3 arrested as police recover loaded firearm in Samburu
Police officers have arrested three people and recovered a loaded firearm in Samburu County. In a statement on Sunday, December 29, 2024, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) stated that three individuals had been taken into custody in connection with a spate of robberies in the Dore area of Samburu. “Three notorious robbery with violence […]
‘Sentencing of Lenolkulal should act as deterrence to corruption’ – Eugene Wamalwa warns governors
Democratic Action Party of Kenya (DAP-K) party leader Eugene Wamalwa has welcomed the sentencing of former Samburu Governor Moses Lenolkulal after he was found guilty in a corruption case. Wamalwa has warned serving governors from engaging in corruption and should learn from the fate that has befallen Lenolkulal. “Corruption remains the greatest threat to devolution. […]
Mombasa family in distress after 20-year-old son goes missing
A family in Mombasa is in distress after their loved one disappeared without a trace in December 2021. According to a televised report, 20-year-old Ahmed Abdi Kan left Samburu on December 23 for his home in Kingorani, Mombasa for the end of year celebrations. Ahmed’s kinsmen say they got worried after their son failed to […]
Nurse, 48, flees after his new wife, a Class 8 pupil, rescued from his house
Phillip Lenmerdete is said to have married off the 13-year-old just after she completed her end of primary education exams.
No Samburu man asked to marry me, Lesuuda tells rivals over husband choice
Naisula Lesuuda chides political competitors in Samburu West constituency after criticism for marrying outside county.
Class Two pupil shot dead by cattle rustlers 300m from police station, GSU camp
At least 250 goats stolen by armed cattle rustlers who shot three children, killing one on the spot near Marti town in Samburu County.
Samburu man on the run after killing mother over family land
Police in Maralal are searching for a man who fled after killing his grandmother after a row over a piece of land he wanted to sell.