Category: Society
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At least eight people lost their lives on Thursday afternoon when a freight train collided with a Kenya Pipeline Company bus carrying staff at Morendat Junction in Naivasha, Nakuru County. Naivasha police boss, OCPD Anthony Keter, confirmed the number of casualties. The collision occurred as the bus attempted to cross the railway and left numerous…
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Four men arrested in Mathare, Nairobi, while on an alleged retaliation mission to avenge the murder of their kin, are facing charges of incitement to violence contrary to section 96 of the Penal Code. They are Brian Mburu, Stephen Mbugua, Brian Njuguna and Joseph Nganga. They were arrested on July 31, 2025, while allegedly leading…
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Ms Hellen Ikareut, a Ugandan national, appears in the dock at Buganda Road Chief Magistrate’s Court on June 24, 2025 during extradition proceedings to face drug trafficking charges in Kenya. PHOTO | COURTESY. A Ugandan woman who was involved in drug trafficking has been extradited to Kenya. She had fled to avoid arrest after her…
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The Kenyan community in Massachusetts has been gripped by panic following the mysterious disappearance of a 25-year-old Kenyan-American woman serving in the US Army. Cynthia Muchugia went missing on Sunday, July 28 2025, causing deep concern among her family and friends. Law enforcement in Massachusetts have issued a missing person alert. Ms Muchugia is believed…
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Images of a City Hoppa bus which was torched on Thursday, August 7. Boda-boda riders on Thursday attacked and set on fire a bus that had been involved in a fatal accident in Donholm, Nairobi. According to the police, the bus had knocked down and killed a motorcyclist before the mob turned on it and…
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21 people were killed and 26 others were seriously injured in a grisly road accident involving a school bus at the Coptic Roundabout in the Mamboleo area of Kisumu on Friday evening. Authorities have clarified that the vehicle was not carrying students at the time of the crash. According to Regional Traffic Enforcement Officer Peter…
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A police officer accused of throwing his junior colleague to their death from a balcony in Kitengela has been arrested. Sergeant Abubakar Said, who is attached to the Critical Infrastructure Police Unit (CIPU) at the EPZ Camp in Athi River, is reported to have thrown Constable Manaseh Ithiru from a fourth-floor balcony after finding him…
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Veteran Kenyan radio broadcaster Charles Omuga Kabisae has died, close family members confirmed on Tuesday, August 12, 2025. According to the family, Kabisae passed away on Sunday, August 10, 2025, after a long illness. His body has been moved to a Nairobi morgue while the family begins to prepare for the funeral. A native of…
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A police officer was on Sunday arrested after reporting that he had lost his pistol in unclear circumstances at a bar in Kehancha town, Migori County. The police corporal, who is attached to the Kuria DCI offices, had been in the company of a female reveller at a bar in the area when he realised…
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Justus Mwenda, a 37-year-old father of three from Meru County, found himself in the public eye after being arrested over claims of operating an unlicensed business. Authorities grew suspicious following a sudden and unexplained surge in his financial status, prompting a thorough investigation into his banking records. What they found shocked everyone—over KSh 50 million…