Boat made of old sandals flies flag for cleaner African seas

By Reuters,

It was 6pm when an unusual rainbow-coloured boat, made of recycled plastic waste and discarded flip-flops (sandals) gathered from beaches and roadside...

Beaches and marine ecosystems , FlipFlopi’s expedition , UN Environment.

Wife and father of Riverside suicide bomber arrested in Mombasa

By Francis Gachuri,

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations and anti-terror unit have nabbed six more suspects, among them the wife and father to the s...

14 Riverside , dusitD2 , Riverside terror attack

Key Riverside terror suspect Ali Gichunge, his mother and girlfriend arrested

By Francis Gachuri,

Detectives are interrogating 9 suspects, among them the mother to a top terror suspect arrested in connection with the 14 Riverside terror attack that...

dusitD2 , Riverside terror attack , Violet Kemunto

A look at terror attacks in Kenya since the 1998 U.S. embassy bombing

By Citizen Reporter,

A timeline of terror attacks in Kenya over the past 20 years: August 7 1998: Over 200 people killed in an attack at the United States Embassy in...

14 Riverside Drive , Al Shabaab , West gate

Mombasa couple in court over ‘fake’ kidnap, abortion claims

By Citizen Reporter,

A couple in Mombasa were on Tuesday charged with giving false information about a kidnap and a procured abortion. Saida Abderehman and Mohammed Abd...

abortion , Mohammed Abdulkarim , Mombasa , Saida Abderehman

Suspect linked to abduction of Italian woman arrested in Tana River

By Rob Liban,

One of the three suspects linked to the abduction of Italian aid worker Sylivia Romano in Chakama area, Kilifi County has been arrested. Ibrahim A...

chakama , italian woman kidnapped , Kilifi , Sylivia Constanca

Uhuru orders repossession of grabbed fish landing sites

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday directed the State Department of Fisheries and the National Land Commission to repossess all public fish landing si...

Police searching for armed terror suspects

By Hassan Mugambi,

Security agencies are hunting down three Al-Shabaab operatives from Mombasa and Kwale Counties. Police say that the three; Abdalla Omar Masudi, All...

Al Shabaab

Motorists, passengers stranded in Mombasa after heavy downpour

By Wendy Abdallah,

Heavy downpour experienced on Wednesday night in most parts of Mombasa town has left motorists and residents stranded as they struggle to navigate thr...

floods , heavy rains , Met Department , Mombasa

Monica murder case: Maribe, Jowie to remain in remand longer

By Citizen Reporter,

Citizen TV journalist Jacque Maribe and her fiancé Joseph Irungu alias Jowie will remain in custody longer pending the hearing and determination of ...

Jowie , maribe , Monica Kimani murder

Maribe, Jowie plead not guilty in Monica Kimani murder case

By Citizen Reporter,

Citizen TV journalist Jacque Maribe and her fiancé Joseph Irungu alias Jowie have pleaded not guilty to the charge of killing Monica Kimani. Appe...

‘Cop had no intention to kill victim,’ court rules as officer’s murder charge reduced

By Citizen Reporter,

A police officer who had been charged with killing a girl in Mpeketoni, Lamu County in 2015 on Thursday had his murder charge reduced to manslaughter....

Justice Said Chitembwe , Manslaughter , Mpeketoni , police officer

KDF soldiers kill 10 Al-Shabaab militants in Lamu

By Ian Omondi,

Soldiers from the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) on Monday killed 10 Al-Shabaab militants and recovered seven AK47 rifles, ammunition during a dawn opera...

Al Shabaab , Colonel Paul Njuguna , KDF soldiers , Lamu County , Taksile

Five KDF soldiers killed, 10 injured after car hits explosive device

By Ian Omondi,

Five Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) soldiers were killed after a vehicle they were travelling in hit an Improvised Explosive Device on the Kiunga and Sank...

IED , KDF

5 KDF soldiers killed in suspected Al Shabaab attack

By Rahma Rashid,

At least five Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) soldiers died and six others were injured on Wednesday in a suspected Al Shabaab attack at Kwa Omolo area in ...

Al Shabaab attack , KDF , Lamu County

Police officer killed, others injured in Lamu Al Shabaab ambush

By Rahma Rashid,

A police officer has been killed and two others injured after a vehicle they were travelling in was ambushed by Al Shabaab militants at Milihoi area i...

Al-Shabaab militants , Lamu County , Mpeketoni

Defiant Coast leaders widen rift in Opposition over Ruto

By DPPS,

A section of Coast leaders have said they will continue to drum support for DP William Ruto despite wrangles that the move has caused within the Oppos...

ruto

Kenya seeks Interpol help in search for 3 suspected drug barons

By Asha Bekidusa,

Kenya has sought the help of the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) to pursue three suspected drug barons who are believed to have ...

coast region , drug barons

Confident Bukembe fire warning to rivals ahead of Western Regional Games

By Joseph Saasia,

Boys’ football will be one of the most hotly contested sports at this year’s Western Region Secondary School Games that begin on Monday in Mumias....

Bukembe High School , fire warning] , rivals , Western Regional Games

Gov’t recalls Education heads from leave over dormitory fires

By Benjamin Muriuki,

The Ministry of Education has put secondary schools on high alert and recalled county education administrators from leave following a fresh wave of do...

Amina Mohamed , dormitory fire , Ministry of Education , secondary schools