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TV Personality Shiksha Arora narrates city robbery ordeal.

22Jun

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TV Personality Shiksha Arora narrates city robbery ordeal.

News Anchor Shiksha Arora has narrated how robbers strangled her ahead of her debut at Kenya Broadcasting Corporation. The incident happened at around 5:20 pm at the globe roundabout flyover. "Guy one knocked my side mirror bending it backwards and walked away. While I was rolling down my window slightly to reposition the mirror, the second guy started banging the front seat passenger window loudly," she said. In a series of tweets, Arora said as she was looking to her left, another man slid his hand in through her window and unlocked her car and got into the back seat. "..grabbed my purse and asked for my phone, at this point in time I was in panic mode, couldn’t say anything. He asked for it again and reached for my neck, strangling me," she said. "As he was...

Ciku Muiruri Recalls Chris Kirubi’s Generosity.

15Jun

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Ciku Muiruri Recalls Chris Kirubi’s Generosity.

Media personality Ciku Muiruri has mourned the late billionaire Chris Kirubi in a touching tribute on social media. She shared a lengthy post on her Facebook about three of many stories she remembers most about him, who she worked with at his radio station Capital FM. The first story Ciku shared showed the generous and swift side of the late Kirubi after he called her several times to pass a message on her breakfast show without success. She said when he came to the studio and discovered that her phone was stolen, he took her to the nearest shop and ensured she got a new one. "He took me downstairs, entered the first shop we came across selling phones and asked, 'Do you know who I am?' They said 'yes' and he told them to give me a phone and send the bill to his office. He wal...

8Jun

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Magoha Tough on School Fees Payment.

Education CS George Magoha on Monday, June 7, instructed headteachers to use any means necessary to ensure school fees is paid, including sending children with fee balances home. Speaking at the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) where he was handing over the Agricultural Laboratory (ALB) building, Magoha acknowledged that some parents from well off families were taking advantage of an earlier directive where he had asked headteachers to be more lenient on matters regarding school fees. "Our population is a very interesting one. The majority of the people who are not paying fees can afford to pay," Magoha stated “I want to request, on behalf of government, that the Kenyan parents who are still denying paying the balance of their thir...

Court hands city park shooting police officers seven years

27May

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Court hands city park shooting police officers seven years

Two police officers who shot and killed a woman at City Park three years ago have each been sentenced to seven years in jail. William Kipkorir Chirchir and Godfrey Kipng'etich Kirui were found guilty of manslaughter over the killing ofJanet Wangui Waiyaki in 2018. Justice Stellah Mutuku rejected their pleas to be handed a non-custodial sentence. While pleading for a non-custodial sentence, Chirchir and Kirui, told the court that they should have acted differently on the fateful morning of May 20, 2018. Chirchir, 36, told Justice Stella Mutuku that he is a father of two children- aged seven and one-year-old, plus an aging mother, who depend on him. He said he has been in the police service for 10 years, where he served diligently. On his part, 2...

25May

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Bashir moved millions to Somalia.

Slain Somali-American businessman Bashir Mohamed Mohamud was on the intelligence system radar for receiving and sending huge sums of money to Somalia. Kenyan government officials said he had first received millions of shillings from a top Somali government official before he channelled it back to various different banks. The money, according to officials, sometimes moved through foreign accounts before ending up in Mogadishu, which raised suspicions. Bashir, 36, was tortured and strangled to death, a postmortem on Monday has found. The body bore deep cuts, bruises and the toenails had been pulled out. The body also bore burn marks. The postmortem was performed by chief government pathologist Johanson Oduor and two other pathologists representing the family and their ...

Police launch investigation into disappearance of businessman Bashir.

21May

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Police launch investigation into disappearance of businessman Bashir.

Detectives and the homicide unit of the police have launched investigations into the disappearance of a Somali-American businessman. Deputy Inspector-General of Police Noor Gabow made the disclosure to the National Assembly Security Committee in response to a petition by the family of Mr Bashir Mohammed. “Mr Gabow says the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) is investigating the matter as missing person case and arson since a car was burnt and they are yet to establish if he is dead,” a member of the committee told the Nation after a closed-door session. “The DCI has been to Mialle, where he was last seen.” Mr Mohammed disappeared eight days ago. Through its lawyer Alibhai Hassan, the family wants the committee chaired by Limuru MP Peter Mwathi to ass...

Five police officers injured in Mandera.

21May

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Five police officers injured in Mandera.

At least five police officers were on Friday injured when they were ambushed by al Shabaab militants in Banisa, Mandera county. Witnesses said the attackers had set an Improvised Explosive Devise on the road which hit a speeding police vehicle. This caused the vehicle to be badly damaged and burnt. The vehicle was carrying at least 15 police officers moving from Banisa towards Mandera. This prompted a major police operation in the area with authorities saying they were pursuing the attackers who escaped towards the nearby Kenya-Somalia border. Deputy Inspector General of police Edward Mbugua said there were casualties on the side of the attackers and a major operation to pursue them was ongoing. “There was an attack by suspected al Shabaab militants in Banisa this morni...

Jennifer Wambua’s murder solved by forensics

8May

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Jennifer Wambua’s murder solved by forensics

The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) says it has nailed the killer of National Land Commission (NLC) official Jennifer Wambua. DCI said forensic analysis has placed the prime suspect in the murder case Peter Mwangi Njenga alias Ole Sankale at the scene of the crime. Detectives said Njenga, who is a convicted rapist and violent robber, was last seen with Wambua when she was alive on March 12. “The forensic results are finally out, positively matching the suspect. Following detailed forensic and intelligence-led investigations, detectives established that the suspect had indeed interacted and spent quite some time with the deceased at the location where the body was later discovered,” said DCI. Njenga was arrested last month by homicide detectives ...

Tanzania security officers demand Sh100,000 to release Kenyan fishermen, boats.

6May

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Tanzania security officers demand Sh100,000 to release Kenyan fishermen, boats.

Two Kenyan boats on a fishing expedition in Lake Victoria were impounded by Tanzania security officers who also arrested six fishermen. Kibro Beach Management Unit chairman Joel Maulidi said the arrested fishermen and boats were taken to Sota beach in Northern Mara district. “We sent representatives from our side to seek the release of the two and they were told they have to pay Sh50,000 for each boat to be released which is a total of Sh100,000,” Maulidi said. Maulidi said as fishermen they were shocked by the arrests which came after hours after the two-day state visit by Tanzania President Samia Suluhu visited the country after an invitation by President Uhuru Kenyatta. The visit was aimed at mending frosty relations that had been witnessed by the two countries. Fish...

A Poacher arrested with elephant tusk in Tsavo West National Park.

29Apr

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A Poacher arrested with elephant tusk in Tsavo West National Park.

Kenya Wildlife Service has arrested a suspected poacher in possession of an elephant tusk at Elerai area in Tsavo West National Park. The tusk is suspected to be one of the two extracted from an elephant which was killed at Losoito in Tsavo West National Park, close to a month ago. Acting on reliable Intelligence, KWS officers backed by multi-agency personnel, and cross border teams - including officials from Tanzania – mounted intense investigation into the matter. These efforts culminated in the arrest of one Kenyan , Papayo Ole Kesoi, who had in his possession a single elephant tusk. The other tusk could not be traced and is suspected to be in the hands of the poachers who crossed over to Tanzania. KWS working with stakeholders has put in place mechanisms to eradicat...