Police officers in Kabartonjo are presently holding a 15-year-old suspect for allegedly procuring an abortion and dumping the foetus in a pit latrine.The officers, acting on an infanticide report from area Assistant Chief Joshua Kiptosok, demolished the pit latrine in a bid to retrieve the foetus, only to discover two immersed in the sludge of […]
A mysterious illness has killed eight people in a tiny village in Kakamega county in just a month. Authorities confirmed the deaths in Isukha West ward, Ikolomani constituency, but the cause of the disease is yet to be known. The patients had a wide range of symptoms – from itchy rashes to painful blisters and […]
A General Service Unit officer attached to Interior CS Fred Matiangi’s office has died in a shooting incident alongside his wife, who was a traffic officer.Inspector General of Police Hillary Mutyambai said preliminary investigation showed that the GSU officer, Hudson Wakise, shot and killed his wife, Pauline, before turning the gun on himself on Tuesday […]
A police officer in Baringo County is in custody after he allegedly stabbed and killed a bar owner at Kipsaraman trading centre in Baringo North following a quarrel over Ksh.450. The 32-year-old Administration Police (AP) officer identified as Victor Ruto attacked Reuben Cherotich, 43, after he demanded that he (officer) pays his Ksh.450 bill. The […]
A middle-aged man from Kilo area in Nyalenda, Kisumu County on Monday beheaded his grandmother under unclear circumstances. The suspect in his early 20s then placed the severed head inside a bag and surrendered himself to the Kisumu Central Police Station. The incident left officers at central police station shocked after the accused alerted one […]
This is according to the parliamentary budget office which carried out a costing of the proposal. According to the parliamentary budget office report submitted to the Senate Justice and Legal Affairs Committee, the increase in the membership of the national assembly to 360 through the creation of 70 new constituencies will result in the ballooning […]
Interior Cabinet Secretary (CS) Fred Matiang’I has published a list of personnel classified as essential services providers who will not be affected by the newly-revised curfew hours. This is after President Uhuru Kenyatta last week ordered a review of essential service providers citing widespread abuse of the privilege for essential workers. On Friday, March 26, […]
Kiambaa MP Paul Koinange will be laid to rest on Saturday, April 3, 2021. A statement from the family said the funeral service will be held at Saint John’s Church, Kiambaa at 11am. The service will last no more than an hour. “We would like to give the late Hon Paul Koinange a befitting send-off […]
Kenyans should expect higher fuel prices in the coming month, Mining and Petroleum CS John Munyes has said. Also Read: Pain at the pump: ODM puts EPRA on the spot over latest fuel price increase According to him, there is very little that the ministry can do. “Kenya charges the highest taxes on fuel regionally. […]
Chaos is anticipated at the Likoni Channel today after the Kenya Ferry Service (KFS) announced that all pedestrians will have to use the floating foot bridge at Liwatoni. The announcement was made yesterday at the Likoni Ferry Channel by officials directing motorists and pedestrians. KFS announced the changes on public address system on both south […]