Two people dead in grisly Maseno accident

By Allan Obiero,

Two people were killed after a grisly accident in Maseno on the Kisumu-Busia highway. Three others were injured in the accident that involved two l...

maseno accident

Kisumu: Man stabbed to death over affair with married woman

By Allan Obiero,

Police in Kisumu have launched a manhunt for a boda boda rider who stabbed a man to death after he allegedly caught him engaging in sexual intercourse...

kisumu , Love Triangle

British journalist John Cantlie believed to be alive, still held by ISIS

By CNN,

John Cantlie, a British journalist who was taken hostage in Syria in 2012 and appeared in a number of ISIS propaganda videos during his time in captiv...

Ben Wallace , ISIS , James Foley , John Cantlie

Mildred Odira murder: Brother now says his life in danger

By Samuel Ramtu,

Carrington Odira, brother to the late Mildred Odira, the woman who went missing and found dead a week later now says his life is in danger. Speakin...

Carrington Odira , Mildred Odira

Lawyer Haron Ndubi charged over drunk driving

By Agnes Oloo,

City lawyer Haron Mong'are Ndubi was on Monday arraigned in a Nairobi court and charged with two counts in the traffic court; careless driving and fai...

drunk driving , John Khaminwa , Lawyer Haron Ndubi , Magistrate Elector Riany , Milimani Court.

Revealed: 45,000 motorcycles operating without number plates

By Citizen Reporter,

Some motorcycles operating on Kenyan roads do not bear number plates and cannot be traced if used in the commission of a crime, it has been revealed. ...

motorcycle , Motorcycle Assemblers of Kenya , NTSA

U.S. diplomats leave Caracas embassy as Washington backs Maduro rival

By Reuters,

Some U.S. diplomats left the embassy in Caracas for the airport on Friday in a convoy escorted by police, according to a Reuters witness, after Venezu...

CARACAS , MADURO , U.S. Embassy , Venezuela

Man beaten to death by his wife and sons in Bungoma

By Namisi Cheptai,

A 55-year-old man died on Tuesday morning after he was assaulted by his two sons on Monday night following a domestic squabble with his wife. Patr...

bungoma county , domestic violence , rape

Mogadishu: White sand, blue waters, heaping piles of trash

By VOA,

Before Somalia’s civil war, the shorelines of the capital were renowned for their wide beaches, cool breezes and pure blue ocean waters. In fact, al...

mogadishu , somalia

France Plans to Crack Down on Anti-government Protesters

By VOA,

France plans to crack down heavily on unauthorized protesters, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe announced Monday, after an anti-government march over t...

4 suspects shot dead in connection with murder of Catholic priest John Njoroge

By Citizen Reporter,

Four suspects linked to the murder of a Catholic priest in Kinoo area, Kiambu County were Monday afternoon shot dead in a police ambush at Parklands A...

Catholic priest killed , Father John Njoroge , Gigiri OCPD , Kinoo

Boinnet orders action after ‘Prophet’ Owuor is filmed with police convoy

By Brian Okoth,

The Inspector General of Police Joseph Boinnet has vowed to take action against officers, who assigned over eight police vans to self-proclaimed proph...

IG Boinnet , Prophet Owuor

Traffic accidents are eighth leading cause of death globally, according to WHO

By CNN,

The number of traffic-related deaths reached a high of 1.35 million in 2016, according to the 2018 Global Status Report on Road Safety, released by th...

Michael Bloomberg former New York mayor , Michael Bloomberg former New York mayor and the WHO global ambassador for noncommunicable diseases and injuries , UN's goals to halve road traffic deaths between 2016 and 2020. , world health organization

Fewer French ‘yellow vests’ take to streets ahead of holidays

By VOA,

Fewer “yellow vest” protesters turned out across France on Saturday, yet tensions between demonstrators and police boiled over in Paris later in t...

Champs Elysees , President Emmanuel Macron , Yellow vest protests

Bowing out as president, Congo’s Kabila raises prospect of a return act

By Reuters,

A month before his scheduled departure after nearly two decades as Congo’s president, Joseph Kabila received a procession of foreign reporters at hi...

Congo , Denis Mukwege , Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary , Nobel Peace Prize , President Joao Lourenco , President Joseph Kabila

Bowing out as president, Congo’s Kabila raises prospect of a return act

By Reuters,

A month before his scheduled departure after nearly two decades as Congo’s president, Joseph Kabila received a procession of foreign reporters at hi...

Dan Gertler , Denis Mukwege , Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary , Joseph Kabila , Laurent Gbagbo

Galana Oil, Abson Motors partner to launch specialized tuk tuk service centre

By Citizen Reporter,

Galana Oil and Abson Motors have launched a specialized motorcycle and tuk tuk service center in Tudor, Mombasa County, to offer top of the range serv...

Abson Motors , ENOC , Galana Oil , Mombasa County. , motorcycle , Service centre , Tuktuk

3 killed in bodaboda accident on Kagumo-Kerugoya road

By Johnson Muriithi,

Three people died on Monday evening after a motorcycle (bodaboda) accident on the Kerugoya-Kagumo road in Kirinyaga county. According to police off...

kerugoya accident

Catholic Priest John Njoroge shot dead in Kiambu robbery

By Gikunga Kariuki,

A Catholic priest at Kinoo Parish in Kiambu, Father John Njoroge Muhia, was on Monday shot dead while on his way to bank the Sunday offerings. Conf...

Fr. John Njoroge , Kiambu County , Kinoo Parish , Police Commander Adiel Nyange

Inmate escapes from Migori prison a month into his 3-year sentence

By George Juma,

Police are pursuing a convict who escaped from Kendege Prison in Kuria East, Migori County on Wednesday evening. The inmate, who has been serving a t...

Kendege Prison , Migori County , Prisoner escapes