Kamukunji Police Station Stories

DCI seeks 21 days to detain Obamana matatu sacco touts over stabbing to death of colleague
Carolyne Kubwa  |  Aug 07, 2025

Hannington Oloo Ogumbo, Duncan Ochola, Vitalis Owino, and Daniel Ochieng Ojwang are accused of killing Dickson Otieno Ombaka, an employee of the same...

Agnes Wanjiru's family slams UK Defence Secretary John Healey over delayed justice
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Aug 05, 2025

Although a suspect was named nearly four years ago, no one has been arrested. Kenyan police have reportedly questioned witnesses in the UK and handed...

UK court ruling targets BATUK soldiers accused of fathering and abandoning children in Kenya
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Aug 04, 2025

Meanwhile, the unresolved 2012 murder of Agnes Wanjiru, a 21-year-old Kenyan mother who was found dead in a septic tank near Nanyuki after spending th...

Gatoto Primary alumni demand return of school to community after court win
Barack Oduor  |  Aug 02, 2025

Demonstrators who gathered on Friday, led by several alumni, including Vivian Amoit, demanded that the Gatoto Community Primary School be returned to...

"I lacked patience": Stephen Munyakho regrets fatal altercation in Saudi Arabia that changed his life
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jul 30, 2025

Munyakho regretted that the death of his Yemeni colleague, Abdul Halim, was not intentional, describing it as a misunderstanding that spiralled out of...

Ojwang murder case: Ex-OCS Talaam, co-accused, to remain in remand until bail ruling on September 26
Carolyne Kubwa  |  Jul 30, 2025

Probation officer Benard Musitia said that compounded by other recent events revolving around security, the public is still in a latent state with the...

Court to rule on bail for OCS Taalam, five others accused of killing blogger Albert Ojwang
Carolyne Kubwa  |  Jul 30, 2025

High Court judge Diana Kavedza was urged last month by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to deny bail to the six accused.

LSK faults IPOA over inaction, urges tougher oversight, compensation for police brutality victims
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jul 29, 2025

LSK President Faith Odhiambo criticised IPOA for lacking transparency and only acting when pressured, saying it has become part of a justice system th...

Julia Wangui's death: Family rejects post-mortem findings, accuses state of cover-up
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jul 29, 2025

The family said they no longer trust the results, which stated that Wangui died after a blood vessel in her brain burst.

Turkana and Toposa communities celebrate one year of cross-border peace after Arusha accord
Issa Hussein  |  Jul 28, 2025

The event in Nadapal, Turkana, marked one year since the Arusha Peace Accord was signed in November 2024 by leaders of the Turkana, Karamojong, Toposa...

Police Constable Klinzy Baraza charged with murder of mask vendor Boniface Kariuki during June 25 protests
Carolyne Kubwa  |  Jul 28, 2025

Baraza denied the charges before High Court judge Kanyi Kimondo on Monday.

Paved road brings new life to Kamukunji’s Kitui village, residents push for street lights next
Charity Kilei  |  Jul 27, 2025

Kitui village residents say the new road has done more than improve safety and commerce — it has restored a sense of dignity to the area, where childr...

UDA holds unity retreat as nine aspirants jostle for Mbeere North mini-poll ticket
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jul 27, 2025

Top UDA officials, led by party chair Cecily Mbarire and Public Service CS Geoffrey Ruku, held a closed-door retreat in Naivasha to ease tensions and...

KeNHA closes section of Mwingi-Ukasi Road for almost four months
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Jul 26, 2025

In addition, the authority is urging road users to exercise caution around the work areas, follow the proposed traffic management plan, and cooperate...

Reprieve for MP Mukunji as court dismisses DCI's request for extended detention on terror charges
Carolyne Kubwa  |  Jul 24, 2025

The judge ruled that the accused should only present themselves to investigators when formally required, not weekly as had been proposed.

