Corruption: How police netted ‘millions in cash’ in raid on officials’ homes
Bundles of cash were among items recovered in raids on the homes of top government officials and businesspeople linked to the National Youth Service scandal. The homes 12 people were raided, among them...
View ArticlePolice raided Waiguru’s bedrooms in search for lost millions
Anti-corruption detectives on Tuesday raided the home of former Devolution Cabinet Secretary Anne Waiguru in search of documents on the fraudulent payments worth millions of shillings at the National...
View ArticleActivist Boniface Mwangi arrested despite supporting Uhuru’s anti-graft push
Activist Boniface Mwangi was on Tuesday detained for two hours after being arrested during the “Knock Out Corruption” march to State House, Nairobi. The march was in support of President Uhuru...
View ArticleBritish terror suspect to serve nine years in jail
British terror suspect Jermaine Grant was on Wednesday sentenced to nine years imprisonment following his conviction by the High Court which had set aside a decision by a magistrate to acquit him. Mr...
View ArticleMCA on the spot for proposing FGM to reduce women’s sex drive
An Embu MCA on Wednesday caused an uproar after he called for circumcision of all young women in the county ostensibly to arrest rising cases of sexual immorality and incest. Kyeni South Ward...
View ArticleCase of traffic police behaving badly or a rogue driver crying wolf?
A Facebook post and an online video have given contrasting accounts of an apparent standoff between a motorist and a traffic police officer. The Facebook post by one Steve Njuguna, which has since been...
View ArticleRobert Alai identifies car that killed his brother
Blogger Robert Alai on Wednesday revealed the number plates of the car that he claims knocked and killed his brother Tom Alai in Kinoo area before the deceased’s body was found dumped at the City...
View ArticleHow Police boss bungled Strathmore University security drill
New details about the bungled Strathmore University security drill are pointing to lack of planning and negligence by the police and the institution’s administration. The Langata police chief and his...
View ArticleNairobi MCAs pass law to set up 17 cancer centers
There is good news for Cancer patients in Nairobi the country following the adoption of a motion by the Nairobi City County assembly to set up cancer centers in all 17 sub-county hospitals. While...
View ArticleEXPOSED: Vendors selling pornography in Nairobi go hi-tech.
Pornographic material handlers in Nairobi are taking advantage of the latest mobile technology to hawk around content to potential customers at a fee, Nairobi News has established. Users of mobile...
View ArticleRaid at Waiguru’s posh home was cosmetic, says Grand Mullah
Former Devolution CS Anne Waiguru’s lawyer has accused the anti-graft agency of engaging in a public relations exercise in the disguise of investigating corruption. Senior counsel Ahmednasir Abdullahi...
View ArticleEXPOSED: The death of Nairobi’s neat estates
Steve has lived in Nairobi’s Harambee Estate for the last six years. It is a second home to him, a place where he has set up a life and brought up his young family. When he relocated here, he was...
View ArticlePolice pull out two bodies from collapsed silo in Industrial Area
Two bodies have been recovered from a collapsed silo at Industrial Area in Nairobi. Police have said one worker is still missing. The grains silo along Mogadishu road collpased Wednesday night leaving...
View ArticleHigh Court throws out MP’s bid to stop rape case
The high court in Nairobi has declined to stop Imenti Central MP Gideon Mwiti’s prosecution in a case in which he is charged with raping a married woman. Justice Weldon Korir dealt a blow against a...
View ArticleNYS SCANDAL: Detectives target source of Waiguru’s wealth
Anti-corruption detectives are trying to find out how government officials under investigation over corruption claims at the National Youth Service acquired their wealth. They are seeking to establish...
View ArticleEastleigh MCA charged with incitement and theft
A member of the Nairobi County Assembly has been charged with incitement to violence, malicious damage to property and theft. Mr Nelson Masiga Marakalu, the Eastleigh South County Representative,...
View ArticleHere’s the TSC’s Christmas ‘gift’ to teachers
Christmas has come early for more than 250,000 teachers after the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) on Friday announced that it was preparing to release their September pay, which had been withheld....
View ArticleRaila: Uhuru is raising beer prices to recover Eurobond
By LINET WAFULA Cord leader Raila Odinga has accused the Jubilee government of raising taxes on basic goods to recover cash which he claims was lost from the Sh250billion Eurobond. Mr Odinga on Friday...
View ArticleEnraged wife stops husband’s wedding in Prophet Owuor’s church
By MAGDALENE WANJA and ERIC MATARA There was drama in Nakuru on Friday when a woman stormed a church linked to renowned preacher Prophet Owuor protesting a planned wedding of her husband to another...
View ArticleLadies, here are the places to find the man of your dreams in Nairobi
By NAIROBI NEWS REPORTER One might argue that there are men all over the streets of Nairobi. This is true. To meet quality men though, you need to put in some effort. Here are some places in Nairobi...
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