DCI recover 190 bags of uncustomed sugar along Kenya-Ethiopian border
Law enforcement officers have confirmed the recovery of 190 bags of uncustomed sugar each weighing 25kg in Siftu area along the Kenya-Ethiopia border. In a statement, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) noted that the recovery of the goods was followed after officers acting on a tip-off from members of the public intercepted the lorry ferrying […]
2 arrested for posing as KEBS officers extorting traders in Mombasa
The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) have arrested two individuals accused of posing as Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) officers to extort shop owners. The two, Tabitha Wangeci Kwena and Wycliffe Nyamanya were arrested within Bamburi area in Mombasa where they are said to have inspected goods in shops before arresting, detaining and extorting shop owners […]
KANU confirms release of its digital communications officer Cornelius Ronoh
The Kenya African National Union (KANU) party has confirmed the release of its digital communications officer Cornelius Ronoh. In a statement, published on Tuesday, October 8, 2024, the party communicated that Ronoh who was abducted on Monday evening of October 7, 2024, in Fedha, Embakasi East in Nairobi County has been freed after being held […]
‘Our party digital communications officer Cornelius Ronoh has been abducted’- KANU
The Kenya African National Union (KANU) party has confirmed that its digital communications officer Cornelius Ronoh is missing. In a statement, published on Tuesday, October 8, 2024, the party communicated that Ronoh was abducted on Monday evening of October 7, 2024, in Fedha, Embakasi East in Nairobi County. Additionally, the party Director of Communications Manasse […]
Court issues warrant of arrest against senior police officer in Baby Pendo murder case
The High Court has issued a warrant of arrest against a senior police officer suspected to have been involved in the death of Baby Samantha Pendo in 2017. In a statement on Thursday, October 3, 2024, the Office of the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) said the officer, Mohammed Baa, failed to appear in court […]
Police flag fake social media accounts impersonating DIG Gilbert Masengeli
The National Police Serve has flagged a social media account impersonating the Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of the administration police Gilbert Masengeli. In a statement on Sunday, September 29, 2024, police warned members of the public against interacting with the accounts. According to the police, Masengeli does not have any personal social […]
Police launch manhunt after mass shooting in South Africa claims 17
Seventeen people have been killed in a mass shooting in a remote South African town with a manhunt underway to find the perpetrators, police say. Two homesteads in the town of Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape were targeted, police said, with 12 women and one man killed in one location, and three women and one […]