Category: Society


  • Lighting up Nairobi: City Hall restores streetlights, takes down illegal billboards on city avenues

    The Nairobi City County Government intensifies crackdown on illegal and cluttered billboards across the city, targeting major roads including Mombasa Road, Ngong Road, Waiyaki Way, and James Gichuru Road. Chief Officer for Urban Development and Planning, Patrick Analo, has put advertising companies on notice, urging them to voluntarily take down unauthorized billboards or face stiff…

  • Over 20,000 litres of kangara destroyed as NACADA dismantles illicit brew distillery in Kibra

    In the early hours of Thursday, September 18 morning, the National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA) enforcement team, backed by the Nairobi Area Police, carried out a highly coordinated operation targeting a notorious illicit brew distillery in Sarangombe, Kibra. Acting on credible intelligence, the joint team moved tactically at around…

  • Suspect collapses and dies after arrest in Mombasaโ€™s Central police station

    Police are investigating an incident where a suspect collapsed and died moments after he had been arrested and brought to Mombasaโ€™s Central police station. Police said Simon Warui, 35, was arrested in the city centre by police from Urban for stealing by a servant following a complaint. When he was brought to the station on…

  • Murkomen assures of transparency in planned police recruitment exercise

    Murkomen assures of transparency in planned police recruitment exercise The government has committed to ensuring the planned police recruitment is transparent and free of graft. Addressing the media in Kisumu county, Interior and National Administration Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen revealed that Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja and the National Police Service Commission (NPSC) officials…

  • President Ruto Commissions Mombasa Commuter Rail Service [Photos]

    File image of the Mombasa Commuter Rail Service President William Ruto has commissioned the Mombasa Commuter Rail Service, marking the return of passenger train operations to Mombasaโ€™s CBD. President William Ruto on Wednesday, September 17, commissioned the Mombasa Commuter Rail Service, marking the return of passenger train operations to Mombasaโ€™s CBD after years of absence.…

  • Kenya Power Announces Power Interruptions in 7 Counties on Thursday

    File image of Kenya Power engineers at work The outages are expected to affect parts of Nairobi, West Pokot, Nyeri, Meru, Embu, Kitui, and Mombasa counties. Kenya Power has announced planned power outages across seven counties on Thursday, September 18, as part of maintenance works. In a statement on Wednesday, September 17, the company said…

  • Over 30,000 Residents to Benefit as Governor Waiguru Unveils 42 New Water Projects

    File image of a water project under construction Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru has announced plans to roll out 42 new water projects with each initiative designed to serve between 300 and 500 people. Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru has announced plans to roll out 42 new water projects with each initiative designed to serve between 300…

  • 20-Yr-Old Arrested After Shooting, Stealing From a Shop Attendant

    A collage of an arrested suspect and an illegal firearm. An accomplice, armed, remains at large. A twenty-year-old man has been arrested in Maralal, Samburu County, following a series of violent robbery incidents in the area. According to a statement by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations on Thursday, September 18, acting on intelligence, Samburu detectives…

  • 21-Year-Old Student Trey Reed Found Dead on Campus

    21-Year-Old Student Trey Reed Found Dead on Campus A wave of grief and growing skepticism has swept across the campus of a Mississippi college after 21-year-old student Trey Reed was found dead earlier this week. Authorities have stated they do not suspect foul play. However, Reedโ€™s family and members of the public are voicing frustration…

  • Details of the extortion ring terrorising bar & restaurant owners in Nairobi estates

    An aerial view of a residential estate in Nairobi Business owners operating bars, pubs and wines & spirits shops across several estates in Nairobiโ€™s Eastlands have decried extortion and harassment by police in the area. Bar and restaurant operators in Kayole, Umoja and Pipeline who were interviewed for this publication stated that the bribe, dubbed…