Kenyan police on Saturday arrested a lawmaker already accused of inciting violence after he urged people to take land away from white farmers, senior officers said. Opposition deputy Mathew Lempurkel was in custody, an officer at the Naromoru station in central Kenya, told AFP by phone. “He is being questioned because of remarks he made … Read more
Four police officers were killed when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb in southeastern Kenya, a week after 14 others died in similar attacks claimed by Shabaab Islamists, a police source said Wednesday. “We have lost four officers in this attack that also killed another person. The vehicle drove on an IED (improvised explosive device),” … Read more
Five UN workers at a refugee camp in northwest Kenya were allegedly involved in fraud and other serious misconduct, the UN refugee agency said Tuesday. One staff member was arrested after the agency referred three workers at the Kakuma camp to Kenyan police for criminal prosecution, according to the UN’s High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). … Read more
Five police officers were killed Thursday when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb in northeastern Kenya, a day after two separate IEDs killed eight officers, a regional security official said. “The five police officers killed in the attack were headed to boost the ongoing operation in Liboi,” said North Eastern regional coordinator Mohamud Ali Saleh … Read more
A video circulating on social media has raised eyebrows as it shows a non-uniformed Kenyan policeman killing an unarmed suspected gang member at point-blank range in the streets of Eastleigh in the capital Nairobi. The incident was confirmed to have occurred last Friday when the police pursued wanted gang members for killing police officers last … Read more
The school in north-eastern Kenya attacked by gunmen earlier is currently under heavy security. Four men stormed the Abakore high school in Wajir county at 11:00 local time (08:00 GMT) and started firing, several students at the school told the BBC. Hundreds of students were sitting for their exams at the time. The attackers hit … Read more
A man was shot dead after stabbing a policeman guarding the perimeter wall of the U. S. Embassy in Nairobi and trying to take his gun, a Kenyan police official said Thursday. The policeman who had been stabbed opened fire in self-defense and killed the attacker, said Vitalis Otieno, the officer in charge of the … Read more
A man was shot dead outside the US embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, on Thursday. The embassy confirmed a shooting incident had taken place outside its premises, adding that none of its staff members were involved. According to Reuters, Kenyan police said an officer shot the man dead after being attacked. Photos circulating on social media … Read more
police officers on window of the first floor of the station while jumping off from the fire Kenyan police on Sunday killed three hooded female terror suspects in the coastal city of Mombasa on Sunday. Mombasa County Commander Peterson Maelo said the three women clad in buibui or hijab burst into the central police station … Read more
Nairobi (AFP) – Kenyan police on Friday arrested the secretary-general of the country’s Olympic committee (NOCK) in the wake of a series of scandals and embarrassments at the Rio Games. “It’s true Francis Paul has been arrested over the Olympics issues,” said a police source who wished to remain anonymous. “It is part of investigations … Read more
Nairobi (AFP) – Kenyan police raided the country’s Olympic headquarters Saturday probing a corruption scam that saw some of the nation’s athletes deprived of team uniforms at the Rio Games. Three top Olympic officials have already been arrested in the investigation, and the raid turned up dozens of boxes containing uniforms provided by sports goods … Read more