Murder Stories

Man accused of killing MMU student Sylvia Kemunto charged in Kibera court, denied bond
Carolyne Kubwa  |  May 29, 2025

The court was told that Mutinda is a flight risk, having allegedly fled the university after the crime and contacted a prosecution witness to express...

Kasipul MP Were murder case: Businessman Aroko granted Sh300,000 cash bail
Carolyne Kubwa  |  May 27, 2025

Aroko, representing himself, told the court that he will abide by the directions issued and also avail his passport at the Kibera Court.

Suspect charged with murder of British national Campbell Scott
Carolyne Kubwa  |  May 27, 2025

Scott was reported missing on February 17, 2025, before his decomposing body was discovered in Makongo Forest, Makueni.

Witness tells court he was paid Sh9,000 to transport Willis Ayieko's alleged killers
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 27, 2025

The witness described how he was unknowingly drawn into a deadly plot when he was paid Sh9,000 to transport suspects later linked to the kidnapping an...

Kerio Valley schools to remain open amid security fears after priest's killing as state assures safety
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 26, 2025

The government has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew from 6 pm to 6 am across the Kerio Valley region to support security operations as investigations int...

Shakahola trial: Children's officer recounts discovery of tortured, emaciated minors
Farhiya Hussein  |  May 22, 2025

Muteti told Principal Magistrate Hon Nelly Chepchirchir that between February and March 2023, Shakahola residents called their office to rescue emacia...

Sharon Otieno murder: Obado’s aide denies relationship with deceased, seeks exoneration
Carolyne Kubwa  |  May 22, 2025

Oyamo told High Court Judge Cecilia Githua that police conducted a DNA test of him and Sharon's fetus, which revealed that he was not responsible for...

Shakahola massacre: Court hears chilling testimonies of alleged torture as Mackenzie, associates face child abuse charges
Farhiya Hussein  |  May 21, 2025

Helen Mwikali Kimwele, who manages the Mayungu Children’s Centre in Malindi, recalled receiving 43 children in 2017 who had been rescued from GNI-affi...

Sharon Otieno murder trial: Obado's former assistant, Michael Oyamo, begins his defense
Carolyne Kubwa  |  May 21, 2025

Obado admitted that he was in a relationship with Sharon and that the affair was known by his family, Sharon's family and even workers at the Migori c...

MP Were murder case: Politician Aroko re-arrested after High Court overturns bail ruling
Carolyne Kubwa  |  May 20, 2025

The court observed that the lower court ought to have allowed the police reasonable time to finalise investigations before releasing the respondent on...

Detectives probe killing of Nyandarua Catholic Priest who hosted Gachagua two weeks ago
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 20, 2025

Father John Maina Ndegwa was discovered on May 15, 2025, unconscious and seriously injured by the roadside in Kikopey, Gilgil, more than 50 kilometres...

Suspect in Kasipul MP murder Philip Aroko released on Sh300,000 bail, barred from Homa Bay
Carolyne Kubwa  |  May 16, 2025

As part of his bail conditions, Aroko is required to report regularly to investigating officers and to provide any evidence needed in connection with...

Court told boda boda rider in MP Ong’ondo Were's murder case was given Sh50,000
Carolyne Kubwa  |  May 16, 2025

In the miscellaneous application seeking to detain Barasa, detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations said the suspect had told them h...

Murkomen: Why police are solving MP Were’s murder faster, unlike other cases
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 14, 2025

Murkomen dismissed claims that police were selectively fast-tracking the case of Kasipul MP Charles Were, while stalling on investigations into unreso...

MP Were murder case: Suspect Ebel Ochieng challenges JKIA court's jurisdiction
Carolyne Kubwa  |  May 14, 2025

Ochieng, through his lawyers told Justice James Wakiaga that Principal Magistrate Irene Gichobi, sitting at JKIA Law Courts, acted arbitrarily by decl...

Key suspect in Kasipul MP Charles Were's murder detained for 30 days
Carolyne Kubwa  |  May 12, 2025

According to the police, through mobile phone triangulation, interview of witnesses and interrogation of suspects and his accomplices, it has been rev...

Murder suspect Aroko tells court he plans to visit late MP Were’s grave after detention
Carolyne Kubwa  |  May 12, 2025

Aroko was arrested on Wednesday night after he presented himself at the Gigiri Police Station following an announcement by the DCI that he was wanted...

Court orders police officers in Baby Pendo murder case not to visit crime scene
Carolyne Kubwa  |  May 12, 2025

The court further ordered that the accused persons must not contact any witnesses or the victims.

Bodyguard, driver were in contact with MP Charles Were’s killers- Police
Carolyne Kubwa  |  May 09, 2025

He said investigators believe the bodyguard and driver were in communication with the assailants before and after the fatal shooting, in what police a...

Politician Philip Aroko detained for seven days in probe into Were's murder
Carolyne Kubwa  |  May 09, 2025

The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) told the court that Aroko has been linked to a series of meetings in Nairobi, Homa Bay, and N...

Were murder case: High Court orders Aroko to be produced on Monday
Carolyne Kubwa  |  May 09, 2025

Court documents reveal that Aroko turned himself in at DCI headquarters in Gigiri that same day but has since been held without being charged, denied...

Kasipul MP Charles Were’s bodyguard, driver spoke and held meetings with suspects before the murder
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 08, 2025

Police say the murder was orchestrated through multiple meetings in Nairobi and Homa Bay long before the MP was shot.

Kasipul MP Were murder case: Suspects to know fate on Friday as police seek to detain them for 30 days
Carolyne Kubwa  |  May 08, 2025

Preliminary investigations reveal that Were's bodyguard and driver were in communication with suspected planners and executors of his murder.

Were murder probe: Detectives trace suspicious call to MP's bodyguard belonging to deceased woman
Amina Wako  |  May 08, 2025

Detectives are focusing on a mystery caller who reached out to the MP’s bodyguard on April 30 at around 2:40 pm roughly five hours before the MP was f...

Concerns raised over DPP's handling of Baby Pendo's murder case
Mary Wambui  |  May 08, 2025

The rights groups are concerned that the publishing of the witnesses' names seems to have been done deliberately.

Body of Kasipul MP Were arrives in Homa Bay ahead of burial
Bashir Mbuthia  |  May 08, 2025

Were's body was flown from Wilson Airport in Nairobi before landing at Kabunde Airstrip, where it was received by hundreds of mourners.

Lawyers want politician Aroko produced in court as probe into MP Were's murder continues
Carolyne Kubwa  |  May 08, 2025

Lawyer Danstan Omari argued that Aroko’s constitutional rights had been grossly violated since his arrest in connection with the MP’s murder.

Five more suspects in murder of Kasipul MP Were to be arraigned
Carolyne Kubwa  |  May 08, 2025

According to detectives, the pair gave conflicting statements about their knowledge and actions during the shooting, prompting their continued detenti...

Three charged with murder of 17-year-old Gaala Adan in Wajir
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 07, 2025

According to reports, Gaala Adan, born on January 1, 2008, was married to Mohammed Kassim Tiffow, 40, in a ceremony on February 22, 2025, at the Dagah...

Congolese man sentenced to 40 years in prison for murdering his Kenyan lawyer girlfriend
Bashir Mbuthia  |  May 06, 2025

The court heard that the couple, who were engaged and planning to get married, had a falling out on the night of the incident.

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