KENYA NEWS

Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has denied reports that criminals hacked into its electronic voter register.  On Sunday, IEBC Chairperson Wafula Chebukati stated that it is impossible to compromise the Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) system as it is delinked from the…

An elderly couple who died hours apart after spending decades together has been laid to rest. Francis Njoroge Ng’ang’a (72) and his wife Mary Wangui Njoroge (71) were buried in one grave at their home in Elburgon, Nakuru County on Saturday. Wangui died last week while undergoing treatment at…

ODM leader Raila Odinga has revealed his plan to turn around the country’s economy. In an open letter to Kenyans on Sunday, Odinga said he is keen to have Kenya grow its own industries and ensure that most of the products consumed in the country are locally produced. “I have some ideas on how we…

A Kenyan man has been arrested for allegedly defrauding single and lonely women of their retirement benefits. Wycliffe Amakobe Omunga reportedly targets single vulnerable women who are about to retire with the intent of conning them their hard-earned pension, according to the Directorate of…

The estranged husband of police corporal Caroline Kangogo has spoken out following her death. Kangogo, who was wanted over the murder of two people, was found dead on Friday after being on the run for nearly two weeks. The lifeless body of the 34-year-old officer was discovered inside a bathroom at…

At least 13 people were killed after an overturned petrol tanker they were siphoning fuel from exploded along Kisumu-Busia highway. Several other people suffered burn injuries during the Saturday night incident in the Malanga area in Siaya County. The truck caught fire and exploded after one person…

Police have arrested suspected serial killer Evans Juma Wanjala in Eldoret. Juma is accused of assaulting and defiling five young girls aged between 10 and 15 before brutally murdering them. He is alleged to have committed the offenses on diverse dates between December 31st, 2019, and June 15th,…

Detectives are holding a 21-year-old suspect believed to have been operating a high-tech mobile phone scam syndicate. The suspect identified only as Kiprop was arrested in Juja, Kiambu County by detectives from the Crime Research and Intelligence Bureau in collaboration with Safaricom’s fraud…

Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has offered to raise the children left behind by corporal Caroline Kangogo, who allegedly killed herself on Friday. Kangogo, 34, was found dead inside a bathroom at her parents’ home in Nyawa, Elgeyo-Marakwet County on Friday. She is suspected to have committed…

A family in Nairobi is demanding justice after their kin was brutally attacked by three Nairobi City County askaris. The askaris allegedly plucked out all his teeth after he failed to give them a bribe of Sh100 on July 2nd. Antoney Maina, a socks hawker in Nairobi CBD, was on his normal duty along…