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Bus carrying mourners overturns in Kenya, killing 21 people
A bus carrying mourners back home from a funeral in southwestern Kenya has overturned and plunged into a ditch, killing at least 21 people, police said.
The bus was travelling from the western town of Kakamega to the city of Kisumu, where the accident happened.
The driver lost control of the bus as it approached a roundabout at high speed and plunged into a ditch, according to Peter Maina, a regional traffic enforcement officer for the province of Nyanza, where Kisumu is located.
“The vehicle lost control, veered, rolled onto the other side of the road”, he told reporters at the scene.
“Amongst the 21 who lost their lives were 10 women, and a girl aged 10, and 10 men”, he said.
Five people were seriously hurt in the incident, Maina said, among them an eight-month-old baby who was currently receiving care at a nearby hospital.
The cause of the crash was not clear and investigations were ongoing. Local media reported the incident took place on a notorious section of road where collisions are frequent.
The deadly accident follows an aircraft crash near the capital, Nairobi, on Thursday, when an air ambulance came down in a residential area, killing six people.
The same day, local media reported that a collision between a train and bus killed eight.
Road accidents are common in Kenya and the wider East African region, where roads are often narrow and in poor condition with many potholes.
Police often blame road accidents on speeding drivers.
In another accident on Thursday, nine people were killed in a bus crash in the town of Naivasha in the county of Nakuru. The victims were among 32 workers going to work when the bus crashed at a railway crossing, police said.
Benue Assembly Rejects Alia’s Request To Screen Commissioner Nominees
In response to an unresolved issue between the legislature and the executive, Governor Hyacinth Alia wrote a letter to the Benue State House of Assembly asking for the screening and confirmation of commissioner nominees for the state executive council.
The Speaker, Hyacinth Dajoh, presided over the plenary on Friday, and a decision was made.
The House acted in response to Shimapever Jiji’s motion of urgent public importance, according to a statement from Terver Zamber, the speaker’s chief press secretary.
Jiji informed the audience that the governor had repeatedly violated the Assembly’s resolutions and had treated the legislature in a manner he called “total disregard.”
Thomas Dugeri, who supported the House’s position, argued that Alia had not addressed a number of pressing issues that the Assembly had previously raised.
He claimed that “the governor has no respect for this magnificent chamber.”
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Other participants in the discussion made it clear that the decision was intended to compel the executive to fulfill its obligations and not to stall governance.
They claimed that the governor must first demonstrate commitment to previous agreements and respect for the House’s resolutions before they can be denied the screening of commissioners.
The lawmakers listed their demands, including the immediate use of official vehicles by affected members and the enforcement of suspension notices issued to Otukpo Local Government Council, Otukpo Local Government Council, and Benue State Sports Lottery and Marketing Board executive secretary.
AC Milan keen to sign Man Utd striker Hojlund
AC Milan are keen to sign Manchester United striker Rasmus Hojlund.
It is just over a week since the Denmark forward made a point of speaking to journalists after he scored in a 4-1 friendly victory over Bournemouth in Chicago to state his intention to remain at Old Trafford, even if there was increased competition for his place in the Ruben Amorim’s side.
A number of clubs are thought to have expressed an interest in Hojlund, 23, in the knowledge United are willing to negotiate over his release.
It is understood Milan are keen, although they would only want a loan initially as they, like United, are hindered financially by an absence from European competition this season.
Sources suggest the Serie A side are willing to pay an initial 4m euros (£3.47m) loan fee, with an additional option to buy next summer for 40m (£34.7m).
Whether that is acceptable to United is open to doubt, although it is anticipated there will be more clarity on the situation in the coming week.
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High-profile Chinese dealmaker Bao Fan released from detention: Report
Bao Fan, star dealmaker and founder of boutique investment bank China Renaissance Holdings, has been released more than two years after being detained by Chinese authorities, the Reuters news agency has reported, citing a person with knowledge of the matter.
Bao, widely regarded as one of China’s best-connected bankers, was released from detention earlier this week, the person said on Friday, declining to be identified , because , the information was not public.
China Renaissance sent shockwaves through the country’s financial sector in 2023 when it announced it was unable to contact Bao, who founded the bank in 2005 with two other men and still owns nearly 49 percent of the company’s issued shares.
He was one of the several high-profile executives in China, mostly from the finance industry, who went missing in recent years with little explanation amid a sweeping anticorruption campaign spearheaded by President Xi Jinping.
His disappearance rattled professionals in the financial industry in the world’s second-largest economy, as Beijing , pressed , its campaign to , rein in , the “lavish lifestyle” of the “financial elite”.
His release comes as Beijing , seeks , to boost business confidence, particularly among the country’s tech entrepreneurs, whose businesses have suffered from a years-long crackdown.
China is looking to boost confidence in the private sector, which has been reeling from weak domestic consumption and a prolonged debt crisis in the property sector,  , against a , broader backdrop of heightened trade tensions with the United States.
“This is certainly a positive signal, as Bao was the most high-profile financier detained in recent years”, said Christopher Beddor, deputy China research director of Gavekal Dragonomics.
“Still, it won’t change the fact that the anticorruption campaign continues to churn through the financial sector, and the common prosperity campaign has led to sweeping pay caps and even clawbacks”, said Beddor. “China’s financial sector remains a long way from its heyday only a few years ago”.
High-profile deals
Bao had been involved in high-profile deals, including the mergers of ride-hailing firms Didi and Kuaidi, food delivery giants Meituan and Dianping, and travel platforms Ctrip and Qunar.
Neither China Renaissance nor Bao responded immediately to Reuters’s requests for comment. Chinese media Caixin first reported Bao’s release, citing unidentified sources.
China Renaissance’s shares jumped 17 percent on Friday to close at 6.87 Hong Kong dollars ($0.8752) before the news of his release became public.
Bao, who previously worked at Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley, went , missing , in February 2023.
Trade in China Renaissance shares was suspended in April 2023 after the bank delayed publication of its audited annual results as a result of mainland Chinese authorities , detaining , Bao , as part of an investigation.
A Chinese financial publication reported in May 2023 that he was detained by disciplinary and supervision officials. Authorities have as yet not given any explanation. On the day trading resumed last September, China Renaissance shares dropped 72 percent.
He was taken away to assist in an investigation into a former coworker, according to sources who previously told Reuters.
In February of last year, Bao was replaced as chairman by cofounder of China Renaissance, Xie Yi Jing.