India’s coronavirus cases hit record as Mumbai prepares for new lockdown

By Reuters,

India’s new coronavirus infections hit a record level on Wednesday with Mumbai set to be locked down at midnight, but hundreds of thousands of pilgr...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , India

Slain police officer Pauline Wakasa buried in Malava

By Citizen Reporter,

Pauline Wakasa, a police officer who was shot dead by a cop attached to CS Fred Matiang'i's office, has been laid to rest. Friends and family who g...

cop killed , wakasa

LSK sounds alarm over rising murder, insecurity cases

By Citizen Reporter,

The Law Society of Kenya (LSK) has raised concerns about the country's growing cases of insecurity, unexplained disappearances, and heinous murders. ...

barasa , LSK

Police officer attached to CS Matiang’i’s office shoots wife dead, turns gun on self

By Teddy Otieno,

Police have launched investigations into an incident where an officer attached to the Interior ministry allegedly shot his wife dead before turning th...

CS Fred Matiang’i , interior ministry , murder-suicide

Kenyans warned against venturing in and out of COVID-19 zoned area

By Erick Owenga,

The National Police Service has warned Kenyans within the COVID-19 zoned area not to move in and out of the classified counties particularly during th...

coronavirus

14 people injured in suspected suicide bombing outside Catholic church

By CNN,

Fourteen people were hospitalized with injuries following a suspected suicide bombing outside a church in Makassar City, Indonesia, on Sunday, police ...

Indonesia

High Court stops cases against Mike Sonko at Kamiti and Kiambu courts

By Dzuya Walter,

High Court judge Weldon Korir has issued temporarily orders stopping cases against former Nairobi Governor Mike Mbuvi Sonko that are before Kamiti and...

Mike Sonko , Weldon Korir

Ex-CS Rashid Echesa freed on Ksh.1M cash bail over assault, disturbance charges

By Citizen Reporter,

Former Sports Cabinet Secretary Rashid Echesa was on Tuesday freed on a cash bail of Ksh.1 million over assault and disturbance charges during the Mat...

IEBC , Matungu by-election , Rashid Echesa

Former Sports CS Rashid Echesa arrested

By Citizen Reporter,

Former Sports Cabinet Secretary Rashid Echesa is in police custody in Matungu. He was arrested after getting caught on video slapping an electoral off...

Rashid Echesa

Nandi Senator Cherargei and 3 MPs to be charged, firearm licenses withdrawn

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Inspector General of Police Hilary Mutyambai has directed police commanders in Bungoma County to present in court Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei, MPs ...

didmus barasa , Hilary Mutyambai , Nelson koech , Wilson Kogo

Former Sports CS Echesa to be treated as an ‘armed and dangerous criminal’, says IG Mutyambai

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Inspector General of Police Hillary Mutyambai has issued an ultimatum to former Sports Cabinet Secretary Rashid Echesa to surrender to police followin...

Hilary Mutaymbai , Rashid Echesa

IG Mutyambai announces operation to stop boda boda mob justice incidents

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Inspector General of Police Hillary Mutyambai has issued a stern warning to boda boda operators over the rampant incidents of impunity and lawlessness...

Hilary Mutaymbai , Inspector General of Police Hillary Mutyambai

Two police officers killed in an ambush by suspected bandits in Kapedo

By Tonny Ndungu,

Two police officers were on Thursday evening killed in a bandit attack at Kapedo, reports say. The two; an inspector of police and his driver were a...

Uganda IG to journalists: Police will continue beating you for your own safety

By Ian Omondi,

Uganda’s Inspector General of Police (IGP) Martin Okoth Ochola has now come out to defend recent cases of police brutality towards journalists, espe...

IG Martin Ochola , police brutality , President Yoweri Museveni , uganda

The unfinished race: Kimetto, Jelimo to Rudisha…what went wrong?

By Isaac Swila,

Isaac Swila in Nairobi Sandra Lamwaka in Kampala Gilbert Kiprotich in Eldoret David Rudisha is an “A class'' athlete, but it’s debata...

Alfred Kirwa Yego , David Rudisha , Dorcas Inzikiru , Pamela Jelimo , Unfinished Race

147 people arrested during curfew crackdown in Nairobi

By Benjamin Muriuki,

At least 147 people were arrested on Friday in a high level police operation aimed at enforcing the curfew. The suspects arrested in different area...

christmas , curfew

IG Mutyambai puts rogue drivers on notice, launches countrywide crackdown

By Hassan Mugambi,

As Kenyans gear up for the Christmas and New Year festivities, Inspector General of Police Hillary Mutyambai has put on notice rogue drivers during th...

festive season , IG Hillary Mutyambai , NTSA , road accident

OPINION: A final chance at justice for survivors of post-election sexual violence in Kenya

By Guest Writer,

By Naitore Nyamu On December 10, the High Court in Nairobi is scheduled to finally deliver a decision on Petition 122 of 2013, which seeks to secur...

GBV , SGBV

Uhuru advises KDF to invest in continuous training to counter emerging security threats

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has advised the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) to invest more in continuous training to be better prepared to deal with emerging ...

KDF

MCK demands stern action on Magoha’s aide over sexual assault claims

By Tonny Ndungu,

The Media Council of Kenya (MCK) is demanding justice after complaints that a bodyguard attached to Education CS George Magoha sexually assaulted two ...

CS Magoha