mounted by detectives in Ngomongo village last week, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) said in a statement on Monday.Įight suspected members of the Mungiki sect were arrested during the raid, police said. Kenyan police say they are hunting for the former leader of the outlawed Mungiki gang, Maina Njenga, after seizing two firearms and cannabis from a home linked to him in western Nakuru county. Kenya oil discovery after Tullow Oil drilling.Kenyan authorities are yet to comment on the impact of the exits and whether the country's oil project was still viable. Tullow Oil had last year disclosed plans to exit the project amid funding problems, which are likely to worsen with the exit of its partners. ![]() TotalEnergies had at the end of last year indicated plans to dispose of its stake, as doubts lingered on Kenya’s ambition to join the league of oil exporting nations. Getty Images Copyright: Getty Images The two firms have been funding the Kenyan onshore oilfields Image caption: The two firms have been funding the Kenyan onshore oilfieldsīritish exploration firm Tullow Oil has assumed full ownership of a major Kenyan oil project after its joint venture partners, Canada's Africa Oil Corp and France's Total Energies, pulled out.Īfrica Oil said it abandoned the project to concentrate on regions with high petroleum potential, while Total said it was considering other options.Įach had a 25% stake in the South Lokichar Basin. As of March it owed the south-eastern Asian country $6.31bn (£5.8bn). Kenya has reportedly cut borrowing from China. "China and Kenya are good friends, good partners and good brothers," the embassy spokesperson said. It says the ties between Kenya and China are founded on mutual respect. The embassy says it is a highly sensitive political issue to blame a certain government for a cyber-attack without solid evidence. "Hacking is a common threat to all countries and China is also a victim of cyber-attack," it added. The years-long cyber-attacks started in 2019 when the Chinese started closing credit taps to Kenya as debt strains started showing, according to Reuters.īut the Chinese embassy said the report was "far-fetched and sheer nonsense", in a statement on Wednesday. ![]() This was reportedly done to assess whether the East Africa nation would service billions of dollars owed to Beijing. Kenya presidency/Twitter Copyright: Kenya presidency/Twitter China's ambassador Zhou Pingjian (L), seen here with President Ruto last year, has said the two countries share a profound tradition of friendship Image caption: China's ambassador Zhou Pingjian (L), seen here with President Ruto last year, has said the two countries share a profound tradition of friendshipĬhina's embassy in Kenya has denied a Reuters news agency report that Chinese hackers attacked key state agencies in the capital, Nairobi, including the presidency.
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