Category: Society
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Police have arrested 214 suspects over crime in Nairobi’s Central Business District (CBD). The suspects are being processed for arraignment. Nairobi County Police Commander George Seda now says crime is not just on the streets, but online. He issued a stern warning to TikTok content creators who are exploiting security incidents to chase clout and…
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Police in Ol Kalou have mounted a manhunt for a 27-year-old man suspected of brutally killing his siblings and injuring two children during a knife assault at Mundi Estate on Thursday night. According to Nyandarua Central Subcounty Police Commander Samuel Kamau, the suspect allegedly killed his 29-year-old sister on the spot before turning on his…
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Firearm concealed inside a refrigerator. PHOTO| COURTESY Police have arrested a man in Nairobi’s Utawala area following the recovery of a loaded firearm during an intelligence-led operation. According to law enforcement officers, the suspect, identified as Brown Carlos Butrose Kombo, was apprehended during a raid carried out at a residence within Kelvin Heights, Utawala, by…
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A police officer secures the scene of an arrest. Following the knife attack on a teacher at a vocational college in Essen, a suspect has been arrested, the Essen police confirmed to the German Press Agency. Federico Gambarini/dpa An assailant stabbed a teacher at a German vocational college on Friday, sparking a police manhunt that…
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A view of Nairobi CBD. /FILE Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko, on Monday, September 1, raised concerns over escalating insecurity in the city’s Central Business District (CBD), pointing to a surge in attacks on residents. In a post on his X account, Sonko alleged that armed gangs wielding crude weapons were roaming the CBD, with…
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A Super Metro bus set on fire along Thika Road on Monday, September 1, 2025. /MC COLLINS Traffic along Thika Superhighway was briefly disrupted on Monday, September 1, after a Super Metro Sacco bus was torched on the busy route. Photos and videos circulating on social media and seen by Viral Tea showed the vehicle engulfed…
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The fourth contingent of Kenyan police officers arriving at the Toussaint Louverture International Airport (TLIA) in Haiti on February 6, 2025. /MSS A Kenyan police officer serving in Haiti under the Multinational Security Support Mission (MSS) died following a road accident along the Kenscoff–Pétion-Ville road at Perlerin 9 on Sunday, August 31, 2025. In a…
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A signpost at University of Nairobi. /UON A University of Nairobi (UoN) student has been taken into custody for allegedly stabbing his roommate to death after a dispute over cleaning their hostel bathroom. According to witnesses, the disagreement about who should clean the shared facility quickly spiralled out of control. The victim, a third-year student,…
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Photo of a hacker at work. /CYBEREXPERTS.COM A Nairobi court has freed a university dropout accused of hacking and defrauding a betting firm of Ksh11.4 million. On September 3, Magistrate Benmark Ekhubi rejected a request to detain Seth Mwabe Okwanyo for 20 more days, instead granting him release on a Ksh1 million bond or Ksh500,000…
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Kenyans walking in heavy rain in Nairobi. /FILE The Kenya Meteorological Department has advised Kenyans to prepare for moderate to heavy rainfall over the next five days, starting Friday, September 5 and continuing until Tuesday, September 9. In its weekly weather update released on Friday, September 5, the department said the rains would mainly affect…