Probe launched after 15-year-old girl raped, killed and body dumped inside Kisumu church

By George Juma,

Police in Suna West sub county are probing into the death of a Form One girl who was raped, killed and her body dumped inside a church. According t...

defilement , rape

Police boss Karanja Muiruri takes over from Lydia Ligami

By Allan Obiero,

Former Machakos county police commander Karanja Muiruri is expected to take over office as the new Nyanza regional police commander on Monday. Kara...

Ligami

Makueni: Middle-aged man dies after his manhood was cut off by an illicit-brew seller

By Michael Mutinda,

A middle-aged man has died in Luani , Makueni after an altercation inside a beer den turned tragic. Witnesses say the unidentified man was drinking...

luani

No importation or exportation of alcoholic drinks without NACADA approval

By Citizen Reporter,

The National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA) will now be licensing importation and exportation of all alcoholic dri...

bars , NACADA

One dead, 2 in critical condition in suspected Chang’aa poisoning

By Tonny Ndungu,

One person has died while two of his accomplices are fighting for their lives at Keumbu Hospital in Kisii after a night out at a chang'aa den went awr...

chang'aa brewers

Photo of chief alleged to have poured hot liquid on elderly woman draws public outcry

By Citizen Reporter,

The office of the Ombudsman is investigating claims that a chief poured hot liquid on an elderly woman in Eldoret. Ombudsman Chairperson Florence K...

chief

Bomet county lays trap to nab suspects as cases of sodomy increase

By Paul Ruto,

Residents of Bomet are living in apprehension over the rising cases of sodomy in the region . On Thursday Cheibei tea buying centre in Konoin sub c...

sodomy in Bomet

Nakuru: 16-year-old boy arrested for killing neighbor over KSh.50

By Kiprotich Kimetto,

Police in Kuresoi, Nakuru county are holding a 16-year-old Form Two student suspected of killing his 24-year-old neighbor over a KSh.50 debt. Speak...

Kuresoi South

Bomet: 24-year-old man drowns while fetching water to brew chang’aa

By Paul Ruto,

Police officers in Konoin, Bomet county are investigating an incident in which a 24-year-old man drowned in a pool while fetching water. Preliminar...

man drowns in bomet

Four chiefs beaten by chang’aa seller in Kiambu

By Gikunga Kariuki,

Four chiefs in Kiambu were left nursing injuries following an altercation with an illicit brew seller on Sunday. The four administrators from Kabet...

chiefs , kiambu

Chang’aa brewer shoots police officer with arrow in Bomet

By Paul Ruto,

A police officer in Chepalungu, Bomet County is nursing injuries on the left leg after he was shot with an arrow by an illicit liquor brewer. Speak...

Bomet County i , Chepalungu , Lukumek police station.

Two seriously injured after chang’aa boiler explodes in Machakos

By Alphonse Mbithi,

Two chang'aa brewers are nursing serious burns after a boiler exploded on them in Jericho village, Mavoloni-sub County in Machakos. The cause of th...

boiler exlodes , chang'aa brewers , CHANGAA , Jericho village

Wanted suspect dies after drinking chang’aa in Migori

By George Juma,

Police in Migori County have launched investigations into the death of a middle-aged man who allegedly died after consuming excess illicit brew at Wuo...

Migori County , Migori Level Four Hospital

13-year-old girl arrested for selling chang’aa in Kericho

By Bernard Rotich,

Police in Litein, Kericho County, are holding a 13-year-old Standard Seven girl who was found selling illicit brew at their home. Speaking to Citiz...

CHANGAA , illicit brew , Kericho county , OCPD Felicia Nafula

Matiang’i says politicians behind emergence of criminal gangs

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i on Thursday linked the resurgence of criminal gangs to political mobilization. Speaking at the opening of...

Fred Matiang'i , nyeri county

Molo MP apologizes after turning up at a meeting drunk

By Citizen Reporter,

Just a day after Molo Member of Parliament Kimani Kuria caused chaos when he attended a meeting drunk, he has come out to apologize to his constituent...

3 month old baby, siblings scalded as mother prepared illicit brew

By Bernard Rotich,

A chang'aa (illicit brew) distilling exercise turned tragic after a pot containing hot water burst and scalded four children in Kericho County. Acc...

chang'aa dealers , illicit brew

Bungoma: Man dies after winning alcohol drinking competition

By Kaitano Nyongesa,

A 28-year-old man died on Monday morning after consuming excessive alcohol in a drinking competition at Mukosi village in Kimilili Constituency, Bungo...

bungoma

Drought to impact production at Kenya Breweries

By Citizen Reporter,

Kenya breweries has projected a negative outlook for supply of its raw materials due to effects of drought. The brewer says the delayed rains will ...

barley , Kenya Breweries , Sorghum

Chief among three killed in Kirinyaga accidents

By Johnson Muriithi,

Three people among them a chief died on Sunday morning in two separate road accidents in Kirinyaga County. Mwerua Location chief David Mwai Kiragu ...

Kirinyaga West , Kirnyaga County