- A primary school teacher who went missing in Nyamira, Kisii county has been found dead. Police say the body of Ezekiel Gitangwa, who went missing on December 30, 2022, was discovered inside a house belonging to a nurse. The body of the deceased was found wrapped in a carpet in one of the rooms used…
- Police in Machakos are investigating an incident in which a security guard was found murdered outside a supermarket in Tala market on Monday, January 2, 2023. Machakos police boss Issa Mohamed said the guard is suspected to have been killed by thugs who raided the supermarket on Sunday night…
- Detectives in Mombasa county arrested a 25-year-old man for being in possession of a pistol loaded with 15 rounds of ammunition at the Likoni ferry crossing. The officers drawn from the Directorate of criminal investigations (DCI) while acting on an intelligence report managed to arrest the suspect…
- The infestation of armyworms in some parts of Kajiado County has left herders counting losses. This comes amid emotional struggles and massive losses incurred by farmers who are still grappling with the effects of drought. Only a few areas have received short rains but herders now fear it will not…
- Two families in Loitoktok Kajiado South have been thrown into mourning after their children died in a swimming escapade that turned tragic during the new year celebrations. The two girls aged 9 and 10 years were among tens of other children swimming at a hotel swimming pool before they drowned. The…
- Police have arrested a suspected thief who is said to be involved in several incidences of robbery and mugging in Nakuru county. Officers from Nakuru West Sub County acting on a tip-off from members of the public arrested the man in Jasho Area within Kaptembwo. “A SUSPECTED NOTORIOUS CRIMINAL…
- A baggage handler has died after apparently being sucked into a plane’s engine in a freak New Year’s Eve accident. Authorities say the unidentified employee was working on the ramp at Montgomery Regional Airport in Alabama at around 3 pm Saturday, when he was said to be sucked into the running…
- Elon Musk’s cost-cutting measures at Twitter are going extreme with the employees even bringing their own toilet paper to the office. This happened shortly after the tech billionaire fired the janitors at the company’s San Francisco headquarters as they demanded higher pay and went on strike. After…
- Commercial sex workers drawn from Busia county are decrying the shortage of government-supplied condoms in the county. The women who spoke to a local TV station said they are unable to access the free condoms provided by the government. While pleading with the government to provide them with…
- Travellers plying across the Kisumu-Kakamega road were forced to wait for hours on the road following a temporary closure for prayers. Bishop Anthony Achesa of World Revival Gospel Ministry led the prayer service on the road causing disruption that saw motorists wait for the prayer session to end…
- Three fishermen died after their boat capsized at Kadiala beach, South Uyoma Ward, Rarieda Sub-county on the eve of the new year. The incident brings to nine the number of people who have drowned in the waters in the last two weeks. According to Rarieda Fishermen Secretary Victor Bungu, the…
- At least nine people died in a shopping mall crush in Uganda’s capital on Sunday as revellers rang in the New Year, police said. After fireworks outside the Freedom City mall in Kampala, “a stampede ensued, resulting in the instant deaths of five people and injuries to several others,” it said. “…
- Three students from the University of Nairobi drowned after a boat they were in capsized in Lake Victoria in Budalang’i, Busia county, on Saturday, December 31. According to Budalang’i police boss Isaiah Mose, the students were taking a selfie when the tragedy struck on Saturday evening. Four…
- Three students from the University of Nairobi are feared dead after a boat they were in capsized in Lake Victoria in Budalang’i, Busia county, on Saturday, December 31. According to Budalang’i police boss Isaiah Mose, the students were taking a selfie when the tragedy struck on Saturday evening.…
- A Nairobi businesswoman is counting losses after fraudsters posing as Christ Is The Answer Ministries (CITAM) church employees allegedly defrauded her Ksh2.5 million. Speaking to a local publication, the woman only identified as Grace (not her real name) stated that the employees aforementioned…
- Police in Kitutu Chache South, Kisii county are pursuing a woman who took off after allegedly assaulting and nearly chopping off a man’s manhood over a family feud. The area police commander Anthony Keter confirmed the incident, stating that the woman suspected to be the man’s wife is still on the…
- A family of a 27-year-old disc jockey (DJ) based in Kilifi is crying for justice after the entertainer was allegedly assaulted to death while at work at a local hotel. According to the family, Salim Moriasi alias DJ Goodie was killed on Christmas Day at about 1:00 am after a scuffle at the County…
