Lamu residents outraged as KDF ‘orders locals to swim in sewage’
Lamu, KENYA: Lamu residents are outraged by the latest strategy being used by the Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) soldiers to punish and harass those found strolling around operation areas at night. The most recent was early this week when locals who were on their way home after 11pm were forced to roll and swim in […]
Lamu County to get it’s first ever rehab centre
Lamu, KENYA: Drug addicts in Lamu County will soon not have to travel far to get help, The Kenya Red Cross Society is set to launch the first ever rehab centre in the county before the end of the year. The rehab centre is being set up at Hindi area in Lamu West at a […]
Repair of Lamu’s dilapidated jetties yet to commence
Lamu, KENYA: The national government is yet to commence construction and rehabilitation of four key Lamu jetties that are a dilapidated condition. Last month, while on a tour of the jetties in Lamu, Transport and Infrastructure PS Paul Maringa announced that the government had finally disbursed the Sh.649 Million meant for rehabilitation works of the […]
Nine lobster fishermen arrested at sea over flouting ‘Michuki rules’
Lamu, KENYA: Nine lobster diver fishermen have been arrested in the ongoing crackdown and reinforcement of traffic rules and transport safety in Lamu. They were nabbed by marine police officers on Wednesday in a move that has sparked outrage from locals and leaders. Police said their major crime was failing to wear protective gear that […]
Michuki crackdown extended to boats in Lamu
Lamu, KENYA: Unruly boat operators in Lamu will not be spared in the ongoing crackdown and reinforcement of traffic regulations. Speaking in his office on Tuesday, Lamu County Commissioner Joseph Kanyiri said they shall equally be arresting any boat operators and passengers who fail to comply with the maritime safety regulations. He said many boats […]
31 Vehicles impounded in Lamu
Lamu, KENYA: Police in Lamu has impounded 31 public transport vehicles in an operation that saw public road transport totally paralyzed. Hundreds of commuters have been stranded in Lamu as police moved in to crack down on unroadworthy vehicles in the recently reinforced Michuki rules. Majority of other owners kept their vehicles off the road […]
Mangrove loggers to sue government over ban
Lamu, KENYA: Mangrove loggers in Lamu have given the national government a one-week ultimatum to lift the mangrove cutting ban failure to which they will head to court. Over 30,000 families depend directly on mangrove trade in Lamu. The residents are majorly from the Lamu, Manda, Ndau, Kizingitini, Faza, Mkokoni, Kiwayu islands and villages on […]
Lamu squatters call for faster land adjudication
Lamu,KENYA:Squatters in Lamu county are calling on the county government and the National Lands Commission-NLC to speed up land adjudication and issuance of title deeds so as to save them the agony they go through at the hands of moneyed tycoons. Lamu has a high number of squatters many of which are concentrated in Hindi,Mokowe,Kwasasi,Lamu […]
Stakeholders push to have Lamu cultural festival extended
Lamu,KENYA:With just two weeks left to the 18th edition of the Lamu Cultural Festival this year, locals and stakeholders are pushing to have the duration of the festival extended. The Lamu Cultural Festival was officially launched in the year 2000 and is held annually every month of November for four consecutive days. This year’s edition kicks […]
At least three drown in the Indian Ocean on Thursday
Lamu, KENYA: A young man drowned in the Indian Ocean while swimming with friends at the Shella channel in Shella Beach Town of Lamu Island on Thursday morning. Joseph Kitsao, 25, had accompanied his friends for a swimming expedition when they were overpowered by rough tides, normally experienced at the Shella Channel, that swept him […]