- Top security officers in Siaya town were left shocked after they discovered bhang of unknown value just 3 kilometers from Siaya Police Station. Police had a hectic time and spent the entire day uprooting the plants from an acre piece of land whose owner disappeared after he was tipped off by…
- The drama that lasted for several hours today characterized the grilling of former Mungiki leader Maina Njenga before he was finally released. The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) boss Mohammed Amin on Thursday, March 25, 2023, said Njenga was released as he had been issued anticipatory…
- Former journalist Linda Oguttu has come out to clear the air over claims that she had resorted to working at construction sites commonly known as mjengo after exiting the media industry. The mother of one expressed shock at the information shared by an online news platform after the story was aired…
- Police on Thursday, May 25, were forced to lob teargas to disperse hundreds of Kenyans who had camped outside the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) headquarters in Nairobi in solidarity with former Mungiki leader Maina Njenga. Maina had been asked to present himself at the DCI…
- Former Samburu Governor Moses Lenolkulal has suffered a setback in his bid to walk away scot-free in the Ksh84 million corruption case after the High Court declined to compel the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to terminate it. Justice Esther Maina says that the DPP acts discretionally and…
- A press briefing by State House spokesperson Hussein Mohamed and Housing and Urban Development Principal Secretary Charles Hinga on affordable housing has stirred reactions from Kenyans on social media. During the press briefing, PS Hinga, asserted and explained that the levy will solve Kenya’s…
- The High Court has allowed the government to take away a Ksh102 million love gift wired to a 23-year-old student Felista Nyamathira Njoroge by her overseas billionaire boyfriend. In a judgement rendered by Esther Maina on Thursday, May 25, 2023, the Kenyan government has been allowed to retain the…
- Detectives from Serious Crime Unit on Wednesday, May 24 intercepted elephant tusks weighing over 110 kilograms in Laikipia County and arrested one suspect identified as Alfred Gathecha. In a statement, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) said the 47-year-old man was arrested in Sipili…
- Interior and National Administration Cabinet Secretary (CS) Kithure Kindiki is expected to visit Malindi on Thursday, May 25 to oversee the postmortem of additional 129 bodies that have been exhumed. In a statement released by the ministry, the CS will also visit the Public Information, Tracing,…
- Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka has invited Azimio la Umoja-One Kenya coalition leadership to his Yatta farm in Machakos for a thanksgiving prayer. In what is seen as a 2027 political strategy, Kalonzo has also invited all leaders elected on a Wiper ticket in the region. “We have been invited by…
- Socrates, the philosopher from Athens who is credited as the founder of Western philosophy, was found not guilty in a mock trial conducted by the National Hellenic Museum (NHM). Robert A. Clifford and Sarah F. King, partners of Clifford Law Offices, and Dan Webb, Co-Executive Chairman of Winston…
- An irate mob in Mbooni, Makueni County, on Wednesday, May 24 apprehended a 36-year-old man who allegedly raped a woman. According to a police report seen by K24 Digital, Munyao Muoka, 36, was handed over to police by the irate mob that almost lynched him after he was cornered trying to flee after…
- Interior Cabinet Secretary (CS) Kithure Kindiki has said 11 suspects have been arrested in relation to conflicts over tea farming in Bomet and Kericho counties. In a statement on Wednesday, May 24, the CS said county security and intelligence teams have also narrowed down on other key suspects who…
- A pastor has been charged for allegedly defiling a 15-year-old minor inside a church in Mombasa. Robert Jefwa Kalama, 40, a pastor at New Life Prayer Centre and Church which is headed by embattled preacher pastor Ezekiel Odero, pleaded not guilty to charges of defilement when he appeared before…
- A Canadian missionary was on Wednesday, May 24, 2023, charged before a Nairobi court with defrauding two traders of their land worth Ksh60 million located in Ngong, Kajiado County. Sheppard Nelson Jason, who runs a children’s home in Ngong, appeared before Milimani Chief Magistrate Lucas Onyina and…
- Detectives in Nairobi have launched a hunt for three thugs who raided a bar in Ruaraka and robbed revellers at gun point. In a statement on Wednesday, May 24, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) said the armed robbers posing as mentally ill beggars entered Reke Marie pub located in…
- Police in Sheema District are investigating circumstances under which a security guard was brutally killed. Martial Tumusiime, the Greater Bushenyi police spokesperson, identified the deceased as Elly Kamanye, 55, a former crime preventer. Police preliminary information indicates that Kamanye was…
