CITIZEN NIPASHE WIKENDI - OCTOBER 06, 2024

7 Oct 2024 - Flash flooding in popular Thai tourist hotspot Chiang Mai has killed three people, a health official said Sunday, as visitors evacuated hotels through knee-high muddy water and shops closed in the city centre.

7 Oct 2024 - Gaza's civil defence agency said on Sunday that Israeli air strikes in Jabaliya killed at least 17 people as Israeli forces said they had surrounded the area to prevent Hamas from regrouping.

7 Oct 2024 - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's chief of staff Sue Gray resigned on Sunday after facing intense scrutiny during the Labour government's first few months in power.

7 Oct 2024 - With less than 36 hours before Rigathi Gachagua faces his accusers in Parliament, the embattled Deputy President says part of the multi-billion-shilling property linked to him belongs to his late brother and former Nyeri Governor Nderitu Gachagua.

6 Oct 2024 - South African police have arrested three people in connection with the killing of 18 relatives -- mostly women -- gunned down at a rural homestead a week ago, the police minister said Sunday.

6 Oct 2024 - Muslim leaders in the country want the government to immediately stop promoting the sale of miraa or khat by funding farmers or collecting taxes from farmers and businessmen, saying the crop has caused untold destruction of individuals and families.

6 Oct 2024 - The accusations centred on fraudulent tendering for the Kananie Leather Industrial Park Water Supply project in the fiscal year 2020/2021.

6 Oct 2024 - Rwanda said it would begin vaccinations against the deadly Ebola-like Marburg virus on Sunday, the health minister said, after receiving some 700 doses of a trial vaccine.

6 Oct 2024 - The county's appeal comes amid a severe capacity crisis at the facility, which is currently housing over 600 bodies, far exceeding its capacity of 184.

6 Oct 2024 - According to Francine Muchile, the chairman, Boda Boda Association Vihiga County, he received reports about the accident on Sunday afternoon.