Brazen bandit turns local school into home for his two wives after villagers flee: Kindiki
A bandit has seized a primary school block in Baringo County and turned it into his home in a brazen show of impunity. The criminal has converted the school’s classrooms into bedrooms and allocated them to members of his family. Read More…
Duale, Kindiki say they are within law in KDF North Rift deployment
Defence Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale and his Interior counterpart Kithure Kindiki have defended the deployment of Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) officers to be deployed in six counties to assist the National Police Service in a security operation. Read More…
Retired teacher held over Valentine’s Day macabre murder of his wife
A retired primary school headteacher has been arrested after the Valentine’s Day killing of his wife in Chepkumia village, Nandi County. Events around the death of Rose Jerono Ng’asura, 53, have left the village in shock, with a post-mortem and other investigations revealing that she was stabbed on the night of February 14 while sleeping. Read More…
Man arrested after explosive found in luggage at US airport
FBI agents have arrested a man who allegedly brought an explosive device to a Pennsylvania airport on Monday. Mark Muffley, 40, is accused of putting the device in his checked bag for a flight to Orlando, Florida. He fled the airport after his name was called over the loud speaker, agents say, and was arrested at home later that evening. Read More…
Tana River County employee arrested with Sh2.6m in cash at Malindi Airport
The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission is investigating a senior officer from the Tana River County Government after she was found with undeclared Sh2.699 million in cash at the Malindi International Airport in Kilifi County. EACC officer in charge of Upper Coast Region Ahmed Khalid said Ms Marim Bunu the county’s acting Finance Chief Officer, was found with the cash in her suitcase on Tuesday morning. Read More…
Let’s act together on Ukraine invasion
February 24, 2022, will forever be recalled as the day when Russia started its brutal, unprovoked and illegal invasion of Ukraine. This was and remains a case of pure aggression and a clear-cut breach of the UN Charter. This war is neither ‘just a European issue’, nor is it about the ‘West versus the rest’. Read More…
9 foreigners escape death in Thika after prayers mistaken for witchcraft
Police on Sunday evening came to the rescue of nine Nigerian nationals in Thika town, Kiambu County after locals accused them of witchcraft. An angry mob wanted to lynch them after they were found in Kangokii area within Makongeni in Thika while performing what locals thought were rituals. Read More…
Kiambu County to install CCTVs in all public hospitals
The Kiambu county government is installing CCTV cameras in all public facilities to cure rampant theft of drugs and to enhance efficiency. This is part of reforms Governor Kimani Wamatangi’s administration has embarked on to redeem the health sector. Read More…
Shock as woman’s body with stab wounds found dumped in Gatundu
A middle-aged woman’s body with stab wounds on the abdomen was on Monday found dumped in a river in Gatundu South. Residents identified the body retrieved from River Theta as that of a bar waitress who worked in Gatundu town and a mother of three. Read More…
Bandits Stage Night Attack, Evict Entire Village
Days after President William Ruto ordered the deployment of Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) officers to bandit-prone areas, armed bandits on Sunday, February 26, staged a night attack in Lomelo, Turkana County. Reports indicated that the attack began minutes before midnight, forcing the residents to leave their homes whereas some spent the night in the cold and others fled to the neighbouring village for safety. Read More…
Surrender your firearms, President Ruto tells herders
Pastoralists will no longer be allowed to herd while armed. Instead, they should use walking sticks to herd their cattle, President William Ruto said yesterday. Dr Ruto said the national government would set aside Sh20 billion to deal with insecurity in the country. Read More…
Kindiki: 43 guns returned since Rift Valley security operation began
Forty-three guns have been surrendered to security authorities since the beginning of the security operations in parts of Rift Valley, Interior CS Kithure Kindiki has said. Kindiki on Wednesday revealed that 136 rounds of ammunition have also been voluntarily returned. Read More…
Kenyan athletes survive Cameroon race attack
Eighteen Kenyan athletes escaped unhurt after three explosions left at least 19 people, including three children injured during an international sports event in Buea, chief town of the English-speaking Southwest region of Cameroon on Saturday. According to governor of the region Bernard Okalia Bilai, the locally made bomb exploded just 30 minutes after the over 530 athletes from 15 countries who were taking part in the Mount Cameroon Race of Hope –an annual footrace in the country–had taken off from the Molyko stadium, the starting point of the race. Read More…