Autopsy reveals Gitonga killed by blunt object as Isiolo police deny claims

By Citizen Reporter,

An autopsy has revealed that Patrick Gitonga, the businessman who died after Isiolo police allegedly assaulted him, had head injury caused by a blunt ...

isiolo police

Rights Groups sound alarm on Kenya police killings

By VOA,

Police in Kenya have often been accused of using excessive and unlawful force while in the line of duty. A new report published on Wednesday by Hum...

police killings

Courts clears former governors, MPs, MCAs to run for top parastatal posts

By Dzuya Walter,

Former MPs, MCAs and governors can now apply for position advertised by the National Land Commission (NLC) and National Police Service Commission (NPS...

MCAs , Mps , National Land Commission , National Police Service Commission , NLC , NPSC

Former IPOA boss Macharia Njeru wins LSK elections

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Macharia Njeru has been elected as the male representative of the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) to the Judicial Service Commission (JSC). He is the fo...

LSK Elections , Macharia Njeru

OPINION: Abuse of power by Kenyan police or lack of gov’t regulation?

By Allan Irungu,

The Kenyan Police Service has in the recent past come under heavy criticism from the public due to the manner in which they conduct their operations. ...

IG joseph Boinnet , IPOA , National Police Service , Traffic Police

Arsenal F.C to honour student Carilton Maina shot dead in Nairobi

By Ian Omondi,

English Premier League giants Arsenal Football Club will on Tuesday night honour the late Leeds University student, Carilton David Maina, who was shot...

Arsenal F.C , Carilton David Maina , EPL , Extrajudicial killing , I.G Joseph Boinnet , IPOA

Man in court for posing as FBI agent, threatening in-laws in Mombasa

By Citizen Reporter,

A Mombasa businessman claiming to be a Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) agent was arraigned in court for drawing out a gun on his wife on severa...

FBI , Samir Gulamabbas Baloo

Boinnet orders probe into killing of Leeds University student in Kibera

By Ian Omondi,

Inspector General of Police Joseph Boinnet has directed the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) to hasten investigations into the fatal sh...

Carilton David Maina , IG joseph Boinnet , IPOA , Police killing

Kibra family seeks justice for their Leeds University son shot by police

By Raquel Muigai,

A family in Kibra is seeking justice after their son was allegedly killed by police officers in the area. 23-year-old University of Leeds student C...

Carilton David Maina , Extrajudicial killing , Inter Jinamori , Kenyatta National Hospital , University of Leeds

IG Boinnet defends killing of civilians by police in Trans Nzoia

By Ian Omondi,

Inspector General of Police Joseph Boinnet has defended police officers in Trans Nzoia County who reportedly opened fire on villagers, leaving four de...

IG joseph Boinnet , IPOA , Kolongolo Petrol Base , Trans Nzoia County.

Former Ruaraka OCS Nahashon Mutua ‘tortured & killed’ inmate

By Dzuya Walter,

Former Ruaraka OCS Nahashon Mutua has been convicted with the murder of Martin Koome, an inmate who died in his cell five years ago. In her ruling,...

Ruaraka OCS Nahashon Mutua

Police up in arms over KNCHR report on sexual violence

By Citizen Reporter,

The National Police Service has criticised a report that claims its officers were mostly behind cases of sexual violence during the 2017 general elect...

KNCHR , Police , sexual violence

AP officer ran over by boda boda nursing injuries in Bomet

By Paul Ruto,

A female administration police officer is nursing serious injuries in Bomet County after a boda boda operator allegedly ran her over. The man appar...

Boda boda , police officer attacked

What the law says about civilians assaulting police officers

By Wycliffe Nyamasege,

Two different videos showing police officers being assaulted by civilians in public have been a matter of debate both on mainstream and social media. ...

IPOA , Police attacked , tuk tuk operator

Stop attacking police officers, IPOA warns Kenyans

By Citizen Reporter,

Members of the public are being warned against attacking police officers. A statement from the Independent Police Oversight Authority termed such ...

IPOA , policeman attacked , tuk tuk operator

Firearms Board disbanded as Matiang’i warns gunholders

By Citizen Reporter,

The Government has disbanded the Firearms and Licensing Board. Interior CS Frd Matiang'i said his ministry is in the process of reconstituting a ne...

CS Matiangi , Firearms and Licensing Board , illegal firearms , Wanjigi firearm charge

2 police officers sentenced to death for killing MP’s bodyguard

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Two police officers have been sentenced to death after they were found guilty of killing three people among them a bodyguard of the late Bomachoge MP ...

death sentence , Kangemi

IPOA investigates mystery shootings by ‘rogue’ police officers

By Citizen Reporter,

The Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) is investigating the circumstances in which a man who was accidentally shot and injured by police ...

Two police officers found guilty of murdering AP, his 2 relatives

By Wycliffe Nyamasege,

Two police officers attached to Kabete Police Station have been found guilty of murdering an Administration Police officer and his relatives. Polic...

Administration Police Constable Joseph Obongo , IPOA , Kabete Police Station , Police killing

IPOA launches probe into fatal killings by police

By Vincent Maruga,

The Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) has launched a probe into the alleged fatal shootings of suspects by police officers on duty. A...

Head of Communications Dennis Oketch , IPOA , police shootings