Category: Society
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The gold mine that collapsed. Four people have died after a shaft collapsed at a mining site in Kambi Karai area in West Pokot County on Thursday, October 2. According to a police report, the quartet comprising Silas Losenya, 22, Jacob Tsangana,30, Morio Akotopuo, 35, and 14-year-old Lopoghon Lopakar were buried alive after the mine…
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Detectives are pursuing a gang that robbed a Chinese national of her Sh1.4 million moments after she had withdrawn the same from a bank in Kitengela, Kajiado County. The woman told police she had withdrawn the cash from Equity Bank in Kitengela and asked for a taxi to take her to the Lukenya area in…
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Detectives are investigating an incident where a man collapsed and died in a bank in the Nairobi Central Business District. Police said the deceased, identified as Moses Njuguna had gone to the Equity Bank Four Ways Branch for transactions on September 30, 2025 in the afternoon when he collapsed and died. He was taken to…
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A woman was found dead after a strike by lightning in a village in Kwanza, Trans Nzoia County. The incident happened on October 1, 2025 in Ndege Village following heavy rains and involved one Beatrice Kunikina, 66. The incident occurred while the deceased was in her kitchen preparing supper during a heavy rainstorm, police said.…
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The Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) has announced scheduled power interruptions across several counties on Wednesday, October 1, 2025. The maintenance exercise is expected to enhance reliability and improve the quality of electricity supply to customers. Time: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.Affected areas: Kipkabus Road, part of Ngara, Museum, Westlands Road, part of Kipande…
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Police in Kakumiro District are holding Ruth Ainembabazi, the wife of a local businessman, following a violent robbery that left her husband, 45-year-old Jackson Tumwebazi, critically injured. The attack occurred on Monday night at around 9 p.m. in Rusolera village, Rwembuba Parish, Kijangi Sub-county, as the couple was returning home from their shop. Eyewitnesses say…
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EACC arrests senior government official after receiving Ksh210,000 bribe A senior official at the Kericho County Lands Registry has been arrested by EACC for allegedly demanding and receiving a bribe to facilitate land documentation. In a statement on Tuesday, September 30, the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) confirmed the arrest of Dallington Kipkurui Mutai, the…
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Kenya retains tier two status in U.S. human trafficking report despite gaps in victim protection. Kenya retains tier two status in U.S. human trafficking report despite gaps in victim protection. The U.S. has placed Kenya in the list of those countries whose governments do not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking,…
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Entry fees for Nairobi National Park and Tsavo East or West are set at Sh1,000 for East African citizens, Sh1,350 for residents, Sh12,000 (about $93) for non-residents, and Sh5,180 (about $40) for other African citizens. Kenya has revised its park entry fees for the first time in 18 years under Legal Notice No. 160 of…
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Some of the suspects in the Shakahola case at the Shanzu Law Courts in Mombasa. (Photo: ODPP Kenya) The long-held belief that victims of the Shakahola massacre died solely from starvation has been challenged after a government pathologist presented disturbing new findings before a Mombasa court. Dr Richard Njoroge, one of five government pathologists who…