Police probe after woman, 8-year-old son, male adult found dead at gov’t quarters

By Ian Omondi,

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) are probing the deaths of a middle-aged woman, her 8-year-old son and a 35-year-old m...

DCI detectives , Government quarters , Jogoo Road

Robert Maina, ex-KDF officer implicated in fraud, freed on Ksh.30K bail

By Citizen Reporter,

An ex-KDF serviceman has been freed on a Ksh.30,000 cash bail by a Kerugoya court after denying fraud charges. The court heard that on diverse dates...

KDF

Probe begins after woman was found dead inside her locked house in Kibra

By Erick Owenga,

Police in Kibra are investigating an incident in which a 25-year-old woman was found dead under mysterious circumstances in her house. The mother o...

Kibra

Student from Kamama Boys in Embu arrested over Mugumo Girls arson attack

By Johnson Muriithi,

Police have arrested a student from Kamama Boys High School in Embu County in connection with a fire incident at Mugumo Girls High School in Kirinyaga...

arson , kamama boys high school , Mugumo Girls High school

Ex-KDF serviceman arrested over Ksh.450k recruitment bribe

By Citizen Reporter,

An ex-Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) serviceman has been arrested on allegation of defrauding the mother of  three recruits who turned up for army recrui...

Riots break out after student in Kwale committed suicide over a school punishment

By Nicky Gitonga,

A family in Amuka village, Kwale county is demanding justice after their Form 3 son committed suicide. The Stephen Kanja Secondary School student ha...

Stephen Kanja

Mugumo Girls arson attack: Cops arrest 9 students as probe closes

By Johnson Muriithi,

Detectives based in Gichugu ,Kirinyaga County on Friday arrested nine students from Mugumo Girls high school in connection with an arson attack at the...

School arson

Probe begins after body of man,30, is discovered hidden under a bed in Nyatike

By George Amolo,

Police in collaboration with the provincial administration in Nyatike sub-county have launched an investigation into the death of a 30-year-old fisher...

crime

Royal Media Services journalist attacked by neighbour over land dispute

By Namisi Cheptai,

A Royal Media Services (RMS) journalist stationed in Bungoma County was on Monday evening attacked by a neighbour over a land squabble. Kaitano N...

bungoma county , Kaitano Nyongesa , land dispute , Royal Media Services

IPOA launches probe after woman dies from stray bullet fired by police officer

By Ben Kirui,

The Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) is investigating the death of a 30-year-old woman in downtown Nairobi. Jackline Mugure Maina wa...

City Mortuary , IPOA , Kamukunji Police Station , Police shooting

Family seeks justice for son, 24, shot in the belly by cop for breaking curfew

By Victor Kinuthia,

A 24-year-old man from Ititu village in Maragua is lucky to be alive, having survived a gun attack from a police officers enforcing curfew in the regi...

curfew

Laikipia sleuths probe murder of woman found in bedroom with throat slit

By Citizen Reporter,

Detectives in Laikipia Central are investigating the murder of a 43-year-old woman whose body was discovered in her bedroom at Hotline village, Ngobit...

DCI , murder

Probe starts after Kerugoya nurse was found dead inside her bathroom

By Johnson Muriithi,

A nurse in Kirinyaga County has committed suicide inside her bathroom at Miringa-iri estate in Kerugoya, leaving the entire estate in shock. The 54-...

Nurses

Sonko to know fate in terror case after discharge from hospital

By Citizen Reporter,

Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko was on Tuesday evening taken back to a Nairobi hospital by anti-terror police unit officers. This after Kahawa W...

Sonko

Sonko rushed to Nairobi Hospital over stomach complications

By Citizen Reporter,

Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has been admitted to the Nairobi Hospital with stomach pains, reports say. Sonko was reportedly rushed to the hos...

Sonko

19-year-old boy arrested after confessing to killing granny, 86, in Rarieda

By George Amolo,

An 86-year-old woman was found dead inside her house on Monday morning at the Got-Bondo village in Central Asembo location amid suspicion that she was...

Ol Kalou: Probe starts after security guard, 58, dies in a lodging

By Citizen Reporter,

A 58-year-old security guard has died in Ol Kalou under unclear circumstances in a lodging within the town, a police report seen by Citizen Digital sa...

Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko to spend five more nights in custody

By Ian Omondi,

Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko will now spend five more nights in police custody after his bail ruling was pushed to Tuesday next week, a Kiambu c...

Gigiri police station , Kamiti Maximum GK Prison , Mike Sonko

Sonko transferred to Kamiti as DCI seeks 30-day detention period to probe terror links

By Ian Omondi,

Embattled former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko was on Wednesday evening, in an unprecedented move, transferred to Kamiti Maximum GK Prison from the Gigi...

Gigiri police station , Kamiti Maximum GK Prison , Mike Sonko , terrorism

DCI probing death of Bungoma County employee

By Tonny Ndungu,

Homicide detectives in Bungoma are investigating the death of Sarah Kimarong a 39-year-old woman, found dead at her rented house on Sunday evening. O...

bungoma county , DCI