Lokapel Akol,a notorious suspected bandit operating along the West Pokot and Elgeyo Marakwet counties border in West Pokot, has surrendered to authorities and handed over his AK-47 rifle amid ongoing disarmament efforts. Addressing the media shortly after receiving the illegal firearms, West Pokot County Commissioner Khalif Abdullahi applauded the suspect and the community for collaborating…

Police officers in Awendo, Migori County, have intercepted and arrested a suspect who was transporting a sack of cannabis sativa (bhang) along the Migori–Kisii road on a motorcycle. In a statement on Thursday September 10, 2025, police reported that the suspect is being held in custody, pending processing and arraignment. The National Police Service (NPS)…

The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has dismissed as fake claims made by Otsieno Namwaya, Human Rights Watch (HRW) Associate Africa Director, that its officers are harrassing, and initimidating him by constantly surveilling his house. Namwaya, on September 8, 2025, claimed that plainclothes officers from DCI’s Operations Support Unit (OSU) have been monitoring his residence…

The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has assured Kenyans of a thorough investigation into the drive-by shooting of Lawyer Kyalo Mbobu in Nairobi. Mbobu was on Tuesday, September 9 around 7:30 pm shot dead by unknown assailant(s) while in a traffic jam along Magadi Road. Eye witnesses say the assailant(s), after executing the assassination, drove…

The family of slain city lawyer Kyalo Mbobu has called on police to move with speed and arrest his killers. Speaking at their Maiani home in Kilome, Makueni County, relatives led by his mother eulogized Mbobu as a peaceful, loving, and caring man. The grief stricken family demanded answers from authorities and urged investigators to…

A  woman was killed in a fire started by her husband to eradicate bedbugs in their house at Daraja Mbili market, Kisii Town.  The man was left with serious burns after a gas cylinder in the house exploded and caused a huge fire out of the lighter he had lit.  According to the police report,…

A man from Mwingi has led detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) to the spot where he allegedly buried his father after killing him more than two years ago. According to police reports, the suspect, Musee Ngui, is accused of murdering his father, Ngui Ngunza, and secretly burying him on their family land…

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have arrested two suspects and recovered 8 sacks of bhang at Soko Mjinga along the Nairobi- Nakuru highway. This was after police officers intercepted a black Nissan X-Trail, registration number KDN 051S, along the Nakuru–Nairobi Highway at Soko Mjinga.  The vehicle, which had two occupants, was found to…

HOMA BAY — A major NACADA drug bust in Homa Bay County has exposed the alarming infiltration of narcotics into university student hostels, with authorities seizing bhang worth an estimated KSh5 million in a sting operation early this week. The coordinated raid, carried out by a multi-agency team comprising officers from the National Authority for…