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An autopsy has ruled out suicide in the death of a Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) officer whose body was discovered at Nakuru National Park, prompting police to launch a murder investigation. Investigators said fresh inquiries have begun after the post-mortem examination contradicted the initial belief that the officer had taken …

Business operations in Kabarnet Town, the headquarters of Baringo County, remained largely uninterrupted on Thursday as the country marked the second anniversary of the June 25, 2024, Gen Z-led anti-Finance Bill protests. Shops, hotels, and other businesses opened as usual, with calm prevailing across the town and allowing normal economic …

Police in Tharaka South, Tharaka Nithi County, are investigating the death of a 52-year-old primary school teacher who was found lifeless inside her locked rental house at Chiakariga shopping centre. The deceased, identified as Purity Kinoti, a teacher at Kombo Primary School, was discovered after neighbours raised alarm when she …

Traders at Nairobi’s Gikomba Market are reeling from heavy losses after a fire swept through parts of the busy open-air market, destroying goods worth millions of shillings and leaving hundreds of families without a source of income. The fire, which broke out in the early hours of the morning, reduced …

Detectives in Athi River East Sub-County, Machakos County, are investigating a tragic incident in which a 14-year-old Grade 9 student died after falling from a school building. According to police reports, the pupil allegedly fell from the third floor of a classroom block through a stair grill. Officers who responded …

Tension gripped Bangale in Tana River County after a large crowd reportedly stormed the local police station and freed a suspect who had been arrested over claims of plotting to incite ethnic violence. According to police, the suspect, identified as a youth leader from the Wardei community, was arrested on …

Detectives in Etago, Kisii County have opened a murder investigation after a family searching for their missing relative discovered her body at the Tabaka Mission Hospital mortuary. The case was reported on Wednesday, June 17, when relatives of 37-year-old Lenah Maireri traced her remains to the facility. The family told …

Detectives in Machakos County have launched investigations into the murder of an unidentified man whose body was discovered dumped near a ranch along Machakos Road in Kyumbi. Police reported that members of the public alerted officers on Wednesday, June 17, after spotting the body in the area. Upon arrival, officers …

Police officers in Uasin Gishu County were left stranded with a decomposing body at a station and inside a vehicle after three mortuaries reportedly declined to receive it, citing lack of space. The body had been recovered from Mugoya Dam in Soy Sub-county after a herder who was grazing sheep …

Detectives have opened investigations into a suspected murder following the death of an Officer Commanding Station (OCS) attached to Murang’a Railways Police Station, whose body was discovered within a church compound in Siaya County. The incident was reported on June 16, 2026, at around 11:30pm after residents alerted police about …