Lamu family desperate over mysterious disappearance of kin
Lamu, KENYA:A family in Lamu is desperately searching for their kin who went missing last Sunday. 40 year old fisherman, Ahmed Athman Bilel, who hails from Kiunga area on the Lamu-Somalia border in Lamu East went missing on Sunday evening shortly after leaving his home for the fishing centre in Ishakani. His sister, Mulhat Bilel, […]
Alshabaab members now recruiting close relatives
Lamu, KENYA: The county administration of Lamu has warned families whose relatives have joined the Al Shabaab to ensure more of their kin don’t fall prey to the militia group. This follows new intelligence reports on the militia group’s latest recruitment technique where they are now using already recruited Kenyan terrorists to lure, radicalize and […]
Lamu county turns to sniffer dogs to fight narcotics
Lamu, KENYA: The Lamu County administration has now acquired sniffer dogs specifically to help fight the drug menace in the region. Speaking in Lamu on Monday, Lamu county commissioner Joseph Kanyiri said the sniffer dogs will be used to nab drugs being brought into the county through the various notorious hotspots. Recently, the county administration […]
Pregnant woman dies during failed ‘religious delivery’ in Lamu
Lamu, KENYA: A woman in Mkunguni village of Mokowe area in Lamu county has died due to excessive bleeding following a failed ‘divine delivery’ at her home. The husband of the late Kendi Kiecha,29, and her relatives refused to take her for a hospital delivery owing to their religious beliefs that forbid them from ever […]
Committee to question treasury over Lamu’s dilapidated jetties
Lamu,KENYA:The national treasury is on the spot for failing to disburse funds for the rehabilitation of key jetties in Lamu County that are currently in their worst state. Speaking shortly after a tour of all the jetties in Lamu on earlier in the week,the Parliamentary Select Committee on Transport and Infrastructure has put treasury on […]
Lamu boat fares hiked by 35%
Lamu, KENYA: Lamu boat operators have now hiked fares amidst the growing 16% VAT on petroleum products stalemate. Travelers using boats into and out of Lamu and between the various adjacent islands in the archipelago have now been slapped with a 35% increase on their usual boat fares. Normally,a boat trip from Lamu island to […]
30,000 families dependent on mangroves demand to know fate
Lamu, KENYA: Communities dependent on mangroves in Lamu county have asked Environment CS Keriako Tobiko to let them know whether or not he plans to lift the ban on mangroves in the region. At least 30,000 families are directly dependent on the mangrove trade in Lamu with many now wallowing in poverty since the ban […]
Transport in Lamu paralyzed as stations run out of fuel
Lamu, KENYA; Boat transport in Lamu town has been adversely affected following the closure of all the five floating petrol stations in the town which have been rendered non-operational owing to the biting fuel shortage brought about by the recent 16% VAT on petroleum products. As at Friday morning, no single floating petrol station was […]
Far flung Lamu Islanders want to be counted before the next census
Lamu, KENYA: Lamu residents in far flung islands that are considered not easily reachable are calling on the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics-KNBS to commence an earlier census in their areas before the official start date, so as to ensure they are covered this time around. Residents of Mwongo-Shariff, Mkokoni, Kiunga, Ishakani, Madina, Basuba, Mangai, […]
Boni community turn to wild fruits as starvation bites
Lamu, KENYA: The over 2000 members of the Boni minority community in Lamu have been forced to feast on wild fruits after they failed to get any harvests this year following invasion of pests on their crops. The heavy rains that pounded the area and subsequent flooding didn’t make things better either. Speaking on Thursday, […]