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Cabinet approves Nairobi Northern Bypass upgrade and railway city project to ease traffic
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jun 24, 2025

The Cabinet said the 20.2-kilometre stretch, which runs from Ruaka to Ruiru, will be expanded to accommodate growing traffic volumes and enhance acces...

High Court declares Small Claims decisions rendered after 60 days as null and void
Carolyne Kubwa  |  Jun 24, 2025

He further stated that the Small Claims Court Act and its accompanying Rules do not provide for an extension of the 60-day timeframe, and the trial co...

Kenya emerges as major global drug trafficking gateway, new report warns
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jun 21, 2025

Kenya and Uganda, along with Eswatini, Malawi, and Tanzania, have been identified as major sources of cannabis in the region.

State unveils stringent new traffic law proposals as Alcoblow set for return on Kenyan roads
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jun 20, 2025

If adopted, the rules will reintroduce alcohol testing using approved breathalysers, blood and urine samples, an approach meant to enforce clear alcoh...

State proposes mandatory inspections for vehicles older than four years in new rules
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jun 20, 2025

According to the ministry, the proposed Traffic (Motor Vehicle Inspection) Rules, 2025, are anchored in section 119 (g) of the Traffic Act. They aim t...

Mediheal Hospital ordered to pay Sh422million to 63 Indian expatriates for unlawful termination
Carolyne Kubwa  |  Jun 19, 2025

Justice Mwaure ruled that the organisation withheld and failed to pay the expatriates their salaries forcing them to resign though involuntarily.

Controversial televangelist Gilbert Deya of ‘miracle babies’ saga dies in Kisumu road crash
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jun 17, 2025

Nyanza Traffic Commander Peter Maina said the Toyota Noah Deya was driving, heading from Kisian towards Bondo, lost control and rammed into an oncomin...

Child trafficking suspect held until mother, couple testify in court
Joseph Ndunda  |  Jun 16, 2025

The child has been rescued and reunited with the mother after the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) arrested the child trafficking suspect,...

DCI arrests woman who had swallowed 626.25g of cocaine at JKIA
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Jun 15, 2025

According to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), her uneasy demeanour during a routine screening prompted officers to conduct a more tho...

Health CS Aden Duale exposes how Mediheal transplant report was sabotaged
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jun 13, 2025

Duale said officials altered the final version of a fact-finding committee report on alleged kidney transplants involving foreigners at Mediheal.

Mediheal Organ trafficking probe: Witnesses demand private hearings, cite intimidation fears
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jun 11, 2025

Some witnesses, speaking anonymously, said they had been pressured by hospitals to withdraw evidence and insisted on giving their testimony privately.

Woman arrested after allegedly stealing friend’s two-day-old baby in Nairobi
Joseph Ndunda  |  Jun 11, 2025

Catherine Kerubo is currently in custody at Buruburu Police Station, where investigations are ongoing to recover the missing child belonging to her fr...

Kenya organ transplant scandal: Committee probes Mediheal Hospital over alleged malpractices
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jun 10, 2025

Public hearings began on Monday at the Eldoret West Market Social Hall, with the committee inviting residents to share their experiences and concerns...

Mediheal probe: Foreigners paid Sh30m for kidneys as Kenyan donors got a fraction, MPs told
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jun 05, 2025

Nandi Hills MP Bernard Kitur, who is also the whistleblower in the matter, laid bare the extent of the scandal, implicating a sprawling syndicate that...

Public inquiry begins into Mediheal organ trafficking allegations
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jun 05, 2025

The investigation comes amid alarming allegations that Mediheal has been removing kidneys from vulnerable Kenyans for Sh294,000 and selling them abroa...

105 Rwandans rescued from human trafficking
XINHUA  |  Jun 03, 2025

The traffickers work with agents using the internet to lure their victims through making bogus promises of lucrative jobs and education scholarships.

Airbnb scams: new book explores thriving criminal activity on big tech platforms
The Conversation  |  Jun 01, 2025

Criminal hosts can lure targets into dangerous environments. Once checked in, guests are isolated from public view, housed in a property to which the...

South African mother, two accomplices sentenced to life for trafficking six-year-old daughter
Bashir Mbuthia  |  May 29, 2025

Raquel Smith and her boyfriend, Jacquen Appolis, alongside their friend Stevano van Rhyn, were each handed life sentences for their involvement in the...

Over 380 files handed to DCI in Mediheal organ trafficking probe
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 29, 2025

On Wednesday, the hospital’s lawyers, Katwa Kigen and Conrad Maloba, submitted the documents to the DCI’s Transnational Organised Crime Unit after bei...

Activists, lawyers file petition against Kenyan government over trafficking of domestic workers
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 27, 2025

The petition comes after a new report by Amnesty International revealed widespread abuse and exploitation of Kenyan domestic workers in Saudi Arabia,...

Kenyan woman arrested in India with Sh238 million liquid cocaine hidden in lotion bottles
Bashir Mbuthia  |  May 20, 2025

The contraband was found hidden inside two bottles of moisturising lotion found in her luggage following an intelligence tip-off. Liquid cocaine close...

How Kenyan girls are trafficked to Russia to assemble war drones
Mary Wambui  |  May 17, 2025

Recruitment was carried out online, particularly via social media platforms like TikTok, Instagram, Telegram, and X (formerly Twitter), and through lo...

Detectives crack down on Coast drug cartels by targeting key logisticians and storekeepers
Farhiya Hussein  |  May 17, 2025

Authorities have urged the public to give information that could assist in identifying and dismantling the drug trafficking networks.

Somalia launches crackdown on human trafficking networks
Abdirahman Khalif  |  May 15, 2025

The decision comes in response to increasing concerns over the dangers faced by migrants, particularly the rising number of Somalis attempting to reac...

Kenyan court orders extradition of ex-Afghan deputy speaker wanted in US for drug trafficking
Carolyne Kubwa  |  May 13, 2025

Abdul, who served as deputy speaker in a previous Afghan government, was arrested at a hotel in Nairobi on April 14, after allegedly travelling to Ken...

Uganda to deduct traffic fines from salaries of government officials
Bashir Mbuthia  |  May 13, 2025

Additionally, should government officials fail to pay the fines within six months, their vehicles will be auctioned by the state. According to Obiye,...

Ethiopia repatriates 121 citizens from Myanmar scam compounds, over 700 still trapped
Addis Standard  |  May 11, 2025

Many had responded to advertisements for customer service jobs but were later forced to work in scam compounds, where, according to survivors, they fa...

Broken promises and bottlenecks: Eastleigh traders choke under congestion, crumbling roads
Mary Wambui  |  May 11, 2025

In March this year, President William Ruto promised to, within two to three months, rehabilitate the road along Second Avenue, a crucial route leading...

Over 2,000 children trafficked, nearly 4,000 displaced in Kenya’s growing child welfare crisis
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 09, 2025

From displacement to loss of documentation and fleeing home countries, the data paints a clear picture: for many children in Kenya, safety, support, a...

Storekeeper of notorious Malindi drug cartel arrested, bhang worth Sh12 million recovered
Farhiya Hussein  |  May 08, 2025

Officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations raided a suspected stash house and recovered bhang with an estimated street value of Sh12 mil...

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