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Relief as 15-year-old girl runs from forced marriage after forced circumcision

A fifteen-year-old girl has shocked many after she walked a hundred kilometers to evade a forced marriage and get back to school after she was forcefully circumcised. Lucy Cherop says that for the last two months she experienced hell on earth after her parents married her off to an old man who forced her to […]

Fire burns down Gikomba market again

Another fire outbreak has razed down property running into millions of shillings at Gorofani area in Nairobi’s Gikomba market.  According to sources close to K24 Digital, the fire broke out in the wee hours of Friday, August 6 destroying businesses and residential houses.  Traders who lost their property to the inferno claim fire outbreaks in […]

Police save woman from armed robbers in Mathare slums night attack

A female victim of violent robbery was last night rescued from an armed gang of three men when police on patrol within Nairobi’s Mathare area swiftly responded to her distress calls. According to a statement from the Directorate of Criminal Inestigations (DCI), the victim was walking back to her home oblivious of the gun-wielding gang […]

Shock, grief at Kagumo Teachers Training College as Deputy Principal hangs himself using hospital clothesline hours after recovering from earlier suicide attempt

Grief has hit Kagumo Teachers Training College in Nyeri County after the institution’s Deputy Principal committed suicide at Mathari Consolata Hospital. Cyrus Ndirangu is said to have committed suicide by hanging himself at the hospital clothesline after being rushed to the facility. According to Nyeri police boss Paul Kuria, Ndirangu was rushed to the facility […]

Hakuna tokens! Kenya Power announces maintenance, leaves parts of the country in darkness

Kenya Power has announced maintenance of its power systems in parts of the country in a move that has affected purchasing of electricity tokens. Through its twitter handle, Kenya Power made the Tuesday, August 3 announcement informing Kenyans of a power black-out tomorrow. “Good evening. The following areas are scheduled for maintenance tomorrow, Wednesday 4th […]

Kimilili MP Didmus Barasa arrested for slapping contractor

Police in Bungoma have arrested Kimilili MP Didmus Barasa for allegedly assaulting contractor and musician Steve Kay. Barasa was arrested in the early morning of Monday, August 2 at his home in Kimilili and will be arraigned in court today to face charges of casuing grievous body harm. Police say they recieved a P3 form […]

Shock in Garisa after police retrieve body of man from Tana River whose hands, legs together with a huge stone were tied to his back

Residents of a village in Garisa County are in shock after one Barisa Abubakar, a dairy village elder, reported to the police at around 1130hrs that he saw a dead body floating in Tana River within Young Muslim area. “Officers from Iftin police station headed by the OCS proceeded to the scene and the following […]