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Court grants police 14 days to hold suspects in Gaala Aden’s murder case
Mary Wambui  |  Apr 01, 2025

Gaala, a refugee, was murdered after refusing to marry a 55-year-old man who is among the arrested suspects. She endured 27 days of beatings before su...

15 security officers seek to quash murder charges in case involving disappearance of Indians
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Mar 28, 2025

Lawyer Mwale stated that there is no forensic proof, death certificates, or public notices such as obituaries or burial announcements to confirm the d...

Mackenzie helped secure release of follower who forced his children out of school, court told
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Mar 26, 2025

Mganga said his father removed his siblings, who were in class three and form four, from their education as part of a broader pattern of ignoring soci...

Rights groups fear cover-up in Mukuru kwa Njenga mass deaths
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Mar 18, 2025

Community members reported being blocked from recovering more bodies after six were retrieved from the water-filled quarry on July 12, 2024.

Suspect in British businessman Campbell Scott’s murder dies by suicide in Nairobi
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Mar 14, 2025

Preliminary investigations indicate that Musembi is suspected of first having taken some poisonous substance in an attempted suicide, but when did not...

Five men charged with murder of ‘Molo President’ Richard Otieno
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Mar 14, 2025

Investigators are continuing to search for other suspects, including the alleged person responsible for carrying out the murder.

Safaricom VIP protection police officer charged with murder after fatal bar shooting
Lucy Mumbi  |  Mar 13, 2025

The deceased had been watching football and drinking at the establishment alongside his brother, Erick Ngolania Wambua, who is also a police officer s...

NACADA raises alarm over Airbnb turning into drug havens
Mary Wambui  |  Mar 10, 2025

NACADA CEO Dr Anthony Omerikwa said recent incidents have revealed that these premises are being misused for drug-fueled parties, illicit alcohol cons...

DCI seeks to detain police officer who allegedly shot and killed colleague in Ruaraka
Joseph Ndunda  |  Mar 03, 2025

Tarus opposed the application to detain him, arguing that it does not require his incarceration for the pending investigations to be conducted.

Court allows DCI to detain suspects in murder of Briton Campbell Scott in Embakasi
Joseph Ndunda  |  Mar 03, 2025

Kithuka had relocated to a different house after Scott's body was found and before he was arrested by the DCI's Homicides Unit.

Campbell Scott murder: Prime suspect seized in Mombasa, accomplices still at large
Lucy Mumbi  |  Mar 03, 2025

The suspect was apprehended in Mombasa town on Sunday, March 2, after weeks of evading authorities.

Murder for hire: How a DJ, boda boda riders orchestrated Molo activist’s murder for Sh300,000 payout
Lucy Mumbi  |  Feb 26, 2025

The suspects are now in custody as detectives intensify efforts to track down more individuals, including those suspected of financing the killing.

Obado back in court to defend himself against Sharon Otieno murder charges
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Feb 25, 2025

Last month, trial judge Cecilia Githua ruled that Obado, his personal assistant Michael Oyamo and Caspal Obiero had a case to answer.

MPs want homeless bedmate of patient murdered at KNH questioned
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Feb 22, 2025

KNH representative William Sigilai told the committee that while the patient had been officially discharged, he was later returned after the shelter r...

Fresh twist as police present G3 rifle allegedly used to murder MP George Muchai
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Feb 21, 2025

The weapon was allegedly recovered from the home of one of the accused individuals.

13 police officers, NIS agent charged with murder of two Indians, taxi driver
Charles Adinda  |  Feb 20, 2025

The two IT experts – Mohamed and Zulfiqar had been brought to aid the United Democratic Alliance (UDA's) technical teams.

Phone records uncover web of communication among suspects in Muchai murder trial
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Feb 20, 2025

Mwangi produced a detailed analysis matrix that mapped out the phone calls exchanged among the accused from February 1 to February 10, 2015.

Horror in Kamulu: Missing boy found stabbed to death in a thicket
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Feb 19, 2025

The gruesome discovery has left the family shattered, struggling to understand who could have done such a horrific act to their child.

High Court resumes trial of seven accused of killing former Kabete MP George Muchai
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Feb 19, 2025

The suspects began their defence on January 17, 2025, urging the court to acquit them, arguing that the prosecution had failed to prove its case.

Murder, suicide linked to deaths of over 200 people in Nairobi whose bodies remain unclaimed
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Feb 19, 2025

City Hall has urged families with missing persons to visit the listed mortuaries to identify and collect the bodies before they are disposed of in lin...

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