Category: Counties

Five people lost their lives on Thursday afternoon in a road accident at Kagurumo area on the Murang’a-Kenol Road in Murang’a County. The collision involved a Toyota Wish vehicle, registration number KBM 461M, and a trailer, registration number KDL 214G. According to police reports, the accident occurred when the car, traveling towards Murang’a from Kenol,…

Police in Nairobi apprehended two individuals for trafficking 17 bales of marijuana weighing a total of 34 kilograms, valued at approximately Ksh. 990,000. According to a statement from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) released on Wednesday, Clinton Ndede and Kelvin Sibukhu were captured at a bus station in Nairobi’s CBD. They had just disembarked…

The trial of Tana River Senator Danson Mungatana and 17 co-accused individuals accused of defrauding the Kilifi County Government of Ksh.51 million commenced in a Malindi court on Wednesday. Former Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS) liaison officer Gabriel Mkare testified that six companies associated with Senator Mungatana illicitly siphoned funds from the county’s accounts…

Mining Cabinet Secretary Salim Mvurya has cautioned residents of Msambweni and Lunga Lunga in Kwale County against politicizing the Post-Mining Land Use Committee. This comes after some residents affected by mining activities, along with rights groups, raised concerns about being sidelined by the government. The residents questioned the legitimacy of the committee chaired by Mining…

A Nairobi man has been ordered to pay a Ksh.20 million fine or in default serve 30 years in prison after being found guilty of being in possession of four elephant tusks with an estimated street value of Ksh.500,000. Anthony Ngila Masaku, appearing before Kibera Senior Principal Magistrate Samson Temu on Thursday, was charged with…

4o A Narok Court has found Simon Githaiga Kimani guilty of trafficking narcotics, resulting in a significant fine of Ksh.50 million and a ten-year prison sentence in default. Kimani, who pleaded guilty to the charges, was convicted under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Control Act No. 4 of 2022. According to the Office of…

Residents of Kithogondo village in Mwea, Kirinyaga County, are appealing for assistance to retrieve the body of a man who was swept away while swimming in the swollen River Thiba on Wednesday afternoon. Elisha Wairimu, a local resident, recounted the harrowing incident, explaining that the man dived into the river but was quickly overtaken by…

The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has initiated an investigation into the disappearance of Ksh.1.2 billion from Garissa County. The probe targets eight senior officials accused of embezzling public funds. Raids were conducted on the offices and residences of the implicated officials, resulting in the seizure of documents critical to the investigation. So far, three…

Seven additional bodies have been exhumed in Shakahola Forest, Kilifi County, raising the death toll to 436 as the fifth phase of exhumations commenced. DCI officers discovered three new graves in the same area where 429 bodies, linked to a deadly religious doctrine, were unearthed in the previous phases. Most victims of the Shakahola massacre…