County administrator, chiefs accused of stealing solar panels meant for water project
A Deputy County Commissioner and three chiefs in Murang’a are being investigated by the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) for allegedly stealing 64 solar panels meant for a community water project. They are suspected of jointly executing the plan to steal the panels worth Sh2.3 million from the Ngatho water project in Ithanga/Kakuzi, Murang’a County leaving at least 10,000 residents lacking clean water. Read More…
UK warns of possible terror attacks in Kenya
The UK High Commission in Nairobi has issued a terror alert and urged British citizens and other westerners living in Kenya to avoid public places. The alert, which references information from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, warned that terrorists are very likely to carry out attacks in Kenya. Read More…
CS Kindiki returns to bandit-prone Kerio Valley
Interior Cabinet Secretary Kindiki Kithure is on Wednesday expected to return to Kerio valley in the North Rift amidst the rising cases of banditry. Kindiki seeks to find lasting solutions to uncontrolled cases of cattle rustling and bandit attacks which have left hundreds dead in the past years with the latest being the killing of two family members. Read More…
Kiambu county healthcare workers set to demonstrate
The Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Union (KMPDU) has called upon its members in Kiambu County to hold a peaceful demonstration Friday, February 10. County Branch Secretary William Muriuki, in a letter to the Kiambu security officers, said the healthcare workers will have a peaceful demonstration from Kiambu Level V Hospital to the county assembly and later go to the governor’s office. Read More…
Watchman Rescues Kidnapped Narok Police Commander
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) launched a probe into the kidnapping of a Police Commander in Narok on the night of Tuesday, February 7. A source close to the matter confirmed to Kenyans.co.ke that Narok Central Sub-County Police Commander Frederick Kinaibei Shiundu was found at 3:30 am dumped at Tipis area near a river. The senior police officer was not physically injured when he was accosted by the two armed men but was robbed of his gun. Read More…
Sentencing of terror suspect who planned to blow KICC adjourned
The sentencing of terror convict Victor Odede Bwire, the cousin to Elgiva Odede Bwire Oliacha, a man who planned to blow up the Kenyatta International Conference Center (KICC), has been adjourned to February 24, 2023. Mr Victor alias Abdulaziz appeared at Milimani Law Courts, and his family members were in to listen to what decision will be made. Read More…
WENDO: Reform private security industry
The principal role of government-gazetted security service providers is to prevent, control, detect and investigate crime. They are charged with the protection of life and property. Private security officers are the first basic line of grip and render reciprocal roles to state security officers, including information and intelligence gathering. Read More…
Police officers arrested as Daystar students’ kidnap, extortion mission fails
On Friday, February 3, at 1 pm, two university students went to the Magharib Building near T- Mall on Langata Road in Nairobi for lunch. Alvin Kyalo, a second-year student at the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, and Robert Mutugi, a first-year student at Daystar University, were accosted at the entrance by three men in civilian clothes. The men introduced themselves as police officers and told the students that they were under arrest. Read More…
100 days scorecard: Here’s what I’ve done – CS Kithuri Kindiki
The crime rate in the Country has reduced by 13.5pc in the last three months, says interior CS Kithure Kindiki. Releasing his 100 days scorecard today in Nairobi, Prof Kithure Kindiki said the numbers have fallen significantly from 8,297 reported incidents to 7,179 incidents during the same period. Read More…
Ridgeway residents open convergence centre to boost security
The residents of Ridgeway on Thursday opened a security convergence centre dubbed Garden Estate Ridgeways Residents association (GARRA) to boost security status in the region. Residents had cried over the increasing trend in muggings, snatching, stealing, robbery with violence, and murder. Read More…
20 convicted terrorists escape Syria prison after earthquake
Prisoners mutinied in a northwestern Syria prison Monday following a deadly earthquake, with at least 20 escaping the jail holding mostly Islamic State group members, a source at the facility told AFP. The military police prison in the town of Rajo near the Turkish border holds about 2,000 inmates, with about 1,300 of them suspected to be IS fighters, said the source. Read More…
EAC defence chiefs in Nairobi over DRC crisis amid pressure from rebels
Regional defence experts are meeting in Nairobi to discuss the way forward to address the emerging crisis in Eastern DRC. The meeting of the East African Community (EAC) Defence Experts in Nairobi started Tuesday for two days to evaluate the current security situation in Eastern DRC and also propose new courses of action. Read More…
KDF Clarifies Recruitment Advertisement
The Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) on Friday, February 10, issued a statement warning members of the public against a fake recruitment notice circulating on social media. In a statement seen by Kenyans.co.ke, the institution noted that no recruitment exercise was lined up to happen in February as was purported in the advert post. KDF disowned the notice and urged the public to disregard any communication from third parties. Read More…
KDF airlifts bright Lamu students to join Moi Forces Academy
The Kenya Defence Forces on Wednesday airlifted Lamu’s top performers in last year’s Standard Eight examinations to join Form One in Nairobi’s Moi Forces Academy. The three students, Nathaniel Ushindi Chanzera (17), Ryan Karisa (16) and Ali Mohamed (15) got the rare opportunity to board a military chopper from Lamu’s multi-agency operation areas to Manda Airport. Read More…
Form three student in Homa Bay killed at ‘disco matanga’
Security officers in Rachuonyo East sub-county are working to trace suspects accused of stabbing a Form Three student at a night vigil on Saturday night. The student, Elvis Odhiambo, was pronounced dead upon arrival at Homa Bay County Teaching and Referral hospital after being attacked by an unknown assailants. Read More…
Security beefed up in Samburu, Isiolo following attacks
Special security officers have been deployed to the Samburu-Isiolo border, in a bid to quell boiling tensions between warring communities in the region. The officers, who are drawn from the General Service Unit (GSU) and the Anti-Stock Theft Unit, are already patrolling the area with an aim of keeping off possible retaliation attacks following an outbreak of clashes between rival communities. Read More…
Garissa elders pledge to work with government to root out al-Shabaab
Elders in Bura East Sub County in Garissa County have pledged to cooperate fully with the government in the war against terrorism. Speaking after a special meeting with security officials, a section of political leaders, chiefs and the elders, led by Salah Barre Abdi, the group said that they will not seat down and watch as the militants run the show and tear down the social fabric of the society. Read More…