A man who travelled all the way from Homa Bay County to usher in the New Year in style has been charged with failing to pay a hotel bill of Sh466,965. Leaven Namayi Lubanga, who checked into the Pan Pacific Services Suites Hotel on December 30, 2023, stayed on the premises for 12 days as […]
Kaloleni Member of Parliament (MP) Paul Katana has threatened to sue three of his constituents for allegedly linking his office to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) community. Katana has filed a complaint with the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) in Kilifi against the three; Steven Garama, Kitsao Ngowa and Maxwell Konde, alleging […]
The Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has written to Interpol and immigration to help establish the whereabouts of a Nairobi businessman who disappeared two weeks after a magistrate issued a warrant of arrest after he failed to appear in court. DCI is hunting for Davis Nathan Chelogoi, former Nairobi Provincial Commissioner, who is implicated in […]
Tanzania has banned Kenya Airways from flying into the country with effect from Monday next week after Kenya refused a request by Air Tanzania to operate cargo flights from Nairobi to third countries. “Tanzania has decided to rescind the approvals for Kenya Airways (KQ) to operate passenger flights between Nairobi and Dar es Salaam … […]
Airbnb operators will now be required to record and temporarily withhold identification documents of their clients. In a statement, the Private Security Regulatory Authority CEO, Fazul Mahamed said the directive is aimed at taming insecurity incidences in the establishments following a series of disturbing murders since the year began. Fazul ordered all private security services […]
The High Court has ordered Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) to investigate Lawyer Danstan Omari, his client Ann Wambui Ndung’u and police officers implicated in a Ksh2 million alleged extortion scheme from two Nigerian nationals. Justice Nixon Sifuna of the Milimani Anti-corruption directed the anti-graft body to record statements from two foreigners – Richard Tsado Bala […]
Isaiya Begi Gesicho who brags about enjoying close links with the house on the hill has found himself in trouble with the law. He was charged for defrauding Jane Prema Peter of Sh1 million by falsely pretending that he was in position to secure lucrative tenders on her behalf at government and private sector which […]
High Court judge Justice Esther Maina sent a university student to collect a Ksh2.5 million from a businessman whose assets were frozen last year by the State, a petition lodged before the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) indicates. According to the petition filed by the trader Kepha Kefa Odiero, the judge demanded the bribe to facilitate […]
A bright, needy pupil who topped her school during last year’s Kenya Certificate of Primary Education examinations only to be selected into a national boys’ school will have her education catered for by the Alego – Usonga constituency development fund. 14-year-old Gloria Adhiambo Owino, who scored 389 marks to trounce other candidates at Nyalgunga Primary […]
Police in Busia County have arrested a 22-year-old woman for impersonating a police officer. Jacinta Merlin Ouma was arrested on Tuesday evening in Bukhalalire, Butula sub-county by police officers from Butula police station after a tip-off from the members of the public. The suspect who was enroute to Butula police station dressed in a GSU […]
The Shakahola massacre prime suspect, Paul Nthege Mackenzie, and 30 others were arraigned today, 17th January 2024 before the High Court in Malindi to face 191 counts of murder charges of the minors. The prosecution team, led by Deputy Director DPP Victor Mule, however, made an application before Lady Justice Mugure Thande to defer the […]
Three police officers suspected of involvement in a foreign national’s kidnapping at Mlolongo in Machakos County on January 8, 2024 have today been arraigned at Mavoko Law Courts. The three suspects; PC Fredrick Mwongela Mwololo, PC Samuel Mwiti and PC Kimwele Musyoki all attached to the General Service Unit (GSU) were arrested in Nairobi a […]