Category: Society
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Photo of a flooded section of Thika Road. /XINHUA The Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, and Forestry has issued a warning alerting residents in 34 counties to brace for possible flooding and strong winds due to heavy rainfall over the weekend. In a statement released on Friday, October 3, the government noted that the ongoing…
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SHA offices in Nairobi and DCI boss Mohamed Amin (inset). /VIRAL TEA KE Five suspects are set to be arraigned on Monday, October 6, 2025, after the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) made arrests in a sweeping probe into fraudulent healthcare practices. The arrests are part of a high-profile investigation launched after the DCI received…
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Outside an NCBA bank branch. /UZALENDO NEWS A senior manager at National Commercial Bank of Africa (NCBA) Bank’s Kisii branch was arraigned in court over an alleged Ksh52 million heist inside the institution. According to a statement by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) on Friday, October 3, Philip Rotich Kiprono, the branch…
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The Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has arrested five suspects linked to healthcare fraud. The five suspects are currently in custody pending arraignment on Monday. The arrests coming after DCI received 1,188 files on 1st of September, from the Social Health Authority (SHA) and the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council (KMPDC). The files implicate…
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Col(rtd) Imano K. Guleid Kenya faces multifaceted security challenges across various regions, stemming from cross-border threats, terrorism, and internal instabilities. In all areas of unrest and insecurity where our security actors are deployed, their effectiveness, safety, and ethical conduct are paramount. Our national security response involves a range of crucial actors: the Kenya Police Service…
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National Police Service spokesperson Muchiri Nyaga/COURTESY The National Police Service has dismissed as false reports by a local daily alleging the loss of millions of shillings meant for police officers deployed during the recently concluded CHAN tournament. Kenya jointly hosted the tournament with Uganda and Tanzania. In a statement released on Saturday, October 4, the NPS…
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Garbage collection has emerged as one of the most costly recurrent expenditures for county governments, with devolved units spending tens of millions of shillings annually on the service. The Controller of Budget has, however, flagged concerns over how the funds are spent and accounted for, revealing that garbage collection ranks among the highest non-salary costs…
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Makueni County, Kenya – October 2, 2025 – Residents of Chyandulu Village in Muuni Sub-Location, Nguumo Location were left in shock after a 29-year-old man reportedly mutilated his penis in a disturbing incident on Wednesday, October 1. According to police reports, the man allegedly used a sharp object to cut his private parts under circumstances…
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Buruburu, Nairobi – Tuesday, October 3, 2025 – Tragedy struck in the Harambee area of Buruburu after a one-year-old girl drowned in a bucket full of water outside her family’s house. According to police, the toddler had been left under the care of her grandmother and was playing outside the house when the accident occurred…
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Nairobi, Kenya – October 2, 2025 – Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have arrested a 49-year-old man and his 23-year-old son on suspicion of orchestrating a major KSh236,000 M-Pesa fraud targeting mobile money agents. The suspects, identified as Peter Mwendwa Musyoka and his son Dennis Musyoka, were arrested at their hideout in…