Crime

Police are investigating claims by a man that he was robbed of Sh750,000 moments after he had withdrawn the cash from a bank in Nakuru town. The victim is a manager at a children’s home in the Subukia area, police said. He told police he had gone to a local bank in Nakuru and withdrew…

Musician KarehB, the mother to a son who died in the Chavakali Boys bus accident has spoken. In an emotional post on Facebook, KarehB mourned her son with questions. Her 17-year-old son passed away in an accident that left 33 students injured. “I need answers am breaking apart,” KarehB said. KarehB questioned the Ministry of…

The bodies of two children aged ten and two years were found decomposed in their house days after they went missing in Mwihoko area, Githurai, Nairobi. Their father who was last seen with them is still missing, police said. Police said the bodies were discovered in the house on Tuesday two days after a missing…

Police have joined the hunt for a murder convict who went missing from Manyani Maximum Prisons in Taita Taveta County. The incident happened on Monday April 2, officials said. The convict identified as Samuel Njule Maghanga, 28 had been convicted for murder and was serving 30 years jail term. Officials at the facility said they…

The rescue was badly hampered by rains that were being experienced in the area at that time, officials said. At least ten passengers were killed and 11 others were injured in an accident involving two passenger vehicles and a lorry at the Salama area, on the Mombasa Road highway. The collision involved two matatus and…

New information has emerged regarding an incident where armed robbers shot a businessman in Eastleigh on Saturday, March 30. Why was Eastleigh businessman carrying cash? Adan Ali Mohamed’s close relative shared with Citizen TV the last movements of the businessman before two armed robbers attacked him. The relative said Adan, carrying KSh 3.9 million in…

Thousands of children in Nairobi are born with prior exposure to a chemical that causes reduced intelligence for life, tests by researchers from Kenya and the US indicate. Mothers at Pumwani Maternity Hospital, whose blood was tested by the Government Chemist, had high levels of lead metal in their blood and also in the umbilical…

At least three suspected bandits were killed in a fierce shootout with security officers at Loima in Turkana. The dramatic confrontation that happened Saturday evening at Kangalita in Kalemnyang also saw the recovery of an AK 47 rifle. Among those killed, police say, is a notorious bandit who was wanted for multiple violent crimes. He…

A woman is seeking justice for her husband, who was purportedly assaulted by a police officer while in custody. The victim, Nelson Mwasame, a 38-year-old father of four and a driver on the Kitale – Kapenguria route, was allegedly subjected to brutal treatment that left him bedridden and unable to walk. Woman seeks justice after…

Why did Kitengela man light family house? According to reports, the man had engaged his wife in a disagreement before he resolved to raze down their bungalow. He reportedly sent everyone out of the house before locking himself outside. TV47 reports that he used an LPG cylinder that emitted the gas with which he lit…