Police forced to shoot in air to disperse residents as body retrieval exercise at Kware dumpsite turns chaotic
There was a standoff at Kware in Mukuru kwa Njenga slums on Saturday, July 13, 2024, between the police and locals during the second day of the retrieval of bodies from an abandoned quarry. Chaotic scenes ensued when the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) homicide detectives turned down a request from the crowd. Standoff with […]
Mukuru kwa Njenga: 4 more bodies retrieved from abandoned quarry
Four more bodies have been retrieved from an abandoned quarry in Kware area which is adjacent to Mukuru kwa Njenga slums in Embakasi South, Nairobi. The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) officials, homicide team and Recce squad are currently leading the operation of retrieving the bodies on the second day, with the help of locals. […]
DCI recovers pistol robbed from police inspector, arrest 6 gang members
Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have waylaid a gang of six and recovered two firearms following a sting operation conducted in three Nairobi estates on Friday night July 12, 2024. In a statement on Saturday, July 13, 2024, DCI indicated that the gang was nabbed with the two firearms and 18 rounds […]
ODPP issues directives on mutilated bodies retrieved from Kware dumpsite
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) has directed the office of the Inspector General of the national police service to investigate the bodies that were retrieved from the Kware dumpsite on Friday, July 12, 2024. According to the statement read on behalf of the DPP Renson Ingonga the thorough investigation is to […]
DCI issues statement on bodies retrieved at Kware dumpsite
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has revealed that they have started the identification process of the bodies that were retrieved from Kware dumpsite earlier today. In a statement dated Friday, July 12, 2024, the DCI boss Mohamed Ibrahim Amin said that the homicide detectives and other officers are currently analyzing samples to identify the […]
Detectives rescue 56 victims of human trafficking in Embakasi
Operatives drawn from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have apprehended two human traffickers and rescued 56 victims during their recent raid in Embakasi,Nairobi County. In a statement seen on Friday, July 12, 2024, detectives from the Transnational Organized Crime Unit (TOCU) arrested two suspects Jilo and Galgalo at a residential building in Tassia, Embakasi […]
JKUAT students protest after body of Denzel Omondi was found in quarry
Students at the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) on Friday, July 12, 2024, took to the streets in protest over the death of a student identified as Denzel Omondi. The students poured onto the streets after the body of Omondi was found in the Gachororo quarry in Kiambu County, days after he […]