19-year-old man in court for assaulting police officer by striking his head and destroying his phone
A 19-year-old man has been charged with assaulting a police officer by striking his head and destroying his phone Job Mongere Bonyi who was arraigned and charged at Milimani law courts is alleged that on June 22, 2021, at Tassia within Nairobi county he assaulted corporal Orodi a police officer who at the time of […]
Jane Bosire, wife to ODM treasurer Timothy Bosire is dead
ODM National Treasurer Timothy Bosire’s wife Jane Boto Bosire is dead, ODM has confirmed. According to the party, Jane died at a Nairobi hospital on the night of July 20. “We are saddened by the news of the death of Ma’am Jane Bosire, wife to our National Treasurer Hon. Timothy Bosire. “As a party, we […]
Police ‘fatally injure’, recover firearm from gangster in Kasarani
Police officers on patrol on Tuesday morning fatally injured one suspected gangster and recovered a firearm after he confronted a pedestrian who was on her way to work at Season Bus Stop, in Kasarani, Nairobi. According to a report by DCI, the suspect jumped on a gateway motorbike in an attempt to escape after committing […]
Senior police officer, his juniors on the spot for abating drug trafficking
Detectives have burst a drug trafficking syndicate involving senior police officers based in Eldoret and his juniors. On Saturday evening, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) officers raided a rented house and recovered 7kg of heroin and 15kg of bhang believed to be from Ethiopia. Brian Taabu Owuor, 26, and Cecilia Kefa, 22, were arrested […]
Anne Kananu is the official Nairobi Deputy Governor – court rules
The High Court has, on June 24, ruled that nomination, vetting and swearing-in of Anne Kanunu as Deputy Governor was lawful. The judges have however said that the attempts by Mike Sonko to withdraw the nomination of Anne Kananu as the Deputy Governor on December 7 last year were unlawful and without basis. They further […]
Being home of stress aside, Nairobi now ranked among most expensive cities in Africa
A recent report has ranked Kenya’s capital Nairobi as the most costly city to live in East Africa. Key considerations in the indexing were factored on cost of inflation for goods and services, currency fluctuations and instability of accommodation prices. The reserach conducted by Mercer, a global consutancy firm ranked Nairobi at position 145 globaly […]
Three machete-armed thugs arrested while planning to attack Nairobi motorists
Three suspected robbers were on Sunday night nabbed by police officers attached to Lang’ata police station as they prepared to attack motorists along the Southern bypass. Brian Mwangi and Nickson Muchiri both aged 25 were nabbed by the officers and found in possession of machetes. According to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) boss George […]