- 2022 presented good vibes, terrifying news, and never-seen-before happenings in equal measure. Let’s take a look at what defined the year. THE GOOD 2022 was largely a peaceful year despite the rocky waves of politics ahead of the August polls. Unlike the previous electioneering years when…
- There was drama at a church in Nyamira after a Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) pastor chased away a section of bridesmaids from a wedding for not being SDAs. In a video clip that has since gone viral, the pastor identified as Jared Omwoyo is seen angrily asking some of the ladies to step aside for […]
- Four human skulls were discovered inside a package at a Mexican airport that was due to be sent by courier to the United States, local authorities said on Friday. The skulls were found wrapped in aluminum foil inside a cardboard box at Queretaro Intercontinental Airport in central Mexico, a…
- A missing female Kenyatta University (KU) student was found dead at her boyfriend’s house in Kahawa Wendani, Kiambu county. Police and parents say Victoria Muthoni Theuri who was pursuing Public Policy and Administration at the university was last seen on Christmas day. At the time, she informed…
- The Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) has released a list of petrol stations found selling adulterated fuel in various parts of the country in a recent crackdown. In a public notice, the fuel regulatory authority also exposed petrol stations that were busted selling export-bound…
- Digital strategist Dennis Itumbi fell out with retired president Uhuru Kenyatta during his second term in office. Itumbi’s reign at State House officially come to an end in March 2020 after Uhuru’s administration released a statement informing Kenyans that it had scrapped his position of senior…
- Security officers on Thursday uprooted more than 560 bhang plants from a maize farm at Kabuku village in Murang’a South sub-county. The police officers who acted on a tip-off from members of the public also apprehended one suspect who is the owner of the maize farm. The area sub-county police…
- Roads and Transport Cabinet Secretary (CS) Kipchumba Murkomen has directed the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) to suspend the Modern Coast operating license over safety concerns. The latest comes barely a month after the company’s license was reinstated. In a statement shared via his…
- The County government of Kajiado has raised a red alert over increased land fraud in the region saying conmen are now targeting expansive community land through illegal subdivisions. The majority of land conflict cases have been pitting plot owners and individual freehold parcels of lands but a new…
- Patients admitted at Thika Level Five Hospital in Kiambu County are now at risk of contracting cholera after cleaners at the busy facility downed their tools over an unpaid seven-month salary. The downing of tools comes a day after the county reported four Cholera-related deaths while 286 persons…
- Police in Teso, Busia county are investigating an incident where a senior cop caused a stir in Busia town after he fired in the air twice over an altercation involving a woman. In a statement, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) stated that the cop aforementioned took his lover to a…
- Consumers will be hit by an electricity price shock in January 2023 as the subsidy which retired president Uhuru Kenyatta initiated is dropped. Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) director-general Daniel Kiptoo said the 15 per cent discount would not be extended beyond its expiry date…
- Residents of Kamobo village in Kapsabet, Nandi county, woke up to a shocking incident on Friday, December 30, after finding a local family exhuming the body of their son who died 18 years ago. The man identified as Eliud Maina is said to have died in 2004. The family said it resolved to exhume the…
- Top Kenyan leaders on Friday, December 30, joined Kenyans in mourning the late veteran TV news anchor Catherine Kasavuli. Kasavuli, 60, died on Thursday night at the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) where she was receiving treatment for cervical cancer. President William Ruto, in his condolence…
- Wanted SIM swap fraud suspect David Mutai alias Hillary Langat Matindwet has been arrested. Police reports indicate that Mutai was arrested outside KCB bank in Kericho town on the morning of Friday, December 30. He was picked up by police officers guarding the bank after a tip-off from members of…
- An illegal distillery that manufactures and packages counterfeit alcoholic products was on Thursday, December, December 29, shut down in Nyahururu town. This is following a raid by detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) and officers from the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA)…