Understanding Umrah: Freed Kenyan Stephen Munyakho’s spiritual journey to Makkah
Amina Wako  |  Jul 23, 2025

Munyakho’s release brings to an end a long and difficult chapter that began in 2011 when he was convicted following a fatal altercation with a colleag...

UK sanctions 25 people-smuggling kingpins, enablers in global crackdown
Mary Wambui  |  Jul 23, 2025

The sanctions aim to disrupt the flow of money and materials that sustain these criminal networks, freezing property, bank accounts and other assets u...

DPP drops Sh32m graft case against former UoN Council Chair Amukowa Anangwe, three co-accused
Carolyne Kubwa  |  Jul 23, 2025

Amukowa Anangwe, and his co-accused, Caren Omwenga, Abdullahi Ahmed, and Chief Operations Officer Daniel Brian Ouma were arrested and arraigned on May...

Safaricom’s Ndoto Zetu initiative elevates maternal health in Kamukunji's Eastleigh with bed donation
Alfred Onyango  |  Jul 22, 2025

This upgrade at the Eastleigh Health Centre—from fewer than eight outdated beds—represents a major improvement in both comfort and care for expectant...

Shadrack Maluki elected new NOC-K President, succeeds Paul Tergat
Amina Wako  |  Jul 21, 2025

Maluki secured 15 votes, defeating his only opponent, former secretary general Francis Mutuku, who garnered 12 votes.

Creativity in crisis: Kitui village artisans fight to save Nairobi’s craft heritage after market fire
Charity Kilei  |  Jul 21, 2025

In humble workshops made of corrugated iron and timber, they transform dreams into wooden carvings, beaded jewellery, woven baskets, and furniture tha...

Traders at Garissa’s Soko Mugdi market rise from ashes again as state plans modern upgrade
Issa Hussein  |  Jul 20, 2025

On Thursday, Garissa County Commissioner Mohamed Ramadhan presided over the distribution of donations worth over Sh1.6 million—provided by Health CS A...

CSs Ruku, Ogamba, Mugaa make key appointments across public institutions
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Jul 19, 2025

In the Ministry of Public Service, Cabinet Secretary Geoffrey Ruku appointed Lewis Nyaribo Oburu as a member of the Institute of Human Resource Manage...

Murkomen links rising insecurity to weak infrastructure and porous borders
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jul 18, 2025

He ordered intensified security operations targeting the financiers and operators of these criminal networks.

High Court halts Wiper Party asset auction over Sh698,000 debt
Carolyne Kubwa  |  Jul 18, 2025

Justice Chacha Mwita quashed the warrants of attachment and sale issued to the political party by auctioneers instructed by Adan seeking recovery of a...

Government suspends hardship area classification after public backlash
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jul 18, 2025

Public Service Cabinet Secretary Geoffrey Ruku said the Ministry of Public Service and the Ministry of Education have agreed to halt the rollout of th...

Firearm smugglers from Uganda to Kenya mapped, arrests imminent, says Interior CS Murkomen
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jul 17, 2025

Murkomen said intelligence reports indicate that the suspects have exploited porous border routes between Kenya and Uganda to smuggle guns and ammunit...

State delivers relief aid to fire victims of Kasilili Village in Kamukunji's Airbase Ward
Abdirahman Khalif  |  Jul 17, 2025

Each household affected by the fire received a relief package containing 5 kilogrammes of rice, 5 kilogrammes of beans, one mattress, two blankets, on...

Justin Muturi reveals how he became AG after initially declining the role
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jul 17, 2025

Justin Muturi said he had not sought the AG position when Ruto formed his government in 2022 and was caught off guard when President William Ruto insi...

Grief and anger as form three student killed during Saba Saba protests laid to rest
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jul 17, 2025

James Wambugu, the last-born child of a Directorate of Criminal Investigations officer, was shot on July 7 in Likii Estate, Nanyuki, after skipping sc...

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