Pope Francis Dies After Battling Illness

Pope Francis is dead. The Vatican News has confirmed.

The head of the Catholic Church died on Easter Monday, April 21, after battling double pneumonia for over one month. 

Former Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mithika Linturi has claimed that Cabinet Secretaries in the Kenya Kwanza government frequently lack autonomy, particularly during appointments, reinforcing earlier statements from former Attorney General and CS Justin Muturi.

Speaking during an interview at Weru TV on Sunday, Linturi recalled an instance where an appointment he had made to the Pyrethrum Company of Kenya (PCK) was revoked in a gazette notice without his knowledge.

A 14-year-old girl has been killed by a lion on the outskirts of Nairobi, the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) said.

The child was snatched from a residential compound on a ranch next to Nairobi National Park, according to the conservation agency.

The alarm was raised by another teenager and KWS rangers followed tracks to the nearby Mbagathi River, where they found the primary school girl's remains.

The lion has not been found but KWS said it had set a trap and deployed search teams to look for the animal.