Terror convict Victor Bwire jailed 30 years over plot to blow up KICC
A court on Friday sentenced boda boda rider Victor Odede Bwire, found guilty of conspiring to stage a terror attack at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) in Nairobi in 2019, to 30 years in prison. Bwire used Facebook to collect data and share it with terrorists in Somalia with the intention to bomb the iconic KICC building. Read More…
Police to get Sh20 billion to boost ability on air, ground
The government will allocate Sh20 billion towards improving the National Police Service’s air and ground capabilities. President William Ruto said this will be done through an elaborate programme geared towards improving officers’ efficiency in doing their work. Read More…
Why fighting North Rift bandits will not be a walk in the park
The militia groups that have ravaged the North Rift have morphed from mere livestock thieves to lethal attackers who have mercilessly butchered locals and police officers at will, elders say. From the early 1990s, the group, which was widely known as Ngoroko, mutated to assailants, unleashing terror in several counties in the northern Rift Valley in the deadly banditry menace that has led to loss of lives, property and human displacements. Read More…
Sugoi Girls guard killed in dawn school attack
Detectives in Eldoret are investigating an incident where a watchman at Sugoi Girls High School in Turbo Sub County, Uasin Gishu county was hacked to death under unclear circumstances. Uasin Gishu County Criminal Investigative Officer Peter Kimulwa is leading the investigation into the Tuesday dawn attack. Read More…
Watchmen Arrest Nairobi Driver After Woman Was Thrown From His Speeding Matatu
Security guards at Uhai Neema Hospital became the heroes of the day after they stopped a matatu driver who had taken an injured woman at the facility from fleeing its premises. The woman had sustained injuries after she was thrown out of the speeding matatu by the tout on board. Read More…
Homa Bay teacher on the run after defiling six students
Police are pursuing a teacher accused of defiling students in Homa Bay County. The teacher, a board employee at Nyajanja Mixed Secondary School in Kochia in Rangwe, went into hiding after learners threatened to go on the rampage after six of them complained that he had defiled them. Read More…
Two cops killed, 2 missing after vehicle hits IED in Garissa
At least two police officers were Friday killed after their vehicle was hit by an explosive device in Dadaab, Garissa County. Witnesses and police said the Land Cruiser from Dadaab police station was racing on the Dadaab-Garissa main supply route at Hagarbul area when it ran over a set Improvised Explosive Device. Read More…
Alarm in Murang’a as 2 grannies lynched on witchcraft claims
Two elderly women were on Monday night lynched in Murang’a County on claims they were witches. Security officers were caught unawares by the 10.30pm incident in Kahuro’s Kiamikoe village. Read More…
CCTV Captures Shoppers Trading Blows at China Square
Social media was awash on Thursday, February 23, after CCTV footage captured a fight that broke out inside China Square, a shopping hub located inside UniCity built by Kenyatta University. In the footage seen by Kenyans.co.ke, the brawl began when a male shopper donning a blue shirt assaulted a female shopper while in a queue at the counter. Read More…
Armed robberies threaten Murang’a town’s late night enterprises
Tension is high in Murang’a town following emergence of a three man armed gang robbing late night enterprises. Police have received three complaints of robbery with violence since Thursday last week targeting electronic money transfer shops, chemists and general stores. Read More…
GSU Officers Who Beat up Bridegroom in Cancelled Wedding Sentenced
A court in Lamu sentenced two General Service Unit (GSU) officers to two years in prison for inflicting injuries on a bridegroom, his driver and a friend. According to a statement shared by Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) on Thursday, February 23, the officers were found guilty of assaulting the three individuals. Read More…
Death at the shrine: Was it a case of suicide, accident or murder?
It is a tale of violent death, rocky shrine and fleeing witnesses that has left villagers of Othany sub-location in Seme, Kisumu County, in shock. They are trying to unravel what might have transpired in the wee hours of Sunday. Read More…
Tight security at JKIA ahead of Jill Biden’s arrival
Security is tight at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) ahead of US First Lady Jill Biden’s arrival into the country. Journalists covering her arrival were taken through two security checks by the airport staff and then a final one by the Secret Service. Read More…