Police arrest 3 with ivory tusks worth Ksh8.5M
Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) officers arrested three men and handed them over to police officers after they were found with ivory tusks worth approximately Ksh8.5 million. In a statement by the National Police Service (NPS), the trio were arrested along the Garsen-Witu Road on Friday, September 20, 2024. “Police in Garsen on 20/09/2024 arrested three […]
Police confiscate bhang worth Ksh25M in Mombasa – DCI
Police in Mombasa have arrested a lady after she was found with bhang worth Ksh25 million. In a statement on Saturday, September 21, 2024, police noted that Cynthia Anyango was arrested in the Kiembeni area, where she was found with sacks of bhang weighing 865 kilogrammes. “Police in Mombasa on September 20, 2024, arrested one […]
Bob Njagi, Jamil Longton and his brother Aslam found alive, LSK confirms
Free Kenya Movement coordinator and human rights activist Bob Njagi who was abducted in Kitengela last month has been found alive following public uproar. According to the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) president Faith Odhiambo, the activist was dumped at Tigoni Kiambu County, at around 1 am on Friday, September 20, 2024, he managed to […]
Man sentenced to 30 years in jail for murder
A middle-aged man has been handed a 30-year jail term for committing murder. The sentence was handed down by Justice A.K. Ndungu at the Nanyuki High Court on Thursday, September 19, 2024. According to a statement from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP), the man was found guilty of hacking another man […]
UoN lecturer found dead in suspected suicide case
A University of Nairobi lecturer has been found dead in Karabach Sub Location, Kodera South Location, within Homa Bay County in a suspected suicide case. The deceased, estimated to be between 60-65 years old, is reported to have taken his own life due to a land dispute. Samwel Owino Mwanda’s body was discovered hanging from […]
Nakuru: 19-year-old arraigned over murder of 4 women
A 19-year-old suspect has been arraigned before the Nakuru High Court over the murder of four women in July and August 2024. The suspect, Ezekiel Sakwa Mwangi, also known as Kwame, has been charged with the murder of four women, including a minor. He was arrested on August 18, 2024, and arraigned at the Molo […]
Hong Kong: Man jailed for wearing protest T-shirt and mask
A Hong Kong man has been sentenced to 14 months in jail after pleading guilty to sedition for wearing a T-shirt with a protest slogan on it. The jail term is the first handed down by the city’s court under a new local national security law that was passed in March. The law, also called Article […]