The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has announced the arrest of alleged goon mobiliser Kassim Abdi Sebo and seven other men accused of obstructing police officers during an operation at Homa Bay Bus Stage. According to the DCI, officers tracked down and arrested Sebo while executing a warrant issued by the Homa Bay Law Courts…
Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen says 121,870 youths were incarcerated in Kenya between 2022 and 2026, including 11,824 imprisoned for offences linked to criminal gangs, violent extremism and political goonism. Murkomen gave the figures in a response to a Senate question on youth incarceration, criminal gang activities, violent extremism, political goonism and the rehabilitation of…
Activist Davies Okombo has warned that Kenya risks entering a dangerous 2027 election period unless President William Ruto’s administration takes decisive action against political goonism and implements long-delayed police reforms outlined in a report by former Chief Justice David Maraga. Okombo said the recent emergence of groups accused of disrupting political meetings and attacking government…
President William Ruto has ordered the police and other security agencies to pursue the people who finance, recruit and organise political violence, warning that those behind hired gangs must not escape responsibility as the country heads towards the 2027 General Election. Ruto said security agencies must look beyond young people deployed to cause disruption and…
Fresh details have emerged on how youths were allegedly mobilised and paid ahead of the violence that disrupted Linda Mwananchi rallies in Homa Bay County on Sunday, August 16, 2026. According to police accounts and interviews with youths involved in the violence, some participants were allegedly paid between Ksh2,000 and Ksh4,000 to block members of…
