Latest crime stories from across Kenya.
A 36-year-old man was shot and killed by fleeing bandits in a village in Rumuruti, Laikipia County. Police said the incident happened on May 6 dawn on the Rumuruti-Maralal road. Bernard Kipchirchir was on the road and on the phone when a…
Police in Soy Sub-County, Uasin Gishu County, are investigating a break-in incident at Al Huda Mosque in Kamwaura village. The incident was reported at Kuinet Police Station on Tuesday by the mosque’s imam who discovered the theft upon…
Police in Kasarani Sub-County, Nairobi, launched investigations into a suspected murder after the body of a 24-year-old man was discovered in Clay City. The incident was reported at Kasarani Police Station Tuesday May 6 prompting a police…
Detectives in Mathioya Sub-County, Murang’a County, are investigating a suspected drowning incident after the body of a 58-year-old man was found floating in Mathioya River. According to the police, the incident was reported on Monday at…
Police in Kirima Sub-County, Laikipia County launched investigations following the discovery of a suspected murder victim whose body had been dumped in a maize plantation in Ng’arua area. According to police, the incident was reported on…
Police in Bungoma North Sub-County are investigating a murder incident in which an 88-year-old man died and his wife was seriously injured following an alleged attack linked to a long-standing land dispute in Nasianda Village. According to…
A sombre mood engulfed the Tabuga area in Nakuru North Sub-County after a church robbery turned deadly, leaving a cleric murdered and a watchman seriously injured. Police say the incident occurred in the early hours of Monday at PCEA Tabu…
A demolition exercise in Nairobi’s Marurui area took a dramatic turn after it emerged that one of the affected properties is linked to a long-running land dispute that was ultimately decided in favour of Langton Investments Limited. The…
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) commenced investigations into a land ownership dispute in Ruai, Nairobi. The complainant, Catherine Wanderi, initially reported the matter at DCI Ruai on April 24, 2026, stating that an…
Detectives are investigating an incident where a shopkeeper was shot and killed in a robbery mission in Ntimaru, Migori County. Police said Morris Marwa, 45 was shot seven times at close range in a rage by suspected thugs who had raided…
Detectives in Nairobi launched investigations following the discovery of a decomposing body inside a house in Kayole. The body of Antony Murimi Kabaka, a 40-year-old man, was found on Sunday afternoon at an apartment within the Obama area…
Detectives are investigating the murder of a 50-year-old woman whose body was discovered in her house in Kisii South Sub-County. The deceased, identified as Norah Bitengo Morema, was found dead on Sunday morning at her home near the Riana…
A multi-agency security team manning a roadblock at Kanyonyoo along the Thika–Garissa Highway intercepted a passenger bus ferrying a cache of ammunition and government stores, thwarting what could have been a serious security threat. The…
A man was arrested after he clobbered his wife to death in a domestic fight in Kahawa Wendani, Kiambu County. The deceased’s body was found in her house long after she had been fatally attacked on May 2, police said. She was identified as…
Police in Mukaa Sub-County, Makueni County, are investigating a murder-suicide incident in which a man allegedly killed his wife before taking his own life. The incident was reported on May 2, 2026, at Kwa Miui Village. According to…
Police in Tigania Central Sub-County, Meru County, are investigating a suspected murder incident in which a man allegedly killed his wife before fleeing. The incident was reported on May 2, 2026, at Kithiru Village in Anjuki Location,…
Homa Bay County Commissioner (CC) Ronald Mwiwawi has expressed concern over the growing culture of using goons to cause violence in the county. He said that the goons locally referred to as Sangwenyas were being recruited and financed by…
Kenyan authors have raised concern over growing book piracy, warning that illegal copying and online sharing of novels is denying writers fair earnings and threatening the future of the country’s literary industry. The writers say many…
A major security breach occurred at Shannon Airport in Ireland when a man entered a restricted area and climbed onto the wing of a United States Air Force C‑130 Hercules military transport aircraft. The individual allegedly attacked the…
Civil Society Organisations have warned of a growing wave of political goonism and premature campaigns, saying the trend poses a serious threat to peace and credible elections. They said the resurgence of organised violence and early…
A new initiative aimed at eliminating harmful cultural practices and promoting gender equality has been launched in West Pokot County. The Future4Binti Programme will run from 2026 to 2030 focusing on safeguarding girls and young women…
Contrary to recent media reports, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has confirmed that Police Constable (PC) Samuel Gathitu Ng’ang’a, one of the officers arraigned over a violent robbery in Kitengela, is not part of the…
The County Government of Embu has been ordered to recover Sh10.1 million from the officer who unlawfully authorised the withdrawal from the County Industrial and Aggregation Park (CAIP) account. The County Assembly Public Accounts…
Three suspects have been jailed by a Homa Bay court for 12 years for being found with a rhino horn worth Sh2.9 million. One of the three accused is a Kenya Defence Force (KDF) officer identified as Benard Omondi Osunga; his two accomplices…
