Category: Society
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Tens of motorists were Monday and Tuesday stranded on the main Nairobi–Nakuru and Nairobi–Narok highways for hours in traffic chaos. The chaos started on Monday evening, August 17, and continued into Tuesday, according to road users on the Nairobi-Nakuru highway. The chaos was worsened by poor visibility on the Kimende-Limuru stretch. This was due to…
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Six severed heads were found on a road in central Mexico, in an area not normally associated with cartel violence. Local authorities made the discovery early on Tuesday morning on a route that links the broadly peaceful states of Puebla and Tlaxcala. Police have not given a motive for the killings or said which of…
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FILE IMAGE OF A POLICE LINE A man died after falling into a pit latrine in Olkalau area, Nyandarua County. The incident happened on August 19 at about 3 am when James Kagombe Karanja, 22 went for a long call within his compound in Bankers estate, police said. A relative reported Karanja slipped into the…
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A man was attacked and killed by an assailant who raided a miraa yard in Maua, Igembe, Meru County. Police said Mauta Kanampio Njao was assaulted while guarding the yard in the Thaico area and sustained serious head injuries. The incident happened on Tuesday August 19 morning, police said. The man was rushed to the…
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Deputy Inspector General of the Kenya Police Service, Mr. Eliud Lagat, has directed urgent improvements at the Kenya Police Traffic Training School in Ngong after inspecting the facility on Tuesday, August 19, 2025. According to a statement released by the National Police Service (NPS), the DIG conducted a full assessment of the school to determine…
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File image of Interior Principal Secretary Raymond Omollo during a meeting with Japan International Cooperation Agency The Ministry of Interior has embarked on the development of a national traffic accident database as part of efforts to enhance road safety in the country. The Ministry of Interior has embarked on the development of a national traffic…
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File image of Teresia Chepkemoi Chepkwony. A Nairobi Water employee has been charged with forging a KCSE certificate to secure employment in the company. Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company Limited (NCWSC) has been charged with forging a Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) to secure employment in the company. In a statement, the office…
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Police have arrested 12 individuals for selling fake tickets to the #CHAN2024 match between Uganda Cranes and South Africa this evening at Mandela National Stadium, Namboole. Speaking to journalists during the weekly press briefing at Naguru, Police spokesperson Kituuma Rusoke said the group was arrested over the weekend. “There are people who have tried to…
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A collage of a Kanash PSV bus that landed in a ditch on Magadi Road on August 18, 2025. /BIKER NAIROBI Motorists using Magadi Road into Nairobi on Monday morning were caught in a major traffic snarl-up after a passenger bus crashed into a ditch near the Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA) bus stop.…
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A photo of a flooded road in Nairobi. /KBC DIGITAL Nairobi residents have been warned against dumping garbage on roads, open spaces and drainage reserves amidst concerns regarding heavy rainfall in the city from Monday, August 18. Chief Officer for Environment Geoffrey Mosiria expressed concern over Nairobi’s overstretched drainage systems and called on residents to…