Category: Society
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Weeks of devastating floods in the Philippines have fueled growing outrage over corruption, nepotism, and failed infrastructure projects, with citizens accusing politicians of pocketing funds meant to protect vulnerable communities. Many Filipinos blame the repeated flooding on a culture of graft, where contractors inflate costs or abandon projects after receiving payments. Billions of pesos have…
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More than 3,300 Kenyans have died in road crashes in the first nine months of 2025, new data from the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) shows, underscoring the country’s deepening road safety crisis despite ongoing interventions. The NTSA reports that 3,397 people have died so far this year, 28 more than during the same…
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Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has clarified that village elders will receive stipends and not salaries. Speaking during the Jukwaa la Usalama forum in Siaya County on Wednesday, September 17, 2025, he explained that the government can only provide stipends as part of the elders’ welfare and not salaries since it is not financially able…
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On the evening of Saturday, 12th June 2021, life changed forever for Jane Gatwiri. Her son, ex-military officer Mwenda Mbijiwe, was allegedly abducted at Roysambu along Thika Superhighway while on his way home to Meru. That was the last time she heard from him. Today, it has been four years, three months, and six days…
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Police have increased the cash reward for information leading to the arrest of suspects in the brutal murder of David Mutanga and his wife, Deborah Mutanga, in Entebbe. Police Spokesperson Rusoke Kituuma said the reward, initially set at Shs 50 million, has been raised to Shs 60 million as investigators intensify the hunt for those…
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The Kenya Meteorological Department Monday forecast rainfall in several parts of the country this week. This is even as most regions remain sunny and dry. In its outlook for September 16 to 22, the agency says showers are expected in sections of the Central Highlands, including Nairobi, as well as the Lake Victoria Basin, Rift…
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Gunmen shot and killed a staff member of the Gilanis Supermarket in an attack in Loruk area, Baringo County. The incident happened as the deceased Henry Njuguna and his colleagues transported goods to shops in Loruk area, Baringo County, police said. Police said the shooting happened on Monday evening as the crew drove in a…
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FILE IMAGE OF A POLICE LINE Mystery surrounds the motive of an incident where a woman stabbed and killed her eight-year-old son in Dabel area, Moyale, Marsabit County. The woman aged 33 escaped the scene after the September 16, 2025 evening incident. The child died at the Bakata Nursing Home where she had been rushed…
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FILE IMAGE OF A POLICE LINE A 31-year-old man was found murdered and his body abandoned on the roadside in Bahati, Nakuru County. The motive of the murder of one Stephen Gitau Nganga was not immediately established. His body was found lying in a pool of blood near Bahati Level Four Hospital after his attack,…
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File Image of a Police Car A police officer was arrested after he had shot and killed a driver in a case of mistaken identity in Kathasyo, Masimba, Kajiado County. The police officer explained he mistook the driver and his car occupants for thieves targeting fibre cables running through the area. The driver, along with…