Crime
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A sombre mood has gripped Kabong’o Village in Kokwanyo East Location, Rachuonyo East Sub-county, following the brutal murder of a Maseno University finance officer who was killed in what is suspected to have been a land-related attack. Dr. Daniel Odhiambo Dondi, an employee in the university’s Department of Finance, was hacked to death on Saturday […]
Kevin Wakaba, the prime suspect in the murder of slain West Pokot procurement officer Ekidor Ekure six months ago, has been charged with murder at the High Court in Eldoret. Appearing before Justice Martha Mutuku, the middle-aged man pleaded not guilty to the murder charge levelled against him. Wakaba is said to have committed the […]
Shock has gripped Kamweli Village in Makutano, Mwea, Mbeere South, Embu County, after a man allegedly killed his wife before taking poison under unclear circumstances. The deceased have been identified as Christine Mbene, 31, and her husband Lucas Muthusi, 32. Speaking in Ngurubani, Mwea, Kirinyaga County, after viewing the bodies, the mother of the deceased […]
Police in Homa Bay have arrested 40 juveniles who are suspected of being members of the Rock Boys gang. The gang has been linked to rising cases of insecurity and criminal activities in Shauri Yako slum within Homa Bay Town in the past six months. The teenagers, including a grade nine pupil, were arrested following […]
ACID FOR LOVE… OR ACID FOR REVENGE? That is the chilling question at the centre of a calculated campaign of terror that left 25-year-old Claire Ochieng fighting for her life in hospital, her face, chest, and arms scorched by concentrated sulphuric acid. Elvis Opiyo, who is reportedly a NIS officer, is accused of orchestrating a […]
Two young women were arrested on Thursday night while taking part in a candlelight vigil to commemorate Gen Z victims killed during anti-government protests. The vigil, led by youth activist Valentine Waithera at the Ngurubani matatu stage in Mwea, Kirinyaga County, was disrupted by police officers from Wang’uru Police Station. Officers reportedly extinguished and destroyed […]
An attack on a ship Thursday in the Strait of Hormuz led the UN to suspend efforts to evacuate trapped mariners as the United States warned against Iran charging fees for passage through the vital waterway. The New York Times and other US media reported that Iran struck a container ship in the strait, and […]
A Kilifi court has sentenced a 32-year-old man to 15 years in prison after he was found guilty of raping a 21-year-old student. The accused, Mwakombe Katana Karisa, who worked as a barber, is reported to have accosted the student as she was heading to school on the morning of July 10, 2024 at Kasameni […]
Eight students from Utumishi Girls Academy are expected to appear before the Kibera Law Courts to answer to 16 counts of murder arising from a tragic dormitory fire that claimed the lives of 16 schoolgirls. The students are accused of being involved in the fire that engulfed one of the school’s dormitories. The case was […]
Detectives are investigating murder after the body of a man was discovered along the banks of River Nyando in Nyando Subcounty, Kisumu County, under circumstances pointing to a suspected murder.The incident was reported on Saturday by a local who alerted authorities after spotting the body behind Karanda Primary School. Police officers visited the scene and […]
