Crime

• Weekend of crime: Cop shot, seven suspects killed

  
  13 hours ago
  Seven suspected thugs were at the weekend shot dead by police in two separate incidents of crime in the city.

• End of the road for four suspected thugs

  
  1 day ago
  Police shoot dead four suspected thugs and recover two guns during a botched robbery in Kayole, Nairobi.

• Mungiki, rival gang killings spark fresh fear in villages

  
  1 day ago
  The vigilante group hunts down remnants of the sect members, hacks them to death and has banned their funeral ceremonies.

• Minor held over father’s death

  
  3 days ago
  A 17-year-old boy suspected of killing his father for planning to sell six tins of family maize will remain in custody

• Businessman found dead in car after lethal injection

  
  3 days ago
  No suspect arrested yet and the motive for the murder remains unclear.

• Officer shoots wife dead after tiff

  
  3 days ago
  A police constable killed his wife and then tried to commit suicide by stabbing himself.

• Murder most foul: 100 needles found next to slain businessman

  
  4 days ago
  Slain contractor Peter Mwangangi said to have been lured from a bar after which he was killed at Kanyonyoo in Machakos County

• Family in anguish as daughter is stolen from home

  
  4 days ago
  Mother had left baby on her own after sending the babysitter to a nearby market.

• Mugo wa Wairimu detained for 10 days

  
  5 days ago
  Court orders quack doctor Mugo wa Wairimu to be detained for 10 days pending investigations into illegal activities at his Kayole clinic.

• Policeman commits suicide in Dagoretti

  
  5 days ago
  A police officer Wednesday committed suicide in his house at the Dagorretti Chiefs’ camp in Nairobi.

• Three arrested over Sh54m fraud

  
  6 days ago
  Police arrest Ugandan Gabantu Emmanuel, Zahra Ahmed and Abdullazac Rajab wanted for defrauding saccos of Sh54m, held at DCI headquarters.

• Senior county official kills self

  
  1 week ago
  Senior Homa Bay County official has committed suicide over alleged financial problems.

• Quack doctor Mugo wa Wairimu's accomplices charged, detained

  
  1 week ago
  2 college students who worked in Mugo wa Wairimu’s clinic arraigned in court, detained for 15 days as hunt for the ‘quack doctor’ continues.

• Driver: I didn't know my passenger was ferrying drugs

  
  1 week ago
  The three have been charged with trafficking heroin valued at Sh30 million street value.

• Body of girl, 4, found dumped in maize plantation

  
  1 week ago
  Linnet Wambui, four, went missing during the Mashujaa day celebrations on October 20, and her decomposing body recovered in a nearby maize plantation

• Maasai morans warned against engaging in crime

  
  1 week ago
  Maasai morans have been warned against hiding behind culture to engage in crime.

• Danish suspect in $17 million fraud case arrested

  
  2 weeks ago
  South African police arrested woman accused of stealing 111 million crowns ($17 million) of Danish government funds intended for vulnerable people.

• Woman arrested in murder probe

  
  2 weeks ago
  Kilimani police boss Michael Muchiri said the woman would be charged with infanticide contrary to Section 210 of the Penal code.

• Hunt for men who raped, clobbered students

  
  2 weeks ago
  At least five robbers broke into Bushiangala Technical Training Institute and descended on the students with machetes and crude weapons.

• Joy as family gets back kidnapped child

  
  2 weeks ago
  Police rescued boy after he was abducted from church three weeks ago