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In Mombasa, County Commissioner Mohamed Nur announced the arrest of nine suspects from gangs targeting bank customers after cash withdrawals.
Ruto said the country had registered an annual growth rate of five per cent. Many Kenyans disagree with his assessment, saying the cost of living is still unbearable.
IG Kanja admitted Albert Ojwang was arrested by DCI for allegedly tarnishing the name of deputy IG Eliud Lagat.
DIG Lagat filed complaint that led to Ojwang's arrest and death in police cell. If he doesn't resign, a petition for his removal can be filed with the NPSC.
Kanja told Senators that all officers implicated in the case would be questioned, including his embattled deputy.
Ojwang's death has also put the MoU between ODM and UDA that promised to end extrajudicial killings and abductions on shaky ground.
The Standard Group PLC strongly condemns the unconstitutional and arbitrary shutdown of the broadcast signal for its television station, KTN.
What began as peaceful commemorations for victims of the June 25, 2024, Generation Z protests turned violent, leading to clashes between police and youths in several Rift Valley counties.
Police engaged the protesting youth as shops looted and property was destroyed in Kakamega. Most businesses in Kisumu remain closed even though no demos are held.
Traders in several parts of the country were on Thursday counting losses as normalcy resumed after the Gen Z protests on Wednesday.
At the Nairobi Funeral Home, a heavy blanket of grief hangs over the air. One family after the other walks in, their faces pale with shock, their eyes swollen from hours of weeping.
The number of people who died during the June 25 demonstrations that commemorated last year’s Gen Z protests now stands at 19.
Businesses in Nakuru town remained closed as police continued their patrols.In Kisumu, Homa Bay, Siaya and Migori counties, it was business as usual.
Fears that hundreds of youthful passengers from a festival in Diani, Kwale County, could turn chaotic led to the cancellation of the Sunday 10pm Mombasa-Nairobi SGR train.
A 12-year-old girl is among those whose lives were snuffed out by bullets. At least 11 people were killed in the demonstrations on Monday.
Kimutai’s mother could not allow police to take the body for fear it would be tampered with. They say he was shot by an officer known to him due to a dispute over a motorbike
Police blamed for shooting unarmed youth, fueling public outrage nationwide. Small traders fear recovery as shops looted, vandalised during the political
Lawyer says the appointment should be on merit, regardless of where one hails from. The Judicial Service Commission has also been told to advertise for the vacancy.
Born in 1932, the daughter of a pastor, Asiyo was raised in a missionary centre where she went against the mores of her time by attending Gendia Primary School in Karachuonyo.
For hours, as a distraught mother, she turned over heaps of cold, lifeless bodies of babies as she desperately looked for her child.
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