MONDAY REPORT, 3rd February 2024

4 Feb 2025 - President Cyril Ramaphosa vowed Monday to continue providing support to the Democratic Republic of Congo in the face of nationwide calls to withdraw troops following the death of 14 South African soldiers.

4 Feb 2025 - A former British soldier who sparked a manhunt after escaping from prison before his trial was sentenced by a UK court on Monday to 14 years for spying for Iran.

4 Feb 2025 - President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday rejected Donald Trump's assertions that South Africa was "confiscating" land and said he was ready to explain his government's land reform policy to his US counterpart.

4 Feb 2025 - Energy Cabinet Secretary Opiyo Wandayi has addressed complaints by some Kenyans who have reported receiving high initial electricity quotations by Kenya Power.

4 Feb 2025 - The conflict between Rwanda-backed forces and the DR Congo is often presented as a struggle to control the valuable minerals that power global electronics.

4 Feb 2025 - A Mombasa-based doctor has been freed on a Ksh.500,000 bond after he pleaded not guilty to charges of sexually assaulting a patient at the Pandya Hospital in Mombasa.

4 Feb 2025 - At the Athi River-Namanga Road Interchange, business came to a standstill on Monday afternoon as residents and motorists glanced at a body dumped near a water drainage channel on the busy highway.

4 Feb 2025 - An uncomfortable seat on the terrace for the Cabinet Secretary for National Treasury John Mbadi and the Kenya Revenue Authority board chair was the least of their worries in their inaugural visit to Bunge La Mwananchi.

4 Feb 2025 - Members of Parliament are on the spot for failing to account for millions of shillings allocated under the National Government Constituency Development Fund (NG-CDF) as highlighted in the Auditor General's report for the year ending 2023.

4 Feb 2025 - The Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) has announced that first- and second-year university students will now receive funds under the old model while awaiting the outcome of an appeal challenging the High Court’s suspension of the new framework.