Category: Society
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Family, colleagues and national leaders on October 2, 2025 bid farewell to Kenyan police officer Kennedy Mutuku Nzuve, who died while serving in Haiti. (Photo: Handout) The family of Kennedy Mutuku Nzuve, a Kenyan police officer who died while serving in Haiti, remembered him as a courageous and dedicated officer during a burial ceremony attended…
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Education is Your Right! Don’t Let Social Norms Hold You Back. Learn Online with TUKO. Enroll Now! The rise of TikTok in Kenya has been remarkable since its launch. Kaluma Boy, Tabitha Gatwiri and Brian Chira are some individuals who TikTokers rallied to support. Photo: Kaluma Boy, Tabitha Gatwiri, Brian Chira. Source: Instagram What started…
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Don’t miss out! Join Tuko.co.ke Sports News channel on WhatsApp now! The management of sub-county hospitals in Trans Nzoia has fired a warning shot at some health workers who have been stealing drugs meant for members of the public. Saboti Sub County Hospital chairperson Luke Naibei speaking to the press on Thursday, September 2, 2025.…
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Residents lining up to get water from water vendors. PHOTO/The Standard. The Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company, in collaboration with the Athi Water Works Development Agency (AWWDA), has announced a temporary water supply interruption affecting several estates in Nairobi. On October 2, Nairobi Water issued a notice informing customers of a planned water supply…
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A photo of the matatu involved in the accident. PHOTO/Mlima TV Four people have died after a 14-seater PSV matatu lost control and rolled several times on the Malindi-Garsen Highway. The accident occurred on October 2 in the Kanagoni area of Kilifi County. Reports indicate that the matatu’s rear tyres burst, causing it to skid…
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A section of chiefs and police officers in Vihiga County have been faulted for colluding with illicit alcohol brewers in the area, turning the fight against illicit brew into a mere wild goose chase. Speaking during a community sensitization exercise on illicit brew and gender based violence, Vihiga County Governor Wilber Ottichilo has expressed deep…
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The Shanzu Law Courts in Mombasa County on Wednesday, October 1 heard evidence detailing how multiple bodies were buried in single graves in Shakahola. Testifying before Principal Magistrate Hon. Leah Juma, government pathologist Dr. Richard Njoroge told the court that a team of five pathologists exhumed 453 bodies for the sake of establishing the cause…
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A sombre mood has engulfed a village in Pokot Central, West Pokot County, after four artisanal miners were killed in a goldmine. The goldmine, domiciled at Kampi Karayi area caved in on the miners, who included a 14-year-old, on Thursday, October 2 at around 4 am. According to one David Domongura, a National Police Reservist,…
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Over 35,000 people from Kirinyaga have benefitted from a major community empowerment drive meant to improving access to clean water, boosting youth talent development and strengthening self-help groups across the county. The empowerment initiative by Governor Anne Waiguru saw women, youth and the venerable from 15 wards receive assorted items that will go a long…
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It is the end of the road for a suspected father-and-son con team that has been defrauding MP-Pesa agents of their hard-earned money in Gikomba Market, Nairobi County. Fourty-nine-year-old Peter Mwendwa Musyoka and his 23-year-old son, Dennis Musyoka, were arrested on Thursday, October 2 at theur hideout in Nyama Villa Estate in Komarock area. For…