The Kenya Editors Guild (KEG) has condemned the reported arrest and assault of Citizen TV journalist Francis Odee by police officers while covering a public press conference and peaceful demonstrations over rising fuel prices along Kimathi Street in Nairobi’s Central Business District. In a statement issued on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, the Guild expressed outrage…
The fatal shooting of Ihab Salim Kariuki, known as Bugii King Ihab, in April 2020 ended a police pursuit of a man linked by investigators to serious crimes. But questions remain over the evidence behind the allegations, an earlier murder case and the circumstances of the police operation. On 29 April 2020, detectives attached to…
Police in Kiambu County have revealed how they intercepted a tanker allegedly carrying 10,000 litres of suspected industrial ethanol, arresting three people in an operation that has intensified the crackdown on illicit alcohol. The tanker was intercepted along the Nairobi-Nakuru Highway by police officers from Lari Sub-County as they stepped up checks on vehicles suspected…
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 Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) has raised concern over a series of attacks and killings targeting National Police Service officers, calling for stronger policing strategies to protect officers and improve public safety. IPOA chairperson Duncan Ojuang Oburu said the deaths of officers in the line of duty were devastating and could have wider implications…
Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has outlined a raft of security reforms and equipment upgrades ahead of the 2027 General Election, saying the National Police Service is now better positioned to respond to security threats before and during the polls. Speaking on Friday at the General Service Unit (GSU) graduation ceremony at the National Police…
President William Ruto has instructed Kenya’s police to remain impartial as political competition intensifies ahead of the 2027 General Election, telling officers to protect peaceful dissent while acting firmly against violence and other criminal conduct. Ruto made the remarks on Friday, September 18, while presiding over the passing-out parade of 1,273 General Service Unit officers…
The abduction of Standard Group Associate Editor Alex Kiprotich on September 1, 2026, has exposed critical security gaps on Kenya’s Naivasha-Nakuru highway, where six CCTV cameras mounted at the Gilgil Weighbridge stood unmanned and useless as armed assailants staged a meticulously planned operation in full view of the surveillance infrastructure. Kiprotich and his driver Geoffrey…
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…
Former Chief Justice David Maraga has put President William Ruto under renewed pressure over Kenya’s police reforms, warning that the government must go beyond changing uniforms and implement measures to secure the independence and accountability of the National Police Service. Maraga’s warning came on Monday after he made public a report by the presidential task…
