Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have arrested Inspector Kenneth Kipkemboi Sang, a wanted suspect in investigations into the murders of Nairobi lawyer Mathew Kyalo Mbobu and Dr Victoria Nthunya Mutiso. Sang was arrested in Eldoret town, Uasin Gishu County, following an intelligence-led operation by detectives from DCI Headquarters, according to a statement…
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has announced the arrest of Jackson Otieno Bambo, also known as James Babu Olang, in Tanzania over the murder of his wife, Sheila Odoyo, following a two-year manhunt. In a statement, the DCI said the suspect was arrested in Kirongwe, Shirati District, Tanzania, after intelligence-led investigations and cooperation between…
The family of 21-year-old Faruz Hussein is seeking justice and protection after alleging that her boyfriend suffocated her with a pillow in Githurai-Sunton, Nairobi, sent them a video of the incident and threatened to kill her relatives. The suspected murder was reported at Sunton Police Station in Kasarani on September 30, 2026, according to documents…
The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has opposed bail for seven people charged with the murder of psychiatrist Dr Victoria Mutiso, citing concerns over the safety of witnesses and their families and the integrity of ongoing investigations and the trial. The prosecution made the submissions before Justice Alexander Muteti, urging the court to keep the…
Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have arrested a 26-year-old man suspected of the fatal robbery and stabbing of US national Osman Aweys Abdi in Garissa, months after the suspect allegedly went into hiding. The suspect, Muhiyadin Abdi Sheikh, was arrested in Kabete, Nairobi, following an intelligence-led operation by DCI detectives from Garissa….
Police have opened a murder investigation after the body of a pregnant woman, identified as Catherine Njeru, was found beside a road in Mwea East Sub-County, Kirinyaga County, on Friday morning. The body was discovered along the Piai-Itangi Murram Road, within the area covered by Itangi Police Station, according to a press statement from the…
The Dr Victoria Mutiso murder case took a fresh turn on Tuesday after five accused persons pleaded not guilty to murder charges, while lawyers representing three of them withdrew from the proceedings. The five accused, politician Rose Mbithe, her daughter Angela Mulwa, her son Chris Mulwa, Police Constable Elijah Kibelion Kimoi and Kimutai Maritim, alias…
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….
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has arrested a police constable suspected of fatally shooting prominent lawyer Mathew Kyalo Mbobu in a targeted attack along Magadi Road, Nairobi, in September 2025. Police Constable Julius Cheruiyot was arrested after detectives investigating the killing recovered a Ceska pistol that had been issued to him at the time…
The High Court in Kibera has denied bail to eight minors charged with 16 counts of murder over the Utumishi Girls Academy dormitory fire that killed 16 students in Gilgil, Nakuru County. Justice Diana Kavedza dismissed the minors’ bail applications on Monday, September 21, 2026, after considering submissions from both the prosecution and defence as…