- Veteran journalist Catherine Kasavuli is dead, Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) acting Managing Director Samuel Maina has confirmed. Kasavuli, 60, breathed her last on Thursday night at the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), where she was receiving treatment for cervical cancer. Kasavuli’s…
- Two children in Kwamunyanzu area of Kiomo location in Mwingi central have lost their lives after a 40 year-old-man attacked them while on the farm with their mother. Zakayo Ruth attacked the woman, 30, and her two children aged four and 10 years using a panga as they were going about their day on…
- Prominent city lawyer Steve Ogolla has shared photos of his colourful invites only traditional wedding. Ogolla tied the knot to Cebbie Koks on Wednesday, December 28, 2022. Notable people who graced the event were National Assembly Deputy Speaker Gladys Boss Shollei, Lang’ata Member of Parliament (…
- Police in Nakuru have arrested a 23-year-old man believed to be among the top leaders in the dreaded WaTZ gang, a splinter criminal group of the ‘Confirm’ gang, operating in the informal settlements. Nakuru County Police Commander Peter Mwanzo said Jackson Marucha Obedi Yasin alias Rodgers was…
- Members of the Anglican Church of Kenya (ACK), St. Matthew’s Kiangima Parish in Embu West Sub-county held demonstrations on Wednesday, December 28, over alleged misuse of funds by the church committee. Carrying placards and twigs amid chants of protests, the worshippers demanded immediate dismissal…
- Members of the Anglican Church of Kenya (ACK), St. Matthew’s Kiangima Parish in Embu West Sub-county held demonstrations on Wednesday, December 28, over alleged misuse of funds by the church committee. Carrying placards and twigs amid chants of protests, the worshippers demanded immediate dismissal…
- The festive season is meant to bring joy and glad tidings as families gather together to celebrate and exchange gifts. However, this was not the case with one family in Butula, Busia county. On the fateful day, a seven-year-old boy who was learning how to swim at an open dam near Nyapera market,…
- Two people were killed and several others injured after a school bus rammed into market stalls in Ekerenyo, Nyamira County, on Thursday, December 29. The driver of the bus that was heading to Nakuru for the Ministry of Repentance and Holiness end-year celebrations presided over by Prophet David…
- Two people were killed and several others injured after a school bus rammed into market stalls in Ekerenyo, Nyamira County, on Thursday, December 29. The driver of the bus that was heading to Nakuru for the Ministry of Repentance and Holiness end-year celebrations presided over by Prophet David…
- About 670 litres of illicit brew was destroyed at Pulunga and Silanka estates in the outskirts of Narok town last evening. Narok Central Division Assistant County Commissioner (ACC) Abdi Shakur Ali said they got a tip-off from the members of the public informing them of the illegal business in the…
- Former Mumias East Member of Parliament Mark Barasa is dead. Barasa, 98, was found murdered at his home farm in Tongaren, Bungoma county, on Wednesday, December 28. He served as the first MP for Bungoma East between 1963 and 1969. First responders say Barasa’s body was partially burnt with acid and…
- A 70-year-old man from Kitutu Chache, Kisii county, is in police custody after he allegedly killed his 68-year-old wife over a domestic squabble. Police arrested Christopher Gisiora after villagers found Alice Kamunde’s body lying in a pool of blood on the morning of Thursday, December 29, 2022.…
- Two people died on the spot after a road accident in Kariguini along Kenol -Murang’a road on Thursday, December 29, 2022. The accident is said to have occurred after a pickup heading towards Kenol had a head-on collision with a lorry which was coming from the opposite direction. The driver of the…
- A family in Nyatike, Kisii county is mourning the death of their 60-year-old kin who allegedly took his own life on the evening of Wednesday, December 28, 2022. Area assistant chief Vincent Otieno, while confirming the incident, said the body of the senior citizen identified as Othina was found…
- Two suspects were on Thursday, December 29, arrested for allegedly giving a 3-year-old boy alcohol at a Christmas party in Nairobi. Edward Ndirangu Muhuka, aged 22, and Abdulmajid Hassan Arafat, 19, were picked from their slumber in Thindigua and Pangani estates respectively by detectives from the…
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- Two Italian nationals have been rescued following an Al-Shabaab militia kidnapping in Witu, Lamu County. The two women were among four people who were being held hostage by the militants inside Witu forest during the 4 am Thursday morning incident. They were being held inside a car at Witu forest…
