Kilifi Deputy Governor Gideon Saburi arrested for defying quarantine order

By Tonny Ndungu,

Kilifi Deputy Governor Gideon Saburi has been arrested moments after leaving the Coast General Hospital where he was under mandatory quarantine. Sa...

Cop in coronavirus helmet warns people to stay home during India lockdown

By CNN,

As India enforces a nationwide lockdown due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, one police officer has found a creative way to get the message across. ...

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Two-time London marathon winner, MCA, 20 others arrested in bar drinking during curfew

By Tonny Ndungu,

Kapchemutwa Ward MCA Ambrose Kiplagat popularly known as "Roho Juu" was on Thursday night arrested at a bar partying after curfew hours. Also arres...

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Kisumu: 19-year-old who broke into a police inspector’s house, armoury, arrested

By Allan Obiero,

Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) officers from Nairobi have arrested a 19-year-old who is part of a gang behind the loss of guns at Kibos ...

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Coronavirus: Police officers in Nigeria quote Bible to defiant pastors

By Tonny Ndungu,

Police officers in Nigeria have resorted to a different technique in taming defiant pastors who have disregarded directives to close places of worship...

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Mentally ill man 35,reportedly beaten to death by police enforcing curfew in Kakamega

By Tonny Ndungu,

A 35-year-old man has died in Kakamega after he was reportedly beaten up by police officers enforcing the 7pm to 5pm curfew. According to family wh...

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Employers ordered to release employees no later than 4pm

By Tonny Ndungu,

Kenyan employers have been ordered to release the non-critical or the non-essential services employees not later than 4pm daily. A gazettte notice ...

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Teacher and her two daughters arrested for beating 27-year-old caretaker in Ugenya

By George Amolo,

A 37-year-old primary school teacher and her two daughters are being held at Ukwala police station over the mysterious death of a 27-year-old man at U...

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Wild goats take over previously busy town amid coronavirus lockdown

By CNN,

A coastal town in north Wales has found a whole new meaning to the phrase herd immunity, after goats were spotted roaming its quiet streets. It com...

Govt’ declares Maanzoni Lodge a quarantine zone

By Tonny Ndungu,

The Ministry of Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has declared Maanzoni Lodge a quarantine zone after 720 youth were found in a meeting. While ...

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Traffic offender rams his Mercedes Benz into truck, killing police officer who arrested him

By Tonny Ndungu,

Police officers in Changamwe are pursuing a suspect, Rajab Ramadhan, who intentionally hit a truck, killing a police officer who had arrested him for ...

DPP orders probe into the killing of 13-year-old by stray bullet in Mathare

By Tonny Ndungu,

Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Noordin Haji has directed Inspector-General of Police Hillary Mutyambai to urgently probe the shooting of Yasin ...

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Boy, 13, who was watching police enforce curfew killed by stray bullet on balcony

By Erick Owenga,

A 13 year old boy was killed by a stray bullet alleged to be from a police officer at Kiamaiko in Nairobi county on Monday night. It is reported th...

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Govt’ orders bodaboda operators to carry only one person per trip, wear masks

By Tonny Ndungu,

The Ministry of Health has issued new directives to bodaboda operators in a move aimed at averting the spread of the new coronavirus. Speaking at A...

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Armed thugs attack DCI officers who were following drug peddlers, 56 bales of bhang recovered

By Tonny Ndungu,

A police officer is nursing injuries after he was attacked by suspects who were trafficking drugs on Monday morning. The Directorate of Criminal In...

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Gun-totting police inspector arrested dramatically while partying at a bar during curfew hours

By George Amolo,

A police Inspector in being held at the Ukwala Police station in Ugenya sub-county. Citizen Digital understands that he was arrested on Saturday ni...

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Man who died after police beating had taken pregnant woman to hospital

By Citizen Reporter,

A family in Kwale is demanding justice following the death of Khamisi Juma bega, a bodaboda operator, whom they claim was beaten to death by police. ...

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Kitui priest who defied quarantine order transferred to Mbagathi Hospital with coronavirus-like symptoms

By Jackson Muli,

A Kitui County Catholic priest, Father Nicholas Maanzo who had returned to the country from Ireland via Italy has been transferred to the Mbagathi Hos...

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Coronavirus: Two arrested in Kitengela preaching in an empty church

By Zipporah Kariuki,

Two preachers have been arrested within the Changombe area, Kitengela, at the Tabernacle church while conducting a church service. Police officers ...

Third cop dies of coronavirus in New York after hundreds of officers test positive

By CNN,

New York City police lost its first detective to Covid-19, marking the third NYPD death to the disease that has afflicted the department. Detective...

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