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Kenya tightens terrorism cases with mandatory terror-financing investigations
Mary Wambui  |  Aug 20, 2025

Kenya was specifically asked to step up investigations and prosecutions of money laundering and terror-financing cases, ensure that financial intellig...

BBC responds to Murkomen’s allegations over Mai Mahiu documentary
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Aug 14, 2025

The BBC described the documentary as an important piece of public interest journalism documenting the exploitation of children in Kenya’s sex industry...

Drugs, gangs, and land disputes are major threats to Kenya’s security -CS Murkomen
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Aug 13, 2025

Murkomen said the comprehensive report from all counties will guide future policies, but the tours have already led to positive changes.

20 arrested in Malindi crackdown on criminal gangs and drug networks
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Aug 13, 2025

The arrests are part of a broader security offensive across the coastal strip aimed at curbing violent crime, gang activity, and drug-related offences...

Kenyan national, three others indicted in US for allegedly arming Mexican drug cartel
Lucy Mumbi  |  Aug 11, 2025

The arms involved included machine guns, rocket launchers, grenades, night vision equipment, sniper rifles, anti-personnel mines and anti-aircraft wea...

Governor Kihika forms task force to probe child sex trade in Mai Mahiu
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Aug 08, 2025

The team, chaired by County Executive Committee Member for Health, Roselyne Mungai, has until September 5 to submit its findings. It will examine the...

Women governors demand probe into child exploitation in Maai Mahiu
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Aug 08, 2025

They described the sexual abuse and trafficking of minors as a grave violation of human rights and a direct attack on the dignity and future of vulner...

Government to form special police unit to fight child trafficking - Murkomen
Lucy Mumbi  |  Aug 07, 2025

The CS said investigations were already underway into the Mai Mahiu incident, where the documentary captured girls being lured, exploited, and abused...

DPP orders DCI to probe Maai Mahiu child sex trafficking claims within 7 days
Lucy Mumbi  |  Aug 07, 2025

The BBC documentary, which has drawn wide public attention, exposed the plight of minors allegedly trapped in a web of sexual exploitation in Maai Mah...

DCI launches multi-agency operation in Maai Mahiu after BBC exposé on child sex trafficking
Lucy Mumbi  |  Aug 06, 2025

In a statement released on Wednesday, the DCI said a team comprising officers from various agencies, including the Anti-Human Trafficking and Child Pr...

Ethiopia sentences five people to death for human trafficking in landmark ruling
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Aug 06, 2025

Local media reports indicate that the convictions are linked to trafficking activities along the dangerous "eastern route", which is commonly used by...

Italian national, accomplice arrested after police uncover cannabis farm, lab in Kwale County
Farhiya Hussein  |  Aug 04, 2025

Inside the compound, investigators discovered an assortment of laboratory equipment and various chemicals believed to be used in the processing and ma...

Mediheal founder faces prosecution, deportation over kidney transplant cases– CS Duale
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Aug 01, 2025

He accused Mishra of using his influence and wealth to evade accountability, despite serious concerns raised in a report by the Independent Investigat...

IOM warns of global crisis as migrants, children forced into crime by traffickers
Mary Wambui  |  Jul 31, 2025

The IOM is calling on governments, international partners, and communities to take united, decisive action to prioritise protection, justice, and long...

Margaret Nduta spared death penalty, to serve life sentence in Vietnam for drug trafficking
Eastleigh Voice Reporter  |  Jul 31, 2025

The ruling, delivered on Thursday, follows legal reforms in Vietnam that removed automatic death penalties for certain crimes, including drug traffick...

We’ll seize property linked to alcohol and drug crimes, declares CS Murkomen
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jul 30, 2025

CS Murkomen said the new strategy is aimed at making the illegal alcohol and drug trade more difficult to sustain, while also creating a pool of funds...

Here are NACADA's new tough proposals to curb rising drug and substance abuse
Mary Wambui  |  Jul 30, 2025

Going forward, the sale of alcohol and cigarettes at events where children are present, including sports and entertainment events, art and music compe...

Government unveils new policy to tackle drug and substance abuse
Mary Wambui  |  Jul 30, 2025

The policy reinforces their role in public awareness campaigns, community-based prevention initiatives and identification of at-risk individuals and a...

Nakuru to host 'World Day Against Trafficking in Persons' commemoration amid rise in cases
Mary Wambui  |  Jul 30, 2025

UN statistics show that from 2020 to 2023, there were more than 200,000 detected victims globally, which is just the tip of the iceberg.

Mediheal founder Swarup Mishra rejects organ trafficking report, says no kidney was exported
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jul 29, 2025

Dr Swarup Mishra insisted that no Kenyan kidney has ever been exported and that all foreign transplant patients arrived in the country with their dono...

Kenyan organ transplant centres rarely reinspected, report finds
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jul 25, 2025

According to the report, “Most transplant facilities are not regularly inspected after initial certification, and there is no national transplant regi...

Committee proposes establishment of national deceased organ donation programme
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jul 24, 2025

Deceased organ donation involves retrieving organs and tissues from individuals declared legally dead.

Taskforce recommends criminal probe against Mediheal founder Dr Mishra over kidney transplant scandal
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jul 22, 2025

In a damning 314-page report submitted to Health CS Aden Duale on Tuesday, the committee exposed massive irregularities pointing to an international o...

UK-based Muslim Charity donates Sh129 million to combat human trafficking
Mary Wambui  |  Jul 18, 2025

This collaboration marks the first formal partnership the Philanthropy Fund has secured under IOM since its launch earlier this year, aiming to harnes...

Five Kenyan detectives in Botswana for US-led training to combat human trafficking
Mary Wambui  |  Jul 17, 2025

The training is being conducted at the International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) in Otse, Botswana.

Police nab notorious drug trafficker carrying bhang on Mombasa highway
Farhiya Hussein  |  Jul 13, 2025

The suspect, identified as 47-year-old Michael Charles Chacha, was arrested while travelling in a public service vehicle.

State orders screening of foreign nationals living in West Pokot over alleged cannibalism, organ trafficking
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jul 08, 2025

West Pokot County Commissioner Abdullahi Khalif said the vetting will be conducted across Kapenguria, Makutano and Bandera sub-counties, areas identif...

Criminal networks exploiting instability to fuel global drug trade - UN
Mary Wambui  |  Jul 05, 2025

While cannabis remains the main drug sourced, trafficked and used in Africa, in the past decade, the document shows that the continent has been increa...

Interpol issues fresh warning over globalisation of online scam centres
Mary Wambui  |  Jul 04, 2025

The report further notes that while not everyone working in a scam centre is a victim of human trafficking, many of those held against their will are...

Four arrested in Kayole over kidnapping of Moyale teen, woman in human trafficking probe
Joseph Ndunda  |  Jul 01, 2025

The two were kidnapped on their way to a mosque, and the suspected abductors later demanded a ransom of $25,200 (Sh3.2 million) from their families.

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