Topic: Crime

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has confirmed that a Ugandan army base in Somalia was stormed by hundreds of al-Shabab militants just before dawn on Friday.

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki has issued a stern warning to opposition leaders urging them to refrain from inciting youth to join illegal groups such as Mungiki.

Following the tragic murder of their Grade Two son at Karapul village on Friday evening, a family in Alego/Usonga sub-county, Siaya County, has been overcome with grief and agony.

The High Court has ruled that Ksh.102 million gifted to college student Felista Nyamathira Njoroge by her Belgian boyfriend be forfeited to the state.

Patrick Musyoka Ndana, a KDF officer and who hit headlines three months ago where he pleaded for justice after his wife and son were brutally hacked to death has passed on.

Police in Khwisero, Kakamega county, are investigating an incident where a one-and-a-half-year-old baby was murdered and its body dumped on top of a neighbour’s toilet.

Patrick Mangale, 30 and Denis Indeche, 24, were arrested on Monday by officers masquerading as jua kali traders after a chase which ended at river Lwatingu where the main suspect is said to have plunged into the river to flee the sleuths.

According to a statement from the National Police Service (NPS), the suspects were part of a five-man gang robbing two men in a Mitsubishi vehicle in Kericho on May 21, 2023.

A 34-year-old man from the Sangalo village in Bungoma County is nursing serious injuries at the Bungoma Referral Hospital after his hand was chopped off.

Police investigating the rampant spate of vandalism on electricity towers and sub stations have made a breakthrough following the arrest of a Chinese national suspected to be behind the illicit trade of stolen copper material.

The late Rev. Charles Kituku Muthusi, the preacher who was found murdered inside a maize plantation a week ago in Kawethei, Machakos County, has been laid to rest, as it emerged that the main suspect behind his killing is his nephew.

Security agencies in Kirinyaga County have arrested around 800 people as the region continues its ongoing fight against drug abuse and illicit alcohol consumption.

This emerged on Wednesday when Wajir Governor Ahmed Abdullahi appeared before the Senate County Public Accounts Committee where he revealed the huge pending bill facing the county.

Angry residents reportedly set ablaze an Embassava Sacco bus on Wednesday, May 17, following an incident where the conductor was accused of forcibly ejecting a passenger along Outering Road

Police officers on Tuesday impounded 1,511 bags of expired milk powder valued at over Ksh.75 million at a godown in Nairobi's Eastlands area.

Seun Kuti, youngest son of Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti, appeared in court on Tuesday following his arrest for allegedly assaulting a police officer. A video that surfaced over the weekend showed Kuti having a confrontation with an unarmed policeman.

A United States convoy was attacked in Nigeria on Tuesday killing four people, including two personnel from the US consulate and two police officers, and kidnapping three others, according to local police and US officials.

A man in Uganda has been arrested over sexual assault allegations after recording himself with a teenage girl at a lodging and uploading the footage on TikTok.

Dandora residents were left in shock after it turned out that four suspects who had claimed they were employees at an MCA’s office had conned them. The four suspects had allegedly been collecting money from desperate parents and guardians.

An 18-year-old Form Four student at Faza Secondary School in Lamu county died on Monday morning after he was allegedly stabbed following a fight during breaktime.