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Traffic Police caught taking bribes attack EACC officers
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Traffic Police caught taking bribes attack EACC officers

EACC detectives on a covert operation along the Kisumu - Bondo road on Friday had hard time trying to arrest four traffic police officers at Kombewa. There was drama during the sting operation that saw a traffic police officer cock his gun and another physically assault EACC detectives to avoid being arrested. Determined to complete their mission, officers however managed to nab one traffic cop, a sergeant. According to a report from the anti-graft agency, the policewoman was held in a suspected case of receiving a bribe. EACC communication officer Yasin Amoro said that the agency had received numerous complaints from members of the public concerning traffic police officers soliciting bribes on major roads in the Western region. Amoro said that the EACC Western Regional...
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Cops to undergo mandatory mental fitness test.
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Cops to undergo mandatory mental fitness test.

The National Police Service Commission has embarked on a countrywide mental assessment of police officers. This comes when the country is witnessing a shocking surge in cases of suicide and murders within the service. The exercise which started in Nairobi in May is meant to ascertain the mental fitness of officers to continue carrying out their police work. NPSC chairman Eliud Kinuthia on Thursday told National Assembly’s Committee on Administration and National Security that the commission has set up a medical board that is carrying out assessments on all officers. “The commission has established a special medical board to conduct the degree of mental illnesses affecting members of the National Police Service. "This will inform cases that need referral for specialised ...
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Kalonzo at DCI over 200-acre Yatta land grab probe
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Kalonzo at DCI over 200-acre Yatta land grab probe

Wiper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka on Wednesday appeared before the Directorate of Criminal Investigations for questioning over land grabbing allegations. Kalonzo said he had been summoned by the DCI for further clarification over allegations he grabbed land in Yatta, Machakos county. “Just arrived at the Director of Criminal Investigations accompanied by my legal team to honour the summons,” he said. Kalonzo has previously appeared before the DCI land fraud team. He was accompanied by among other his lawyers senators James Orengo and Mutula Kilonzo Jnr when he arrived at about 10.30 am. They emerged less than an hour later and announced the DCI had given them a report in regard to a complaint they had lodged in January this year. “We were here over a complaint we lo...
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Two terror suspects arrested at Likoni-Ferry
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Two terror suspects arrested at Likoni-Ferry

Two terror suspects were dramatically arrested by Special Forces detectives and Anti-Terror Police joint in Mombasa on Monday. They were nabbed at the Likoni-Ferry crossing channel on the mainland side at around 10 am. A video clip seen show detectives hastily surrounding the probox car registration number KCE 695U before arresting the two. Two AK-47 rifles, mobile phones, ammunition and other items were recovered during the joint operation. Coat Regional Police Commandant Manase Musyoka said a probe has already been launched into the matter.
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Njoro cop storms hospital, shoots dead girlfriend before killing self
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Njoro cop storms hospital, shoots dead girlfriend before killing self

There was drama at the Njoro sub county Hospital when a police officer pursued a patient seeking treatment there and shot her dead before taking his own life. The patient later emerged to be his girlfriend who he had earlier on argued with her in their house before he assaulted her. Constable Bernard Sivo had first attacked his girlfriend Mary Nyambura, 29 in their house and broke her right leg in an assault. The woman later managed to go to the hospital where she sought to be treated for a fractured leg. He apparently got wind that she had gone to the hospital. While she was being attended to in a ward, the officer emerged while armed with an AK-47 rifle and pumped 10 bullets into her killing her on the spot. Witnesses said the shooting forced medics who were attend...
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Detectives arrest suspect in Nyali theft syndicate

A man has been arrested in connection with robberies in Nyali, Mombasa county. Abdulmanaf Omar 29, is part of a three-gang that bundled a Nigerian national in his hired car before robbing him off. The Nigerian narrated how he hired a Toyota Spade from a Omar on July 19, 2021 at Sh135,000, being an entire month's fee. "They had agreed that the victim would return the vehicle on August 18, only for the car hire dealer to turn rogue and breach the agreement," director George Kinoti said. Via social media on Saturday, Kinoti said on the fateful night, Omar and two other men dressed in civilian clothes. But he noted that they introduced themselves as police officers, knocked at the victim's door within Emirates Reef Apartments seeking to have a word with him outside the hous...
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BBI judgement to be delivered in open court on Friday
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BBI judgement to be delivered in open court on Friday

The much anticipated BBI judgement will be delivered in open court on Friday this week. In a communication to parties, the court of appeal says the judgement will be read by the seven judges in open court. However, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, only 16 lawyers will be allowed in the court while the rest will follow proceedings online. Court of Appeal Deputy Registrar Lorraine Ogombe says each side should select 8 lawyers who will be in court. The parties have until the end of Wednesday to choose and forward the names of the 16 lawyers to the court. This comes a week after lawyer Evans Ogada wrote to the court asking for the judgement to be delivered in open court due to public interest. The seven-judge bench made up of Court of Appeal President Daniel Musinga, Justic...
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Cops linked to Embu brothers’ deaths detained for 14 days
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Cops linked to Embu brothers’ deaths detained for 14 days

A court has allowed an application by the state to detain six police officers linked to the death of two Embu brothers - Benson Ndwiga (22), and Emmanuel Ndwiga (19) for 14 days. The officers were on Tuesday arraigned at the Milimani Law Courts. They are PC Lilian Cherono, PC Martin Wanyama, Cpl Benson Mputhia PC Nicholas Sang, PC James Mwaniki and Cpl Consolota Kariuki. Only Kariuki had a lawyer. The prosecution in the case is led by Assistant DPP Jacinta Nyamosi while the LSK represented by Nelson Havi is representing the family of the deceased. The case was mentioned before Principal Magistrate Daniel Ndugi as it was a miscellaneous application for more days to hold them.  Magistrate Ndugi said he is convinced there is a great danger of interfe...
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Alarm as 7,000 snub university places despite qualifying
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Alarm as 7,000 snub university places despite qualifying

Over seven thousand 2020 KCSE students who qualified for the university under government sponsorship failed to take part in the revision exercise subsequently missing out on enrollment. In the 2020 KCSE examination, some 142,540 candidates obtained the minimum university entry mean grade of C+ plus and above. The Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service data indicates that 128,073 students were placed to degree courses while 6,617 opted for diploma courses in technical colleges. “7850 with C+ (Plus) and above failed to apply,” Education CS George Magoha said. Magoha spoke during the release of the university placement at the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development on Tuesday. https://cdn.iframe.ly/api/iframe?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.the-star.co.ke%2Fnews...
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Four killed in Kitengela mistaken for cattle thieves.
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Four killed in Kitengela mistaken for cattle thieves.

A day set for celebration turned tragic after four men, mistaken to be cattle thieves, were brutally murdered last Sunday in Kitengela. The two brothers and their two cousins had gone to visit a relative in Kitengela for a housewarming party and to celebrate the birthday of one of them. Unbeknown to them was that it would be the final journey for Fred Mureithi, 30, his younger brother Victor Mwangi who was celebrating his 25th birthday, and their two cousins Mike George, 29, and Nicholas Musa, 28. At around 6pm, the two brothers left to look for a place they could buy chicken in Kisaju but a stop near a riverbank at Enkamulyat area, some 14km from Kitengela town, was where death lay in wait. Residents who saw motorbikes parked by the riverbank thought the owners were out t...
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