OPINION: Xenophobic attacks in South Africa crippling continental unity

By Citizen Reporter,

By Brian Oguna The rising spate of xenophobic attacks in South Africa has triggered a myriad of angry reactions and emotions from netizens world ov...

Nigeria , south africa , xenophobia

60-year-old woman, nephew found hacked to death in Siaya

By George Amolo,

Police in Siaya County have launched investigations into an incident where a 60-year-old woman and her 13-year-old nephew were found murdered at Umala...

murder , SIAYA COUNTY

Man hacks sons to death after fight with wife over 4kg unga

By Citizen Reporter,

A middle-aged man is reported to have hacked his two sons to death in Konoin, Bomet County on Friday evening, after a quarrel with his wife over maiz...

Bomet , hacks

Widow hacked to death, body tied to bed with leso

By Namisi Cheptai,

A man from Bungoma County is said to have hacked to death a 42-year-old widow whom he had been living with. The man identified as 46-year-old Geoff...

bugoma murder , hacked to death

Man, 76, hacks son to death over maize in Kakamega

By Violet Auma,

Police in Kakamega County on Sunday arrested a 76-year-old man who is alleged to have hacked his son to death following a fight over maize at their ho...

KAKAMEGA , maize

Man hacks wife to death, commits suicide in Trans Nzoia

By Edwin Namasaka,

A middle-aged man on Sunday morning hacked his wife to death and hanged himself at their home in Makunga village, Kitale, Trans Nzoia County. Accor...

suicide , TRANS NZOIA

Man stripped naked, hacked to death in Homa Bay

By Aly Abich,

A 39-year-old man was on Sunday night hacked to death by unknown assailants and his body dumped near Kodula Trading Centre in Rachuonyo North, Homa Ba...

Rachuonyo East

3 suspects linked to watchman’s murder at Embu hotel

By Anthony Ndwiga,

A hotel watchman was hacked to death allegedly by people posing as clients on Thursday night at an Embu hotel. The three visited the Slopes hotel o...

embu watchman , slopes hotel

Man who spent 5 years in Kamiti Prison kills wife’s 2-year-old son after leaving jail

By Paul Ruto,

Police in Bomet County have arrested an ex-convict who is alleged to have killed his wife's two-year-old son just two months after leaving jail. Da...

Kamiti prison

Man kills 41-year-old neighbour for allegedly ‘snatching’ his wife

By Frankline Bwire,

Police in Matayos Constituency, Busia County, are searching for a suspect who hacked to death a 41-year-old man for allegedly snatching his wife from ...

Busia County Referral Hospital Mortuary , Busia sub-county OCPD , Matayos constituency , Nasewa Location

Three suspects linked to Kakamega killings arrested

By Citizen Reporter,

Three suspects connected to the brutal murder of six security guards in Kakamega are in police custody. According to the Directorate of Criminal In...

kakamega killings

12 hacked to death as Matungu gangsters reign terror

By Raquel Muigai,

The first is of 12 people who have so far have lost their lives in a wave of killings in Matungu constituency, Kakamega County. The second is of at...

Ejinja Administration Police Camp , Japeth Mungai , John Matsili , Kakamega County , Matungu

Activists warn police of human rights violations in operation to flush out killers of OCS, Chief in Chuka

By Citizen Reporter,

Activists have urged police to ensure they uphold human rights as they carry out their operation in Kamahindi village, Tharaka Nithi County. While ...

Chief Japhet Majau Mukeng , Chuka , Chuka OCS Joseph Kinyua , GSU , Kamahindi village , tharaka nithi county

Tension as GSU officers deployed after mob kills Chuka OCS and Chief

By Benjamin Muriuki,

A contingent of General Service Unit (GSU) officers has been deployed to Kamahindi area of Tharaka Nithi County where an Officer Commanding Station (O...

Chuka OCS , GSU

Court detains 5 suspects in murder of Tharaka Nithi police boss and Chief

By Citizen Reporter,

By Lisper Kathure Five suspects were Thursday arraigned at the Chuka Law Courts in connection with the murder of an Officer Commanding Station (OCS) ...

Chuka , Tharaka Nithi

Two police officers, Chief killed by mob in Tharaka Nithi

By Anthony Ndwiga,

Four people among them Chuka OCS Joseph Kinyua have been killed in Kamahindi area in Tharaka Nithi County in what appears to be a row between the resi...

Tharaka Nithi

Women still bear greatest brunt of online harassment, World Press Freedom summit told

By Rachel Ombaka,

Female journalists are more visible than ever in the digital era making them easy targets for online harassment, the World Press Freedom Day summit wa...

digital rights , Female Journalists , Online Harassment , world press freedom day

Form Two student hacked to death in Kakamega

By Violet Auma,

Police in Kakamega County are investigating the death of a Form Two student who was found murdered at Namasanda village in Matungu Constituency. Th...

KAKAMEGA , student killed

Woman, 25, stabbed in Kawangware as husband flees, is found dead

By Allan Irungu,

A middle-aged-man was on Friday morning found dead after he allegedly stabbed his wife to death in Kawangware, Nairobi. According to a neighbour wh...

Red Cross volunteer hacked to death in Lamu

By Citizen Reporter,

A Red Cross Volunteer was on Monday night hacked to death in Mbwajumwale village, Lamu County. Thirty-year-old Amina Mzee Bakari was reportedly acc...

Amina Mzee Bakari , Lamu County , Mbwajumale village , Red Cross .