A suspected mastermind behind a motorcycle theft and robbery-with-violence syndicate operating in Meru County and its environs has been arrested following a police operation in Mutuati Sub-County. Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) Mutuati on Sunday, September 9, 2026, said they arrested Evans Kinyua, alias “Mutharimi”, at Ngitana area after acting on what…
Two women have been arrested at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) while allegedly attempting to smuggle 658 grams of suspected gold out of Kenya. The two suspects, Mahamed Shukri Abdulahi and Sabriye Farhiyo Hussein, were intercepted by a multi-agency security team in the early hours of Friday, September 4, 2026, as they prepared to…
Kasarani MP Ronald Karauri has dismissed claims that motorists were robbed by goons along the Nairobi Expressway, saying he was the person inside the white car captured in a viral video and that the men surrounding the vehicle had stopped to assist him. In a statement on Friday, September 4, 2026, Karauri said the incident,…
A suspected child trafficker has been arrested in Kajiado County after detectives rescued four minors, aged between one and 17 years, from a bedsitter where he was residing. According to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations in Friday, September 4, 2026, the person of interest identified as Mwangi alias Mwamburi, was arrested at Korompoi Trading Centre…
Detectives have arrested a man suspected of orchestrating nine fraudulent insurance compensation claims arising from a road accident along Kangundo Road in 2023. The person of interest, Oduor, was arrested by detectives from the Insurance Fraud Investigations Unit (IFIU) in the Omega area of Kasarani and is expected to be arraigned at the Milimani Law…
The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has formally charged politician Rose Mbithe Ndeti and her two children, advocates Chris Mulwa and Angela Mulwa, with the murder of psychiatrist Dr Victoria Nthunya Mutiso. The murder case was registered at the Nairobi High Court after the DPP approved the application to formally charge the three suspects. The…
Detectives have recovered an AK-47 rifle stolen from a police officer during an armed robbery in Mavoko nine months ago after a suspected gangster was shot dead in a fierce gun battle in Machakos County. The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) in a statement on Saturday, August 15, 2026, said the firearm was recovered in…
Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has claimed he will reveal the identities of people allegedly involved in the killing of Dr Victoria Nthunya Mutiso if the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) fails to disclose the truth during its scheduled media briefing. In a statement posted on his Facebook page on Thursday, August 7, 2026, Gachagua…
A Meru court has sentenced a man to 10 years in prison over the 2015 disappearance and death of an Isiolo prison officer whose body was never found.
Former company director and ex-nominated Member of the County Assembly (MCA) Salim Mohamed Busaidy was on Wednesday arraigned before a Nairobi court over an alleged fraud scheme involving Ksh 363.4 million belonging to First Assurance Investment Company Limited. According to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Wednesday, August 5, 2026, Busaidy served as a…