- Former Mungiki leader Maina Njenga surrendered to authorities on Wednesday, May 24, a day after police in Nakuru said they were looking for him. Maina Njenga presented himself at the Nakuru Law Courts on Wednesday morning accompanied by his lawyer Ndegwa Njiru. He is set to be arraigned. The…
- Kenya is set to launch new generation digital identification cards similar to Huduma Namba cards, the Cabinet Secretary of Interior and Administration of National Government Kithure Kindiki has said. Kindiki said that the new ID cards will have a machine-readable chip and QR code and allow web-…
- Pressure is piling on Chief Registrar of the Judiciary Anne Amadi to resign over an alleged link to a Ksh89 million gold scam. Amadi has been sued alongside her son Brian Ochieng, two other Kenyans and a Liberian citizen by a Dubai-based firm after the gold it purchased was never delivered. While…
- Chinese hackers targeted Kenya’s government in a widespread, years-long series of digital intrusions against key ministries and state institutions, according to three sources, cybersecurity research reports and Reuters’ own analysis of technical data related to the hackings. Two of the sources…
- Former Kenya Sevens and Kenya Harlequins player Alex Olaba has been sentenced to serve 8 years in jail for hatching a plot to kill a prosecution witness in his gang rape case four years ago. A city court magistrate Geoffrey Onsarigo slapped Olaba with the sentence after finding him guilty of two…
- Police have recovered more than 500 kilograms of suspected toxic sugar in a raid at two separate stores in Ruaraka, Nairobi. In a statement on Tuesday, May 24, 2023, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) said the suspected contaminated sugar unfit for human consumption was impounded…
- Two suspects linked to a gruesome murder of a 39-year-old man in April have been arrested. The two including the wife of the deceased and his suspected lover were nabbed in Kayole, Nairobi. Reports indicate that the deceased, Richard Ondieki. was first hacked before his body was dismembered. He…
- A security guard employed by Njeru Central Division, Njeru Municipality in Buikwe District in Uganda on Monday locked about 50 government workers out of the administration block over alleged nonpayment of salary arrears. Mr Karim Kanku, 67, who reportedly demands about Shs1.8m in salary arrears…
- Two suspects accused of stealing Ksh8 million from a safe have been arrested in Kinangop, Nyandarua County. According to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations(DCI), the two, Moses Cherish and Eliud Wangai were among three suspects who allegedly broke into the safe belonging to a Kiambu-based…
- Police on Monday, May 22 recovered warfare equipment after a fierce shootout with suspected Al-Shabaab militants in Diiso, Garissa County. According to a police report, equipment recovered included two RPGs with seven warheads, six AK47 rifles with 20 magazines, one PK machine gun with a belt of…
- At least 178 job seekers who were set to travel to Saudi Arabia stormed and camped at Kitengela police station protesting against being duped by their agents. The ladies aged between 21 – 35 years are said to have been dumped in a thicket on the outskirts of Kitengela town after staying for over 6…
- Grief gripped Ndiko village in Gatundu North, Kiambu County after a 14-year-old boy drowned in the Karimenu II dam while swimming. Brian Karanja, a form one student at Kiangunu Secondary School, is said to have been in the company of his three male friends when the tragedy happened. According to…
- High Court Judge David Majanja has disqualified himself from hearing further a lawsuit where a British national has sued Chief Registrar of Judiciary Anne Amadi over alleged Ksh89 million gold scam. Justice Majanja recused himself from the case, saying he could not continue hearing it since he sits…
- WhatsApp says it will allow users to edit messages, in a move that will see it match a feature offered by competitors like Telegram and Signal. The firm says messages can be edited for up to 15 minutes after being sent. The instant-messaging service is part of US technology giant Meta, which also…
- Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) are looking for former Mungiki leader Maina Njenga after two guns and over 90 rolls of bhang were allegedly found at a Nakuru home linked to him. In a statement on Monday night, DCI said the items were recovered during a raid…
- Undercover detectives on Monday, May 22, 2023, arrested two robbery suspects believed to be behind recent armed attacks on civilians in Kakamega, Vihiga and Uasin-Gishu counties. In a statement, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) said the sleuths disguised as Jua Kali artisans…
