Articles by Hassan Mugambi

Once melted into ingots, the metal with insignificant gold content is then used to lure ...

Detectives discover fake gold smelting centre in Riara

2320, May 20, 2019 (EAT)

Detectives probing the fake gold scam on Monday raided a residential area in Riara, Nairobi where they discovered a gold smelting centre. They disc...

DCI speaks on alleged Wetangula gold scam audio

1303, May 20, 2019 (EAT)

Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) George Kinoti says his team is currently probing the leaked telephone conversation alleged to be between Bun...

Abductors demand Ksh.150M ransom for Cuban doctors

2128, May 15, 2019 (EAT)

Suspected Al Shabaab militants who abducted two Cuban doctors in Mandera are now demanding Ksh.150 million in ransom. The ransom demand was communi...

Drama at Kirinyaga morgue as 4 women fight over dead man

958, May 9, 2019 (EAT)

Drama ensued at a Kirinyaga morgue when four women appeared each claiming to be the legal wife of the late Peter Mwangi. Mwangi, a boda boda operat...

Ex-Governor Kidero released on Ksh.8M cash bail in Ksh.68M graft case

1833, April 30, 2019 (EAT)

Former Nairobi County Governor Evans Kidero was on Tuesday released on a Ksh.8 million cash bail or a Ksh.20 million bond a day after denying graft ch...

How Ksh.14M was stolen from Barclays Bank ATMs on Good Friday

925, April 25, 2019 (EAT)

Details have emerged on how the Ksh.14 million heist on four Barclays Bank ATMs in Nairobi might have been conducted. Cybercrime detectives suspect...

Family of Ivy Wangeci speaks out on her murder

1136, April 15, 2019 (EAT)

The family of Ivy Wangeci -- the slain Moi University medical student -- has for the first time spoken since her death. Speaking on Sunday at their...

Pastor Ng’ang’a released on police bond after arrest over Ksh.3.6M ‘con game’

1213, April 6, 2019 (EAT)

Neno evangelism pastor James Nganga spent Thursday night at Central Police Station in Nairobi. He was arrested for allegedly defrauding a businessm...

Magistrate Ogoti withdraws from Governor Lenolkulal corruption case

1955, April 4, 2019 (EAT)

Anti-Corruption Court Chief Magistrate Douglas Ogoti has withdrawn from the the case against Samburu Governor Moses Lenolkulal and deferred it to Magi...

Lawyer Nyakundi’s son to be buried on Tuesday

2111, April 1, 2019 (EAT)

The slain son of city lawyer Assa Nyakundi is set to be buried on Tuesday at the Lang’ata Cemetery. This even as the lawyer who claims to have ac...

Eric Adede and three other suspects in the Barclays fake money saga.

No bail for Adede as court detains him for 5 days in Barclays fake money saga

1534, March 21, 2019 (EAT)

Eric Adede, the prime suspect in the fake money saga at Barclays Bank, Queensway branch Nairobi will be held in police custody for five days, a cour...

Suspects in fake Ksh.2B Barclays saga to know their fate

1112, March 21, 2019 (EAT)

Four suspects who were arrested in connection to fake Ksh.2billion stashed inside a safe deposit box at the Barclays Bank in Nairobi have been arraign...

Fake gold now impounded at Barclays Bank

2130, March 20, 2019 (EAT)

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations have impounded fake gold in the same safe deposit box at Barclays Bank's Queensway branch i...

CS Rotich awaits fate as DCI Kinoti concludes probe into Ksh. 21B dams scandal

1057, March 18, 2019 (EAT)

Director of Criminal Investigations George Kinoti has concluded investigations into the Ksh.21 billion Kimwarer and Arror dams scandal. A source at...

CS Mwangi Kiunjuri at the DCI headquarters on Kiambu Road on March 14, 2019. Photo/HASSAN MUGAMBI

Kiunjuri worried about his reputation after DCI summons over dams scandal

1341, March 14, 2019 (EAT)

Agriculture CS Mwangi Kiunjuri has faulted the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) in the ongoing probe into the Arror and Kimwarer dams scan...

DCI summons CS Rotich over Arror, Kimwarer dams scandal

2220, March 4, 2019 (EAT)

Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich has been summoned for further interrogation by the Director of Criminal Investigations George Kinoti over the ...

How Ksh. 21 Billion vanished in Arror, Kimwarer dams scandal

1010, February 28, 2019 (EAT)

It is now emerging that Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich, Devolution Cabinet Secretary Eugene Wamalwa and Treasury PS Kamau Thugge may be quest...

Kisumu MCAs clash as new budget committee chairperson is sworn-in

2048, February 19, 2019 (EAT)

Chaos erupted at the Kisumu County Assembly on Tuesday as fresh leadership tussles took center stage with the removal of the budget committee chairper...

Police launch hunt for ‘Spiderman’ terrorising Kilimani residents

1120, February 18, 2019 (EAT)

Police in Nairobi have launched a man-hunt for a lone burglar who has been terrorising a section of Kilimani residents for close to a fortnight now. ...

Kenyan policemen walk from the scene where explosions and gunshots were heard at the Dusit ...

Police widen net to Isiolo in search for 14 Riverside attack suspects

1337, January 21, 2019 (EAT)

The epicenter of investigations into the terror attack at 14 Riverside complex in Nairobi has now shifted to Isiolo County where it is emerging that t...