President Kenyatta appoints Kenya Coast Guard Service Director General

By Ian Omondi,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has appointed Brigadier Vincent Naisho Loonena as the first ever Director General of the Kenya Coast Guard Service. In a s...

Brigadier Vincent Naisho Loonena , Interior CS Dr. Fred Matiang’i , Kenya Coast Guard Service , President Uhuru Kenyatta

Passengers, matatu operators arraigned for flouting Michuki rules

By Citizen Team,

Scores of people arrested on Monday for flouting the re-introduced Michuki rules were on Tuesday morning arraigned in different courts countrywide. ...

Fred Matiang'i , Inspector General of Police Joseph Boinnet , matatu , Michuki Rules

‘Strike for as long as you want,’ defiant Matiang’i tells matatu owners

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i has declared that the government will not relent in the latest crackdown to streamline the transport sector ...

matatu strike , Matiang’i , Michuki Rules

IG Boinnet: Over 2,000 people arrested over Michuki rules

By Ian Omondi,

Inspector General of Police Joseph Boinnet has revealed that close to 2,000 people have so far been arrested for contravening the newly reinstated Mic...

IG joseph Boinnet , Matatu crackdown , Michuki Rules

Traffic offences that will get you arrested as ‘Michuki rules’ return

By Ruth Leonorah,

A major showdown is set to be witnessed on the roads from Monday, November 12 as the government begins a countrywide crackdown on traffic violation. ...

CS Fred Matiang’i , Director of Public Prosecutions. , Federation of public Transport operators , Michuki Rules

Travellers stranded as matatu operators protest ‘Michuki rules’

By Wycliffe Nyamasege,

Travellers across the country were Monday morning left stranded as matatu operators kept off the roads to protest the re-introduction of  'Michuki' t...

Matatu crackdown , matatu strike , Michuki Rules

Matatu operators call for nationwide matatu strike starting Monday

By Citizen Reporter,

The Federation of Public Transport operators has called for a nationwide matatu strike starting Monday contesting the enforcement of "Michuki rules" ...

Road accidents claim 2626 lives as Nairobi, Kiambu, Nakuru lead in fatalities

By Vincent Maruga,

Road accidents in the country have so far claimed the lives of 2,626 people and seen 3,240 injured in a worrying trend that the government is hoping ...

CS Matiangi , Francis mejja , IG Boinett , NTSA , Road Accidents

CS Matiang’i vows to stop ‘idiocy, madness’ in the insurance sector

By Wangui Ngechu,

Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i on Friday announced that the government will now go after rogue insurance companies over failure to compen...

Boinnet , Fred Matiang'i , matatu

DPP wants insurer, body builder of Fort Ternan killer bus investigated

By Citizen Reporter,

DPP Noordin Haji has directed the police to carry out further investigations into the insurance company and the body builder of the bus that killed 58...

DPP Haji , Fort Ternan , Joseph Boinnet

President Kenyatta commends KDF for modern training approaches 

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has commended efforts by the Kenya Defence Force (KDF) to modernise its operations including training to effectively deal wit...

AMISOM , IG joseph Boinnet , KDF , President Uhuru Kenyatta , Recruits Training School

Police officers to start receiving their house allowances next month

By Citizen Reporter,

Inspector General of Police Joseph Boinnet has promised police officers that they will start receiving their house allowances by the 1st of next month...

Indonesia to inspect all Boeing 737 Max 8 planes

By CNN,

Indonesia has ordered an inspection of all Boeing 737 Max 8 planes belonging to national commercial airlines, a day after Lion Air flight 610 crashed ...

Garuda Indonesia , Lion Air , Malaysia Airlines flight MH370

Lion Air crash: No answers as to cause of jet disaster as bodies pulled from sea

By CNN,

A day after Indonesian Lion Air flight 610 crashed into the sea minutes after takeoff from the capital Jakarta, questions are being asked as to what c...

Indonesian plane , Lion Air flight , plane crash

Boinnet rubbishes claims of planned Nairobi terror attack

By Nicky Gitonga,

Inspector General of Police Joseph Boinnet has dismissed as rumours the claims of a planned terror attack in Nairobi. Claims were rife on social me...

Al Shabaab , Boinnet , Nairobi terror attack

More suspicious packages sent to Trump critics

By VOA,

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation(FBI) said on Friday, an eleventh suspicious package addressed to Democratic Senator Cory Booker was found. ...

Barack Obama , CNN , Joe Biden , USA

Owner of bus in Kericho accident charged, released on Ksh.5M bond

By Citizen Reporter,

Two suspects were on Monday charged in court over the road accident that killed 56 people at Fort-Tenan area in Kericho County. The bus owner, Bern...

Fort Tenan , Homeboyz bus , kericho accident

Tanzania arrests 104 people for plotting ‘radical camps’ in Mozambique

By Reuters,

Tanzanian police have arrested 104 suspected militants planning to establish bases in neighboring Mozambique, where scores of people have been killed ...

Mozambique , President Filipe Nyusi , Tanzania

All chiefs to undergo paramilitary training: Matiangi

By Samuel Mbogo,

Interior CS Fred Matiangi has directed that all chiefs undergo paramilitary training within the next six months. According to him, the move will bo...

Matiang’i , paramilitary training

Matiang’i suspends leave for security officers during KCSE, KCPE period

By Ian Omondi,

Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i has suspended leave for the country’s security personnel until the national examinations are concluded. ...

Education CS Amina Mohamed , Education PS Belio Kipsang , Interior CS  Fred Matiangi , KNEC , National examination