A Mombasa court has convicted banker Hannington Muthoka of attempted murder after he stabbed his former lover, Elizabeth Shigari Bana, three times in the back, leaving a knife lodged in her body. Muthoka was found guilty of attempting to unlawfully cause Bana’s death on September 25, 2023, at Bahati in Port Reitz, Changamwe, Mombasa County….
A mother and her eight-year-old child were killed early Saturday after a truck crashed into pedestrians along Mikindani-Aldina Road in Mombasa. Rebecca Wambua, about 35, and her son, about eight, were among three pedestrians struck at about 4 am in the Kibaoni area near Handshake Bar. The pedestrians were reportedly waiting for a boda boda…
Kenyan authorities have destroyed 1,036.044 kilograms of methamphetamine valued at approximately Ksh8.2 billion at Bamburi Cement in Mombasa, bringing to an end the court-supervised disposal of one of the country’s largest narcotics seizures. The drugs were destroyed on Thursday, September 24, 2026, nearly a year after they were intercepted in the Indian Ocean during a…
Nyali MP Mohamed Ali has emerged as one of the most serious challengers to Mombasa Governor Abdulswamad Nassir ahead of the 2027 elections, after securing the backing of key United Opposition leaders and positioning himself as their preferred candidate for the county’s top seat. Ali, popularly known as Jicho Pevu, has received the backing of…
