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Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) officers have seized over Sh60 million in fake United States dollars destined for Muscat, Oman. The consignment from a money-laundering syndicate that is under investigation was seized from a transport logistics facility located on Lusaka Road within…

Kenyan journalist Anita Nkonge has joined the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). Nkonge will be the new youth reporter based in Nairobi, according to a statement by BBC Africa TV programmes director Newton Ndebu. Her appointment comes barely two weeks after she resigned from Nation Media Group…

The United States government has donated six brand new vehicles to Kenya’s Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) to enhance the movement of DCI detectives during security operations. The cars were handed over to DCI director-general George Kinoti by US Embassy representative Joseph Thompson…

Collins Kibet Moi, the grandson of the late former president Daniel Arap Moi, says he cannot afford Sh1 million child upkeep demanded by his baby mama Gladys Jeruto Tagi. In an affidavit filed in a Nakuru court, Kibet said he is jobless and does not have a source of income, adding that he depends…

A Kenyan woman has been arraigned in court for allegedly stealing money and other items from her American boyfriend. Judy Onchiri is accused of robbing Kevin Michael Queen together with her brother Wilson Momanyi and cousin Harun Moranga at their house in Nairobi’s Lang’ata area on December 3rd,…

There was drama in Nairobi CBD on Wednesday after a businessman was robbed of cash by a gang. James Mwangi had withdrawn Sh684,000 from a bank along Kimathi St around noon then went to an MPesa shop along Tom Mboya Street and deposited some of it. Shortly after leaving the shop, he was waylaid by…

The UK has denied claims that weapons used by British soldiers training in Kenya fell into the wrong hands of bandits. Some 10,000 British troops undergo training at the British Army Training Unit Kenya (BATUK) in Nanyuki, Laikipia County annually. Through Twitter on Thursday, British High…

Law Society of Kenya (LSK) President Nelson Havi is set to file a petition challenging the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC). Havi said the petition is informed by numerous complaints by parents, guardians, and teachers. “The education system in Kenya should not be an expensive, inefficient and…

Veteran Kenyan politician Orie Rogo Manduli has passed away aged 73 years. Manduli died at her Riverside home in Nairobi on Wednesday, according to the family. Her Personal Assistant Samuel Ndambuki told The Standard that they were preparing to go for a dental checkup before she passed on. “We had…

Two suspects have been arraigned in court for allegedly selling and administering fake COVID-19 vaccines to unsuspecting Kenyans. Wallace Mugendi Njiru and Kenneth Mukundi Njeru appeared before Senior Resident Magistrate Sinkiyian Tobiko at Milimani law courts. The two were arrested on Tuesday at…