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Major criminal acts that rocked the country in 2024

Scarlet Wahu. She was found brutally murdered in Nairobi's South B. PHOTO/@papaallano_/X

Several high-profile crimes that occurred in Kenya in 2024 generated both popular interest and indignation. These terrible incidents, which included femicides, horrifying murders, and gruesome kidnappings, had a lasting impact on the nation and served as a sobering reminder of its high crime rates. Abductions and forced disappearances In the wake of anti-government protests witnessed […]

KFS interdicts 2 officers nabbed with Ksh73K related to fraud

A man in handcuffs.

Kenya Forest Service (KFS) has interdicted two officers arrested in Garissa by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) on fraud charges. In a statement on Wednesday, September 25, 2024, KFS announced that the two officers have been interdicted with immediate effect. “Following the arrest of two KFS staff in Garissa County by EACC on fraud […]

Suspect who posed as PA in DP’s office arraigned in Ksh116M scandal

The Office of the Deputy President in Nairobi. PHOTO/@ODP_KEofficial/X

Abdul Razak Rehan Shul who posed as a personal assistant at the Deputy President’s office is among the suspects who have been arraigned on allegations of swindling a foreigner Ksh116 million. According to a statement shared by the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) on Wednesday, August 28, 2024, Rehan and his accomplice, Mohammed Amin Suleiman […]

Sean Kingston facing 10 charges in Florida fraud case

Sean Kingston has been accused of defrauding as much as $ 1 million from several businesses including a jeweler and exotic car dealership. Prosecutors claim Kingston, 34, and his mother Janice Turner, 61, committed more than a million dollars in fraud in recent months, stealing money, jewellery, a Cadillac Escalade and furniture, documents released Friday […]

Politician in Ksh24M con case charged in another Ksh8M fraud case

A Turkana-based politician has been charged with obtaining money by false pretences, weeks after he was charged in a fraud case involving over Ksh24 million. In the new fraud case, Simon Ekai Ewoi was charged with obtaining Ksh8,049,000 from Lydiah Mary Munyoki by false pretences. According to the Office of the Directorate of Public Prosecutions […]

Politician in court over Ksh24M gold, mercury fraud

A politician from Turkana County has found himself in the eye of a legal storm, facing allegations of gold and mercury fraud. In a statement shared by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) on Thursday, March 28, Simon Ekai Ewoi, the accused politician, is accused of obtaining Ksh24,263,780 under pretences connected to […]