A 22-year-old man has been rescued by police after spending five months chained inside the home of a traditional herbalist in Mwamanga Village, Kwale County. The young man, who comes from Darugube, was found padlocked to a heavy metal chain fixed to the floor of a room. His family had taken him to the herbalist
Heavy rains accompanied by strong winds have caused widespread disruption in parts of Mombasa and Kwale counties. According to a report by the Kenya Red Cross dated April 23, 2026, in Mombasa County, at least 103 households have been affected, with nine people displaced across Jomvu, Kisauni, Changamwe, and Likoni sub-counties. This has affected many
Kenya’s leading cement and concrete products manufacturer, Bamburi Cement, has signed a US$250 million (Kshs 32 billion) Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) contract with Sinoma CBMI Construction Co., Ltd for the construction of a turnkey clinkerisation factory in Matuga, Kwale County. The construction of the state-of-the-art 1.6 million tonnes-a-year new clinkerisation plant, incorporating advanced, carbon-neutral