Category: Society
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Kenyan truck drivers are increasingly resorting to covert and sometimes dangerous tactics to evade the Kenya National Highways Authority’s (KeNHA) mobile patrol units, officials have warned. The schemes, which range from makeshift intelligence networks to outright attacks on enforcement officers, are undermining road safety and damaging public infrastructure. Speaking during a media sensitization tour at…
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The Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) will step up night patrols across the country’s major highways in a bid to tackle overloading by trucks transporting building materials, a practice that has damaged feeder roads, undermined safety, and strained the nation’s infrastructure. The intensified crackdown follows mounting evidence that some transporters have developed sophisticated surveillance tactics…
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Officers seized 79 brooms of suspected cannabis sativa and rolling papers (Rizla). /NPS A multi-agency security team in Kisii is hunting for a prime suspect who escaped a police dragnet during a major anti-narcotics operation on Friday. The raid, led by Kisii County Police Commander, targeted a suspected drug trafficking network in Jokivilla, Nyamataro area,…
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DIG of Police Eliud Lagat engaging members of the public during the surprise visit./ NPS X Deputy Inspector General of the Kenyan Police Service Eliud Lagat, on Thursday, visited Mwingi and Matuu police stations in Kitui and Machakos Counties, respectively, unannounced. The visits, conducted without prior notice, aimed at assessing the state of service delivery,…
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Kisumu Governor Anyang’ Nyong’o addressing hundreds of residents and relatives outside Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital (JOOTRH) morgue, where families had come to collect bodies of the Coptic accident victims, August 15, 2025. /ANYANG NYONG’O Kisumu Governor Anyang Nyong’o has contributed Sh1 million to support the burial expenses of the 26 people who…
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Kisumu-Ahero road A major traffic jam has blocked the Kisumu-Ahero road, causing vehicles to stall for over an hour. Police are in the area trying to clear the road, which has been completely blocked, with vehicles not moving in either direction. The major snarl-up started due to funeral processions along the road, which caused long-distance…
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Kisumu Governor Anyang Nyong’o giving his address outside JOORTH morgue in Kisumu. FILE The government has released Sh 4.4 million to facilitate the burial of 26 victims of the Kisumu–Kakamega Highway crash, County Commissioner Flora Mwaora has confirmed. Speaking on Friday, Mwaora said the funds, channelled through Interior Principal Secretary Dr. Raymond Omollo, will cover…
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File image of a police vehicle. PHOTO| COURTESY Police in Rarieda, Siaya County, are investigating the death of a 23-year-old miner who was killed by a stone crusher at a gold mining site in the area on Thursday evening. The man, identified as Wycliffe Oduor, died instantly after being crushed by the machine at Miriha…
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Principal Secretary for Roads and Transport Joseph Mbugua speaking at the 2025 Telematics Summit in Nairobi. PHOTO| COURTESY Kenya continues to record high numbers of motor vehicle thefts despite a reported drop in cases last year. The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) says the growing number of car owners has heightened the need for…
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Cannabis worth Ksh.2 million seized in NACADA raid in Kisii. PHOTO| COURTESY Five suspects have been arrested in Kisii Town in a crackdown on a suspected narcotics syndicate, where cannabis worth about Ksh.2 million and counterfeit alcohol were seized. The Friday morning operation was conducted by the National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol and…