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A woman in Nakuru was confronted by a crowd after CCTV footage allegedly showed her stealing a passenger’s phone on a bus.
The arrest of the person of interest, identified as the girl’s 29-year-old uncle, Peter Njuguna, comes amid a wave of community outrage over a rising tide of child killings in the region.
A Thika family claims two lorries worth Sh7 million were illegally repossessed and auctioned, leaving them financially strained and sparking a confrontation with auctioneers.
Adding to the intrigue, a phone number appeared prominently on the billboard, a detail that has since fuelled speculation and mixed reactions online.
Duncan Kibet secured unconditional admission to MKU after walking 250 km to raise funds for his degree.
Because of cultural prohibitions invoked by elders, prohibitions the family says were weaponised to silence the girls, the twins were barred from breastfeeding or keeping the children.
According to 75-year-old Charo Katana, Makenzi paid Sh100,000 goodwill, popularly known as ‘Kanjama’ in the Mijikenda community, to occupy the land.
On February 4, Elsek was charged with being a member of the Harakat Al-Shabaab Mujahedeen terror group. He denied the charges and was released on a Sh1 million bond with a Kenyan surety.
A motorist in Eldoret narrowly escaped an armed ambush by goons on motorbikes in a dramatic CCTV-captured incident, highlighting rising insecurity linked to motorcycle crime.
By parking their vehicles along key roads, matatu crews cut off access to the Central Business District (CBD), forcing many commuters to complete their journeys on foot.
Beyond damaged farms, several residents reported sustaining injuries, saying the baboons often attacked at dawn and moved in coordinated groups, making them difficult to repel.
Naivasha Town PCEA issued an apology after a pastor caused a scene at the burial of Joan Wangui by stopping her colleagues from giving verbal tributes, an incident that sparked public outrage.
While some locals defended the crowd’s anger, many Kenyans on social media expressed concern over the rising trend of mob justice following accidents involving motorcyclists.
A Kenyan woman in Nakuru was harassed by a group of men who surrounded her car, with some stepping on it and threatening to damage it, sparking widespread debate on social media.
The man was undertaking the challenge to raise awareness for students in Kenya who lack school fees.
The deceased was paragliding alongside her spouse, Pierre Laurens, who was flying a separate paraglider at the time of the accident.
The clip, widely shared on social media, appears to show the officer visibly intoxicated, struggling to maintain balance while walking along a busy public road.
He expressed his disgust at a trending video showing young men; reported to be TikTokers from the Eastleigh neighborhood, intimidating and mocking unsuspecting female passers-by
The incident, captured in a viral video, prompted an immediate gathering of alarmed neighbours who speculated that witchcraft might be involved.
Police officers, believed to be attached to Nandi Hills Police Station, were captured on CCTV forcefully storming into a room where several youths were peacefully engaged in a pool game.
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