- The Judicial Commission of Inquiry formed by the President William Ruto to probe the Shakahola Massacre and religious organizations in the country will not proceed with the exercise after the High Court indefinitely suspended its work on Monday, May 22, 2023. Justice Lawrence Mugambi of the…
- A worker died and another one was seriously injured when a trench collapsed and buried them at a construction site in Ruiru, Kiambu County. The two were working at the foundation of a building near the Ruiru Prison when tragedy struck on Monday, May 22, 2023. One of them died at the scene while his…
- Narc Kenya party leader Martha Karua censured self-proclaimed Bunge la Mwananchi President Calvince Okoth alias Gaucho over his remarks about nominated MP Sabina Chege. Speaking on Monday, May 22, 2023, during the National Delegates Conference (NDC) at the Ngong Racecourse in Nairobi, Karua…
- Managing Director of Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) Bernard Njinu Njiraini, KRA deputy Commissioner Joseph Kiago Kaguru, and six others were on Monday, May 22, 2023, charged over theft of 20,000 bags of condemned brown sugar worth over Ksh20 Million at the Milimani Law Courts. The eight suspects…
- Safaricom’s legal manager has been ordered to appear in court on Tuesday next week fordeclining to allow police access to M-Pesa accounts belonging to embattled kilifi Pastor Ezekiel Odero, who is under probe over alleged money laundering. Milimani Magistrate Ben Mark Ekhubi on Monday, May 22, 2023…
- Retired President Uhuru Kenyatta has said his plan was to retire from active politics but he changed his mind in light of the recent happening in the political arena. Speaking at the Jubilee party’s National Delegates Conference (NDC) at the Ngong Racecourse on Monday, May 22, 2023, Uhuru said he…
- Former President Uhuru Kenyatta has told off rebel Jubilee Party members led by Kanini Kega and nominated MP Sabina Chege. Speaking at the Ngong Racecourse during the Jubilee Party National Delegates Conference (NDC), Uhuru told the rebel members to leave the party instead of engaging in wrangles…
- Five people have lost their lives in a grisly road accident at Isinya, Kajiado County after a bus carrying 40 passengers rolled over – police have confirmed. The bus, which was ferrying workers of a flower firm, was heading towards Kiserian from Isinya when it was involved in the accident at around…
- Thousands of delegates arrived at the Ngong Racecourse on Tuesday morning for the Jubilee Party leader and retired President Uhuru Kenyatta amid leadership wrangles. The National Delegates Conference (NDC) comes two days after Jubilee Party Vice Chairperson David Murathe and Secretary General…
- Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki insists that a crackdown targeted at weeding out rogue preachers in the country will continue despite resistance from a section of the religious leaders. In a statement on Sunday, May 21, Kindiki maintained that the church and other religious organisations…
- The mastermind behind the theft of condemned brown sugar Crispus Waithaka was on Saturday night arrested at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) after he arrived in the country from Dubai Waithaka, a holder of passport number BK 237924, arrived in the country at around 9:00 pm aboard Fly…
- Health officials in Sindo, Homa Bay county have cautioned residents after they confirmed 25 cases of cholera in the region. According to the region’s Health Chief Officer, Kevin Osuri, 21 people are currently admitted to various hospitals. He stated that the outbreak may have been caused by the use…
- Senior Counsel Ahmednasir Abdullahi has been unverified on Twitter. The lawyer who enjoys over 2.1 million followers on the micro-blogging platform lost his blue checkmark on Sunday, May 21, 2023. Twitter in April phased out legacy verification, removing blue checkmarks for non-paying accounts. In…
- At least twelve people have died after a crush at a football stadium in El Salvador‘s capital, San Salvador, officials have said. The incident occurred during a match between local team Alianza and the Santa Ana-based team Fas at Cuscatlán Stadium. The match was subsequently suspended. President…
- A 21-year-old Uganda Christian University (UCU) student is fighting for her life in hospital after she was shot by a policeman whose house she attempted to open when she mistook it to be her boyfriend’s in the wee hours of Saturday morning. Natasha Nagayi was allegedly shot by ASP Dismas Tebangole…
- Transport and Roads Cabinet Secretary (CS) Kipchumba Murkomen issued a response after images of a deaf-mute lady who was stripped naked in a matatu went viral. In a statement responding to the photos, the Transport CS assured the victim that investigations were ongoing and pledged to give an update…
- The government will extend search and rescue of more Shakahola cult victims to Tsavo National Park. The search will also be enhanced with drones in the expansive land where 123 more bodies have been retrieved. The second phase of autopsy of the 123 bodies will commence next week on Wednesday, April…
